Matt Grimes

[LaJollaJack]

Fair play, Williams knows his place nowadays
Willy OUT

Swansea City: Luke Williams stays away from dressing room for QPR win

Luke Williams gives the credit for Swansea City's win over Queens Park Rangers to Matt Grimes after revealing he did not go into the dressing room before the game or at half-time.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Cooperman]

Fair play, Williams knows his place nowadays
Willy OUT

Swansea City: Luke Williams stays away from dressing room for QPR win

Luke Williams gives the credit for Swansea City's win over Queens Park Rangers to Matt Grimes after revealing he did not go into the dressing room before the game or at half-time.

www.bbc.co.uk

This and the first half today smells of the manager not having have full unity with the dressing room.

 

[LaJollaJack]

This and the first half today smells of the manager not having have full unity with the dressing room.

You’re right, in so many ways.

As I posted, pre team announcement at 14:50 - he was Out had we lost today. Fact

 

[Smurph]

This and the first half today smells of the manager not having have full unity with the dressing room.

I must admit it did strike me as a bit odd when I read the article a little earlier.

Also find it odd how much influence at the club Grimes seems to have.

 

[Swanjaxs]

For a manager to admit to not entering the dressing room before or at half time is very concerning, probably the first time I've heard of this, even at Sunday league level...

 

[Cooperman]

I must admit it did strike me as a bit odd when I read the article a little earlier.

Also find it odd how much influence at the club Grimes seems to have.

All is not well it seems and there has evidently been words spoken.

 

[Smurph]

For a manager to admit to not entering the dressing room before or at half time is very concerning, probably the first time I've heard of this, even at Sunday league level...

Very odd.

 

[Smurph]

All is not well it seems and there has evidently been words spoken.

Would explain why he doesn't seem able to alter the course of a match tactically, if the players aren't listening to him.

 

[Smurph]

I can just imagine the Matt Grimes half time talk.

Calm down lads, they'll expect us to play like this every week if carry on. Just give me the ball in the second half and I'll play one two's in the centre circle with a few of you each time.

 

[FearOfAJackPlanet]

Let's just face facts; Grimes will be captain and ever-present in the team until he retires in about 10 years time. Then he'll transition to management and be our manager for the following 30 years. By then they'll have found a way to download his consciousness into an AI persona which will then manage us until the heat death of the universe.

 

[magicdaps10]

A lot of talk probably how they have let the fans down in the last 2 games.
They probably talked all week about how they want to approach the game and Williams likely discussed with Grimes and the team they they will stick to the plan and he him giving the pre match and half time talk might go off script.

He wanted to give them the responsibility to set things right and has praised them/Grimes after. I don't see an issue, if there was a problem then Williams would have kept quiet about it.

 

[eteb]

A lot of talk probably how they have let the fans down in the last 2 games.
They probably talked all week about how they want to approach the game and Williams likely discussed with Grimes and the team they they will stick to the plan and he him giving the pre match and half time talk might go off script.

He wanted to give them the responsibility to set things right and has praised them/Grimes after. I don't see an issue, if there was a problem then Williams would have kept quiet about it.

more Williams bashing MD. Great performance today so nothing football-wise they can use as ammo

 

[Smurph]

more Williams bashing MD. Great performance today so nothing football-wise they can use as ammo

Manager comes out to publicly state he wasn't involved in either the pre or halt time team talks and fans discuss on a forum.

Doesn't mean anyone is bashing the manager.

 

[Smurph]

A lot of talk probably how they have let the fans down in the last 2 games.
They probably talked all week about how they want to approach the game and Williams likely discussed with Grimes and the team they they will stick to the plan and he him giving the pre match and half time talk might go off script.

He wanted to give them the responsibility to set things right and has praised them/Grimes after. I don't see an issue, if there was a problem then Williams would have kept quiet about it.

What loads of bollocks, he's the manager, get in there and tell them fucking get on with it.

 

[Itchysphincter]

A lot of talk probably how they have let the fans down in the last 2 games.
They probably talked all week about how they want to approach the game and Williams likely discussed with Grimes and the team they they will stick to the plan and he him giving the pre match and half time talk might go off script.

He wanted to give them the responsibility to set things right and has praised them/Grimes after. I don't see an issue, if there was a problem then Williams would have kept quiet about it.

He clearly hasn’t lost the players and all the details will have been discussed with Grimes. It’s just an attempt to freshen things up and give it a kickstart. I can’t imagine Russel Martin being so humble and self-aware. Williams just up a little bit in my estimation, just a tiny bit mind.