Simpson was totally at fault for that today tbh. However, it is increasingly worrying how inept a 'footballer' this lad really is. Definitely part of the problem.
He really seems it, tbh. Seems to show no desire to improve as a player. Seems very content and settled in the side (in a negative way, that is ). No pressure on his place, doesn't have to really bust a guy to pull a salary etc
The fact he has a video game of himself and is trifling over a new contract speaks volumes to me. Don't think he quite gets it. He's a mediocre player.
Tackle or foul; he was abysmal start to finish and has been in several of our recent games. We can't have him as a first team right back long term...especially where Williamson is involved.
Just to mention that if Simpson hadn't bottled it, it most probably should have been a sending off, becasue of his booking.
I'd have aken the red tbh with 3 minutes to go
Highlighted massively for me the need to have footballing defenders with Colo gone. Simpson and Williamson can't cope with any form of responsibility with a ball at their feet and the former's tenacity in situations was laughable. We can manage to carry 1 of these types in the squad but for me the game was lost at the back primarily for these reasons. The fact Shola was played lone striker added to this with a lack of movement up top. Then the subs were just an admittance of defeat bar young fergie. Pardew and the lack of footballing options at the back lost it for me.
Honestly don't see what Gosling brings to the side...yet anyway. Those subs were the coffin nail for me. Arguably our 3 most creative players tonight replaced by 2 duds and the one player in Ferguson who should have been played much sooner. What was he thinking?
I'd risk him becuse he actually can do something with a ball at his feet, simpson today and Pardew's decision to persist with him is making me progrsseively more an more angry.