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Should Ellis Simms be recalled if possible.

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Nice bit of squad depth to add to our 90th minute desperation sub rotation. Shame it'll probably take away from Cannon's 3 minute cameos, hope it doesn't harm his development too much but will be good to see if Simms is up to the level required for those 3 minutes. Has anybody told Lampard he's been recalled yet?
 
Nothing against Simms, hope he comes back and surprises everyone with some goals.
That being said, it is ridiculous that a premier league institution like Everton are relying on a young man deemed not good enough for first team football six months ago to now come back into the team and score goals to secure their survival.
Heads should roll for this, but we know they won't. More "Good times" are on the way.
 

No-one thought he “wasn’t good enough” in summer. Just another symptom of underestimating Dom’s fragility. Even if we sign Harry Kane as a permanent no9, I’d rather Simms coming on for the last 10 mins than Maupay. Not embarrassing at all, makes perfect sense. We own a lad who is currently finding the net in a tough division, whilst also moaning we can’t score. May as well be on our bench behind whoever we buy/loan.
 
7 goals / 2 assists over 17 appearances (14 starts, 3 subs - taken off 1)
24 shots - 10 on target.
Seems worth a go to me, certainly looks better than the loan performance of some similar aged players.
James Vaughn must have seen something he likes.
Plus imagine the fume if he stayed there and got 18+ goals while we sign someone for £15m+ who produces as much as Maupey has ??
 

Pretty damning indictment of our management that while desperate for striking options we sent him out on loan twice while retaining Rondon . Obviously we are skint … loans and recalling Simms . Pathetic
What’s next ? Rooney out of retirement on a free ?
 
I'd rather have Simms and Cannon than Rondon but then that's not saying much. Maybe we can't afford to get strikers and wingers this window so wingers are being prioritised.

Bit of a worry.
 
Sure it’s desperate. So what. We’re in a desperate spot. As has been said he knows where the back of the net is. He’s been playing first team minutes so he’s match fit. He’s shown enough to get a chance.

Since we can’t seem to stop playing Route 1 even with a little striker who can’t win a ball in the air against a CB, let’s get a big fella on there who can get on the end of a cross.

This is what loan recall clauses are for. Do it.

Not saying it’s enough. It is not. But it is better than not doing it.
 
Sunderland fan popping in.

I wasn’t aware of what was going on with Everton and if you’re considering bringing Simms back then I’d be very worried.

He’s been good for us, puts in a good shift and he’s scored some brilliant goals too but he’s not shown enough to say he’d be Premier League standard yet. He’s not even the best striker at our club atm.

No beef with Everton, I wish you the best but can’t see how recalling him helps much. He’s definitely capable but I can’t see it working out.
Exactly what another Sunderland supporting mate of mine has said.

The Championship is currently his level, and he's not exactly tearing it up.

If he's the answer, we're pretty screwed.
 

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