I know I'm in the minority here but I think BTA is a useful player & ideal as a pressing forward. His lack of technique badly lets him down as we've seen but he'll get into good positions & eventually score a few if he's given the time. Again, his lack of game time isn't helping him or us & he's probably feeling the pressure & snatching at chances even more as he's desperate to impress.
Just so you don't feel totally out on a limb (with current fitness) I think BTA and Simms should be starting with Bassette coming on for one or other of them depending on how the game is going.
Rudoni on the left doesn’t work in our system, we would definitely be better with BTA or Bassette out there.
For any squad player not likely to get much game time you want them to have a big impact when they come on late, I don't think BTA quite meets that criteria.
Broadly agree. Worth noting though that Obikwu is more of an international than Bassette albeit (most would argue) for a much poorer side.
Agree with all of this he has potential and the fire in his belly to make it happen that's what Vik had which takes him to a level above a lot of other strikers we have had the skill but the passion and belief that need to go with it. If Simms had half the passion and belief Bassett has hed be a very very good player. I'm not taking a swipe at Simms as I think he will come good like last year but from the outside it looks like their mentalities are very different .
Except he's offside most of the time and that's not true of Simms. I agree with what we should expect of Norm, he's young, but what he's actually delivering currently isn't meeting even lowered expectations because of inexperience. Of the two I think Simms should be preferred but only after a massive shot of adrenaline before the game
Not playing well at the moment, but must have something about him to get called up to the Belgium senior squad.
I don’t think the call-up meant much beyond getting a prospect some face time with the senior coaches, he hasn’t been near the national side since.
He gave the ball away every time he got it
Just checked his stats - he was caught offside more times than he completed a pass!
So did Simms but were led to believe he had a great game.
But he didn't.
No, you are correct. He had a relatively poor 15 minutes. Let’s try and sell the 20 year old with international goals and appearances, championship goals and a fantastic attitude as soon as we can.
