Captain Grimes on his way to Coventry City?

[Copamundial]

Why the bitterness?? Whatever his shortcomings as a player at least he spent nearly every minute of his time here on the pitch…can’t say the same for the vast majority of players.
We need to move on and we were never going to be able to while he remained the fulcrum of the team.
Some beauts on here honestly, been calling for his head for the last few months and now he’s moving on he’s the devil in disguise.
Good luck to the bloke, was never the greatest but an excellent servant he certainly was.

 

[eteb]

Why the bitterness?? Whatever his shortcomings as a player at least he spent nearly every minute of his time here on the pitch…can’t say the same for the vast majority of players.
We need to move on and we were never going to be able to while he remained the fulcrum of the team.
Some beauts on here honestly, been calling for his head for the last few months and now he’s moving on he’s the devil in disguise.
Good luck to the bloke, was never the greatest but an excellent servant he certainly was.

Spot on post

 

[Fbreath]

I spoke to him and he wasn’t sure if it was a sideways or backwards move for his career.

 

[Jacket]

None of the past three seasons have been particularly great, and he's played nearly every minute. He must take his share of the blame, and we literally haven't tried anything else since relegation - the very definition of banging our heads against a wall. Of course, he doesn't have to leave for us to try something different, but now he's seemingly one foot out the door, maybe it's not the end of the world.

What I don't get is why we allow him to go, as we've allowed many others to go, without having cast iron guarantees of a replacement. In those other cases we haven't managed to get any replacements in, despite having irons in the fire.

And if reports are true of this Swedish guy, even if we get that over the line, he seems from his showreel to be a far more attacking player, also don't get why we would spunk all the Grimes money on one unknown quantity. None of this makes sense to me. But then if he wants out, we've seen at least three times, where blocking a player's move has not worked out.

 

[SwanseaJack]

Why the bitterness?? Whatever his shortcomings as a player at least he spent nearly every minute of his time here on the pitch…can’t say the same for the vast majority of players.
We need to move on and we were never going to be able to while he remained the fulcrum of the team.
Some beauts on here honestly, been calling for his head for the last few months and now he’s moving on he’s the devil in disguise.
Good luck to the bloke, was never the greatest but an excellent servant he certainly was.

Super post. Sometimes the time to move on seems right. We get some cash for an ageing player and a chance to refresh our midfield.

Still hope Franco sticks a huge tackle in on him should he play this weekend

 

[SwanseaJack]

None of the past three seasons have been particularly great, and he's played nearly every minute. He must take his share of the blame, and we literally haven't tried anything else since relegation - the very definition of banging our heads against a wall. Of course, he doesn't have to leave for us to try something different, but now he's seemingly one foot out the door, maybe it's not the end of the world.

What I don't get is why we allow him to go, as we've allowed many others to go, without having cast iron guarantees of a replacement. In those other January cases we haven't managed to get any replacements in, despite having irons in the fire.

And if reports are true of this Swedish guy, even if we get that over the line, he seems from his showreel to be a far more attacking player, also don't get why we would spunk all the Grimes money on one unknown quantity. None of this makes sense to me. But then if he wants out, we've seen at least three times, where blocking a player's move has not worked out.

Yep, just a shame it’s during January where deals are notoriously inflated and hard to get over the line

 

[eteb]

None of the past three seasons have been particularly great, and he's played nearly every minute. He must take his share of the blame, and we literally haven't tried anything else since relegation - the very definition of banging our heads against a wall. Of course, he doesn't have to leave for us to try something different, but now he's seemingly one foot out the door, maybe it's not the end of the world.

What I don't get is why we allow him to go, as we've allowed many others to go, without having cast iron guarantees of a replacement. In those other cases we haven't managed to get any replacements in, despite having irons in the fire.

And if reports are true of this Swedish guy, even if we get that over the line, he seems from his showreel to be a far more attacking player, also don't get why we would spunk all the Grimes money on one unknown quantity. None of this makes sense to me. But then if he wants out, we've seen at least three times, where blocking a player's move has not worked out.

Because Franco takes the cdm slot. We will also save a small fortune on grimes wages which should free up another signing

 

[Jacket]

Because Franco takes the cdm slot. We will also save a small fortune on grimes wages which should free up another signing

Good point well made

 

[Swansea93]

Good servant, average player, let’s see how we look without him in the team, a lot of us have been asking for it for him to be dropped or rested to see how we look.

 

[Ringwood]

But who replaces him Saturday...Fulton ?.. is Allen out of casualty...

 

[magicdaps10]

Because Franco takes the cdm slot. We will also save a small fortune on grimes wages which should free up another signing

He was on nearly 25k a week.
We can get 2/3 in on the wages freed up.

 

[Dillwyn the Dog]

We’ll be losing our best and worst midfielder at the same time. Mixed feelings, but - and I may come to regret this - I think it’s for the best in the long term, so hope this comes off.

I think Franco is our best all round midfielder to be fair

 

[Swanjaxs]

Said his goodbyes, travelling up tonight. Will be gone by days end tomorrow if all goes well

Don't tell me, according to?...

 

[Dillwyn the Dog]

Yep, just a shame it’s during January where deals are notoriously inflated and hard to get over the line

Our deal for Grimes going to Coventry should be equally over inflated. What’s sauce for the goose etc

 

[Dillwyn the Dog]

Don't tell me, according to?...

Daps