Better Red Posted December 30, 2021 Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 We ain’t Man City. No ‘Striker’ at home. Not sure I can remember the last time we did that. With the sending off and the late goal this was not really mentioned. Before anyone says it - Seymeyo is not a goal scorer at this level and should be played wide in a front three. Wieman plays off a front man. So why is it that we leave it to the 90th minute to bring one on. Seymenyo was ineffective after the first 25 mins. He is an ‘almost’ player. Almost scores, almost intercepts, almost… Not playing Wells or bringing him on after 80 mins plus is starting to cost us. He is a goal scorer at this level and would easily get 15 goals if he started as many games as Martin. Not playing a Striker at home is shameful. Not saying the team did not put a shift in but we need to play more on the front foot in the las 15/20 mins we are always hanging on. Also if Bentley is not off in Jan then not playing him is mental. He is our captain FFS and dropping him looks ridiculous after we just lost. Sure if we win looks a great selection but we didn’t. Why upset one of our better more consistent players. So come on Nige we aint Man City and you ain’t Pep play a Striker. 3 12 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GrahamC Posted December 30, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 I thought Semenyo was excellent & he certainly is a striker. 62 3 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted December 30, 2021 Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 So our top scorer, top (inexperienced) young striker and the multimillion pound striker who came on towards the end don't count. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Better Red Posted December 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 Just now, GrahamC said: I thought Semenyo was excellent & he certainly is a striker. How many games and how many goals ? He definitely ain’t no Striker….. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Better Red Posted December 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 Just now, Bristol Rob said: So our top scorer, top (inexperienced) young striker and the multimillion pound striker who came on towards the end don't count. I said did not come on until the 90th minute. Seymenyo ain’t a Striker Wieman is not a Striker either maybe too goal score but not a Striker 4 minutes ago, GrahamC said: I thought Semenyo was excellent & he certainly is a striker. Did pretty much nothing after 25 mins onwards 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Posted December 30, 2021 Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 4 minutes ago, GrahamC said: I thought Semenyo was excellent & he certainly is a striker. That doesn't score goals. I like him, he is raw, unpredictable and not frightened to run at people. However when you're after scoring goals, he's not one to rely on. Interested to see the odds of him getting the first goal when he starts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted December 30, 2021 Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 1 minute ago, Taz said: That doesn't score goals. I like him, he is raw, unpredictable and not frightened to run at people. However when you're after scoring goals, he's not one to rely on. Interested to see the odds of him getting the first goal when he starts. Before this season Ben Brereton Diaz had never scored more than 7 in a season. I am not saying Semenyo is a 20 goal player but seeing as he isn’t even 22 until next month I can see him improving & becoming a 12 a season one. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveybadger Posted December 30, 2021 Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 If Weimann isn’t a striker we’ve got a 15 - 20 goals a season midfielder on our hands and our accounts will be much improved next year. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy1968 Posted December 30, 2021 Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, Taz said: That doesn't score goals. I like him, he is raw, unpredictable and not frightened to run at people. However when you're after scoring goals, he's not one to rely on. Interested to see the odds of him getting the first goal when he starts. Ha, yeah.We could quote bookies odds and you'd still be laughing this time next year. I'd imagine true odds to be between 15-1 and 20-1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted December 30, 2021 Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 Ffs I'm off to bed. Night all. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Posted December 30, 2021 Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 1 minute ago, GrahamC said: Before this season Ben Brereton Diaz had never scored more than 7 in a season. I am not saying Semenyo is a 20 goal player but seeing as he isn’t even 22 until next month I can see him improving & becoming a 12 a season one. That's fair enough, even fewer people expected Bobby Reid to do as well as he did in that season for us. When you have someone like Wells on the bench though, regardless of what's going on with him (as he is clearly not in Pearsons plans), but to put Semenyo on the pitch as our main threat is a dangerous game for a club in our position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Better Red Posted December 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 1 minute ago, GrahamC said: Before this season Ben Brereton Diaz had never scored more than 7 in a season. I am not saying Semenyo is a 20 goal player but seeing as he isn’t even 22 until next month I can see him improving & becoming a 12 a season one. 70 games and three goals To put into perspective -Scott has played 20 games and scored 3 as well and does not play as far forward as Antoine. He ain’t a Striker the reason I can say that with confidence is 1. I Have watched him play 2. He don’t score goals. I have no problem in him playing wide of a front three he does cause teams problem when he runs at the them but not as the main Striker through the middle because he can’t finish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelts Posted December 30, 2021 Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 Love Seymenyo and his effort . Pace and power . Can he get ten league goals 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Better Red Posted December 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 6 minutes ago, steveybadger said: If Weimann isn’t a striker we’ve got a 15 - 20 goals a season midfielder on our hands and our accounts will be much improved next year. Normally will get you 10 a season and not much more than that. Agree good return for someone who plays of a ‘Striker’ Agian shows Symenyo’s record up he would average 3 a season if you play him 35 games plus - Not a Striker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Better Red Posted December 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 1 minute ago, shelts said: Love Seymenyo and his effort . Pace and power . Can he get ten league goals Let’s start with 5 and that’s if you play him 35 games plus. Agree pace and power and deserves a place in the team not as a main Striker though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Better Red Posted December 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 9 minutes ago, Taz said: That's fair enough, even fewer people expected Bobby Reid to do as well as he did in that season for us. When you have someone like Wells on the bench though, regardless of what's going on with him (as he is clearly not in Pearsons plans), but to put Semenyo on the pitch as our main threat is a dangerous game for a club in our position. Agree it feels like Nige is making a point with Wells but it’s at our exspence and we ain’t got enough points at this stage to have that sort of risk. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelts Posted December 30, 2021 Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, Better Red said: Let’s start with 5 and that’s if you play him 35 games plus. Agree pace and power and deserves a place in the team not as a main Striker though We could play off him with Wieman but the gaffa sees it different . On his own today he never gave em an easy ride . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brent Posted December 30, 2021 Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 I hope the worse red doesn’t have an opinion 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon bristol Posted December 30, 2021 Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 7 minutes ago, Better Red said: Normally will get you 10 a season and not much more than that. Agree good return for someone who plays of a ‘Striker’ Agian shows Symenyo’s record up he would average 3 a season if you play him 35 games plus - Not a Striker Hasnt he scored 1 in 5/6 games this season? If he played 40 games that would average out at 7/8 goals wouldnt it? semenyo up front gave us the power and pace to really take the game to qpr tonight. Im not knocking martin who has been flogged all season, but the difference today was night and day 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew-T Posted December 30, 2021 Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 Thought Semenyo was a real handful up there tonight. Much more of a impact than Martin. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted December 30, 2021 Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 The ignore button remains very appropriate for this one! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie BCFC Posted December 30, 2021 Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Better Red said: How many games and how many goals ? He definitely ain’t no Striker….. By your logic then Weimann is a striker because he’s one of the top scorers in the division? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuber Posted December 30, 2021 Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Better Red said: We ain’t Man City. No ‘Striker’ at home. Not sure I can remember the last time we did that. With the sending off and the late goal this was not really mentioned. Before anyone says it - Seymeyo is not a goal scorer at this level and should be played wide in a front three. Wieman plays off a front man. So why is it that we leave it to the 90th minute to bring one on. Seymenyo was ineffective after the first 25 mins. He is an ‘almost’ player. Almost scores, almost intercepts, almost… Not playing Wells or bringing him on after 80 mins plus is starting to cost us. He is a goal scorer at this level and would easily get 15 goals if he started as many games as Martin. Not playing a Striker at home is shameful. Not saying the team did not put a shift in but we need to play more on the front foot in the las 15/20 mins we are always hanging on. Also if Bentley is not off in Jan then not playing him is mental. He is our captain FFS and dropping him looks ridiculous after we just lost. Sure if we win looks a great selection but we didn’t. Why upset one of our better more consistent players. So come on Nige we aint Man City and you ain’t Pep play a Striker. I'm lost. We're just seen one of our best performances offensively all season, chnaces created, movement, etc. Yet this.... ....what..? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted December 30, 2021 Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 Wienman our top scorer played he's a striker Seymenio our brightest prospect is a striker Original poster is a moron 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 Football isn’t for everyone I guess 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobintheRed Red Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 3 hours ago, GrahamC said: I thought Semenyo was excellent & he certainly is a striker. Totally agree his best game for us since he started 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverRed Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 He's started hardly any games up front, and is normally out wide. Up front is his best position, in my opinion, and I'm sure he will get more goals if given the chance! Wells just can't be arsed, that's why he's on the bench and likely on his way! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 7 hours ago, Better Red said: We ain’t Man City. No ‘Striker’ at home. Not sure I can remember the last time we did that. With the sending off and the late goal this was not really mentioned. Before anyone says it - Seymeyo is not a goal scorer at this level and should be played wide in a front three. Wieman plays off a front man. So why is it that we leave it to the 90th minute to bring one on. Seymenyo was ineffective after the first 25 mins. He is an ‘almost’ player. Almost scores, almost intercepts, almost… Not playing Wells or bringing him on after 80 mins plus is starting to cost us. He is a goal scorer at this level and would easily get 15 goals if he started as many games as Martin. Not playing a Striker at home is shameful. Not saying the team did not put a shift in but we need to play more on the front foot in the las 15/20 mins we are always hanging on. Also if Bentley is not off in Jan then not playing him is mental. He is our captain FFS and dropping him looks ridiculous after we just lost. Sure if we win looks a great selection but we didn’t. Why upset one of our better more consistent players. So come on Nige we aint Man City and you ain’t Pep play a Striker. Deep sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numero Uno Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 8 hours ago, Better Red said: We ain’t Man City. No ‘Striker’ at home. Not sure I can remember the last time we did that. With the sending off and the late goal this was not really mentioned. Before anyone says it - Seymeyo is not a goal scorer at this level and should be played wide in a front three. Wieman plays off a front man. So why is it that we leave it to the 90th minute to bring one on. Seymenyo was ineffective after the first 25 mins. He is an ‘almost’ player. Almost scores, almost intercepts, almost… Not playing Wells or bringing him on after 80 mins plus is starting to cost us. He is a goal scorer at this level and would easily get 15 goals if he started as many games as Martin. Not playing a Striker at home is shameful. Not saying the team did not put a shift in but we need to play more on the front foot in the las 15/20 mins we are always hanging on. Also if Bentley is not off in Jan then not playing him is mental. He is our captain FFS and dropping him looks ridiculous after we just lost. Sure if we win looks a great selection but we didn’t. Why upset one of our better more consistent players. So come on Nige we aint Man City and you ain’t Pep play a Striker. Bentley is Captain Calamity on his general form this season tbh. Nothing O’Leary did cost us the points last night but if you want me to give you examples of Bentley costing us points this season there are a few. The club has rules and if only one player can’t or won’t follow them then he can go and **** himself. Entirely right call by Nige who, unlike you as a fan, has to look beyond the end of his nose and Bentley will get his place back when it is right to do so. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
real_bristol Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 Watched the game with my brother and was explaining to him that Semenyo will be awesome when it clicks into place for him, whenever that will be and whatever “it” is. His response was 2 goals in 60 games. I stood by my initial comment. On another day he would have scored two, that dummy-shot/ mid-air Cruyff turn-volley thing he did which their keeper saved well at the near post, was class. Then he missed a tap-in a couple of minutes later which brushed past two defenders before he saw it late, may have gone in if he had another like it. I felt some sort of optimism or expectation whenever he picked up the ball today, like something positive was going to happen. I think his pace and strength make him electrifying to watch. He chased everything down and got cramp which suggests he ran more than he should have. I’m also enjoying his link up play with COD. If we can afford to keep giving him chances I think we should rather than waste the 60 games we’ve already given him. If he does turn into a goal machine it will save us a fortune in the long run. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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