Matt smith
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Lose to bristol city tonight and it’s gonna explode
Lose to bristol city tonight and it’s gonna explode
Only one person believes it and that’s the person who made up the rumour and has since disappearedI genuinely can’t believe that people think Oscar Bobb is signing for us. It’s like when Slowpoke suggested Udogie was ditching Spurs in favour of coming to usDo Cov fans never watch prem games? Must be a wind-up, more shithousery on this forum than in Jamie Vardy’s goal celebrations.
Oscar Bobb has been one of Man City’s best young talents this season, I don’t like to put us down but he is genuinely wayyyyy too good for a team like us.
He has to come now.This Bobb rumour is definitely a windup
Palmer and Simms are not wide players at all.
Preston away , the 1st time, iirc , we played the 433 , Simms destroyed their full backs from wide right and then wide left , looked every bit a strong , fast wingerWell lets run through shall w
Tavares is nowhere near the level
Palmer and Simms are not wide players at all
We have Tats and Wright for them positions and thats it.
He’s not though.We definitely need cover esp. wide right, but if Wright is a 'wide player', so is Simms, on the left at least.
Preston away , the 1st time, iirc , we played the 433 , Simms destroyed their full backs from wide right and then wide left , looked every bit a strong , fast winger
Yes, he did. We were at the game and he was immense. He's shown flashes of that in a few other games since too.Preston away , the 1st time, iirc , we played the 433 , Simms destroyed their full backs from wide right and then wide left , looked every bit a strong , fast winger
He's' not useless.Why does he look useless elsewhere then?
I take it you’re aware of wind ups?I genuinely can’t believe that people think Oscar Bobb is signing for us. It’s like when Slowpoke suggested Udogie was ditching Spurs in favour of coming to usDo Cov fans never watch prem games? Must be a wind-up, more shithousery on this forum than in Jamie Vardy’s goal celebrations.
Oscar Bobb has been one of Man City’s best young talents this season, I don’t like to put us down but he is genuinely wayyyyy too good for a team like us.
Why only one? Dreaming of the Udogie/Bobb double up now.I'd love it if one of the mental rumours actually happened
Simms shows some great qualities, has strength and pace and can be a real handful for defenders. He also creates space for other players.Why does he look useless elsewhere then?
Crikey, yeah, let’s run through that. On your basis I’d say we need a LB, RB, CM x 2 and a CF. Realistic? Of course not. These are professional footballers and can reasonably be expected to operate 10 yards away from their preferred position. Is Tavares Champ standard - probably not. Would we basically concede the game if we had to play him - of course not. Palmer can’t play wide? But we seemed to beat the league leaders with him thereWell lets run through shall w
Tavares is nowhere near the level
Palmer and Simms are not wide players at all
We have Tats and Wright for them positions and thats it.
It's not even the players, more I'd love to see slowpoke and pusb's redemptions and feted as heroes - would be fantastic backtracking and each time slowpoke suggested we were in for Haaland or something, people would have to take him seriously!Why only one? Dreaming of the Udogie/Bobb double up now.
Haarland ? When did I say that ?It's not even the players, more I'd love to see slowpoke and pusb's redemptions and feted as heroes - would be fantastic backtracking and each time slowpoke suggested we were in for Haaland or something, people would have to take him seriously!
He doesn’t have the touch to be a regular wide player but he can do a job.Preston away , the 1st time, iirc , we played the 433 , Simms destroyed their full backs from wide right and then wide left , looked every bit a strong , fast winger
Your assessment is very accurate but his first touch as you say is poor, that’s a skill and if it’s poor it’s likely to stay poor and there’s little choice of making it in the prem should we get there first touch is vital there.
With the JANUARY transfer window being a month long why do we always leave it right to the end
Give me signings
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I’m sure we will have new players come Thursday it’s dragged on a bit but Robins is secretive and there were games to prepare for, they may even be signed up.IF we don’t manage to land whatever targets we’ve got in the next couple of days I wouldn’t mind Tom Ince on loan for the rest of the season (Watford willing to loan him out). Would be decent backup for Saka.
I know he’s been shit for a couple of years but having someone there capable of playing a few games to give Saka a rest is crucial. I also think his best position is as an inside forward off the right like we play.
Appreciate this will probably get shot down and I’d rather bring more exciting players in but it might get a bit desperate towards the end of Thursday
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Well he’s been here over six months and it ain’t improved much yet, how much time do you give ?Disagree. At 23, his "skills" and attributes can be worked on and improved. A lot of coaching young players is about repetition, do the same things over and over again until it becomes second nature. They did it with Gyokeres at a similar age, no reason to suggest they can't do something with Simms.
Well he’s been here over six months and it ain’t improved much yet, how much time do you give ?
Well he’s been here over six months and it ain’t improved much yet, how much time do you give ?
Well he’s been here over six months and it ain’t improved much yet, how much time do you give ?
He has had lots of runs of games in the centre, including a run of seven, and has played in every match, the vast majority of the time in the centre. He needs time to develop away from the first team in my view, as we did with Gyokeres. Constantly playing him is not helping in my view, which is why we need another striker or to move Wright into the centre.The thing is what players can do in training and what they do in game time is often two different things.
I used to watch Callum O'Hare shooting in the kick in before games and he really was a consistent sweet finisher. Before coming back from injury he couldn't hit a barn door in a match.
Like I said earlier, I think Simms needs a run of games in the centre of the three. We just need to back him like we did Gyokerese - who didn't get going until his second season.
Lots of players improve over a period of years, never mind 6 months.Well he’s been here over six months and it ain’t improved much yet, how much time do you give ?
Exactly but we didn't keep playing him and draining his confidence which I think is happening with Simms.How much time did we give Gyokeres? He was pretty underwhelming during his loan wasn't he?
In fact he was similar to Simms in a few ways. Cumbersome with the ball, first touch erratic and not as strong on the ball as you'd expect for his size. And goal returns was something like 3 in 30. Sound familiar?
He’s not though.
Wright plays the wide role very effectively. Simms has only looked decent there for 10 minutes or so when chasing a game against a tired fullback.
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