Because we couldn't play him the seasons prior...
People are actually upset about Simons not going through when we have Cole/Pedro/Estevao for the middle, Estevao/Neto/Cole/George for the right, Garnacho/Gittens/Neto/George for the left.
You don't go out and buy a 60 mil striker if one of your guys goes down for 6-8 weeks. We had two strikers. You recall one in Guiu, who is exactly the type of cover you need for this kind of situation, and you have the likes of Neto, George, etc if things get super bad.