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FLW's Coventry City fan pundit has not been impressed with two of the club's forwards this term.

This article is part of Football League World's 'Terrace Talk' series, which provides personal opinions from our FLW Fan Pundits regarding the latest breaking news, teams, players, managers, potential signings and more...

Coventry City have put themselves in an excellent position to reach the Championship play-offs with two games remaining this season.

The Sky Blues' resurgence since the appointment of Frank Lampard in November has been hugely impressive, and if they can produce two more positive results against Luton Town and Middlesbrough, then they will finish in the top six for the second time in three seasons.

However, despite their successful season, there are a couple of players who have not lived up to expectations over the course of the campaign, according to Football League World's Coventry fan pundit, Chris Deez.

Coventry forwards criticised for underdelivering

We asked our Coventry fan pundit, Chris, whether there were any first-team players he believes have underdelivered this season, and he picked out two attackers who have not impressed him this term.

"I think there are two very good contenders for the player who has disappointed me the most this season at Coventry, and underdelivered on their expectations," he said.

"I think one would be Brandon Thomas-Asante. Other than those three goals and an assist that he got in that very short span of games, we have seen absolutely nothing from him.

"He gets the ball to a certain part of the pitch, and then he doesn't know what to do with it anymore and turns back around. He has not got any striker's instinct. I do not really know what we saw in him, but I do distinctly remember West Brom fans laughing at how much money we spent on him.

"I think we beat Hull or Blackburn to sign him - we snatched him away. I think it was Hull, and they have ended up laughing as well. I think he is awful.

"The other one is Ellis Simms. I think, last season, he fooled a lot of people with those hat-tricks - the two hat-tricks that he got pretty much back-to-back. He looked like he was a great player linking up with Haji Wright, but I have genuinely not liked Ellis Simms since day one when he signed for Coventry.

"I do not understand what it is that people see in him. I have seen people saying that he played great against Hull, and I just do not know what game they were watching. It is like his feet are made out of cement, he is so slow, lazy and bone-idle, and just looks like he can not be bothered at any given time.

"He, just like Thomas-Asante, has no striker's instinct. The ball was flashed across the face of goal to him, and if he had just got a nasal hair on it then it might have gone in, but he was just standing there with a face on him that suggested he had never seen a football before.

"His numbers last season alongside Haji Wright looked great, but six of those goals came against very poor opposition, and it seemed to pull the wool over the eyes of a lot of people."

Thomas-Asante and Simms could silence their critics

With two vital games remaining in the regular season and the prospect of the play-offs looming large, there is every chance that Thomas-Asante or Simms could produce a big moment between now and the end of the campaign.

If either forward pops up with a crucial goal that contributes towards the Sky Blues reaching the Premier League, they will no doubt be forgiven for their relatively underwhelming seasons.