Do you think he's playing well? 1 penalty save aside, he's been poor recently.
Fair response, there will be a change on Saturday but we can't keep ignoring the fact Grimshaw is playing poorly. Yes, the defence in front of him needs to improve but pretty much every shot on target ends up as a goal. I'm not sure on the save %s but they can't be great for the last few games.
No we can't ignore it and he's plumb bottom of the rankings in terms of Save%. It's strange, because he's been consistently good in terms of shot stopping for the most part.
Critchley isn’t reactive. He has his favourites. I like Grimmy but he’s been iffy last few games. No chance he’ll get dropped. He’s Critchley’s number 1
He will be rested on Saturday along with many others.
I’d take a loss on Saturday for a win at Bolton. The league is the priority
I figured as much, he needs a big performance at Bolton or he has to be dropped. We can't keep singling out Oakley-Boothe, Carey, whoever and glossing over a player who is letting the side down most weeks. This is coming from someone who is a big admirer of Grimmy but we can't just ignore bad performances forever.
He fumbled more than one effort last night, one resulting in a goal.
Unfortunately it’s happened quite a few times recently, so I’m not sure we can blame the lights.
Thought it was just me about the lights when the ball was in the air after a hoof sometimes I couldn't see it.
Agreed , need to give O 'Donnell a try
Obvious mistakes, have a look at Cheltenham's 2nd, Peterborough's 2nd his side of the wall, 2nd and 3rd last night. There's 4 I can think of where he should have done better. It really isn't about hounding him, he isn't immune from criticism. The point remains he needs to play better or deserves to be dropped.
His stats show him as the worst performing keeping in League 1.
If I was in Steve Banks position I would think I was letting the club down with how our first team keeper is performing .
Decent strike it may have been but Grimmy's position was poor, as was his effort to save it. The ball ended up hitting the net 3ft inside the bar and post. The lad gets his name chanted every week, so no one is giving him the abuse Maxwell got. As for defenders getting blocks in, I totally agree, Husband decided to keep his position rather than track his man. Neither Marv or Penno reacted anywhere near quick enough. Poor on a lot of levels, and that includes the through ball from Carey that was far too easily intercepted.
Its your opinion that its his fault for all these goals and that is all it is ,your opinion. Anyway if you think that our second or third string goalies are going to do better then we could do with what Critchley has done with the rest of the team and keep changing our goalies . We have seen how that works with the rest of the team.
A blind man can see Grimmy isn't in the best form. If you can't see that, more fool you. I think the fact he doesn't have tougher competition is a problem, just like any player, if they're out of form we need a squad that is capable of suitable replacements.
In fairness, the opinions are also backed up by the stats, so he's almost certainly not performing to his best and saving as many shots as he ought to be.
Totally agree, we bring Connolly on to offer the team greater protection defensively and rather than play a flat back 4 with Connolly at right back with two CHs and Husband at left back we have to have this ridiculous set up of three at the back. If you watch the Marriott goal there are three defenders against two attackers with Marv struggling to mark no-one and the other two all over the place. Why not just keep it simple and play four with everyone in their correct position, not straying forward and leaving gaps. It's just basic defending and keeping your shape.
The thread wasn't to single out Grimmy, I think he is a very good keeper, I do think he has struggled of late. We've had threads on Carey, Ekpiteta, Oakley-Boothe, Morgan, etc discussing their performance levels, so I see it as no different to those. The shot save percentage statistics aren't great, in fact they're poor but statistics alone don't always tell the full story. Take the Derby game, they were clinical didn't really have loads of shots but those that they did he had no chance with. He would have been rested this weekend anyway but maybe 10 days of solid work on the training ground will do him good and get him focused and up to his usual levels.
