AOM
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Think everyone was really positive about him after the Tottenham game as well. It was a nice goal to be fair
Weirdly one of the only times I thought he looked decent for us was when he came on and played down the right against Sheff Wed at home in the league game. Barely seen him there since
Simms who scored 19 goals last yr?We need to give him a run in the team can't believe we thinking off selling him I would put him in take simms out
But what's he done this season ?Simms who scored 19 goals last yr?
You are using that argument against Simms to justify playing BTA.... ok thenBut what's he done this season ?
Sat on the bench for most of it,But what's he done this season ?
I just think bta has not become a bad player over night just think he needs game time to get his spark badYou are using that argument against Simms to justify playing BTA.... ok then
I just think bta has not become a bad player over night just think he needs game time to get his spark bad
True - but I do remember an overhead kick from Drinkall which was a great goal. (maybe his only one though!)He's not the first and he won't be the last.
Kevin Drinkall and Chris Chilton come to mind.
neither has Simms who has scored more last season than in any of BTA's previous seasons at this level.I just think bta has not become a bad player over night just think he needs game time to get his spark bad
I remember becoming really enthused about City signing Chilton who almost immediately got injured and only scored a few goals for us.He's not the first and he won't be the last.
Kevin Drinkall and Chris Chilton come to mind.
The reason given at the time was the parachute payments had run out at West Brom and they had to sell their main assets?Rob Gurney said he was good at WBA plus top scorer. But I did wonder why they did let him go.
I think it’s more a case of we have 3 better than him already and greater needs in other parts of the pitch. If we need to trade to raise funds then BTA is a good option.Truly bizarre the way we write people off. If we just take centre forwards can you imagine if we’d had the same attitude to just some of these slow starters:
Gibson, Regis, Rosario, McNulty, Wright etc etc
Simon Howarth?Truly bizarre the way we write people off. If we just take centre forwards can you imagine if we’d had the same attitude to just some of these slow starters:
Gibson, Regis, Rosario, McNulty, Wright etc etc
I'll never, ever forget him partnering Kyle Lightbourne up front away to Barnsley. Ever.Simon Howarth?
True - but I do remember an overhead kick from Drinkall which was a great goal. (maybe his only one though!)
I'm sure Lightbourne featured in the LAST Hall of Shame with a description along the lines of "signed to add some height up front, a lamp post would have had a similar effect"I'll never, ever forget him partnering Kyle Lightbourne up front away to Barnsley. Ever.
It went about as well as you'd expect.
Yet part of one of our best ever top flight squads!Had forgotten about Lightbulb and Howarth ..... they were a hard watch !
Both decent lower league strikers, to be fair, just not good enough for the level we were at then.Yet part of one of our best ever top flight squads!
He has hardly started and been played as a lone striker. Basette , one goal. They all struggle, in their iwnBut what's he done this season ?
Same as last yr, until picked regularlyBoth decent lower league strikers, to be fair, just not good enough for the level we were at then.
I am telling you what happened last yr. Can hardly criticize when he is not being picked. Simms is a far better player than Assante. Cannot fault Assante work rateYou are using that argument against Simms to justify playing BTA.... ok then
True - but I do remember an overhead kick from Drinkall which was a great goal. (maybe his only one though!)
Take your point but Wright will play left. Simms looks pretty disinterested to me and Bassette is a prospect who is deemed better than BTA because he winds the opposition up. I’d take the sale to help the squad but I think the assessment of him is unfair.I think it’s more a case of we have 3 better than him already and greater needs in other parts of the pitch. If we need to trade to raise funds then BTA is a good option.
If the club sells BTA for less than the price that was paid, the upside to this is that he will be removed from the wage bill and the transfer fee could be put to better use for a position that needs filling (so that there are 2 players for every position) or a position that needs upgrading such as left back (Kai Wagner or Harvey Vale?)
BTA is 26 years old with 3 and a half years left on his contract. He has only scored 1 goal in 25 appearances in the League and he has not been value for money.
At WBA in the 22/23 season he scored only 7 goals in 33 appearances and in the 23/24 season he scored 11 goals in 39 appearances and many of these were penalties, not from open play.
In the last 2 and a half seasons he has played 97 league games and scored 19 goals, which is a ratio of 1 goal every 5 games. This is not good enough for a striker.
BTA is probably the 4th choice striker at the club after Wright, Simms and Bassette and the 3rd choice left winger after Wright and Mason-Clark.
His signing was not needed and was another poor signing by Mark Robins as the money should have been put to better use.
Hopefully, Robins will do Coventry a favour and sign him for Stoke.
Is Rosario not the odd-one-out in that list? I remember him being a bit crap in that red-flecked away kit.Truly bizarre the way we write people off. If we just take centre forwards can you imagine if we’d had the same attitude to just some of these slow starters:
Gibson, Regis, Rosario, McNulty, Wright etc etc
Simms looked anything BUT disinteresting in the last game..Take your point but Wright will play left. Simms looks pretty disinterested to me and Bassette is a prospect who is deemed better than BTA because he winds the opposition up. I’d take the sale to help the squad but I think the assessment of him is unfair.
He’s starting to play how Lampard wants him to, he starts SaturdaySimms looked anything BUT disinteresting in the last game..
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