SkyblueTexan
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He’s usually not a starter for the US team but a backup from the bench. Maybe that’s how we should use him if we don’t end up selling him. So much potential, but no desire at times. What a waste.
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Is the way we played against Sunderland an accurate reflection of our system? Or is it just the way Sunderland forced us to play?
Londonccfcfan
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We need a Josh Sargent type to get out of this division (we would cake walk the division). He will cost double what we get for this sorry American.
Really did pull the short straw on american strikers.
We cant carry inconsistant players. Cant have a hatrick one week then fuck all in 8 games. Thats sums Haji up.
Have faith in Lampard he will address it.
Really did pull the short straw on american strikers.
We cant carry inconsistant players. Cant have a hatrick one week then fuck all in 8 games. Thats sums Haji up.
Have faith in Lampard he will address it.
Londonccfcfan
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He had space and time on many occasions and chose wrong option ALL the time. Did fuck all, sorry.
thekidfromstrettoncamp
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"it's not his fault"
Don't know if you are one but plenty on here call players out when they make mistakes.Pages knocking our keepers , midfield and defenders doing their job and yet he just saunters about marking no one, only interested if the ball is played to his feet. Effort he doesn't know the meaning of the word.
It's a team game and if you have a workshy player like him in you team mistake are always going to happen .
As for selling him don't think you'd get 1 million for him waste of space IMHO.
Sky_Blue_Daz
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Whatever we get for him take, also been a big supporter of simms , but hes got 0 minutes in the last 2 games. BTA had a decent half hour so Frank starts him and brings him on. Obviously shows that Lampard dont rate Simms but he has to go now
Terry_dactyl
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Yeah, yeah…like I say, people have been lauding his abilities for ages. He’s always looked best on the wing for me.
I disagree too, on the wing I guess he likes it to feet but I’ve always thought he liked it played infront of him to run onto. Simms does too.
I think we both know we’re not selling Haji Wright for £1million…or anything under what we paid for him. I think it was only in the last couple of weeks someone posted on here that his scoring rate is up there with the best in this league.
Paul Anthony
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But the last two games, he hasn't even bothered trying to find space to run into. Most of the time he ambled about looking totally uninterested in a very Stern John kind of way. He never seemed interested to show himself for the ball to feet.
Neither Wright nor Simms really fit into the Lampard style of play - they aren’t bad players. I think as much as anything Wright was at a loss as to how he could affect the game, rather than being lazy or disinterested. In a lot of ways I think we could do with more of a technician as a focal point as they haven’t had the same space to work in behind when we have so much possession and the build up play is less direct.
Monkeyface
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All the comments about it not being his preferred system are fair enough, it definitely doesn't suit him. Playing a style that doesn't suit an individual will never get the best out of them. But he is so bad when it's not to his taste he looks like he's never kicked a ball... are we sure he is actually George Weah cousin?
That chance when the ball is chipped back into goal mouth and he backs away... jesus you don't need to be playing a particular system to know you put your foot through that. It actually looks like he's deliberately trying not to score there.
That chance when the ball is chipped back into goal mouth and he backs away... jesus you don't need to be playing a particular system to know you put your foot through that. It actually looks like he's deliberately trying not to score there.
chiefdave
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I can't believe that for play off semi finals players just aren't bothered. Its your chance to get to the Premier League.
Not sure we'll be told but I wouldn't be surprised if he's still carrying an injury because something hasn't seemed right since he came back in.
Not sure I'd be giving up on him just yet. Its a tough one, we don't have cash to throw around and have other areas of the squad that need addressing. If you're looking to bring a 20 goals a season striker in that's got to be a huge chunk of the transfer budget gone. Lampard will need to work out where his priorities lie.
Not sure we'll be told but I wouldn't be surprised if he's still carrying an injury because something hasn't seemed right since he came back in.
Not sure I'd be giving up on him just yet. Its a tough one, we don't have cash to throw around and have other areas of the squad that need addressing. If you're looking to bring a 20 goals a season striker in that's got to be a huge chunk of the transfer budget gone. Lampard will need to work out where his priorities lie.
slondonskyblue
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Sell him to Wrexham, they need champ level players and are not short of a quid or two. He’s a yank as well so probs appeals to him.
RoboCCFC90
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No I agree, it’s not his fault. Win and lose as a team.
What I would say in hindsight is that with a half competent striker last night, let’s say Godden, I think we win and the mood is very different.
I’ve never been Wright’s biggest fan, for me blows hot and cold, and it’s the latter most of the time.
Offhegoes
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Godden from 4 years ago maybe, but he was well off the pace in his last 2 seasons at Cov. + He's a fox in the box, and even prime Matty Godden would of struggled at CF last night.
Not sure what the answer is to be honest. We have 4 strikers with different attributes, but none have impressed in that CF role consistently.
steve cooper
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To be fair, even though he was more or less unplayable when we beat Sunderland, he hasn't been the same since his injury. Angle ligament injuries like he suffered can be very difficult to come back from.
We shouldn't be too hard on him IMO.
We shouldn't be too hard on him IMO.
RoboCCFC90
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It’s obviously all hypothetical now and whilst I agree there are some elements of last night Godden would have struggled, he always had a knack of being in the right place at the right time. He’s got 18 goals again this season which shows he still knows his way to goal.
I think you are bang on in the sense that none of our current strikers have offered enough this season consistently which is why I think there needs to be change.
Skyblue Bangkok
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Golden doesn't have the pace for the Championship , you could tell in his last season with us.
Dirk Turpin
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not just over the 2 legs he was awful against Boro, he lost the ball and then just ambled back like it was pre season friendly and not 0-0 and basically a decider to get into the playoffs.
He should have been dropped at home when we knew Sunderland would sit back but you cant drop him away due to his pace and the possible space behind
Saddlebrains
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Evidently one or 2 told him what they thought of his recent performances post game last night
Good
Good
TomRad85
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Oooof
@Saddlebrains he hasn’t been carrying an injury or anything has he? He’s been so laboured it’s embarrassing/ can’t stand up a passenger.
glad he got told, some of those boys last night were heroic and put in thier best ever games - special shout out for JDS what a turnaround.
Saddlebrains
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Nope, hes been fine, its purely a case of not mentally or physically being up for it enough
Hence why some words were exchanged last night
Im not talking a punch up and fists thrown, but he was told by a few that his performances when everyone else has worked their arse off are not acceptable at this club
Could be nail in the coffin, could make him sort his shit out
I’m taking this with the usual pillar of salt, but assuming this is true and the “few” who spoke to him weren’t no-marks like Sky Blue Sam or Richard Overson, then surely there’s no way back for him from that.
Pricey1984
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I'm done with him
And at one point he actually had the gall to shout at sakamoto for not running to a player. I actually couldn't beleive that
And at one point he actually had the gall to shout at sakamoto for not running to a player. I actually couldn't beleive that
To be fair to him on that, wasn't that because he was coming back from offside and so couldn't have done it himself? May have been a different instance.
He had a great chance to run at O'Nein towards the end (I think) of normal time from centre-left and absolutely flapped it.
Yep really disappointing for our “gun” player.
issue if he went, is simms and bta could go which is quite striker rebuild. However trust Lampard et al to sort that.
TomRad85
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Taking the emotion of being highly pissed off with him out of it, if he stays and he and EMC are the 2 left options that's genuinely not a bad thing. But we still need 2 new CFs either way.
I do think EMC is ahead of him on the left though, I've said this for ages but most of this forum struggled to accept it for some reason.
Doubt he'd be happy playing mainly a bench role so perhaps the writing is on the wall.
I do think EMC is ahead of him on the left though, I've said this for ages but most of this forum struggled to accept it for some reason.
Doubt he'd be happy playing mainly a bench role so perhaps the writing is on the wall.
Theonlywayisskyblue
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He was awful last night no doubt about it and I'm glad he was called out in the dressing room. This is the one piece of play that really didn't make any sense to me. In a 2 horse race with O'Nein surely he's got to be the winner. I've never bought the idea that a player doesn't try so there must be a big underlying issue with him. Frank obviously loves him, the fans love him (until recently) so where has it all gone wrong. Maybe it's just the end of the road here and it's time to say goodbye. At his best somebody will take the risk on him or maybe he moves back overseas. It just doesn't add up and whatever the problem, it's such a shame
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Pricey1984
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Yeah fair enough mate, but it was more the aggressive way he shouted at him that I took exception to really, after he had been strolling around all game.
It probably was the same instance ti be fair