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Post by West Acton on Apr 6, 2024 18:36:54 GMT
Just looked 60 games 4 goals 3 assists Yebbut, not many starts. [EDIT]: First team squad: 38, Starting eleven: 19, Substituted in: 15 Still only 20, worth persevering with and offering a new contract - will always be a market for that type of forward so can sell him on in a year or two. the only club that shops in the market for forwards that don’t score goals is us. |
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Post by Stanley75 on Apr 6, 2024 18:41:38 GMT
Yawn. I'm so fucking bored with this excuse for him tbh As Greg said earlier, Rooney was 16 for fuck's sake! |
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Post by Timmy Doc on Apr 6, 2024 18:45:37 GMT
Plymouth is our easiest game left. Anything less than a win would be unacceptable. Players owe the fans big time. Proper 6-pointer. Worst team we face, but most difficult game as we are shit against poor teams. |
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Post by jfrabbit on Apr 6, 2024 18:46:30 GMT
Just looked 60 games 4 goals 3 assists Yebbut, not many starts. [EDIT]: First team squad: 38, Starting eleven: 19, Substituted in: 15 Still only 20, worth persevering with and offering a new contract - will always be a market for that type of forward so can sell him on in a year or two. I get the argument, but for me he doesn’t even show any signs of being a good forward. He looks the part. He’s strong, has a turn of pace. That’s about IT. He rarely ever gets the better of his opposite number. He never heads the ball, he never shoots on sight, he is a bit of a drama queen when tackled or a decision goes against him. He runs out of steam, he rarely scores a goal and most importantly after 60 run outs he actually doesn’t even look like he’s improving. If he was on peanuts ok fair enough let’s keep him but, I absolutely wouldn’t be breaking a sweat to keep the lad. Don’t dislike him by any means but he just doesn’t look like a player that we can look to for answers up front. Personal opinion. |
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Post by hubble on Apr 6, 2024 18:47:24 GMT
Armstrong's shite. The only reason he's playing is that Dykes is even more shite. And Frey's shite too. What a fucking joke.
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Post by Greg1882 on Apr 6, 2024 18:54:40 GMT
Armstrong's shite. The only reason he's playing is that Dykes is even more shite. And Frey's shite too. What a fucking joke. What really fucking pisses me off about Armstrong is he’s got all the attributes to be decent but he constantly falls over at the slightest hint of contact, has absolutely zero composure or maturity. Needs to wake the fuck up if he’s to have a good career. With his speed and physical attributes he should be bulldozing defenders and scaring the shit out of them. That’s not a knee jerk reaction it’s been like it all season. People crying out for him to be given starts and that’s the outcome. |
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Post by Corbray on Apr 6, 2024 19:09:11 GMT
Armstrong's shite. The only reason he's playing is that Dykes is even more shite. And Frey's shite too. What a fucking joke. What really fucking pisses me off about Armstrong is he’s got all the attributes to be decent but he constantly falls over at the slightest hint of contact, has absolutely zero composure or maturity. Needs to wake the fuck up if he’s to have a good career. With his speed and physical attributes he should be bulldozing defenders and scaring the shit out of them. That’s not a knee jerk reaction it’s been like it all season. People crying out for him to be given starts and that’s the outcome. i'm a fan of sincs and have been one of his main defenders on here but i do agree. he's had a couple of good games this year but has regressed dramatically for some reason. before i was always of the mind that he has something there and just needs something to click but i see zero effort from him game on game and an inability to take it past his man or win 1 on 1s. it's predictable at this point, he runs onto a ball, meets a defender, gets tackled and inevitably falls over. he also pulls out of challenges too. today one of the long balls over the top caused beadle to flap at it a bit as sincs was closing him down (but not enough). i thought then "why didn't sincs really push for that?" worst that would have happened is wednesday win a free kick, but if it paid off? who knows. still think he needs more time but he must get his act together and learn to play. many strikers would kill to have his physical attributes. |
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Post by jfrabbit on Apr 6, 2024 19:09:20 GMT
Armstrong's shite. The only reason he's playing is that Dykes is even more shite. And Frey's shite too. What a fucking joke. What really fucking pisses me off about Armstrong is he’s got all the attributes to be decent but he constantly falls over at the slightest hint of contact, has absolutely zero composure or maturity. Needs to wake the fuck up if he’s to have a good career. With his speed and physical attributes he should be bulldozing defenders and scaring the shit out of them. That’s not a knee jerk reaction it’s been like it all season. People crying out for him to be given starts and that’s the outcome. No problem with him getting a start due to the atrocious options we have. The problem is the rest that you said which is all true. I think most fans hope the next game will be the one where he clicks and you can say yes here he goes but it’s just never coming and me personally have run out of patience with him. |
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Post by alanwycombe on Apr 6, 2024 19:17:19 GMT
I know it’s controversial but I’m not sure I would offer Armstrong a new contract. Said exactly the same to my son leaving the ground today. He’s had what 50 odd games now? How many games has he had a good game? I think he’s been given a fair shot and wouldn’t be too disappointed to let him go. He just runs. Until he runs out of pitch most of the time. Couple of decent assists beginning to look like more luck than skill. |
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Post by hal9thou on Apr 6, 2024 19:53:34 GMT
Listen, I've been saying for how many years now that we have no strikers. Literally. None of them have any stats remotely justifying the term. And that remains the case, Armstrong included. If Kolli was fit, I wouldn't play any of them. He aint a striker either but he is a footballer and would give false 9 options.
Anyone who thought we were safe after Swansea was deluding themselves. The mindset for the club and the fans has to get real fast. We are in danger until the maths says otherwise, and meanwhile anything less than maximum effort is completely unacceptable.
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Post by DiscoDroid on Apr 6, 2024 20:11:56 GMT
Man, this is hard..it's like slagging off your nans colostomy bag..But Sinclair Armstrong..
he's a roman candle firework.. a uranium fissile missile, a blitzkreig slow motion riot in blue and white hoops. A molten flow of magma.. Burning bright magnesium in a petridish..
The young bloke you would sell your arse for on ronnie krays meatrack to marry your daughter. He's one of us to the bone marrow..
alas , imo, he will never be a finisher , a goal poacher, Goal scorer, center forward as long as Nancy Spungen wore ripped fishnets. I love the kid. in extremis. But a striker.. no.. never.
no shame in that, i wanted to open the batting for middlesex and had to settle working as a reinsurance broker at lloyds of london before a nervous breakdown and retraining as a probation officer of no great note.
Sinclair has surmounted the sawtooth waves of achievement i never dreamed of. The worlds his lobster, my son. Just not as a striker.
IMO.
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Post by stainrodisalegend on Apr 6, 2024 22:37:42 GMT
Willock: honestly not fussed if ur re-signs. Another terrible game. He won a tackle on the right wing second half and if I hadn’t been so crammed in I would have fallen off my chair. Looked knackered and fed up from about 10 minutes. Just let the game pass round him. Any other player and the fan base would be screaming but he gets a free pass. For the record Andersen and Chair also terrible today but with Willock he just doesn’t seem to want to be here or even care that much.
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Post by West Acton on Apr 7, 2024 7:56:14 GMT
Willock: honestly not fussed if ur re-signs. Another terrible game. He won a tackle on the right wing second half and if I hadn’t been so crammed in I would have fallen off my chair. Looked knackered and fed up from about 10 minutes. Just let the game pass round him. Any other player and the fan base would be screaming but he gets a free pass. For the record Andersen and Chair also terrible today but with Willock he just doesn’t seem to want to be here or even care that much. tend to agree on the last few performances would not bat an eyelid if he walked and I’ve been one of his biggest supporters. Starting think Anderson has had the usual overhyping from fans before he’s actually deserved it! If we’re being honest how often has he really impressed. Leicester away and Bristol apart from that not done too much else. He’s had chances in the last two home games to score sitters and has fucked each opportunity up. |
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Post by Rangers77 on Apr 7, 2024 8:00:31 GMT
Willock: honestly not fussed if ur re-signs. Another terrible game. He won a tackle on the right wing second half and if I hadn’t been so crammed in I would have fallen off my chair. Looked knackered and fed up from about 10 minutes. Just let the game pass round him. Any other player and the fan base would be screaming but he gets a free pass. For the record Andersen and Chair also terrible today but with Willock he just doesn’t seem to want to be here or even care that much. tend to agree on the last few performances would not bat an eyelid if he walked and I’ve been one of his biggest supporters. Starting think Anderson has had the usual overhyping from fans before he’s actually deserved it! If we’re being honest how often has he really impressed. Leicester away and Bristol apart from that not done too much else. He’s had chances in the last two home games to score sitters and has fucked each opportunity up. His lack of effort for their second puts him out of my squad for Tuesday. |
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Post by James1979 on Apr 7, 2024 10:22:23 GMT
If you look at the 3 games since international break, fair to say 2 points would have been fair? Maybe 3? We’ve got 6. Let’s put yesterday behind us and fight like hell on Tuesday.
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Post by West Acton on Apr 7, 2024 12:26:16 GMT
😂😂 but true
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Post by 2Loftus on Apr 7, 2024 15:43:28 GMT
Everything everyone says about Sincs may be true.
He’s been thrown in at the deep end because of the quality of our first choice strikers.
A preseason under Marti, signing a new striker to work with.
But the lad’s only 20 - way too soon to write off.
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Post by Bill on Apr 7, 2024 15:49:55 GMT
Everything everyone says about Sincs may be true. He’s been thrown in at the deep end because of the quality of our first choice strikers. A preseason under Marti, signing a new striker to work with. But the lad’s only 20 - way too soon to write off. Nearly 21 |
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Post by Rangers77 on Apr 7, 2024 15:58:26 GMT
Everything everyone says about Sincs may be true. He’s been thrown in at the deep end because of the quality of our first choice strikers. A preseason under Marti, signing a new striker to work with. But the lad’s only 20 - way too soon to write off. Clive Allen got thirty goals in a season aged 18. The game's still the same. And he had steak and chips as a pre match meal. |
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Post by stainrodisalegend on Apr 7, 2024 16:07:38 GMT
Everything everyone says about Sincs may be true. He’s been thrown in at the deep end because of the quality of our first choice strikers. A preseason under Marti, signing a new striker to work with. But the lad’s only 20 - way too soon to write off. Think one of our problems is we still persevere with players aged 21, 22, 23 in the B team treating them as youngsters. Yes he would have benefited far more from a loan in League 1 but don’t see him making it as a centre forward and not sure he has the brain or skill to cut it as a winger either at this level. I really want it to work for him but it’s mainly in hope than expectation |
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Post by West Acton on Apr 7, 2024 16:34:50 GMT
Everything everyone says about Sincs may be true. He’s been thrown in at the deep end because of the quality of our first choice strikers. A preseason under Marti, signing a new striker to work with. But the lad’s only 20 - way too soon to write off. Clive Allen got thirty goals in a season aged 18. The game's still the same. And he had steak and chips as a pre match meal. steak and chips 😂😂😂 |
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Post by hal9thou on Apr 7, 2024 16:37:24 GMT
But the lad’s only 20 - way too soon to write off. He's not good enough at this level and tbh I have doubts about him making huge progress. He needs to drop down a tier or two on loan. |
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Post by West Acton on Apr 7, 2024 16:57:26 GMT
But the lad’s only 20 - way too soon to write off. He's not good enough at this level and tbh I have doubts about him making huge progress. He needs to drop down a tier or two on loan. his development has been abused by the club. He should have been out on loan this season he and we have wasted a year. He’s out of contract that year on loan should have been used to determine if he was worth retaining or not. |
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Post by 2Loftus on Apr 7, 2024 17:20:32 GMT
Unless we sign a decent striker (or two?), I think we have to keep him.
Still think he's young enough to learn and develop.
Not sure comparing him to one of the best strikers in the world in his day (Clive Allen) is quite fair. Jordan Hugill might be a fairer comparison. Age 19/20 he scored 4 goals in 20 appearances for Port Vale in League One. He turned out a decent Championship striker.
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