29-09-2020, 23:27
I've said it before, but what confuses me about the Grant link is that he was playing wide left when I saw him last season.
I get it, he's young, great goal return for a struggling side...
But he scored those goals from wide left. We've already spent big on Grady, who plays wide left. We can't play 2 players in this role can we?
And if we're talking about Grant up top, which seems to be the general conscientious, it seems risky given this big goal scoring season came from wide left. There's a video of all of his last season goals on Youtube and of the 13 he scored from open play, about 8 or 9 came from left midfield with him dribbling at players and shooting. Only 3 or 4 came from a typical centre forward position, i.e. getting in behind or on the end of a cross.
Maybe it's just me, but I feel we have enough winger come forward types. Robbo has started the season well, he's already in that mould...
For me we need an out and out number 9. Give the opposition something different to think about. Plan A/Plan B type thing.
Not commenting on his quality as I've not seen enough of him. Hopefully he's brilliant if we do get him and he can easily play up top. But it really seems bizarre if we make 2 big signings in the summer and they both play the same position. Especially as our squad is already massively unbalanced with excess of attacking midfielders and wingers.
I get it, he's young, great goal return for a struggling side...
But he scored those goals from wide left. We've already spent big on Grady, who plays wide left. We can't play 2 players in this role can we?
And if we're talking about Grant up top, which seems to be the general conscientious, it seems risky given this big goal scoring season came from wide left. There's a video of all of his last season goals on Youtube and of the 13 he scored from open play, about 8 or 9 came from left midfield with him dribbling at players and shooting. Only 3 or 4 came from a typical centre forward position, i.e. getting in behind or on the end of a cross.
Maybe it's just me, but I feel we have enough winger come forward types. Robbo has started the season well, he's already in that mould...
For me we need an out and out number 9. Give the opposition something different to think about. Plan A/Plan B type thing.
Not commenting on his quality as I've not seen enough of him. Hopefully he's brilliant if we do get him and he can easily play up top. But it really seems bizarre if we make 2 big signings in the summer and they both play the same position. Especially as our squad is already massively unbalanced with excess of attacking midfielders and wingers.