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shmmeee

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  • Jan 26, 2024
  • #106
matesx said:
22 is not very young
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Younger than all our other players.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Jan 26, 2024
  • #107
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
Most of what you are saying is correct, but I expect it will trigger a few on here.

None of that is to say that he can't come good. He may well turn into a superstar. He is still very young and has a lot of time to develop. At the moment though he looks like a very underwhelming signing that cost a lot of money, and I'm not sure I can take any arguments that he's playing well particularly seriously.
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His play on the whole is so passive. Tame efforts at goal, gets easily shrugged off the ball and rarely makes use of his pace.
 
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matesx

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  • Jan 26, 2024
  • #108
Keep making excuses... the lad is nowhere near good enough..
 

Esoterica

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  • Jan 26, 2024
  • #109
Large parts of his game are good and should have won a penalty 2nd half. Looks like his legs are made of overcooked spaghetti when he gets near the box though.
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Jan 26, 2024
  • #110
matesx said:
22 is not very young
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It is the older I get
 
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Grendel

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  • Jan 26, 2024
  • #111
Great_Expectations said:
This thread is going to be a shit show.

He’ll 100% come good.
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Thats as dumb as saying he’s shite
 
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Great_Expectations

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  • Jan 26, 2024
  • #112
We’re at a point with Simms where he’s been written off so therefore those will only see bad.

Today he made a poor decision to pass to Godden first half, should have been stronger against their defender in a one on one and then the obvious miss early in the second half.

However, he also held the ball up, provided a number of lay offs and good link play, evidenced direct running and movement.

Clearly isn’t the finished article and is in desperate need of a goal, but he’s clearly got potential and can lead the line for us given a chance and a needed confidence boost.
 
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Londonccfcfan

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  • Jan 26, 2024
  • #113
Great_Expectations said:
This thread is going to be a shit show.

He’ll 100% come good.
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He will come good. Is just lacking alot of confidence. Still contributes alot (more than Godden).
 
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Great_Expectations

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  • Jan 26, 2024
  • #114
Grendel said:
Thats as dumb as saying he’s shite
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Huh?
 

SHUNT31

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  • Jan 26, 2024
  • #115
Alkhen said:
That is demonstrably bullshit! He held up nearly everything that was played to him. He made some decent passes to bring other players in. He harried their defence and caused chaos. But all anyone remembers (rightly) is that he absolutely fucked up that chance at the start of the 2nd half.

Looks so devoid of confidence. He needs a run through the middle without Godden and with O'Hare and Tats to be busy around him. He will come good if we don't break his spirts first
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Chaos? He was a passenger and offered nothing.

He did not do a good job at holding the ball up, certainly wouldn’t watch tonight and think ‘he’s a target man’. And if you do, that’s fair enough, but you’re in a minority.
 
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slowpoke

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  • Jan 26, 2024
  • #116
matesx said:
How long will MR persist with Simms and Godden?

Simply not good enough.

Desperately need a proper striker.
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On my opinion we need two strikers to chase the top spots
 
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Grendel

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  • Jan 26, 2024
  • #117
Great_Expectations said:
Huh?
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How can you say 100% he will come good? No one yet knows do they? He’s not good at the minute and struggling. He may turn it round but there’s equal possibility he won’t
 
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Grendel

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  • Jan 26, 2024
  • #118
Londonccfcfan said:
He will come good. Is just lacking alot of confidence. Still contributes alot (more than Godden).
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Well yeah at least we shouldn’t get rid for £500k and he’s not a Sunday league player
 
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Seamus1

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  • Jan 26, 2024
  • #119
I was not keen on signing him back in the summer, and was hopeful Ipswich would do so. However the chopping and changing of him in the starting line up has not helped. He performed admirably against Southampton and Leeds United, started to build a good understanding with Wright and was then dropped without good reason for the matches against two poorer sides. It’s all hypothetical now, but I wonder if he might have kept up that run and form going, maybe he might have scored in one of those games and his confidence would be higher.
 

Great_Expectations

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  • Jan 26, 2024
  • #120
Grendel said:
How can you say 100% he will come good? No one yet knows do they? He’s not good at the minute and struggling. He may turn it round but there’s equal possibility he won’t
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It’s an opinion on a forum.

I can caveat every post that I can’t see the future and I’m stating an opinion not a fact if it helps with pedantry.
 
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slowpoke

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  • Jan 26, 2024
  • #121
I’m not saying Simms won’t improve and come good but we can’t wait for that we need goals now and apart from that we need COH also he was missed big time tonight, just tell Burnley and any others to do one Doug
 

fernandopartridge

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 26, 2024
  • #122
He looks bereft of confidence but contributed many times as much to the game as Godden did tonight. Should have had two assists really.

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Sky Blue Harry H

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  • Jan 26, 2024
  • #123
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Great_Expectations said:
We’re at a point with Simms where he’s been written off so therefore those will only see bad.

Today he made a poor decision to pass to Godden first half, should have been stronger against their defender in a one on one and then the obvious miss early in the second half.

However, he also held the ball up, provided a number of lay offs and good link play, evidenced direct running and movement.

Clearly isn’t the finished article and is in desperate need of a goal, but he’s clearly got potential and can lead the line for us given a chance and a needed confidence boost.
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Agree with this
 
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higgs

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  • Jan 26, 2024
  • #124
Thought he played well tonight should have had a penalty I think Goddens days in the championship are numbered he ran around a lot but his yard of pace is gone

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RegiswasGod

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  • Jan 26, 2024
  • #125
I like him and I can see what he brings to the team, but he couldn't hit a cows arse with a banjo
 
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Happy_Martian

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  • Jan 26, 2024
  • #126
He'll always be Sky Blue Marmite.

You either like his contributions or you dislike him. Robins is obviously in the 'like' half otherwise he wouldn't play him. And at the end of the day, his is the only opinion that matters.
 
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Cally Fedora

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  • Jan 26, 2024
  • #127
There are two points for me. 1) He wears Sky Blue so I’ll get behind him. 2) He’s a poor player. I think if we’d got Wright prior to him we wouldn’t have signed him. But hey, I’ve cheered on Darby, Jenkinson, Woods, Gayle etc so there’s no reason I won’t do the same for Simms.
 
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quinn1971

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  • Jan 26, 2024
  • #128
Desperate for simms to do well but just looks miles off it, He’s so frustrating, maybe he just needs a goal same as wright, we’re doing brilliant really considering wrights the only decent forward ,plenty of goals coming from midfield so we’re getting way with it for now, but robins must see something in simms so that’ll do for me
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Jan 26, 2024
  • #129
Happy_Martian said:
He'll always be Sky Blue Marmite.

You either like his contributions or you dislike him. Robins is obviously in the 'like' half otherwise he wouldn't play him. And at the end of the day, his is the only opinion that matters.
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I mostly see someone who has some great physical attributes and a strong shot on him but isn’t using any of them anywhere near enough.
 
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Calista

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  • Jan 26, 2024
  • #130
Grendel said:
How can you say 100% he will come good? No one yet knows do they? He’s not good at the minute and struggling. He may turn it round but there’s equal possibility he won’t
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I know what you are saying, but IMO it's nothing like an equal possibility. In time, it's much more likely that he'll be a big success for us than that he'll be a failure.
 
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rexo87

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  • Jan 26, 2024
  • #131
Still think he will come good in the end. Youngest player in the squad. He was poor on the whole tonight with a few good moments. Still contributed twice as much as Godden who really needs to go


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Frostie

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  • Jan 26, 2024
  • #132
Cally Fedora said:
I think if we’d got Wright prior to him we wouldn’t have signed him.
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The Wright deal was agreed last season, well before signing Simms.
 
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shmmeee

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  • Jan 26, 2024
  • #133
Cally Fedora said:
There are two points for me. 1) He wears Sky Blue so I’ll get behind him. 2) He’s a poor player. I think if we’d got Wright prior to him we wouldn’t have signed him. But hey, I’ve cheered on Darby, Jenkinson, Woods, Gayle etc so there’s no reason I won’t do the same for Simms.
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Wright was coming to us before the play off final IIRC. Simms only came up from Everton’s bid for Vik I think.
 
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Happy_Martian

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  • Jan 26, 2024
  • #134
Think he was unlucky tonight. He almost got a penalty for a barge in the back but ref gave a goalkick. DaSilva was penalised and carded a bit later for doing the same up on the halfway line. Another day and he's got the SBA cheering his persistence. Think he showed some good vision when laying off the ball again and his run timing is getting better. Don't see him getting caught offside that often now.

But he has just lost the confidence to take a punt on himself. Always seems to second guess himself and either turns back into trouble or can't decide how to strike it and fluffs the shot.
 
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Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Jan 26, 2024
  • #135
Godden and Simms just haven’t had any real chances to work with the last few games.
 

stupot07

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 26, 2024
  • #136
Simms looks bereft of confidence, but still contributed more than Godden did tonight. Should have had at least 1 assist (Allen) and a stone wall penalty. He is only relatively young still, so could potentially get better. Think about how raw Leon Best was when we signed him at a not too dissimilar age to Simms and the player he was when we sold him to Newcastle.

Godden has scored just once in his last 19 games against championship opposition, we definitely need to get a replacement in now, that can take the pressure off Simms, Wright and Godden.

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SleepyGinger

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  • Jan 26, 2024
  • #137
You can see what the thinking was when we signed him, hes big, mobile and scored goals everywhere prior to here. Still hopeful under our coaching that he will put it all together but time will tell.
 
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mark82

Super Moderator
  • Jan 26, 2024
  • #138
Mucca Mad Boys said:
Godden and Simms just haven’t had any real chances to work with the last few games.
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Neither get into great positions though to be fair.
 
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rexo87

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  • Jan 26, 2024
  • #139
stupot07 said:
Simms looks bereft of confidence, but still contributed more than Godden did tonight. Should have had at least 1 assist (Allen) and a stone wall penalty. He is only relatively young still, so could potentially get better. Think about how raw Leon Best was when we signed him at a not too dissimilar age to Simms and the player he was when we sold him to Newcastle.

Godden has scored just once in his last 19 games against championship opposition, we definitely need to get a replacement in now, that can take the pressure off Simms, Wright and Godden.

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We just need more options up there really in general. We only have 4 real options for 3 slots. Simms, Wright, Godden and Tats for the front 3 positions. It’s nowhere near enough is it?


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Martin180

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  • Jan 26, 2024
  • #140
See the usual suspects have turned up after not being seen for weeks , pathetic
Simms is a better long term option than Godden and will improve
 
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