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2022/23 Ellis Simms

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It‘ll be interesting to see what Dych works on with him. Despite his size people wrongly think he’s a Target Man , but while things like his hold up play and heading have improved he’s nowhere near what DCL is like in these areas , and you can’t expect him to dominate a crowded box and score headed goals the way DCL and Tarks can. He’s a Finisher . Play the right ball through to him and he’ll likely get a shot on target and with his power he’ll score a good percentage of them .
 
blueloon said:
It‘ll be interesting to see what Dych works on with him. Despite his size people wrongly think he’s a Target Man , but while things like his hold up play and heading have improved he’s nowhere near what Dominic Calvert-Lewin is like in these areas , and you can’t expect him to dominate a crowded box and score headed goals the way Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Tarks can. He’s a Finisher . Play the right ball through to him and he’ll likely get a shot on target and with his power he’ll score a good percentage of them .
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Simms and cannon could be a useful partnership.
 

Goodisongang said:
Even then was he that bad against the [Poor language removed]?

Sure he got 3/4 goals against them which baring Cahill could be the highest from anyone premiership era
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He got three against them, all at home - two in the 3-3 when Sturridge equalised late on, and the equaliser in a 1-1. Not exactly an amazing record given his overall stats with us.
 
badloaf said:
I wouldn’t be surprised to find out we’ve had the lowest forwards to goals ratio* of any Premiership team since ‘92. Lukaku was a total anomaly. I’m sure some people slagged him off simply because they were confused by one of our strikers getting so many goals (and yes, I know he was pants against the sh1te).

*No doubt someone will leap in to quote actual stats but it feels that way, whatever the case.
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Ferguson Rooney Yakubu Lukaku Richarlison Calvert Lewin have been alright. The rest have been pretty rubbish. A few purple patches now and again from Naismith Jelavic Saha Radzinski Johnson but they couldn’t maintain it for various reasons.
 

MikeH72 said:
Saha was definitely a purple patch player, he did my head in for 70% of his time here.
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Same, i couldnt stand him. So frustrating. He went missing for months at a time, he'd try shots from ridiculous places that he had no chance of scoring, usually blocked, then hed score a worldy every now and then to "justify" his place and everyone would call him King. Not a patch on Yakubu, but he played for United so Moyes was entranced.
 
Kever10 said:
Same, i couldnt stand him. So frustrating. He went missing for months at a time, he'd try shots from ridiculous places that he had no chance of scoring, usually blocked, then hed score a worldy every now and then to "justify" his place and everyone would call him King. Not a patch on Yakubu, but he played for United so Moyes was entranced.
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An absolutely perfect summary. He’d go on runs where he’d score 5 in 7 games and buy himself another 4 goalless months in the starting XI. That was the time I started to get proper sick of Moyes.
 

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