Grimes emerges as target for Sheffield United

[Dillwyn the Dog]

He may have a few perceived flaws by some, suggesting the lad can't be arsed is a stretch.

Didn't he play every single minute of every league game again last season?

 

[Dillwyn the Dog]

He was never going to miss a game as captain. He keeps himself out of harms way for the most part - for me he does very little in some games and is average for the most part. It’s why Downes went for 12 million and nobody wanted captain fantastic grimes even on a free.

 

[Dillwyn the Dog]

The shackles of a team where he has had to assume a vast amount of defensive responsibility and the instinct to look up and play the forward passes to players with pace and movement and energy have been missing for several years. While Grimes has never been and likely never will be a creative attacking midfielder in the Sigurdsson mould he is certainly capable of being the distributor who gets the ball to the creative players in the mould of Bodde who was largely able to do so because of having the ever dependable Leon Britton behind him.

Wow, I know he can pull of the odd good forward pass but very few and far between. Hanging around the back four and rarely venturing over the halfway line doesn’t equate to “assuming a vast amount of defensive responsibility”

 

[LeonWasTheDogs]

The lad certainly divides opinion

Yep. Between those who watch the game and notice what he does and those who want the moon on a stick. He’s fine. Obviously not PL quality and I’ve no idea why he’s criticised for not being PL quality.

 

[Dillwyn the Dog]

Yep. Between those who watch the game and notice what he does and those who want the moon on a stick. He’s fine. Obviously not PL quality and I’ve no idea why he’s criticised for not being PL quality.

Coughlan and Cornforth weren’t PL quality either but they wore their hearts on their sleeves as players.