Thanks for the update Swanny. His injury was clearly plaguing him for most of the season. Hopefully he has got himself fixed. He needs some games and goals if he is going to get into the 1st team next season.
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[Albion] Abdallah Sima
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Thanks for the update Swanny. His injury was clearly plaguing him for most of the season. Hopefully he has got himself fixed. He needs some games and goals if he is going to get into the 1st team next season.
brighton_tom
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- Jul 23, 2008
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Surely another loan for him next season, this one has been somewhat of a non starter
- Jun 20, 2021
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As mentioned by others on the official loanee thread, most of our loanees are getting little or no time playing this season for various reasons.
Sima needs to get some games under his belt otherwise it will be another loan season for him next year
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Sima needs to get some games under his belt otherwise it will be another loan season for him next year
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- Jun 27, 2012
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Most ? . Cochrane, mitoma, van hecke, Ostigard, undav, Connolly, Clarke , Khadra, weir, rushworth - have all played a lot or a fair bit of football. Even Teddy Jenks who is only 19 has made 15 apps in the SPL. Yes. Sima. Richards, karbownik have had injuries so haven’t really got started and the polish teen at RUSG is just getting going. Molumby has been in/out favour tbf. And Andone has been Andone. But we have a lot of loanees and they are young so no surprises if there’s ups/downs in their development.
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Mitoma was injured at Christmas, has only just returned, and has played 100 minutes of football in 2022.
I don't really count Undav as a loanee, more as someone we have bought early for next season. Similarly with Kozlowski, although he's only played 54 minutes in 2022.
The point is that realistically if loanees are going to make it into our first team squad/team they need to be playing regularly, a la Ben White.
As an example, Richards spent the first half of the season on our bench, and then has been injured ever since on loan. His progress towards the first team has gone backwards and I think it is true for many of the loanees with the most potential, van Hecke, Khadra and Ostigard aside.
I was just pointing out that it would be nice to have a number of striking options for next season, but at the moment, Sima is unlikely to be one of them
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I know all of that and agreed. But you didn’t make that point In your post so apols is if I got wrong end of stick.
And presumably we will be bringing khadra and Undav back into the squad - so 2 young attacking options.
We’ve also incredibly got a 17 year old centre forward as one of our options .
And to expect more than several at best of our loanees a season to transition like Ben White is quite the expectation. But Van Hecke looks very promising.
- Jun 20, 2021
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No, I think we are on the same page. It would have just been useful if Sima had now played 20+ games and knocked in 15 goals for Stoke this season. Then we could be getting excited by him, rather than be frustrated (through no fault of his own!).
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No Sima on the bench for Stoke today so I was looking what he was up to and apparently he scored two goals for the U23s a couple of days ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJJi4k1aXS8
For those of you a little bit confused about what I mean:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoring_in_association_football
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJJi4k1aXS8
For those of you a little bit confused about what I mean:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoring_in_association_football
Yup, too bad they werent behind because I guess he would have played a little bit then.
southstandandy
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50% of his 4 year deal he will have been away from the club. Let's hope it works out.
Ben White was at our club 7 years and we only got 1 season out of him
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Not seen such Bravery!
He'll be one of those with a secret club option on a 5th year ( I think ! ).
Nobby Cybergoat
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- Jul 19, 2021
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And that assumes we're going to incorporate him in the squad the following season, which would mean he'll have to show he is genuinely ready to compete with Welbeck, Maupay, Undav etc for a place in the side. It also assumes that Adringa or Enciso or someone haven't smashed it out of the park and are hammering down the door for a place.
Not impossible of course, but his task is daunting. First stage, get fit and get in the side
Machiavelli
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Yes, agreed, that's terrible. What we should do in response is get rid of TB, PW, DW and whoever else is responsible for these decisions, and promote you to all those positions instead. Then we'll be alright.
brighton_tom
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True, and I suspect they would have liked a more successful loan for him last year so he could have been joining the first team this year, but injuries stopped that. Nothing that can be done. Another loan this year was inevitable.