Sorry, are we talking about Kieffer Moore here? The one everyone said was a donkey the other day after he won that pen and red card against Bristol City?? The main strike centre-forward who has scored FIVE goals (yep, count 'em) in 27 appearances this season??? Haji Wright scored 12 in his 27 games.I posted on a thread last season after the Ipswich game that Moore would be a great signing for us. Mature player, hold up play is good and can get stuck in.
And Simms has 26 in 99 games and he doesn’t take penalties. There really isn’t that much difference between them. Time to get rid of both.Wright has 31 goals in 81 games for us.
He can be a really good player but has been poor for a while.
Are we about to let our two strikers go.
Would they be missed if we did?
Simms is weak in the air, doesn't attack space in the box, can't shoot well, has poor control, can't hold up the ball and lay it off.Haji hasn't downed tools, he's just not a world beater. He's a good Championship level striker, no more, no less.
Simms is a different player but of a similar standing. However expectations of goal returns are what's off here.
There are parallels of how we play to how Chelsea played in the Lampard era. Chelsea then we're not built for Torres or Shevchenko, hence both failed. Their forward, Drogba, was used as a weapon to create space and opportunities for Lampard and their wide players. Therefore, if the team is winning and were scoring, Simms is probably doing his job.
In the last few months, I don't recall Simms missing a ton of chances so I don't have an issue with his goal record whilst the team has been scoring.
Yeah, but apart from that .... !Simms is weak in the air, doesn't attack space in the box, can't shoot well, has poor control, can't hold up the ball and lay it off.
If all he has on his wages is 'occupying defenders' it isn't anywhere near enough!
Doug's gonna have to take it on the chin - To persist with the pair of them will be holding us back.honestly not sure if the club will allow it, £12m worth of strikers there, they wont want to make a loss.
His shins are lethal in front of goalSimms is weak in the air, doesn't attack space in the box, can't shoot well, has poor control, can't hold up the ball and lay it off.
If all he has on his wages is 'occupying defenders' it isn't anywhere near enough!
I rewatched the semi highlights last week and had forgotten what a complete shin his goal was! Almost identical to his effort against Boro in the last game at home, except that time it went the wrong side of the post!His shins are lethal in front of goal
I’ve had this discussion multiple times, but the occupying defenders thing, while true, is the absolute minimum you’d expect from a striker.Simms is weak in the air, doesn't attack space in the box, can't shoot well, has poor control, can't hold up the ball and lay it off.
If all he has on his wages is 'occupying defenders' it isn't anywhere near enough!
Why is Simms clearly a good player? What do you think he is good at?I'm not understanding the desperation of some to offload these two. Both scored nearly 20 goals each last season. They're good players at this level but need to be managed and deployed well.
Wright is effective on counters or with space to run into. We didnt/couldn't play like that in the last two games. Torp was a big miss yesterday. He made Wright's goals against Sunderland previously. Eccles had similar intent when he came on. Sheaf didn't offer enough creatively.
Simms could have been effective on Friday but we will never know. He's clearly a good player having scored plenty of goals at this level but over the last few months, his role has been more to create space and bring others into play. Again, different role to when we were playing 3-5-2 and then he was scoring goals.
Actually now might the best time to sell him to an American team just before the World Cup. I hope we can put together a video montage of Wright’s best moments and circulate it. Maybe Wright can team up with Latte Lath.I’d keep Simms I think, but I’ve lost my patience with Wright and I think some club in buttfuck nowhere USA will undoubtedly spend decent money for him to trot out for the Salt Lake City Chihuahuas or whatever.
Doubt he. He never lifts his head up to see what around him.Head turned,?
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