Jonaldinho Posted 23 February 2015 Share Posted 23 February 2015 Pearson couldn't wait to drop De Laet but he's taking his time to drop this ****ing donkey. That's not true. De Laet had been poor for ages, and Simpson only came in when De Laet was unavailable through illness/injury. Simpson played well when he first came in and rightly kept his place. He's now well out of form, and considering the present system, it's probably time for De Laet to come back in as he's much better going forward. People forget that De Laet was making error after error too and looking incredibly nervous on the ball. Unfortunately the reality is that we have two pretty rubbish right backs for this level, neither of them are up to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin JD Popley Posted 23 February 2015 Share Posted 23 February 2015 I for one have criticised RDL a lot in the past for his positional sense BUT Simpson I thought couldn't be any worse. Just goes to show I was wrong. He doesn't go as far forward so I thought - yes, he is a defender who defends... Sadly the last bit seems somewhat lacking too. Bit like Morgan. But you know who won't drop 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterborofox Posted 23 February 2015 Share Posted 23 February 2015 Very poor yesterday. Aimlessly kicking ball down the line and that shot he had in first half was gash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 23 February 2015 Share Posted 23 February 2015 Pearson couldn't wait to drop De Laet but he's taking his time to drop this ****ing donkey. What? People on here have been blithering about Pearson not dropping De Laet from the second Simpson arrived. With the famous "he can't do much worse" trotted out (like it is about everything else). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col city fan Posted 24 February 2015 Share Posted 24 February 2015 What? People on here have been blithering about Pearson not dropping De Laet from the second Simpson arrived. With the famous "he can't do much worse" trotted out (like it is about everything else). Dead right. And Simpson has proven worse than RDL IMO. Both are suspect defensively. But RDL is much better than Simpson coming forward with the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nettle Posted 24 February 2015 Share Posted 24 February 2015 Let's just face it Simpson and RDL are both crap. The best fullback we have at this club is Schlupp and they play him on the wing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iancognito Posted 24 February 2015 Share Posted 24 February 2015 Up till November " De Laet's shit, give Simpson a go, why buy him and not play him?" After November " Simpson's shit. What's wrong with De Laet?" This is a typical thread for Fickletalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot Posted 24 February 2015 Share Posted 24 February 2015 De Laet was being exposed quite often, so I think nearly every fan wanted to see what Simpson could do, and by and large he isn't as good, so is a case of better the devil you know here. The real fault is not investing in quality full backs in either window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickov22 Posted 25 February 2015 Share Posted 25 February 2015 Got to say that although I prefer De Laet and always have, I didn't think Simpson was as poor as some suggested he was v Everton. Just his usual performance for me. Fairly solid but unspectacular. Upson and Konchesky both had worse games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 25 February 2015 Share Posted 25 February 2015 Got to say that although I prefer De Laet and always have, I didn't think Simpson was as poor as some suggested he was v Everton. Just his usual performance for me. Fairly solid but unspectacular. Upson and Konchesky both had worse games It's his distribution it's absolutely awful. So many times we'd get into promising positions, he'd touch the ball and it would end up back with the opposition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lasty Posted 25 February 2015 Share Posted 25 February 2015 Simpson is Crap with a capital C. But I concede we've had some right shite play in this position for us over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col city fan Posted 25 February 2015 Share Posted 25 February 2015 Babs has this right. It's coming forward where Simmo has a problem. He's quick enough but his distribution of the ball is bloody awful. When playing a 5-4-1 you need full backs who overlap effectively to link up play. This team is really poor in that respect, on both sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasyls Pec Deck Posted 25 February 2015 Share Posted 25 February 2015 Am I the only one who thinks he's a lot more solid than RDL? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImBlue Posted 25 February 2015 Share Posted 25 February 2015 Babs has this right. It's coming forward where Simmo has a problem. He's quick enough but his distribution of the ball is bloody awful. When playing a 5-4-1 you need full backs who overlap effectively to link up play. This team is really poor in that respect, on both sides. You suggesting his defensively good? He is dreadful. Good defending means sometimes making a tackle and putting a foot in. You can't just jockey all the time. He runs back faster than the person is running at him when being attacked. Against Zaha I thought he was honestly going to end up in his own net before making a challenge at times. Bacuna had a bit more class, but Simpson just opened it right up for him inside. He cannot defend at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Posted 26 February 2015 Share Posted 26 February 2015 Am I the only one who thinks he's a lot more solid than RDL? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk No. Much better defensive wise because he can keep his position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickov22 Posted 26 February 2015 Share Posted 26 February 2015 Am I the only one who thinks he's a lot more solid than RDL? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk De Laet got a bit scapegoated early on in the season for me. Much like Morgan has been. I think Simpson's alright but if De Laet let Bacuna come across him like Simpson did he'd be hammered. De Laet > Simpson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hirsty The Blue 94 Posted 26 February 2015 Share Posted 26 February 2015 No. Much better defensive wise because he can keep his position. If you mean keep his position as in stands on the halfway line when we attack then that is pretty pointless when playing a wing back. His actual defensive ability is dreadful though, certainly no better than De Laet's. De Laet has a tendancy to dive into tackles and commit himself, but I prefer that to the way Simpson just backs off as far as he can and doesn't make a challenge. There is a reason QPR (who were worse than us last year) were happy to let him go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I blame Wellens Posted 2 March 2015 Share Posted 2 March 2015 De Laet undoubtedly the biggest and most puzzling scapegoat of any season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grewks Posted 2 March 2015 Share Posted 2 March 2015 No. Much better defensive wise because he can keep his position. The only reason he can 'keep his position' is because he doesn't ****ing move. He is like the right back version of Stephen (Never leave the Centre circle) Clemence. For me, Simpson has had the worst defensive performance of any player this season. Against palace, i was unpleasantly reminisced of Kebe vs Mcgivern. God it was horrible. Then to top it all off. At Villa he made the worst individual defensive mistake of any player this season. Leandro Bacuna is right footed, about 15 yards out, no support to his left....so why on earth would you decide to run to your right? Leaving him a free shot on target. Clueless. He seems a likeable lad. Put de laet offers more in both directions for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylofox Posted 2 March 2015 Share Posted 2 March 2015 Not that long ago RDL was shite and should not play and everyone wanted Simpson in. Now Simpson is shite RDL should play. What happens if RDL comes back and is shite again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannythefox Posted 2 March 2015 Share Posted 2 March 2015 Simpson might not get forward half as much as rdl does but he's a better defender he wins a lot more tackles than him that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfcjw16 Posted 2 March 2015 Share Posted 2 March 2015 De Laet is a better right wing back but Simpson is a better right back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonaldinho Posted 2 March 2015 Share Posted 2 March 2015 Not that long ago RDL was shite and should not play and everyone wanted Simpson in. Now Simpson is shite RDL should play. What happens if RDL comes back and is shite again? We've just got two pretty shite RBs (not to mention LBs) for this level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted 2 March 2015 Share Posted 2 March 2015 if we are going to play 4 at the back then Simpson has to play for me as he is better then De Laet at defending, with wing backs then RDL as Simpson offers very little going forward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobyfox Posted 2 March 2015 Share Posted 2 March 2015 Not that long ago RDL was shite and should not play and everyone wanted Simpson in. Now Simpson is shite RDL should play. What happens if RDL comes back and is shite again? I think they're probably both shite, but Simpson's shiteness is more exposed in a 5-4-1 and De-Laet's in a 4-4-2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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