Wright (20 Viewers)

[Ccfcisparks]

Aerial duals isn’t a particularly useful stat in of itself because we don’t play long ball. The important stat is headers scored which he’s scored a good few goals in his career.

This season, we’ve scored more headed goals than the EFL and just about every major European league this season (19). The conclusion that you and many others have seemed to make is that we’ve scored many headers and therefore need to direct everything into signing players good in the air with little after thought (Moore and Morris being better examples of this thread of thought). It’s not illogical, but it’s clear we’re honing in on it too much.

We need to diversify the chances we create because there’s a risk that we’re becoming overly reliant on headed goals. Lampard has already touched on it as being a potential problem if that’s all we revert back to in the final third. Looking at how the season ended, there were games that the opposition were effective in defending against Plan A and we struggled for Plan B.

Realistically, we’re probably not going to score that many headed goals next season, much less improve it so we need something different in the final third imo.

We don’t play long ball? What?

 

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[SBAndy]

Aerial duals isn’t a particularly useful stat in of itself because we don’t play long ball. The important stat is headers scored which he’s scored a good few goals in his career.

This season, we’ve scored more headed goals than the EFL and just about every major European league this season (19). The conclusion that you and many others have seemed to make is that we’ve scored many headers and therefore need to direct everything into signing players good in the air with little after thought (Moore and Morris being better examples of this thread of thought). It’s not illogical, but it’s clear we’re honing in on it too much.

We need to diversify the chances we create because there’s a risk that we’re becoming overly reliant on headed goals. Lampard has already touched on it as being a potential problem if that’s all we revert back to in the final third. Looking at how the season ended, there were games that the opposition were effective in defending against Plan A and we struggled for Plan B.

Realistically, we’re probably not going to score that many headed goals next season, much less improve it so we need something different in the final third imo.

Agree with a lot of this, but I still think it’s important that we have someone more capable in the air, even if only to build our attacks from them. Away from that, though, Simms lacks the movement and technical ability to cause the opposition other issues.

Someone called out we effectively need an Ivan Toney/Didier Drogba regen. Far easier said than done.

 

[TomRad85]

It's getting hard to have a discussion on here because people simply can't follow a thread or make shit up.

For the hysterical 'we don't need to rip up our forward line' people, that's a completely bad faith argument as we play a front 3 and EMC and Sakamoto have not been mentioned, we do need more cover out wide but that's for another thread. Once you accept that you realise we're just talking about our CF options and whether they need freshening up.

BTA and Simms, no controversy there i don't think, fair enough if you don't think they should go but i reckon a large percentage of the fanbase would disagree and i'd be surprised if the club isn't working on it right now.

Wright could command a fairly big fee, it's how we build to go again. If Frank wants to bring in his own players he'll need the money. Big money sales we're talking Wright, MvE and Rudoni really. Watching Wright recently its him over the other 2 all day for me. If he stays then like i said, all good, he's a good player who will continue to be useful for us i'm sure. He does however deserve the stick he's got for his recent form, it was comically shit.

 

[Sky Blue Goblin]

Aerial duals isn’t a particularly useful stat in of itself because we don’t play long ball. The important stat is headers scored which he’s scored a good few goals in his career.

This season, we’ve scored more headed goals than the EFL and just about every major European league this season (19). The conclusion that you and many others have seemed to make is that we’ve scored many headers and therefore need to direct everything into signing players good in the air with little after thought (Moore and Morris being better examples of this thread of thought). It’s not illogical, but it’s clear we’re honing in on it too much.

We need to diversify the chances we create because there’s a risk that we’re becoming overly reliant on headed goals. Lampard has already touched on it as being a potential problem if that’s all we revert back to in the final third. Looking at how the season ended, there were games that the opposition were effective in defending against Plan A and we struggled for Plan B.

Realistically, we’re probably not going to score that many headed goals next season, much less improve it so we need something different in the final third imo.

Good post to be fair and agree on us needing to diversify our attack.

I just personally believe a target man who is a presence in the box, can hold up and pass it along would be a big plus for our system.

Also based on the other stats, I think he has a lot of potential and would allow us to invest into other areas especially the higher goal per 90 and shots on target.

Agree it’s important not to funnel all attacks into one area but think we’ve got plenty of avenues to hurt teams, with the wingers cutting in and 8s driving forward . Not to mention set pieces, got more work to do but I think it’s a good start.

I think one big problem was the Strikers including BTA struggling to get involved in the system due to either not suiting the set up or not having the ability to work within it

 

[KenilworthSkyBlue]

Good post to be fair and agree on us needing to diversify our attack.

I just personally believe a target man who is a presence in the box, can hold up and pass it along would be a big plus for our system.

Also based on the other stats, I think he has a lot of potential and would allow us to invest into other areas especially the higher goal per 90 and shots on target.

Agree it’s important not to funnel all attacks into one area but think we’ve got plenty of avenues to hurt teams, with the wingers cutting in and 8s driving forward . Not to mention set pieces, got more work to do but I think it’s a good start.

I think one big problem was the Strikers including BTA struggling to get involved against Sunderland as BTA had no where to run into, and wright struggled being marked by the two CBs.

We do actually try to do this.

The issue we have is, our build up play is far too slow at times as we don't really have a player that is capable of moving the ball on quickly and with Simms being physically incapable of retaining the ball in any capacity or bring others into play it forces us to continually take the safer route by pushing the ball out wide and progress the ball up the flanks.

But obviously repeatedly doing the same thing makes us awfully predictable.

 

[Sky Blue Goblin]

We do actually try to do this.

The issue we have is, our build up play is far too slow at times as we don't really have a player that is capable of moving the ball on quickly and with Simms being physically incapable of retaining the ball in any capacity or bring others into play it forces us to continually take the safer route by pushing the ball out wide and progress the ball up the flanks.

But obviously repeatedly doing the same thing makes us awfully predictable.

Yeah this is my point. I think the attacking variety would be much better with a traditional target man who could bring players into the attack and occupy defenders.

 

[peteCCFC]

Good post to be fair and agree on us needing to diversify our attack.

I just personally believe a target man who is a presence in the box, can hold up and pass it along would be a big plus for our system.

Also based on the other stats, I think he has a lot of potential and would allow us to invest into other areas especially the higher goal per 90 and shots on target.

Agree it’s important not to funnel all attacks into one area but think we’ve got plenty of avenues to hurt teams, with the wingers cutting in and 8s driving forward . Not to mention set pieces, got more work to do but I think it’s a good start.

I think one big problem was the Strikers including BTA struggling to get involved against Sunderland as BTA had no where to run into, and wright struggled being marked by the two CBs.

We already have a very diverse attack. One can't control it, one can't shoot, one is good at offsides and the other can't be arsed. Diversity at it's finest.

 

[procdoc]

Not your average season but we would have needed another 31 points to make the autos. To get up there we definitely need a rethink. If we are happy with the play offs then just a tinker.

We cannot financially compete with the parachute clubs so playoffs is best it’s going to ever be

 

[procdoc]

It's getting hard to have a discussion on here because people simply can't follow a thread or make shit up.

For the hysterical 'we don't need to rip up our forward line' people, that's a completely bad faith argument as we play a front 3 and EMC and Sakamoto have not been mentioned, we do need more cover out wide but that's for another thread. Once you accept that you realise we're just talking about our CF options and whether they need freshening up.

BTA and Simms, no controversy there i don't think, fair enough if you don't think they should go but i reckon a large percentage of the fanbase would disagree and i'd be surprised if the club isn't working on it right now.

Wright could command a fairly big fee, it's how we build to go again. If Frank wants to bring in his own players he'll need the money. Big money sales we're talking Wright, MvE and Rudoni really. Watching Wright recently its him over the other 2 all day for me. If he stays then like i said, all good, he's a good player who will continue to be useful for us i'm sure. He does however deserve the stick he's got for his recent form, it was comically shit.

Some people have suggested we should sell Wright, BTA and Simms. That is ripping up your forward line. Leaves us with just Bassette lol

 

[Domo]

Some people have suggested we should sell Wright, BTA and Simms. That is ripping up your forward line. Leaves us with just Bassette lol

 

[alexccfc99]

Say what you want about Wright and I agree that at times he can be a frustrating player and his performances across the play offs were sub standard - But:

16 Championship goals in 2023/24

12 in 2024/25 - missed 19 games through injury, he would have easily gone on to hit 20 goals had he not been crocked

Before injury he was not only our best player but one of the best in the division and there is an argument to be had the only thing keeping us out of the relegation zone at that point were him and his goals

He seems like a pretty safe bet at 15 goals a season on what we have seen so far, how much will we have to pay to replace those? Sargent is a non starter, any other suggestions

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

you all know simms has the quality, he isnt wright, and he isnt viktor, he isnt godden, he hast to be used to his best attributes, which was again done a couple of seasons ago. Robins prob used him in a different way than lampard expects, and i think saddles said before lamp has been asking him to do things and hes not doing it. but that doesnt take away from the point he does have quality.

"Simms has the quality, he hast to be used to his best abilities"

Please share I'd love to know what they are.

 

[procdoc]

Say what you want about Wright and I agree that at times he can be a frustrating player and his performances across the play offs were sub standard - But:

16 Championship goals in 2023/24

12 in 2024/25 - missed 19 games through injury, he would have easily gone on to hit 20 goals had he not been crocked

Before injury he was not only our best player but one of the best in the division and there is an argument to be had the only thing keeping us out of the relegation zone at that point were him and his goals

He seems like a pretty safe bet at 15 goals a season on what we have seen so far, how much will we have to pay to replace those? Sargent is a non starter, any other suggestions

completely agree, Sargent will cost between 15-20 million for a start. Then even if we somehow stumped up the fee, his wage demands would be out of our range. Also his injury record isn't the best, that's a lot to outlay on a someone with his sketchy injury record

 

[torchomatic]

Wright called up.

https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2025/05/mauricio-pochettino-27-player-roster-training-camp-june-matches-turkey-switzerland

Striker Haji Wright collected 12 goals and one assist in 29 matches as Coventry City fell just short of Premier League promotion.

 

[mark82]

We cannot financially compete with the parachute clubs so playoffs is best it’s going to ever be

Not necessarily. You need a bit of luck, and a good team, but Ipswich proved it can be done.

 

[mark82]

Wright called up.

https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2025/05/mauricio-pochettino-27-player-roster-training-camp-june-matches-turkey-switzerland

Striker Haji Wright collected 12 goals and one assist in 29 matches as Coventry City fell just short of Premier League promotion.

Not sure that is a good thing for Wright/us. Felt like he needed a proper rest to properly recover from his injury earlier in the season.

 

[shmmeee]

The point of getting better isn’t to get autos it’s because we aren’t good enough to win the POs right now. It’s all well and good saying “we’ll make the playoffs” but pointless if you’re never close to winning them. You need a fluke season where there’s only two good teams or you need a squad that can bridge the gap a bit so you can compete with third. We aren’t going to go up with the current squad.

 

[procdoc]

The point of getting better isn’t to get autos it’s because we aren’t good enough to win the POs right now. It’s all well and good saying “we’ll make the playoffs” but pointless if you’re never close to winning them. You need a fluke season where there’s only two good teams or you need a squad that can bridge the gap a bit so you can compete with third. We aren’t going to go up with the current squad.

we were a penalty shootout from winning them a couple of years ago

 

[shmmeee]

we were a penalty shootout from winning them a couple of years ago

That was a fluke year. It’s not often the rest of the league is as poor as Luton and Luton were comfortably better than us all season and on the day of we’re honest.

 

[wingy]

Good post to be fair and agree on us needing to diversify our attack.

I just personally believe a target man who is a presence in the box, can hold up and pass it along would be a big plus for our system.

Also based on the other stats, I think he has a lot of potential and would allow us to invest into other areas especially the higher goal per 90 and shots on target.

Agree it’s important not to funnel all attacks into one area but think we’ve got plenty of avenues to hurt teams, with the wingers cutting in and 8s driving forward . Not to mention set pieces, got more work to do but I think it’s a good start.

I think one big problem was the Strikers including BTA struggling to get involved in the system due to either not suiting the set up or not having the ability to work within it

Those set pieces evaporated really for the last six games or so, although Rudi did get on the end of a couple from open play.

 

[Shannerz]

That was a fluke year. It’s not often the rest of the league is as poor as Luton and Luton were comfortably better than us all season and on the day of we’re honest.

Of course it wasn't. It was a normal Championship year.

If you're in the play-offs, then you're good enough to win them. The season goes out the window once you're there; it's come out on top in three games. That's not beyond any team that gets that far.

 

[SBT]

That was a fluke year. It’s not often the rest of the league is as poor as Luton and Luton were comfortably better than us all season and on the day of we’re honest.

And yet!

 

[shmmeee]

Of course it wasn't. It was a normal Championship year.

If you're in the play-offs, then you're good enough to win them. The season goes out the window once you're there; it's come out on top in three games. That's not beyond any team that gets that far.

I’d just rather go in not requiring the opposition to have a bad day.