Grimes...

[Dillwyn the Dog]

I think senility is more of the issue here...

I’m 57 and I can’t remember what I’ve gone upstairs for these days. As Michael Jackson once said “you are not alone”.

 

[Pegojack]

I hope the final word on this thread will be when Sunderland complete the job tonight and consign the garden gnome to another season plying his trade in the Championship.
Having said that, he'll probably score a couple of worldies to propel Coventry into the Final!

 

[Bluenile]

Thats what you took from my reply? Haha. So you want to try and bend statistics to fit a narrative that at best holds as much water as a sieve.

I'm suggesting that I'd rather him leave it all out there and be the "bust a gut" captain who gets the team moving up the pitch than be the tepid, luke warm crab that he was.

Lol@luke warm, the whole team was lukewarm under Luke. I agree he was a lukewarm crab though.

 

[swan65split]

If they get t

I hope the final word on this thread will be when Sunderland complete the job tonight and consign the garden gnome to another season plying his trade in the Championship.
Having said that, he'll probably score a couple of worldies to propel Coventry intothe Final!

If they get to the final , ATM I think itll be the blades to go through, they are the best of a pooor buch as I see it, more tougher, and after last night more fire power, but both not prem material.

 

[Dillwyn the Dog]

I hope the final word on this thread will be when Sunderland complete the job tonight and consign the garden gnome to another season plying his trade in the Championship.
Having said that, he'll probably score a couple of worldies to propel Coventry into the Final!

It would be amazing to see Widdell and co hand him his arse both games next season

 

[monmouth]

I’m 57 and I can’t remember what I’ve gone upstairs for these days. As Michael Jackson once said “you are not alone”.

It's worse when you do remember but then can't actually manage it...

 

[ajacks]

Frank Lampard played 164 consecutive games over 5 seasons - shit arse!

And not at CDM you absolute plum.

 

[Jackareme]

This particular plum deals in facts - so I see your plum and raise you a turnip. By statistical definition the likes of Lampard would be more likely injured than a defensive midfielder.
I get you passionately dislike Matt Grimes - but don't blind yourself to his amazing availability statistics, otherwise you will look a bit of a errr nana

In soccer, midfielders and defenders are most often injured. Studies have shown that midfielders experience the highest injury frequency, followed by defenders. These positions require high-speed activities and intense gameplay, potentially increasing their risk of injury during the later stages of a game.
Midfielders experienced the highest injury frequency (43.6%), followed by defenders (30.0%), forwards (17.9%), and goalkeepers (8.6%)

 

[CygnusX1]

This particular plum deals in facts - so I see your plum and raise you a turnip. By statistical definition the likes of Lampard would be more likely injured than a defensive midfielder.
I get you passionately dislike Matt Grimes - but don't blind yourself to his amazing availability statistics, otherwise you will look a bit of a errr nana

In soccer, midfielders and defenders are most often injured. Studies have shown that midfielders experience the highest injury frequency, followed by defenders. These positions require high-speed activities and intense gameplay, potentially increasing their risk of injury during the later stages of a game.
Midfielders experienced the highest injury frequency (43.6%), followed by defenders (30.0%), forwards (17.9%), and goalkeepers (8.6%)

I assume he avoided injury as he also avoided the high-speed activities and intense gameplay you talk of

 

[T8AD365]

This particular plum deals in facts - so I see your plum and raise you a turnip. By statistical definition the likes of Lampard would be more likely injured than a defensive midfielder.
I get you passionately dislike Matt Grimes - but don't blind yourself to his amazing availability statistics, otherwise you will look a bit of a errr nana

In soccer, midfielders and defenders are most often injured. Studies have shown that midfielders experience the highest injury frequency, followed by defenders. These positions require high-speed activities and intense gameplay, potentially increasing their risk of injury during the later stages of a game.
Midfielders experienced the highest injury frequency (43.6%), followed by defenders (30.0%), forwards (17.9%), and goalkeepers (8.6%)

Grimes' secret was that he managed to avoid injury by not doing any "high-speed activities" or "intense gameplay".

He would always drop off away from opposition players and get rid of the ball before being tackled, as well as never putting a proper challenge in himself

Edit: as has just been said!

 

[Neath_Jack]

Me and the Special One like two peas in a pod.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1524064239790534662

 

[Dr. Winston]

Both things are true.

Matt Grimes does come from that strain of footballer who can shake off knocks and potential injuries that would put other players out. Ashley Williams is cut from the same cloth. Call it luck, good genes, whatever you like. These players exist.

On the other hand, clearly you could never accuse him of leading his team through battling, fierce competition and sheer force of will. He rarely got involved even in verbal disputes. Milquetoast to the max.

 

[exiledclaseboy]

This thread is now as tedious, never ending and ultimately pointless as your average Matt Grimes performance.

 

[Yjb_09]

Amen! I fancy coventry to do these tho

 

[Bluenile]

Grimes takes all the corners, and he nearly always fails to clear the first man! Commentator also said "Grimes has become the beating heart of this Coventry team" . . . . . . Hope they have a defibrillator at the ready!