No point in playing games if we don't have a striker. We will not win a game without a striker and we will not come back in a game we are losing without a striker.
Shocking isn't it?
We had the ball in the net twice without a striker today and we’ve looked solider defensively with actually defenders instead of Keystone Cops
One own goal and the other was offside. I'll keep the champagne on ice.
It shows we can score, but it doesn’t mean we aren’t going to go an entire season without one
I mean, the signs of a good manager is making sure a good defensive unit exists. Which we already look a million times better, and just generally solid.
Simms looked awful in preseason, he clearly needed a full season of competitive football
Sending Simms on loan was the correct thing to do, but it could've waited until later in the window, knowing we had a starting striker who just missed most of last season injured, and a backup striker who is both quite bad AND who we knew was suspended for the first game of the season. Simms isn't glamorous or elegant but he is effective and clearly knows how to kick a football into a goal.
Can a player who doesn't play a second of our pre season friendlies look awful? hmmm
I'd Simms scores 20 goals this season we aren't replacing him with a player of higher quality for the same money.
History is repeating itself though in the lack of DCL cover. Beyond the extreme reliance on him post the Richy sale (despite a checkered health record) and the likelihood (and likely wise) looming transfer of him in the not so distant future, simply a rotation striker that is able to finish out 20 minutes and play in the league cup isn't sufficient.
Yes, because they train every day and are monitored. It was their chance to make a claim to be considered.
Did you watch him train yeah?
