Transfer Rumour Matt Grimes (86 Viewers)

vow

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How about just saying central defender , full backs, midfielders attackers, wingers etc, what is this 6/8/10 stuff ?
I first heard Jose Mourinho mention it during a press conference a few years back now, it confused me to begin with, but feel it simplifies the positions a bit for the average joe.
 

Skyblue Bangkok

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I first heard Jose Mourinho mention it during a press conference a few years back now, it confused me to begin with, but feel it simplifies the positions a bit for the average joe.
Moanio says a lot of things ,he's had his day ,just like me .
 

Jamesimus

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Swansea fans seem happy to see him go. Lots of sideways and backwards passing from him that has been holding them back?! Bitterness or truth?

I think there’s an element of truth to him not being an “exciting” midfielder for sure.

I think in a team that already has a lot of attack minded players he would strike a very nice balance. Swansea don’t have that imo.
 

alexccfc99

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If it happens I think there would be a gentleman’s agreement he sits Saturday out

Remember us doing similar with Jutkiewicz when we sold him to Boro and our next fixture was against them
 

Jamesimus

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If it happens I think there would be a gentleman’s agreement he sits Saturday out

Remember us doing similar with Jutkiewicz when we sold him to Boro and our next fixture was against them

I think chucking him straight in at the deep end would be a poor decision anyway. Few sub appearances to ease him in first.
 

bawtryneal

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Just from many a transfer disappointment over the years, anyone else a bit sceptical this will just happen quickly and smoothly? Seems to good to be true
If it’s going to happen it will be in the next 6 days.
My bet is he doesn’t play for swansea on Saturday and signs for us on Monday.
 

Deity

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We should get the deal done this week and allow him not to feature on Saturday. We shouldn’t change a winning team anyway so the quicker he starts to train with the team the better.
 

alexccfc99

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That was a disgrace of a move - we even loaned him to them a week before the transfer window so they could get him early
We'd have stayed up that season if we had kept him, as bad as that team was it was only a goalscorer away from being safe

or if Marlon King hadn't signed for Blues at the eleventh hour
 

Deity

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If we pay 3.5m for a player I think we should decide whether he plays or not
That’s a little idealistic.

It won’t be a popular sale with the Swansea fans and allowing him to play against them will be seen as poor management by the club. They won’t want that.
 

shmmeee

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He’s a defensive midfielder positionally. Not in his style of play. He’s better on ball than off

Do you reckon we’ll still need to play three at the back to cover the midfield then?
 

alexccfc99

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If this happens you'd imagine Dean Austin's influence has been limited and Lampard has been given more authority as this just is not the type of signing we make off the last few years
 

Flying Fokker

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That’s a little idealistic.

It won’t be a popular sale with the Swansea fans and allowing him to play against them will be seen as poor management by the club. They won’t want that.
It’s likely to be a short trip for him. Having such long service he may get away with coming on when we are losing 4-0.
 

Chicken Mcgraw

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Do you reckon we’ll still need to play three at the back to cover the midfield then?

It looks like 4-3-3 will be the way forward based on the Lampards comments about wingers.

I’ve been trying to think of a player to compare Grimes to and the closest I can think of is Ollie Norwood. Very gifted on the ball, plays deep, model pro but isn’t a tough tackling, shouty captain type at all. He’ll be doing Allen’s role now with the hope that Torp and whoever else makes up the midfield 3 provides a bit of bite.
 

Ccfcisparks

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Can we stop going on about a Hamer replacement? We've long since abandoned playing the way we did that suited him. We've got midfielders with decent output themselves.
If every midfielder we signed gets compared to Hamer regardless of player profile they are gonna be disappointed.

Grimes is more like Sheaf and we have Rudoni & Torp combined making up the Hamer role
 

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