I don’t see it. I see a club who have met Rondon go and who have realised without DCL we now literelly have Maupay and then Cannon. We need more actual players. Simms has done what was required. He’s gone away, hopefully learned his game at a better level than the under 23’s and maybe he’s ready to have a go. Not everything has to be so negative. I think this is a massive positive.
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toffee-boy
Player Valuation: £15m
Get ready for the announcement that DCL has had a setback and out for 4 weeks
We needed new signings ready for the beginning of January. This is an act of desperation and an attempt to deflect attention away from the fact they have failed again to sign goalscorers.
Any other club our stature and this board would have been replaced years ago.
Daytripper
Player Valuation: £40m
For me Calvert Lewin isn’t even near Lukaku level .and has never been replaced.
We haven’t even replaced James Rodriguez and the Icelandic toss pot.
This is what happens with poor foresight or lack of planning. There will always be glaring issues. How many years did it take to get a new right back for example.
jonnyboy316
Player Valuation: £35m
He would be a good last 15 minute option but at the same time it is worrying
Notice the way its leaked after Lampard has finished his Press Conference today. He well knew it was in the offing before that presser. Unbelievable if this is true. We're in a mess.
Thats all he could be at this stage. Its horrendous how low we've plunged.
Its the usual spin from the club and people will lap it up
The protests against the club need ramped up right now. I will not support a board who have no idea what they are doing
Dublin blue 75
Player Valuation: £50m
Simms will be just like a new signing.
I mean, yeah he isn't, but few players are.
I'm not excusing the board or anything but 25-goal a season strikers do not grow on trees, and are not readily affordable.
DCL is a poacher. He'll score goals if you get the ball to him in the box. He might miss a fair few too but when the creativity is there around him, he's shown he can score.
Issue is we've stripped all of that creativity out over the past 2-3 seasons for one reason or another.
Then what we've replaced it with is players who can neither score nor create with a regular consistency.
Daytripper
Player Valuation: £40m
One mistake is going like for like. For example say, signing a player in similar vein to DCL? Why? You need different options. Target man tactics isn’t working, use a forward with pace to play off the shoulder and press the opposition back.
As for creativity, we haven’t even replaced James or Sigurddson mate. And Richarlison.
And now we are recalling a player who couldn’t get a chance when we were a handful of games into a season and having play Gordon up there.
There’s no foresight here. No sense of contingency or tact. It’s all scattergun resulting in gaping flaws year on year having to be amended or delayed to be fixed a following transfer window.
MACCA75
Player Valuation: £70m
Simms will never be a Prem forward, just doesn’t have the attributes. Still he’s probably a better option than Cannon, so it’s worth recalling him.
Lampard still talking up Dom though is a joke tbh. I’ve never known a club put so much faith in such an underwhelming injury prone player who has to have the ball on an absolute plate to score a goal.
Lampard still talking up Dom though is a joke tbh. I’ve never known a club put so much faith in such an underwhelming injury prone player who has to have the ball on an absolute plate to score a goal.
Daytripper
Player Valuation: £40m
I would love to be wrong and the lad comes back to do well but ask yourself this, again due to mismanagement we had to go without a centre forward for the opening games and he was allowed to leave on loan. Why.
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