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Skyblueabo1111

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  • Aug 11, 2025
  • #106
no_loyalty said:
TBF Wright was not fully fit on Saturday, and could have been carrying the same injury against Sunderland?
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If that is true,why is he playing? Fully fit Simms, sitting on the bench! Makes it even worse!
 
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fatso

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  • Aug 11, 2025
  • #107
Skyblueabo1111 said:
Wright was absolutely shite in both playoff semifinals and on Saturday.
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Still ahead of Simms though.

Keep going son. Im loving it.
 

no_loyalty

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  • Aug 11, 2025
  • #108
Skyblueabo1111 said:
If that is true,why is he playing? Fully fit Simms, sitting on the bench! Makes it even worse!
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No idea? One for the manager to answer.
 
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quinn1971

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  • Aug 11, 2025
  • #109
wingy said:
Was Saturday's start to the season any better than Stoke away last season?
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I mean I’d take a shitty 1-0 every week, we’re not going to be playing brilliant football TBH we’re pretty boring to watch, maybe we’re hoping for a bit too much, we’re a hard to beat team who grind out results,
 

clint van damme

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  • Aug 11, 2025
  • #110
wingy said:
Was Saturday's start to the season any better than Stoke away last season?
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I'd say so, that was a very poor performance
 
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OldBedrocker

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  • Aug 11, 2025
  • #111
SHUNT31 said:
Maybe the reason is because Frank, like many others, thinks he’s shit and others us absolutely nothing?
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Not saying he is good but couldn’t have been worse than Wright v Sunderland so there has to be another reason he didn’t use him. Maybe they have words behind the scenes
 
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SHUNT31

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  • Aug 11, 2025
  • #112
OldBedrocker said:
Not saying he is good but couldn’t have been worse than Wright v Sunderland so there has to be another reason he didn’t use him. Maybe they have words behind the scenes
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Maybe. I think we’ll know more tomorrow, if he doesn’t feature at all then I think questions can be asked.
 
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SkyBlueBarmy84

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  • Aug 11, 2025
  • #113
clint van damme said:
I'd say so, that was a very poor performance
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Agreed. That was a shocker.

Didn’t help that I was sat in the home end, alongside some Staffordshire ne'er-do-wells, who spent a solid 20 minutes taking the piss out of Twist & Shout, by repeatedly “woo-ing” in my ear. Absolute dole-rats.

The halftime oatcake was decent though. So, every cloud…
 

baldy

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  • Aug 11, 2025
  • #114
quinn1971 said:
I mean I’d take a shitty 1-0 every week, we’re not going to be playing brilliant football TBH we’re pretty boring to watch, maybe we’re hoping for a bit too much, we’re a hard to beat team who grind out results,
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I watched an interview with FL on CBS before the Hull match & he was saying how he wants us to be entertaining to watch & attacking etc - hmmm
 
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shmmeee

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  • Aug 11, 2025
  • #115
baldy said:
I watched an interview with FL on CBS before the Hull match & he was saying how he wants us to be entertaining to watch & attacking etc - hmmm
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(I should go to bed)
 
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quinn1971

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  • Aug 11, 2025
  • #116
baldy said:
I watched an interview with FL on CBS before the Hull match & he was saying how he wants us to be entertaining to watch & attacking etc - hmmm
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He said the same last season so you‘d think we’d be getting the players in to do it ? King said he’d back him
 
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ptr

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  • Aug 11, 2025
  • #117
baldy said:
I watched an interview with FL on CBS before the Hull match & he was saying how he wants us to be entertaining to watch & attacking etc - hmmm
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Hardly going to say ‘I want us to be shite to watch and we will be defensive’

There really isn’t a lot you get from interviews with Lampard, especially with some of the shite questions aimed at him.
 

Great_Expectations

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  • Aug 11, 2025
  • #118
I haven’t 100% given up, but even I’m at ~90%.

We know he has it in him, but whether it’s confidence or mentally or both, he isn’t quite there.

I hope if he doesn’t leave FL et al find a way to man manage and motivate him.

Not sure what the stats say, but anecdotally we looked better with him in the 9 role than both BTA and Bassette.

Not including the one game Wright looked good at CF.
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Aug 11, 2025
  • #119
clint van damme said:
I'd say so, that was a very poor performance
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Just watching the replay and we were alright TBF, some nice football just not quite getting the final ball / shot right. A few games further in and Rudi chops the one Hughes blocked in the first half on to his left and scores.
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Aug 12, 2025
  • #120
quinn1971 said:
He said the same last season so you‘d think we’d be getting the players in to do it ? King said he’d back him
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Doesn't matter what players you bring in if the tactics you play are dull and boring.
 
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quinn1971

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  • Aug 12, 2025
  • #121
Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
Doesn't matter what players you bring in if the tactics you play are dull and boring.
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I don’t mind dull and boring so long as we’re winning, anymore games like hull and it’s a very long season
 

Gint11

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  • Aug 12, 2025
  • #122
Lets hope Simms gets a run out tonight and bangs a hattie
 
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ccfcchris

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  • Aug 12, 2025
  • #123
OldBedrocker said:
With all due respect that’s bollocks. Wright was so abject in both Sunderland games that even if Simms was worse than a cone in training he still would’ve been a better option.
There has to be another reason unless FL is that stubborn that he won’t bend his rules even when it’s to the detriment of the team which is not a good thing.
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To add to your comments. I agree Wright has been woeful in a few games. Perhaps it's a case of the manager feels he has something to work with as opposed to Simms.

Has Simms shown anything on the pitch that makes you feel he should be picked?
 

Grendel

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  • Aug 12, 2025
  • #124
Gint11 said:
Lets hope Simms gets a run out tonight and bangs a hattie
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Matron!!
 
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ccfcchris

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  • Aug 12, 2025
  • #125
And just to be clear. I would love Simms to turn things around and be a success here.
 
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oscillatewildly

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #126
Seems to thrive in a cup competition.
Keep him wrapped in cotton wool and bring him out for those occasions only.
 

Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #127
Simms has scored more in one game than Morgan Whittaker has all year…just saying.
 
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shmmeee

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #128
oscillatewildly said:
Seems to thrive in a cup competition.
Keep him wrapped in cotton wool and bring him out for those occasions only.
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He’s scored 1 in 3 in the Champ. He thrives on time on the pitch anywhere tbf.
 

We'll_live_and_die

Super Moderator
  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #129
I know Simms missed two easy tap ins last night but he won headers, worked hard and looked like he wanted to play. The cheering when he did something that we expect was genuine. Let's hope he can continue it and start putting those chances away. Could've been 3-0 with someone else up top last night, would've been 0-0 without him on the pitch.
 
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SeaSeeEffCee

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #130
We'll_live_and_die said:
I know Simms missed two easy tap ins last night but he won headers, worked hard and looked like he wanted to play. The cheering when he did something that we expect was genuine. Let's hope he can continue it and start putting those chances away. Could've been 3-0 with someone else up top last night, would've been 0-0 without him on the pitch.
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I don’t know if I’d necessarily class either of his chances in the second half as easy tap ins tbf. By all means he should have done better but the first one came to him when he wasn’t in-line with the goal and would have taken some angling to get in and he was under some pressure for the second one. Haven’t seen them back tbf but both felt more like ‘should have done better’ than ‘had to score’.
 
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Nick

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #131
He needs a good hype man I think.
 
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lord_garrincha

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #132
oscillatewildly said:
Seems to thrive in a cup competition.
Keep him wrapped in cotton wool and bring him out for those occasions only.
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Keith Houchen regen.
 
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robbiethemole

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  • Aug 13, 2025
  • #133
WTF?? Some on here are never going to be happy! Simms scored….that’s all we were asking for and needed, ok he missed chances but he was in the right place for them
Give the bloke some credit he looked well up for it and showed a single lone striker is not one of our strengths, but pair him up and he’s there.
Surely Frank can see the difference with two up front and will accommodate that formation against Derby, otherwise his tactics should, rightly, be called into question.
 
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