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Post by webster on Apr 7, 2024 11:06:50 GMT
I have been, and still am, in the pro Simmo camp, but I believe he has made a number of errors with what he has done, and said, which have certainly contributed to a shocking season. In my opinion, his biggest mistake was dropping Tomas Holy first time around. Holy was our keeper during last season's brilliant promotion, and the penalty saving hero at Wembley. He was given a grand total of FOUR league games this season before being dropped. Was he really that bad for those 4 games? If Simmo deserved a 'free hit' for this season, then Holy surely deserved better than that.
Andresson was a disaster, and I remember thinking as I sat behind the goal at Wycombe when he got sent off that if he has cost us the 3 points then it will be worth it if we don't see him again. Holy was brought back in , but what damage had already been done to his confidence? Yes, he then made mistakes, but then they all have. The fourth goalkeeping change for the season came in December with Gabe Breeze given a few games before Lewis was brought in for an apparently decent fee and wages. I don't think I have ever seen a keeper who has so little command of his area. The defence have not been great this season, to put it mildly, but they will not have been helped by the 5 goalkeeping changes in less than 6 months.
Obviously no one thing has been responsible for what has happened this season, but that, in my opinion, was the biggest mistake. I hope Lewis comes good next season, but I have my doubts
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Post by heyheyalanshoulderl on Apr 7, 2024 11:13:03 GMT
Holy was awful this season, he deserved dropping both times, he cost us points, Andresson had one outstanding game but also cost us points with errors.
Breeze got a shot for 4 games, on the face of it, he might as well have got in the first time round and then we'd have seen a bigger sample of him in first team action (he has never looked convincing in the warm ups IMO)
Did you think Holy commanded his box?
Lewis has looked ropey on occasions, he is judged because of the fee and I guess that is rightly so, improvement is required from him to justify the move.
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Post by bstandbob on Apr 7, 2024 11:16:25 GMT
I have been, and still am, in the pro Simmo camp, but I believe he has made a number of errors with what he has done, and said, which have certainly contributed to a shocking season. In my opinion, his biggest mistake was dropping Tomas Holy first time around. Holy was our keeper during last season's brilliant promotion, and the penalty saving hero at Wembley. He was given a grand total of FOUR league games this season before being dropped. Was he really that bad for those 4 games? If Simmo deserved a 'free hit' for this season, then Holy surely deserved better than that.
Andresson was a disaster, and I remember thinking as I sat behind the goal at Wycombe when he got sent off that if he has cost us the 3 points then it will be worth it if we don't see him again. Holy was brought back in , but what damage had already been done to his confidence? Yes, he then made mistakes, but then they all have. The fourth goalkeeping change for the season came in December with Gabe Breeze given a few games before Lewis was brought in for an apparently decent fee and wages. I don't think I have ever seen a keeper who has so little command of his area. The defence have not been great this season, to put it mildly, but they will not have been helped by the 5 goalkeeping changes in less than 6 months.
Obviously no one thing has been responsible for what has happened this season, but that, in my opinion, was the biggest mistake. I hope Lewis comes good next season, but I have my doubts
Been dropped that first time must have affected Holy's confidence. Some of the mistakes when he came back in were horrendous, some of the worst I have seen from a Carlisle keeper. Whether those would have happened if he's not been dropped first time we will never know but it's very possible he could have felt additional pressure. I personally think he got hung out to dry this season which did upset me as he's clearly a good guy and played a massive role last season. Also the fact he was treated that way and on the other hand Lavelle also has been responsible for a considerable number of individual errors, certainly gives the impression of double standards.
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Post by webster on Apr 7, 2024 11:18:33 GMT
There is simply no comparison between Holy and Lewis in regards to commanding his box, and are you really saying that Holy was that bad during those first 4 league games?
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Post by heyheyalanshoulderl on Apr 7, 2024 11:25:36 GMT
There is simply no comparison between Holy and Lewis in regards to commanding his box, and are you really saying that Holy was that bad during those first 4 league games? I haven't got a photostatic memory for every minute we have played this season but Holy was crap, he was mainly crap last season as well tbh and then came good in the run. He got dropped for a reason. Holy is awful at commanding his area and at his height is very poor at catching the ball.
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Post by munchymagic on Apr 7, 2024 11:28:09 GMT
We have lost nearly all of the games we have played since Lewis arrived and he has never been punished once with a stint on the bench.
Simmo wouldn't dare leave him or Armstrong on the bench as it could get him the sack as he would be therefore admitting to purchasing two duffers.
One cannot score and the other has probably currently got the worst record of a keeper in Carlisle United's history.
Amazed me how some blame either the midfield or the defence as the reasons why both players are so crap and not the players themselves.
It is like saying that Lavelle is our best player if he wasn't let down by the rest of the defence and a poor goalkeeper.
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Post by heyheyalanshoulderl on Apr 7, 2024 11:38:15 GMT
I went back and looked at all the BBC match reports to jog my memory and in fairness there is no mention of him making a glaring error.
Though what did come across was how many nailed on pens we were denied in the first batch of games, I do remember how we have been reffed very poorly this year, those pens (if scored) would have made a huge difference in those close games.
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Post by ragingblue on Apr 7, 2024 11:40:08 GMT
I don’t think Simmo made a mistake dropping Holy based on his performances. He made a number of errors both last season and this and it was evident Simpson didn’t rate him.
His mistake was dropping him and not having an adequate replacement in Andresson. Holy then had to come back in, confidence shot, and proceeded to make more mistakes. In hindsight, he would definitely have been better keeping Holy in for the first half of the season.
The only positive of the GK debacle is Breeze getting an opportunity to play and taking it with both hands. He would really benefit from a full season playing every week, in perhaps the NL or NLN, then he can come back and properly challenge Lewis in 25/26 season.
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Post by webster on Apr 7, 2024 11:41:58 GMT
I went back and looked at all the BBC match reports to jog my memory and in fairness there is no mention of him making a glaring error. Though what did come across was how many nailed on pens we were denied in the first batch of games, I do remember how we have been reffed very poorly this year, those pens (if scored) would have made a huge difference in those close games. There were no glaring errors in those 4 league games, that was pretty much the point I was trying to make
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Post by munchymagic on Apr 7, 2024 11:43:10 GMT
Lewis takes more time to take a goal kick than the average lady takes whilst getting ready for a night out.
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Post by heyheyalanshoulderl on Apr 7, 2024 11:44:16 GMT
We have lost nearly all of the games we have played since Lewis arrived and he has never been punished once with a stint on the bench. Simmo wouldn't dare leave him or Armstrong on the bench as it could get him the sack as he would be therefore admitting to purchasing two duffers. One cannot score and the other has probably currently got the worst record of a keeper in Carlisle United's history. Amazed me how some blame either the midfield or the defence as the reasons why both players are so crap and not the players themselves. It is like saying that Lavelle is our best player if he wasn't let down by the rest of the defence and a poor goalkeeper. When Lavelle is making the errors himself it is hard to blame somebody else for them and he has made a shit load and also kept his place in the team. Your hatred of Armstrong gets worse by the post, Munchy. Strikers need service, I'm not saying he couldn't have done better but you are now so blinded by hate for him it wouldn't matter if he smashed in 5 goals in the last few games. Lewis could have done better imo but again with the shoddy defending in front of him contributing to free shots from inside the box what chance has he had really? He has made some gaffs as well but I thought his performances have improved markedly, probably why he wasn't dropped for Breeze, rather than Simmo protecting his reputation.
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Post by heyheyalanshoulderl on Apr 7, 2024 11:47:58 GMT
I went back and looked at all the BBC match reports to jog my memory and in fairness there is no mention of him making a glaring error. Though what did come across was how many nailed on pens we were denied in the first batch of games, I do remember how we have been reffed very poorly this year, those pens (if scored) would have made a huge difference in those close games. There were no glaring errors in those 4 league games, that was pretty much the point I was trying to make I know, so I went checked to jog my own memory and said as much, I could have not bothered and not replied that there didn't seem to be glaring errors, though there was plenty after his recall and boy was there some good ones.
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Post by mullen103 on Apr 7, 2024 11:50:25 GMT
I think Holy and Lewis, both aren’t very good.
Statistically Holy is better.
Lewis was a panic buy, we are stuck with him and don’t think he will be a keeper to get us promoted - average league 2 keeper.
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Post by munchymagic on Apr 7, 2024 11:51:30 GMT
We have lost nearly all of the games we have played since Lewis arrived and he has never been punished once with a stint on the bench. Simmo wouldn't dare leave him or Armstrong on the bench as it could get him the sack as he would be therefore admitting to purchasing two duffers. One cannot score and the other has probably currently got the worst record of a keeper in Carlisle United's history. Amazed me how some blame either the midfield or the defence as the reasons why both players are so crap and not the players themselves. It is like saying that Lavelle is our best player if he wasn't let down by the rest of the defence and a poor goalkeeper. When Lavelle is making the errors himself it is hard to blame somebody else for them and he has made a shit load and also kept his place in the team. Your hatred of Armstrong gets worse by the post, Munchy. Strikers need service, I'm not saying he couldn't have done better but you are now so blinded by hate for him it wouldn't matter if he smashed in 5 goals in the last few games. Lewis could have done better imo but again with the shoddy defending in front of him contributing to free shots from inside the box what chance has he had really? He has made some gaffs as well but I thought his performances have improved markedly, probably why he wasn't dropped for Breeze, rather than Simmo protecting his reputation. I don't hate him at all - I am just massively frustrated by him, all would be forgiven if I seen something in him but Kelly looks a massive upgrade. You could play Kelly on his own and he would be just fine yet everyone says that that Armstrong 'needs' Kelly. I probably cheered more for Armstrong's goal than I have many others this season. Lewis keeps hold of the ball for an age when we are losing - why? These two players probably come in for more flack from me than some others as these two were meant to be an upgrade and to save our lives in League One and all they did was make us worse.
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Post by munchymagic on Apr 7, 2024 11:55:52 GMT
We have lost nearly all of the games we have played since Lewis arrived and he has never been punished once with a stint on the bench. Simmo wouldn't dare leave him or Armstrong on the bench as it could get him the sack as he would be therefore admitting to purchasing two duffers. One cannot score and the other has probably currently got the worst record of a keeper in Carlisle United's history. Amazed me how some blame either the midfield or the defence as the reasons why both players are so crap and not the players themselves. It is like saying that Lavelle is our best player if he wasn't let down by the rest of the defence and a poor goalkeeper. When Lavelle is making the errors himself it is hard to blame somebody else for them and he has made a shit load and also kept his place in the team. Your hatred of Armstrong gets worse by the post, Munchy. Strikers need service, I'm not saying he couldn't have done better but you are now so blinded by hate for him it wouldn't matter if he smashed in 5 goals in the last few games. Lewis could have done better imo but again with the shoddy defending in front of him contributing to free shots from inside the box what chance has he had really?He has made some gaffs as well but I thought his performances have improved markedly, probably why he wasn't dropped for Breeze, rather than Simmo protecting his reputation. And like I said, yourself and others are blaming the midfield and defence rather than admitting that they are just crap. If they do well next season then we can confirm that they are merely two League Two standard players.
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