I find the Simms pile-on a little strange. If we don’t go up this season, it’s not because of anyone’s failure to score goals, it’s the comedy routines at the back that have screwed us over for two years in a row now.
Well it's certainly got plenty of criticism and I'll take that, but it is a forum for opinions. In truth, I posted it on the coach immediately after the game and on Monday and partly to get a rise out of Grendel which has backfired, but in reality, a surprising amount of people have selected Max.
What is interesting is that actually Max had his last season in the Championship. In slightly less minutes from 25 games (19 starts) he only scored 1 goal less than Ellis has. Most on here would agree he was limited at this level, but what you could never question was his effort. Pound for pound, he was approximately 10% of what we're paying Simms if the reported figures are correct (£2,500 v £25,000) and if we believe that Ellis is really leaving it all out there and putting it in, then that's probably an even bigger indictment on his ability.
Simms is way younger in the Championship than Max was and there should be much more to come from Sims. Time will tell.
Max was doing ok in his last season in the Championship and his attitude was exemplary. Unfortunately, he got a bad injury after Robins said he was well on the way to earning another contract. Like Dabo, think Max's career has been scuppered by injury. When fit, I think Max was proving to be a good mid-table Championship player.