Danny Simpson striving to adapt to new style at Leicester City

[Muzzy_no7]

4 hours ago, RutlanderFox said:

These stats from both columns tell you all you need to know about Simpson

 

 

Good grief those stats for assists, crosses and through balls are actually tragic.

[AKCJ]

Didn't he get two assists in one game versus Stoke too?  

[Foxxed]

You can't fault him for trying but we should be rotating him at least.

[Gerard]

I agree with the article, you can see Simpson is trying to do what Puel wants of him. He does go forward given the chance and is further forward than Mahrez sometimes.

 

However it's hard to teach and old dog new tricks and being a threat offensively just isn't in his skill set. I applaud Simpson for his commitment to try and become the full back Puel wants but he just lacks the ability to threaten enough. 

 

A new right back will be one of the first things on Puel's shopping list this summer.

[Pete Campbell]

8 minutes ago, Gerard said:

I agree with the article, you can see Simpson is trying to do what Puel wants of him. He does go forward given the chance and is further forward than Mahrez sometimes.

 

However it's hard to teach and old dog new tricks and being a threat offensively just isn't in his skill set. I applaud Simpson for his commitment to try and become the full back Puel wants but he just lacks the ability to threaten enough. 

 

A new right back will be one of the first things on Puel's shopping list this summer.

Agree with all of that

 

[Guest Col city fan]

This forum sometimes....

Tssssssk

Simpson can’t win. He knows and we know that he’s not a wing back and never has been. But this indicates at the age of what 31? he’s willing to give it a try and is trying to learn the role and adapt. He probably won’t succeed to any big extent, but fair play to the bloke for being willing, at this stage of a very very successful career, to knuckle down and to give it a go, when he could have just walked away and played elsewhere.

I swear, Simpson must have rubbed an awful lot of people on here the wrong way. And I get slated for criticising Amartey.

Hypocrisy reigns... 

[Guest]

38 minutes ago, Col city fan said:

This forum sometimes....

Tssssssk

Simpson can’t win. He knows and we know that he’s not a wing back and never has been. But this indicates at the age of what 31? he’s willing to give it a try and is trying to learn the role and adapt. He probably won’t succeed to any big extent, but fair play to the bloke for being willing, at this stage of a very very successful career, to knuckle down and to give it a go, when he could have just walked away and played elsewhere.

I swear, Simpson must have rubbed an awful lot of people on here the wrong way. And I get slated for criticising Amartey.

Hypocrisy reigns... 

Who gives a **** that he's trying to cross the ball? 

 

We're a top 8 prem team and he isn't up to it, get rid in the summer.

 

And he's not all that good defensively, often out of position and often beaten and even worse now that he's running headlessly up the pitch, crossing and losing the ball and not getting back. He was really a toss up with De Laet who would suit this system more than Simpson.

[Nigel Graham Pearson]

1 hour ago, Col city fan said:

This forum sometimes....

Tssssssk

Simpson can’t win. He knows and we know that he’s not a wing back and never has been. But this indicates at the age of what 31? he’s willing to give it a try and is trying to learn the role and adapt. He probably won’t succeed to any big extent, but fair play to the bloke for being willing, at this stage of a very very successful career, to knuckle down and to give it a go, when he could have just walked away and played elsewhere.

I swear, Simpson must have rubbed an awful lot of people on here the wrong way. And I get slated for criticising Amartey.

Hypocrisy reigns... 

Eh, this seems a little hysterical. The vast majority of posts in this thread are truthful/reasonable. 

[TeaMen Tom]

I think he's the best defender on the team.  The breakdowns rarely come from his area of the pitch. The problem is he's a turnover machine moving forward.  If you want to give the ball away in the attacking half, pass it to Danny. On the other hand Chilwell is very good moving forward but how many opponent goals begin with him messing up?  

[funkyrobot]

On 11/04/2018 at 22:20, volpeazzurro said:

It's pure supposition that the management team didn't know that but the oh so wise supporters did! As one such wise supporter can you claim to have the absolute knowledge that they didn't look, didn't have any targets, didn't have any negotiations and didn't make any offers? 

Who really knows,  do you really think that if it' not in the press it's not happening? Do you really think they conduct business informing supporters every step of the way? How many saw Diabate coming in advance?

Beautifully condescending response, cheers. I don’t claim to be wise. I don’t need to be wise. It’s been blatantly obvious since as far back as the release of de Laet and the subsequent failure of Hernández that we have lacked cover and competition at Right Back. It’s been clear since Simmo played his first games for us that he’s not effective as an attacking RB. The fact that this hasn’t been corrected since winning the league is a failure of the key decision makers at the club. That’s not supposition, that’s fact. Whether they’ve looked, negotiated or not is neither here nor there for me. The lack of a signing across a number of transfer windows has been a failure that has not helped the team (or indeed Simmo) and it should’ve been corrected by a club of our stature. 

[Dan]

You cannot knock his attitude. He, along with Morgan have outdone expectations more than anyone else in our squad.

 

But I don't think he'll ever be a fit. He just isn't good enough on the ball. Watch Cedric play for example and compare the difference.

[Dan]

9 hours ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

Good grief those stats for assists, crosses and through balls are actually tragic.

5 through balls in 200 games  that's astounding.

[Craig]

His miss at home to Southampton (I think) in the title winning season pretty much sums up his ability in the opposition's half. 

 

As Dan says, you can't fault his effort and I love him for what he's achieved here, but if we want to play with attacking full backs then he's not even a contender. 

[volpeazzurro]

5 hours ago, funkyrobot said:

Beautifully condescending response, cheers. I don’t claim to be wise. I don’t need to be wise. It’s been blatantly obvious since as far back as the release of de Laet and the subsequent failure of Hernández that we have lacked cover and competition at Right Back. It’s been clear since Simmo played his first games for us that he’s not effective as an attacking RB. The fact that this hasn’t been corrected since winning the league is a failure of the key decision makers at the club. That’s not supposition, that’s fact. Whether they’ve looked, negotiated or not is neither here nor there for me. The lack of a signing across a number of transfer windows has been a failure that has not helped the team (or indeed Simmo) and it should’ve been corrected by a club of our stature. 

On the contrary, not meaning to be pedantic, but surely it's your comments that are tending towards condescension. Yes I agree that we need cover at right back and have done for some time. But ... to suggest as you put it that the key decision makers at the club are the only ones that haven't noticed is rather condescending and crass. I think they including previous managers are very aware of such things as it's their full time job and not just an armchair hobby like you and I. However, not only do they have to buy somebody suitable in that it's no use bringing in any old right back, he has to be an upgrade or better prospect, he also has to be available,  affordable and want to come. The fact that they haven't achieved that to me tends to suggest that no one has fitted into those catagories. I don't honestly think that it's because they don't notice these things, are all poor at their jobs or otherwise slipped their minds. It's easy meat and very popular to criticise the club yet in reality nobody has the faintest idea regarding potential transfers or the complexities behind them or those that despite efforts didn't come to fruition. 

[mozartfox]

I think many on here are also struggling to adapt to watching our new style of play, so Simmo in not in an exclusive Club is he?

[funkyrobot]

2 hours ago, volpeazzurro said:

On the contrary, not meaning to be pedantic, but surely it's your comments that are tending towards condescension. Yes I agree that we need cover at right back and have done for some time. But ... to suggest as you put it that the key decision makers at the club are the only ones that haven't noticed is rather condescending and crass. I think they including previous managers are very aware of such things as it's their full time job and not just an armchair hobby like you and I. However, not only do they have to buy somebody suitable in that it's no use bringing in any old right back, he has to be an upgrade or better prospect, he also has to be available,  affordable and want to come. The fact that they haven't achieved that to me tends to suggest that no one has fitted into those catagories. I don't honestly think that it's because they don't notice these things, are all poor at their jobs or otherwise slipped their minds. It's easy meat and very popular to criticise the club yet in reality nobody has the faintest idea regarding potential transfers or the complexities behind them or those that despite efforts didn't come to fruition. 

The lack of a signing of a right back to compete with Simmo is a failure of the club whatever words or names you throw at me, and whatever complexities might have got in its way, it doesn't change this fact. LCFC are one of the biggest clubs in the country and yet we are, I think, the only first team squad in the premier league and probably the rest of the football league that only have 1 specialist RB. I don’t criticise the club on hardly any points. I think the owners are fabulous and in general get most things right. Recent transfer windows though have been rightly open to criticism as they have mainly failed and particularly with the RB situation. These guys are highly paid to do a job and it’s right that their performance can be questioned from time to time. 

[volpeazzurro]

On 13/04/2018 at 09:13, funkyrobot said:

The lack of a signing of a right back to compete with Simmo is a failure of the club whatever words or names you throw at me, and whatever complexities might have got in its way, it doesn't change this fact. LCFC are one of the biggest clubs in the country and yet we are, I think, the only first team squad in the premier league and probably the rest of the football league that only have 1 specialist RB. I don’t criticise the club on hardly any points. I think the owners are fabulous and in general get most things right. Recent transfer windows though have been rightly open to criticism as they have mainly failed and particularly with the RB situation. These guys are highly paid to do a job and it’s right that their performance can be questioned from time to time. 

I think you're right that anybodys  performance can be questioned but really think that to do so, as any job in fairness, you have to be in possession of all the facts. It's always going to be unlikely though that the club would publish who they had targeted for a variety of reasons. If though they came out and said that they'd never attempted to get a right back because they didn't think they needed one then I would agree with you that they would be shortsighted and negligent. 

[funkyrobot]

2 minutes ago, volpeazzurro said:

I think you're right that anybodys  performance can be questioned but really think that to do so, as any job in fairness, you have to be in possession of all the facts. It's always going to be unlikely though that the club would publish who they had targeted for a variety of reasons. If though they came out and said that they'd never attempted to get a right back because they didn't think they needed one then I would agree with you that they would be shortsighted and negligent. 

If they did try their efforts weren’t good enough, it’s a failure that keeps biting the club in the arse time and time again. 

[FrankieADZ]

good luck to him, i cant see him being our starting right back next season,been awful at times this season for me and cant adapt to the new style either and doesnt look like he will

[surrifox]

32 minutes ago, FrankieADZ said:

good luck to him, i cant see him being our starting right back next season,been awful at times this season for me and cant adapt to the new style either and doesnt look like he will

Not being funny but would struggle to describe exactly what the "new style" is -

[FrankieADZ]

2 minutes ago, surrifox said:

Not being funny but would struggle to describe exactly what the "new style" is -

well a more passing from the back style, even though we struggle at that tbh

[lgfualol]

How the **** did we win the league with this guy. 

 

My head will actually explode if he is not replaced this Summer.

[lcfcsnow]

1 minute ago, lgfualol said:

How the **** did we win the league with this guy. 

 

My head will actually explode if he is not replaced this Summer.

Kante screened the whole back four. Ndidi is doing as best he can but our back four from that season are all two years older, Huth and Fuchs don't get a game and I think times up for Simpson and Morgan now.