Grimshaw rumours?

Don't think we'll sell, but if we do we're looking at a fee that could potentially be bigger than Bowler's.

Grimmy has two years left on his contract so if someone wanted him, they'd need to pay a massive premium.
 
TKL_Seasider said:
There are no Grimshaw rumours. This is all based on a story that didn’t even mention Grimshaw.

Get a life, people.
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Agreed 100%, the story says Critchley wants to bring in Ingram to put pressure on Maxwell, who also could be leaving this Summer.

Absolutely no mention of Grimshaw and people immediately jump to conclusions.

If anything the story indicates to me that Critchley is just looking for a new number 2. Nothing at all about Grimshaw.

The reactionaries in our fan base truly are incredible.
 
1950`spoolfan said:
So we finished 16th last season. Let`s sell our younger, highly promising and best keeper as well as our young ,highly promising and best outfield player .Sounds like an ambitious way forward!!!
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Developing young players and selling them on to help grow the club and strengthen the squad overall is indeed the master plan with the hope one day to have developed enough to keep them. Bowler has a year to go if he won’t sign a new deal then suicidal to keep him, I very much doubt Grimmy will be going anywhere unless it’s an offer we can’t refuse.
 
Hazi said:
Developing young players and selling them on to help grow the club and strengthen the squad overall is indeed the master plan with the hope one day to have developed enough to keep them. Bowler has a year to go if he won’t sign a new deal then suicidal to keep him, I very much doubt Grimmy will be going anywhere unless it’s an offer we can’t refuse.
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We have plenty of players of similar League One or lower level Championship standard in the squad, indeed many of a very similar quality. The need is clearly to level up not level down if we are to aspire to anything higher than mid Championship or lower level which with the right investment could of course lead to Premiership riches .

Speculating to accumulate involves risk but also is more likely to take things forward to the next level that we surely all aspire to rather than settling for what we have.

You never stand still, you go forwards or you go backwards. As well as our present owner has so far impressively done and his continued generous investment in our infrastructure is impressive, we are all greatly in his debt, it will be interesting to see where he is able to take us from here, specifically in our quality on the pitch which is of course the bottom line.
 
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50's you make some good points but the long term plan is to get the training ground up and running and attract some decent young players to develop and climb the table that way.

Of course in the meantime if you get lucky and with our wonderful support you can get up without the above like we did 12 years ago but i don't think there will be any significant speculation because of the off pitch investment in the training facility and east etc.
 
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The plan is to develop players and sell them, so why people are now knocking the club for this is beyond me!!

Anyway, for what it’s worth I heard Grimshaw was off a while ago.
 
seasideone said:
The plan is to develop players and sell them, so why people are now knocking the club for this is beyond me!!

Anyway, for what it’s worth I heard Grimshaw was off a while ago.
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Yeah it has to be the strategy to sell on, but he's only played for us for about 6 months.

Hardly the complete article yet so I thought we'd be having him at least next season.

Also is he likely to go for big cash? Doubt it.

Bowler is an obvious one as the cash we get should be large and we can't really keep hold of him.

Grimmy though is a little different.

But whatever, I think we need a big keeper who can claim crosses from corners as seems to happen against us but never for us.
 
AmericanTangerine said:
Agreed 100%, the story says Critchley wants to bring in Ingram to put pressure on Maxwell, who also could be leaving this Summer.

Absolutely no mention of Grimshaw and people immediately jump to conclusions.

If anything the story indicates to me that Critchley is just looking for a new number 2. Nothing at all about Grimshaw.

The reactionaries in our fan base truly are incredible.
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Thatseasider said:
Watford in the driving seat to get him in.
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Jesus that’s absolute bollocks….. fantasist
 
JJpool said:
Yeah it has to be the strategy to sell on, but he's only played for us for about 6 months.

Hardly the complete article yet so I thought we'd be having him at least next season.

Also is he likely to go for big cash? Doubt it.

Bowler is an obvious one as the cash we get should be large and we can't really keep hold of him.

Grimmy though is a little different.

But whatever, I think we need a big keeper who can claim crosses from corners as seems to happen against us but never for us.
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If the club think it’s fair or over value they should sell providing they have a plan to replace.

That goes for all players for me.
 
seasideone said:
If the club think it’s fair or over value they should sell providing they have a plan to replace.

That goes for all players for me.
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I've no idea what goalkeepers go for, but as long as we keep improving.

Sometimes though the right thing is keeping hold, as a player can keep you in the division maybe and constantly swapping and having to find gems can go wrong.

But I'll trust Critch and Co to get it right.
 

Shiggy said:
Never fails to amaze me how quick people are to forget how good Maxwell has been for us on and off the pitch.

Genuinely has been one of our most disrespected players since Grimshaw got a look in.
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Its not personal its just the nature of football. He's not good enough at this level.
 
Grimshaw was good when he came in and is an accomplished shot stopper but I still think he is a bit small. Also as mentioned he doesn’t come for crosses which often leaves him stuck on his line when chances come.

He’s good and I would like to keep him but it’s not the end of the world if he went.
 
JJpool said:
I've no idea what goalkeepers go for, but as long as we keep improving.

Sometimes though the right thing is keeping hold, as a player can keep you in the division maybe and constantly swapping and having to find gems can go wrong.

But I'll trust Critch and Co to get it right.
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We don't seem to be improving though and the players looked devoid of confidence towards the end of the season. We're also less likely to find a settled side constantly swapping.
 
It's a fine balancing act, keeping the players happy, making some money for the club and it's not as easy as Championship Manager.

I'd love to retain the nucleus/spine of a strong side and sell on the 'stars' for $$$$ I think players like Grimmy should be part of that core and for me he hasn't reached that star status just yet. One more season helping us into the PL will change that.

Bowler for me can go he's a luxury item.
 
BruceBFC said:
We don't seem to be improving though and the players looked devoid of confidence towards the end of the season. We're also less likely to find a settled side constantly swapping.
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It was two games maximum, only one really. And look at the side we put out at Peterborough. Casey and Keogh first time. Garbutt back from injury. Connolly right back. Stewart and Carey returning from injury. Rare start for Dale. Beesley and Yates first start together up front. It was over before it started.
 
fcblackpool said:
You have to move on. Not about disrespecting Maxwell but recognising Grimmy is a better option for the future.
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I can understand that viewpoint and I don't think there is anything disrespectful about it. What is disrespectful though is people saying they'd be terrified at the thought of him being our number one. It's these kind of comments I can't get behind.
 
Shiggy said:
I can understand that viewpoint and I don't think there is anything disrespectful about it. What is disrespectful though is people saying they'd be terrified at the thought of him being our number one. It's these kind of comments I can't get behind.
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That's fair enough, but I'd rather Grimmy in there, which to me makes him surplus when you have Moore.
 
Jaffa_The_Hut said:
So with 3 keepers currently on our books why are we after a 4th?

Something still not adding up here.
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Succession planning registering interest. The club are constantly planning windows in advance and for every scenario. A bid coming in has kick started the keeper version of that should a big offer come in for Grimshaw. That doesn’t mean Grimshaw is going, it’s how the likes of Brentford operate and is good to see.
 

Shiggy said:
What makes you say he's not good enough for this level?

He did a perfectly good job before and after his injuries.
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He reacts too slow and concedes too many poor goals. Doesn't deal with crosses and flaps too much. I don't remember him making any outstanding saves this season either and that's what wins games. A good keepers more important than a good striker in my opinion.
 
voyeur said:
It was two games maximum, only one really. And look at the side we put out at Peterborough. Casey and Keogh first time. Garbutt back from injury. Connolly right back. Stewart and Carey returning from injury. Rare start for Dale. Beesley and Yates first start together up front. It was over before it started.
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April and the last game in May was relegation form. The two games we won was against bottom of the league Barnsley and a very poor Birmingham who would of been relegated if it wasn't for points deduction's.
 
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