Darth Crooks Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 He's one of a couple of passengers that you just can't carry at this level. 'Excellent with good players around him'wouldn't cut it even I subscribed to that viewpoint. He is very technically poor and having Williamson who has similar frailties means we are carrying players that offer very little in games where you can barely get away with carrying one. Pardew's hands are tied to some extent with a thin squad and frugal leadership who were spiltting hairs over the price of the likes of Mariappa; who would have possibly provided decent RB and CB cover. I guess we'll never know. I've always believed the way you set up at the back dictates whether you play long ball or passing football; currently only our captain and a young lad whose best position is debated are able to provide this, with the other side having a mortal fear of the ball at all times. Ferguson needs a chance to bring some footballing nous to the back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Taking the piss out of Simpson's defending on GoS Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ToonZA Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Simpson is an average PL right back. full stop. He will play well when surrounded by better players who not only assist him defensively, but collects the ball from him and then continue attacking the opposition. As long as the opposition is forced to defend, they will struggle to form attacks that could expose Simpson. He will look excellent with a defensive minded player ahead of him. He will also look good if the opposition left is poor in an attacking sense. Hence, he played well at the start of the season surrounded by the now missing Saylor, Tiote, Cabaye; and taking into the account the opposition we were playing. Right now he is being shown up because those players are not around and we are consequently struggling to consistently : a) Provide enough clear options to our defence. (The options that do exist require players with greater passing ability than Simpson [Colo on a good day finds almost all the options easily because of his superior passing ability]) b) Control possession and create attacks that push the opposition back resulting is less time defending time for us c) Supply our strikers with quality balls (Resulting in more of Simpson's Beckhamesque crosses) He also does not have a quality player ahead of him, or next to him; exposing his limitations even further. Now this is not a post to provide excuses for his performances. I am just trying to fathom why it is he looked good early on in the season and now looks hapless. The thing is that if you are truly a quality right back, all of the above would merely be an inconvenience to an otherwise enjoyable 90 mins of football. If you are Danny Simpson, the above is a catastrophe from which he is unable to recover. And therein lies the answer. Okay....."excellent" is being hopelessly optimistic........lets leave it at "decent" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Simmo saying that Spurs are the best team we've played this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Cisse scored wearing Steve Harpers boots Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley17 Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Cisse scored wearing Steve Harpers boots Elliot's Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Cisse scored wearing Steve Harpers boots Elliot's Yeah, brain fart, they said keeper and I just thought of Harper for some reason. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Seems nervous as fuck on the telly, he's not normally like this on the radio. Maybe he's playing it down because of last night. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley17 Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Seems nervous as fuck on the telly, he's not normally like this on the radio. Maybe he's playing it down because of last night. They both seem sombre as fuck, refreshing to see that they give a fuck/are good actors Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlacknWhiteArmy Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Demba askng Simpson what certain words mean. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 "Danny, what's a 'Perch'?" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 He's desperately bland, the poor lad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chubby Jason Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 This is painful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistle17 Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 If he was French, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, German, etc. he would never have played football professionally. Says a lot about the state of football in this country when he's getting game time at the highest club level. As a player, he epitomises everything that's wrong with football in this country. I think to say he would never have played professionally is overstating it but he's an incredibly poor footballer in terms of what he can do with the ball at his feet, which is surprising when you consider which academy he came up through, and right to the top of it too. I honestly don't think it is. Like I said in my last post, had he been born in any other decent footballing nation he wouldn't have made it, he'd have been laughed at for his ability on the ball. You can get away with lack of pace, size, whatever you want to name, if you're good on the ball. If you're not, there's nowhere to hide and not a lot you can fall back on. I was at a coaching event a few weeks back with the England U17 manager who gave a presentation on how they are trying to change the footballing philosophy in this country. Whilst listening to him speak, the first player that came into my head that would be redundant if the FA can implement the change in philosophy was Simpson. They want every player on the pitch to be capable of actually playing football. They want the fullbacks to become more attack minded but still be able to defend. They're the two things that related most to Simpson. If he was coming through the ranks in 10-15 years time, again if the FA can get everything into place and develop their ideas properly, he wouldn't stand a chance. On the ball, he's woefully inept. He's s*** scared of the ball being anywhere near him and his distribution is embarrassing. He adds nothing going forward and his crossing is farcical. His control and first touch are poor. It genuinely makes you feel like there's a bomb in the ball when he has it at his feet. You can actually see the panic appear across his face when he's placed under the tiniest bit of pressure. Off the ball he isn't much better either. Everyone knows his backing off is terrible. His positional awareness for someone who's played in that position all of his life is awful. His lack of nous and footballing brain doesn't help his cause either. He just generally doesn't seem to think about what he's doing. Then to top it all off, his attitude stinks. If you make an error or are out of position, fine, it happens, but work your bollocks off to get back into position and make up for it. The amount of time I've seen Simpson just jogging back to get back into position this season has been embarrassing. That's before the constant whinging on the pitch and the pointing and blaming of team mates, even when it's quite clearly his own fault. To fit right in with the current national set up, he's got a massive ego and an overinflated opinion of himself too. Rather than bleating about players who are better than him and for an England call up that is a million miles away, why not try and improve as a player to then actually have a right to clamour for that call up. He does for me sum up what's wrong with football in this country and I'm glad that with a bit of work, a player with his limited ability should become a thing of the past over the next decade or so. I don't think it's that bad wanting a professional footballer to be capable of actually playing football, do you? Couldn't agree more. Covered everything about that pathetic little wank stain The sooner Pardew comes to his sense and drops the lad then the better off our whole team will be. Beyond useless. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 On Sunderland: "Keane used to take part in training and he'd be the best player out there" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistle17 Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Saying he thought he'd be at Man Utd forever Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Geordiesned Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 So Alex Ferguson bollocked him after his debut fir allowing crosses to get in. He still hasn't learnt! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 United Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 So Alex Ferguson bollocked him after his debut fir allowing crosses to get in. He still hasn't learnt! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
durhamunigeordie Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Just read some of his comments on twitter about the 'real' fans. I assume he was getting plenty of abuse on there and know what he is trying to say, but he should just be ignoring comments like that. Plenty of 'real' fans shelled out 40 quid for a ticket, a considerable amount more for travel/booze/accommodation and stood singing in the freezing cold for 90 minutes after the game had effectively been lost in the opening 5. Every right to be a bit pissed off about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Just read some of his comments on twitter about the 'real' fans. I assume he was getting plenty of abuse on there and know what he is trying to say, but he should just be ignoring comments like that. Plenty of 'real' fans shelled out 40 quid for a ticket, a considerable amount more for travel/booze/accommodation and stood singing in the freezing cold for 90 minutes after the game had effectively been lost in the opening 5. Every right to be a bit pissed off about it. If he doesn't like criticism then he should go off Twitter for starters. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
durhamunigeordie Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Exactly. Whilst I wouldn't condone any personal abuse ever, if he is going to be on twitter then he has to accept that there will be times when fans will be negative towards him and his performances. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chubby Jason Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 One of you two needs to change your avatar. That exchange just looked like Neesy was arguing with himself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 One of you two needs to change your avatar. That exchange just looked like Neesy was arguing with himself. It's probably happened before. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
durhamunigeordie Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 One of you two needs to change your avatar. That exchange just looked like Neesy was arguing with himself. Except we werent arguing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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