2022/23 Ellis Simms

[TheBigIguana]

He’s honestly just beyond redemption. Some days I’m on here going ‘no I can see where he’s coming from you’re all being too harsh on him’, then he has a day like today and you just have to admit that he’s an absolute loon with no grasp on the reality of football.

What you're describing as the reality is something we've chosen and something we could choose to stop.

 

[Toffeepot]

I truly don't care how bad you are this is not a viable way to play. Eventually you get relegated.

We would need far better players to play more attacking. It is the practical thing to do if we are to survive, not the other way round. The teams that survive this relegation battle will be the ones that concede less between now and May, the reason being that those in the relegation battle are all struggling to score. There are tiers to this whole tiered system, who'd have thought it? Tiers within tiers too.

 

[BigDuncTributeBand]

One day we'll play football where the striker can just score goals and impact the final third without having to worry about whether or not he can fight two CBs at once 70 yards from goal. I swear it'll happen one day.

Call it his ability to link play if you like, he’s very poor at it. Hearts finished 3rd in Scotland last year he wasn’t playing in a crap everton team 70 yards from goal with two centre backs around him and no support. When people like Liam Boyce look far more comfortable with the ball played to them with their back to goal then there’s a problem.

 

[BigDuncTributeBand]

Actually, I would, given the present options and Dominic Calvert-Lewin's endless cycle of injuries. Shankland puts himself about, can hold the ball up, and knows where the goal is - he's the sort of player we should have got on a cheap/low-risk deal had we been at all organised in January, and it wouldn't have hurt to give him a go.

What I was most disappointed with re: Simms last night was his play without the ball - that he got virtually no service isn't his fault, but he did nothing to pull defenders out of position, and he really should have given that iffy back line a bit more to think about.

Shankland is far more all round player compared to Simms but still don’t think he’d make it in the prem.

As far as Simms goes, yeah, he isn’t really what you’d call a hard worker who closes down defenders, wasn’t at hearts anyway. He’s a bit similar to Lukaku in that he wants the ball played over the top to run on to and is a good finisher in the penalty box - he’s not a hustle and bustle type player. He’ll score goals at a team like Hearts or top half championship team where he’s getting chances every game but isn’t suited to where we are or job Dyche wants him to do.

 

[GoldenToffee]

He whack yo.

 

[Egil Olsen]

We would need far better players to play more attacking. It is the practical thing to do if we are to survive, not the other way round. The teams that survive this relegation battle will be the ones that concede less between now and May, the reason being that those in the relegation battle are all struggling to score. There are tiers to this whole tiered system, who'd have thought it? Tiers within tiers too.

In a battle to avoid relegation, a strong defense is far more important than attack. There is data on this.

There are also other variables that correspond to avoiding relegation:

- Clean sheets
- Don't lose possession in own half
- Direct style - play forward
- Win knock-downs & transitions
- Set pieces (defensive & offensive)

It is not difficult to see that this corresponds quite well to how Dyche sets up the team.

 

[twoblue]

One day we'll play football where the striker can just score goals and impact the final third without having to worry about whether or not he can fight two CBs at once 70 yards from goal. I swear it'll happen one day.

The days are gone at the top tier. Darren Bent was the last of the breed.

 

[Charlie Sweet]

The days are gone at the top tier. Darren Bent was the last of the breed.

At least Darren Bent looked fit. Simms looks too heavy to me.

 

[COYBL25]

Shankland is far more all round player compared to Simms but still don’t think he’d make it in the prem.

As far as Simms goes, yeah, he isn’t really what you’d call a hard worker who closes down defenders, wasn’t at hearts anyway. He’s a bit similar to Lukaku in that he wants the ball played over the top to run on to and is a good finisher in the penalty box - he’s not a hustle and bustle type player. He’ll score goals at a team like Hearts or top half championship team where he’s getting chances every game but isn’t suited to where we are or job Dyche wants him to do.

Which is a nutshell is the fault of the board / DOF, who have failed to bring in a striker, who suits the way Dyche wants us to play.

Even if we had peak Lukaku up front, he`d struggle with the amount of service he`d get, let alone a young lad, who`s spent his entire senior career on loan in the SPL and the Championship.

 

[aberonn]

In a battle to avoid relegation, a strong defense is far more important than attack. There is data on this.

There are also other variables that correspond to avoiding relegation:

- Clean sheets
- Don't lose possession in own half
- Direct style - play forward
- Win knock-downs & transitions
- Set pieces (defensive & offensive)

It is not difficult to see that this corresponds quite well to how Dyche sets up the team.

Gattuso's Pisa relegated despite Serie B's best defensive record | Goal.com

Serie B side Pisa have been relegated to the Italian third tier, despite having the best defensive record in the league.

www.goal.com

 

[billyblue80]

May as well give him another go at home at least we will get balls into the box and more players around him. Maupay literally drops into midfield he's that uninvolved.

 

[billyblue80]

Shankland is far more all round player compared to Simms but still don’t think he’d make it in the prem.

As far as Simms goes, yeah, he isn’t really what you’d call a hard worker who closes down defenders, wasn’t at hearts anyway. He’s a bit similar to Lukaku in that he wants the ball played over the top to run on to and is a good finisher in the penalty box - he’s not a hustle and bustle type player. He’ll score goals at a team like Hearts or top half championship team where he’s getting chances every game but isn’t suited to where we are or job Dyche wants him to do.

Yes he's more of a finisher really if he gets chances what choice do we have though? May as well start him or at least give him another good half hour off the bench. Maybe start Maupay and get Onana or Doucs as close as possible.

 

[ejhaslam]

Stick Simms and Maupay or Gray up top together on Saturday. Dropping him is only going to knock his confidence. Think he could work well in a two.

 

[Sheedy's right knee.]

I think the 1 Derby away game is a strange barometer to judge someone’s ability. I’ve seen Lukaku do less in the aforementioned fixture. If he get gets a couple of chances on goal newe keep the game tight tomorrow he may just turn out to be a match winner. I might sound a bit optimistic but I don’t think Leeds are great in defence.

 

[neil999]

I think he might be a bit dopey, they had to shout at him to get on right side of the pitch lol