…I’d be surprised if Lampard doesn’t have a good look at Simms in pre-season. Remember when he took over at Chelsea & he refused to sell Zouma without evaluating him first.
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gonetomorrow
Player Valuation: £70m
OK let's see what he can do. He may be like a Mitrovic who can do it in a lower class but not in the Prem.
Why is it pointless?
Who is it pointless for?
….the lad has had two loan spells, another season eats into his contract. It comes to a point where you have to make a decision. Simms is already a more effective option than Rondon, so what is the point of sending him on loan?
if we bring a central striker in, then we might as well sell him but if we don’t then it leaves Rondon as back-up to DCL.
Regular posters know, i’m not a fan of loans anyway but Simms has certainly put himself into contention.
Agree entirely.
billyblue80
Player Valuation: £70m
Also five subs next season
Zatara
Player Valuation: £90m
Tammy Abraham under Lampard and now under Mourinho seems to be told not to leave the central 'zone'. Whst I mean is that hes played in a similar way to how Ancelotti told DCL to stay central, get in the box close to goal at all times like a poacher.
I wonder if Lampard will tell DCL the same and with Simms being a similar profile it seems it could suit the two of them...big, strong, scores goals...perhaps he'd be a good backup option.
Definitely prefer him to Rondon just based on highlights and the discrepancy with wages must be huge.
hktoffee
Birds of a feather flock together
Sell Rondon. Let Simms plays as the third striker.
Makes the squad replacing Rondon for me
He’s 100% not good enough for our league I’ll tell you right now.
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He has done well on loan and at least deserves an opportunity.
on what basis do you make that assessment? None of us have seen him in the PL recently.
He has done well on loan and at least deserves an opportunity.
AmericasToffee
Player Valuation: £40m
He did ok in the SPL. Not great, just ok.
GoldenToffee
Player Valuation: £50m
Makes perfect sense to me, just I guess it'll be a loan for Rondon as per the rest of our reject signings in the past half decade. I think Simms has done enough to deserve a season in the squad, not much more he could have done in Scotland to show he's worth putting a bit of faith in. Not a starter, obviously, but could be a very useful squad player. Heck, if he'd have been here since Christmas he'd no doubt have netted a few and we wouldn't have taken relegation down to the penultimate day.
He moved to a new club for four months, made an impact and scored goals. In my book, that is better than ok
BigDuncTributeBand
Player Valuation: £25m
Forget about Ellis and our first team squad next season, he’s a long way to go. You’re just setting yourself and the lad up for disappointment.
Watch Hearts every week and he did well but that’s it. He didn’t stand out as a level above or someone too good to be playing in the SPL.
Best for him is another loan to see if he can push on and work on the rough parts of his game.
Watch Hearts every week and he did well but that’s it. He didn’t stand out as a level above or someone too good to be playing in the SPL.
Best for him is another loan to see if he can push on and work on the rough parts of his game.
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