And with that Simms chance.... (4 Viewers)

[SBAndy]

I’m sure there’s a parallel universe where Ipswich beat us to Simms’ signing and he was top scorer in the Championship last season.

 

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[covboy9]

Was a tough chance but fans are just fed up of this guy he’s shite

 

[ccfcricoh]

Maybe its just cos i cant be arsed to be negative like most, but you absolutely want your striker taking that opportunity on themselves, he did well to create the space and got a decent shot away that was going bottom corner, keeper made a good save, the pass was a harder option in my eyes.

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

Maybe its just cos i cant be arsed to be negative like most, but you absolutely want your striker taking that opportunity on themselves, he did well to create the space and got a decent shot away that was going bottom corner, keeper made a good save, the pass was a harder option in my eyes.

To be fair I'd rather see him taking that on than half-heartedly jogging across the front line pretending to press defenders.

 

[ccfcricoh]

To be fair I'd rather see him taking that on than half-heartedly jogging across the front line pretending to press defenders.

now thats a different point entirely

 

[fernandopartridge]

My brain cannot compute how he came through a PL academy.

I should imagine he's been a big powerful lad for a long time

 

[fernandopartridge]

Everyone saying the other way round on a split second decision the other game, here's 5/6 touches before Simms gets his "shot" away.

Any professional footballer should be able to square that ball at some point for a better opportunity to score.

To be fair the pass was only realistically on for a couple of seconds, and the real chance had gone before your first frame here.

 

[fernandopartridge]

There was a couple bursts of speed last night and I thought he actually put the effort in, same as last game but the quality just isn't there.

He showed some aggression when he came on but it was a bit uncontrolled, not long after the chance where he might have gone around the keeper he got on the ball and drove with it, but his touch was just too heavy and he ran straight into a defender.

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

I should imagine he's been a big powerful lad for a long time

You di imagine that a lot of his coming up through the youth ranks was because he was more physically developed early on and he didn't even really need to use it to get the better of other players.

 

[David O'Day]

I don't have a problem with blinkered strikers, they're greedy by nature but I do have a problem with Simms ... He's just not very good. Bad signing and we're lumbered with him

Scored loads of goals for a bad signing

 

[rob9872]

If he messes up the pass (which is very possible) everyone would be hammering him for not shooting. As Lineker said (and I may not like him, but he knows a thing or two about scoring goals), if you shoot you only have to get one thing right. If you pass you have to get the pass right and then hope the other guy finishes.

 

[HadjiChippo]

If he messes up the pass (which is very possible) everyone would be hammering him for not shooting. As Lineker said (and I may not like him, but he knows a thing or two about scoring goals), if you shoot you only have to get one thing right. If you pass you have to get the pass right and then hope the other guy finishes.

No one would’ve been hammering him for not running almost half the length of the pitch on his own if he’d have passed instead. He had Sakamoto on as an easier pass on aswell if needed (who surely could’ve put Bassette in). We had 3 on 1 with Simms, Bassette and Saka, at a time when you’re desperate for goals we need players playing as a team.

I Never go in on Simms as I’ve always rated him since he joined, but last night was poor decision making that really typifies how we’re in the situation we’re in. Lack of experienced decision making all over the pitch.

 

[rob9872]

He has one goal this season and is a centre forward. I'd have put my house on him shooting (not scoring) and think the criticism not to pass, however much it might be the correct decision, is ott. He was also only on as a sub, so much more difficult to have got that feel for the game.

 

[Torquay Sky Blue]

Scored loads of goals for a bad signing

He was always going to shoot and whether he passes or not is irrelevant . Every number 9 takes that shot on.
Even with his 14 goals I think he was a bad signing

 

[Deity]

There we have it. There's no team here.

Just a squad of half decent players stuck together on long contracts.

If he scores we don’t moan, if the rebound falls to Tats and he scores we don’t moan. The ball to Bassett was certainly on but it wasn’t a simple one. Simms backed himself to beat Cook and get a shot off. He did both. Many strikers would have made the same choice, including Bassett by the way.

The criticism Simms gets generally is quite lazy. He got 19 goals last season. He’s 6ft 4 he runs the channels and he scores tap ins. If we wanted a striker to press we should not have chosen him. It’s not his game. In the same way Kane can’t do it for England either. It doesn’t make either player crap it means play to their strengths or don’t play them.

 

[rob9872]

If he scores we don’t moan, if the rebound falls to Tats and he scores we don’t moan. The ball to Bassett was certainly on but it wasn’t a simple one. Simms backed himself to beat Cook and get a shot off. He did both. Many strikers would have made the same choice, including Bassett by the way.

The criticism Simms gets generally is quite lazy. He got 19 goals last season. He’s 6ft 4 he runs the channels and he scores tap ins. If we wanted a striker to press we should not have chosen him. It’s not his game. In the same way Kane can’t do it for England either. It doesn’t make either player crap it means play to their strengths or don’t play them.

Hallelujah!

 

[SkyB]

The pass straight through to Bassette was only on in the first 2 seconds of the chance but the reverse into Tats who could then pick out either Simms or Bassette from his position. Either way it's been 10 games and the players clearly aren't gelling.

 

[SkyB]

Did anyone hear Robins post match interview?

Reading between the lines it sounded like Bassette had a go at Simms in the changing room for not squaring and Simms mention Bassette doing the same on Saturday.

 

[The watchmaker]

And I spent ALL last season telling everyone on here that Simms was a shit footballer, and got absolute dogs abuse for saying it.

His goals last season masked the fact that he's totally fucking useless, which may sound weird since it's goals he was bought for, but for me you could see that he was just having a purple patch where everything hit him and went in, (wolves in the cup is just 1 of many examples)

As soon as he hit a poor run of goals it was obvious the fans would see his lack of any footballing talent. He got away with it for the first half of last season as we had patience while he took time to gell, apparently!

I too like to slag off my own team's players when they are doing well and am immensely proud when I deem them to have proven me right!!!

 

[clint van damme]

I'm sure he'll have another purple patch, followed by another barren spell, and that's how his career will continue.
A barren spell of 5 or 6 games is one thing, but when it's 15 or 20, that's no use to us.

 

[Boicey]

I'm sure he'll have another purple patch, followed by another barren spell, and that's how his career will continue.
A barren spell of 5 or 6 games is one thing, but when it's 15 or 20, that's no use to us.

He's a very limited player unable to create much himself and very reliant on other players to line him up on a clear channel to run at goal.
If teams have quality midfielders who can do that for him he will score, we don't have that at the minute.

 

[wingy]

What I want to know where was the safeguarding for Kevin Kyle?

 

[SBAndy]

What I want to know where was the safeguarding for Kevin Kyle?

think it was here….

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[Ashdown]

Its all a mystery to me, I thought he was dreadful to start with last season but then things clicked and Wright benefited too, now he’s gone back to looking like a clumsy pub player. Its a confidence thing I’m sure but we can’t carry passengers

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

Simms is a big lumbering striker with all the negatives of that but very few of the benefits ie. poor in the air, can't hold it up, not particularly strong, not aggressive.
He's very very limited.
You'd hope coaching could develop him but we're not seeing it.

 

[skybluecam]

Can’t believe people haven’t worked Simms out yet.

Watch his goals back from last season. They’re all crosses, headers, one or two touch finishes. That’s what he does and he’s good at it. The rest he’s pretty crap at.

If we can create those chances he’s worth having on the pitch, otherwise not.

 

[SBAndy]

Can’t believe people haven’t worked Simms out yet.

Watch his goals back from last season. They’re all crosses, headers, one or two touch finishes. That’s what he does and he’s good at it. The rest he’s pretty crap at.

If we can create those chances he’s worth having on the pitch, otherwise not.

And we’ve rarely consistently created good chances in the whole time Robins has been with us. I said earlier on in the thread there is a parallel universe where Simms went to Ipswich last summer and ended with 25 league goals. I genuinely don’t think that’s particularly outlandish.

 

[Otis]

He played very well today and was a constant threat.

 

[Para1140]

He played very well today and was a constant threat.

Mom for me today

 

[fatso]

He played very well today and was a constant threat.

He certainly showed what he can do when he puts his mind to it. Yes he's been starved of service in many games, but he was a different player today compared to his previous appearances this season.

We need more of these performances from him.

 

[Chris1987]

Simms looked well fired up today, he really put himself about . We need him to do this every game . Be great to see him scoring regularly again.

 

[Perennial Lurker]

Simms looked well fired up today, he really put himself about . We need him to do this every game . Be great to see him scoring regularly again.

Could have had a hat trick before he scored , he is our best 9 without question.
Can see him going on a run now

 

[GaryJones]

Simms was more like his old self today - properly on it!

 

[Chris1987]

Could have had a hat trick before he scored , he is our best 9 without question.
Can see him going on a run now

Hope he has the confidence to throw his weight around and bully defenders. I just hope that we play to his strengths because when on it he looks a proper handful

 

[Perennial Lurker]

It's been bewildering to me how we haven't scored more this season given the firepower we have .
Hopefully this is a change in fortune for us and we will see more goals from all our strikers