Thomas Asante (25 Viewers)

[alexccfc99]

What a little pick up he is! Workhorse and I’m so chuffed to bits he got that league goal tonight

Doesn’t stop running and you can’t ask for much more from any footballer

Simms has a fight on his hands to get his starting spot back

 

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[Evo1883]

Well asante has to start , the energy across the front line was something we'd been missing and he gave us that

 

[PUSB-We_are_going_up]

Class player bargain fee

 

[Perennial Lurker]

I've said a lot this season that we've missed O'Hares energy and positivity on the pitch and the only player I've seen who can replicate it is BTA.
He hasn't got the best skillset , pace or finishing skills but in every game I've watched him he runs his arse off every minute he's on the pitch .
He was the catalyst tonight

 

[Cally Fedora]

A seminal game from him. His energy up front led to so many other positives. Whisper it quietly but he’s contributing the odd good finish as well.

 

[SleepyGinger]

Love how he always looks to get a shot off

 

[Covkid1968#]

A bloody nice bloke aswell!!!

 

[Perennial Lurker]

A bloody nice bloke aswell!!!

You can see the other players love him , even when he lost rock,paper,scissors with MvE he didn't sulk

 

[David O'Day]

Fair play on him for forcing his way to this level after the grave robbers released him.

 

[Brylowes]

Love how he always looks to get a shot off

More often than not on target as well.

 

[ptr]

We can’t defend at the back so finally tonight we started defending from the front. Very good performance.

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

Great energy up front and the coaches need to show that to Simms to show him what he needs to do.

I think Simms is a good CF in a team that is creating chances, but he seems quite quiet and introverted and so doesn't have the mean, aggressive streak needed when things aren't going the team's way. If he had the mindset of any of BTA, Bassette or Vik he would be an absolute monster.

One for Dr Roberts to sink her teeth into I think,

 

[Gynnsthetonic]

So lively and engertic, different player to Simms who comes across more laid back

 

[bigfatronssba]

One for Dr Roberts to sink her teeth into I think,

Is she into that type of thing then?

 

[Perennial Lurker]

So lively and engertic, different player to Simms who comes across more laid back

Simms is still the better of the two when it comes to finishing and goals but a modern day number 9 has to work hard off the ball and be ready to take chances when they come along

 

[alexccfc99]

Simms is still the better of the two when it comes to finishing and goals but a modern day number 9 has to work hard off the ball and be ready to take chances when they come along

I’d be intrigued to see how they got on up top together I actually think they’d supplement eachother pretty well but it’s a non starter as I don’t see us playing a two up top

 

[Perennial Lurker]

I’d be intrigued to see how they got on up top together I actually think they’d supplement eachother pretty well but it’s a non starter as I don’t see us playing a two up top

I've suggested playing BTA off Simms/Bassette a few times . Not as a CAM or in the Rudoni role but as he did tonight , just use his energy and press defenders

 

[Ross Dublin]

Is she into that type of thing then?

It would certainly give him that bit of bite he needs!

 

[SkyBlueMatt]

Sorry Simms, I am a massive fan and I think he could be a good PL striker but we don't change this starting XI now (ok Saka). We need consistency. Wright, left. Assante, centre and maybe Bassette right?

The song is growing as well, it may sound silly but I think things like that make a massive difference.

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[Perennial Lurker]

Sorry Simms, I am a massive fan and I think he could be a good PL striker but we don't change this starting XI now (ok Saka). We need consistency. Wright, left. Assante, centre and maybe Bassette right?

The song is growing as well, it may sound silly but I think things like that make a massive difference.

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EMC did enough tonight to start Saturday

 

[2024/25 League 1 Champs?]

Sorry Simms, I am a massive fan and I think he could be a good PL striker but we don't change this starting XI now (ok Saka). We need consistency. Wright, left. Assante, centre and maybe Bassette right?

The song is growing as well, it may sound silly but I think things like that make a massive difference.

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EMC right, surely?

 

[shmmeee]

Robins called it the best centre forward performance at the club in some time.

 

[SkyBlueMatt]

EMC did enough tonight to start Saturday

Sorry, yes. 100%.

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[Mucca Mad Boys]

BTA was excellent tonight and looks twice the player as a striker rather than on the RW. The competition between him and Simms will be fierce.

Personally, I think Simms wins that battle in the long haul and they offer v different attributes to one another.

 

[rob9872]

I like all our forwards and our options. That's the area I'd keep rotating keep them fresh and hungry. Great bench options whoever is chosen and then against tired legs if we get the first part right it could be ope season when we switch it.

The midfield three of Eccles and Sheaf behind Rudi looks good if all can remain fit, we then can rotate any of Wright, Simms, Bassette, EMC, BTA and all look good. That's without Tats, Raphael or even Tavares too. Embarrassment of riches.

 

[letsallsingtogether]

My my my what a player in their faces the whole game just had a great game my motm just ahead of Bidwell.

 

[rexo87]

He’s much more of a Robins sort of striker than Simms is. All the successful strikers in Robins time have been good off the ball as well as on it. McNulty, Godden, Vik

 

[wingy]

Fair play on him for forcing his way to this level after the grave robbers released him.

Burke and Hare?

 

[long way home]

That's what he does, put him in that position he will run all day, create and will score goals. Id like to see him and Simms as a front 2 at some point this season. Different players but both effective if we play on the front foot as a team.

 

[Jamesimus]

Robins called it the best centre forward performance at the club in some time.

That’s how I felt watching it also. Was actually somewhat surprised.

 

[stay_up_skyblues]

It’s not just the much missed energy and press he gives, he is always looking to shoot. And despite the suggestions that he isn’t the best finisher they invariably end up on target. In a team that creates plenty of chances he should comfortably score 10+.

 

[TomRad85]

Good player, can't believe people moaned about us signing him.
Problem is, if you can call it a problem, we have 3 players who cost good money, who are all best playing through the middle. Someone is going to end up not playing much.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Good player, can't believe people moaned about us signing him.
Problem is, if you can call it a problem, we have 3 players who cost good money, who are all best playing through the middle. Someone is going to end up not playing much.

Looks like that will be Simms on this season’s evidence, until he finds a way to press from the front like his two counterparts.

 

[lord_garrincha]

Robins called it the best centre forward performance at the club in some time.

I thought he was superb... but... will those words be the kick up the arse Simms needs... or... does he see it as the nasty manager saying nasty things in public like his old assistant did at Ryton???

 

[KenilworthSkyBlue]

Looks like that will be Simms on this season’s evidence, until he finds a way to press from the front like his two counterparts.

This is what I find so funny about Simms. There's an art to it, like anything, but pressing is a pretty rudimentary part of the game and isn't all that difficult to do.

With the way the game has evolved, especially in terms of most teams playing out from the back, it just has to be a part of a striker's repertoire in today's game. Unless you are a proficient goalscorer you just can't get away with choosing not doing it.