CroJack
Key Player
I suspect the misterious Brighton scout was at the Liberty to watch Grimes. Grimes was our POTY last season and Potter knows how important Grimes was/is for our style of play.Grimes....Clearly this is the future of the club ... if we can hold on to him. How long can he continue to fly beneath the radar of the Prem clubs.
Other Premier League clubs? Of course. They all use advanced statistical tools like Whyscout and it takes no time for them to identify the best talent in the Championship. They all know Grimes was one of the best, if not the best, for progressive passes last season in the Championship.
So, why there isn't any bid for him?
Well, here are some of the reasons:
- some of them already have better defensive midfielders like Kante, Fernandinho, Fabinho...,
- many PL clubs don't play from the back and progressive passing is not their priority, they want more physicality in DM position,
- some of them are waiting to see whether Grimes will continue his positive development or not.
I doubt it. We are going to dominate the vast majority of our games and we don't need to play 3 centre-backs. When we attack it's Grimes who drops between Hoorn and Rodon to provide extra defensive cover in case we lose the ball and opposition tries to counter-attack us.Will we play 3 at the back. Is that in Cooper's repertoire.
The same thing happened to Dyer and Routs last season. In the beginning of the last season Potter was told they would be sold and he didn't use them. When it was clear they would stay they became an important part of the squad. I hope there is no bid for Montero and Borja in this transfer window and they stay. That would significantly strengthen us.plans for Montero at this point in time and that Montero is nowhere near the squad. Thoughts?