[Blue Baggie]

I had never realised Karlan Grant was quite so unpopular with you.

Handicapped by a dimwit manager and sub-standard and very confused squad he still got 18 goals last season, didn't he? At Huddersfield what was it 23 goals in 50-odd games? Another decent strike rate. This season amidst upheavals, he's hardly scored. But surely when a player is not-performing to his best that isn't a one-way pendulum? Surely he has shown enough not to be some kinda write-off? Equally his time at Charlton showed it took time and the right loan for him to show what he could really do. He is obviously not the easiest character. But getting the best out of difficult people is surely part of what management is about. Would Ronaldo have showboated out on the wing forever without Ferguson having a serious word with him and pointing out his potential for sticking it in the onion bag?

Are the forwards at the rest of the challengers in the Championship that much better than Karlan Grant? Make him unhappy and keen to move and he'll not be the player he could be until he reaches a new environment. He won't be trying to fail, or failing to try. He won't be able to help it. Remember Joni Mitchell's words, "Don't it always seem to go that you .......................................................................... " You've got no money, if you sold him, could you get anyone as good for that money?

I agree in theory - absolutely, Devongone, but there again I don't see him on the pitch. Those that do are very scathing about him and the effort he puts in, if I understand it right.
But I do certainly agree that he's obviously a proven talent/goalscorer at this level, and good management should be able to bring this side of him out again.
Heaven knows we could do with that! 

Some fans are unforgiving, some say Grant is lazy other say he always puts a shift in. The very idea that be is just "not very good" is comical. A player who gets 18 goals in  season certainly has an eye for goal and will score given the chance. IMHO  nobody else will get anywhere near his goals ratio. It's for our management team to get him back in the team and scoring goals. Dropping him, playing out of position and picking players ahead of him who hardly ever score achieves nothing. Were far too quick to criticize players. Grant has been taking extra training to see how he can fit better into CC system. Now that's the type of player we should be encouraging not trying to get rid of.