Xavi Simons

[braineclipse]

looked like when he first signed again today

slow, weak, confused

Said it when he was doing well. Feed him the ball in pockets of space and have movement around and ahead of him and he'll do well.

Ask him to chase for second balls all game, hold off bigger and stronger players consistently as he waits for support and he'll struggle.

Imo can't fault his effort, to me looked like he ran himself absolutely into the ground. But a setup like that in a game like that just doesn't get the best out of him. Not that we had many options to play differently.

 

[Mabspurs]

bit more Rebrov, some of these finishes are insane

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16 goals over 4 seasons.... no further comment necessary!

 

[Bishop]

Not to make excuses for him but Simmons needs players around him to feed and feed off him. He's a classic pass and move style orchestrator but we never have the players around him nor do we really have them on the squad. He's a system player not being played in a system, he will be poor.

Now that doesn't excuse his under and over hit passes, not his lack of physicality. That's going to continue being a problem until we get technical short passes in and around him. I do think getting Kulu into the same team would make a big difference.

 

[Mikey10]

Not to make excuses for him but Simmons needs players around him to feed and feed off him. He's a classic pass and move style orchestrator but we never have the players around him nor do we really have them on the squad. He's a system player not being played in a system, he will be poor.

Now that doesn't excuse his under and over hit passes, not his lack of physicality. That's going to continue being a problem until we get technical short passes in and around him. I do think getting Kulu into the same team would make a big difference.

If we were playing well and confidence throughout the team was high then I think he could be great for us. I'm not at all convinced that he's the man for the job remaining over the next 11 games though tbh - but unfortunately for us, and for him, we don't have a choice but to play him every game until the end of the season if he is fit.

 

[metalgear]

I only watched the second half, but he was incredibly poor. In saying that, when he received the ball there was absolutely zero movement around him creating space for a pass. We were dreadful.

i watched trossard and how paulinha had a torrid time trying to press him as he kept changing direction every 2-3 steps.
xavi is well capable of doing that but he panics easily and shifts from fight to flight quite literally in front of my eyes