Kim Grant

[Jimmy]

Has been released according to official site.

 

Grant News

[mikefleet]

doesn't really surprise me much.

BUT we hardly have any strikers now!! We have only got Charlie, Manny surprised he hasnt gone. Omono and possibly jukebox when pushed up there. Think Liam needs to get some forwards in ASAP.

[Stu M]

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mikefleet said:
BUT we hardly have any strikers now!!

Well, we've got four if you count Jukebox which is only one less than before Grant was let go, so I'm not sure 'hardly got any strikers' describes the situation!

[DarrenGNFC]

I quite liked Grant. He was pretty decent against Charlton and linked up quite well with MacDonald.

 

Not bad against Forest Green either.

 

Good luck to the man.

[Fleet fan]

quite agree i thought he looked good also but alot fans i stand with disagree

[Robbo]

Shame as he looked like he has the ability from the little we've seen of him. Probably needed a bit of a run out to bring out that ability though. I think I would prefer him up front to Drury. I hope Charlton don't decide they want Sodje back any time soon or we'll be left a bit lightweight up front.

[Drummer Scott]

Thought he had a few good games for us and looked good. Good player and shame he has left.

[Slartibartfast]

We either need to sign Peter Crouch upfront or start playing the ball on the ground to the shortarses......I hope we don't sign Crouch. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

[Harry J Allstars]

I can't remember where I read it but when we signed Jamie Guy a lot of you were saying how crowded we looked up front. Now all of a sudden were looking depleted?

[Slartibartfast]

True Harry, things change pretty quickly.

 

Sodje looked top quality four weeks ago but couldn't make the starting lineup on Saturday, is he off the boil or is he not getting the service?

Essandoh looked like a worldbeater when we attacked down the wings and gave him crosses to attack but the goals dried up when we resorted to the long ball game.

 

We haven't scored for three games so it must be the forwards fault.

[Drummer Scott]

I'd say we have McDonald, Manny, Sodje and we could use Drury or even Luke Moore. They are all good when they perform.

[Trevor]

I suspect his release is more to do with the budget rather than his ability.

[Harry J Allstars]

He was on a non contract basis.

[Jimmy]

So that means he doesn't get paid then?

 

Think before posting.

[John Pearce]

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mikefleet said:
Think Liam needs to get some forwards in ASAP.

This comment looks familiar????

I believe I said something along these lines, and got severly criticised, before the season started.

As has been said by many others on other threads, the 'Fleets squad contains too many 'ordinary' players. This has been highlighted by the teams poor performances recently when first choice players are out either injured or suspended. Unfortunatley, in my view, Kim Grant falls into that category. He was never going to be a first choice in the team when he has played, apart from perhaps against Charlton in what was a friendly against an old club, he has looked distinctly 'average'.

Hopefully he will be replaced by someone who can cope with the long-ball game that the club now seem to be playing.

[Stu M]

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White Van Nistelrooy said:
I believe I said something along these lines, and got severly criticised, before the season started.

The difference being that you said it when we only had one forward and one injured and yet to commit to a contract, which was fair comment. Mikefleet said it when we had four (if you include Drury).

[John Pearce]

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Stu M said:

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White Van Nistelrooy said:
I believe I said something along these lines, and got severly criticised, before the season started.

The difference being that you said it when we only had one forward and one injured and yet to commit to a contract, which was fair comment. Mikefleet said it when we had four (if you include Drury).

Point taken. But surely it doesn't really matter who said what and when.

The situation is still the same. The club desperatly needs a striker or strikers who can cope with the big boot down the middle and begin to create and capitalize on goalscoring chances.

[Harry J Allstars]

Or we just stop playing the long ball game?

[Jeff]

A 20 goals a season striker is what we need. End of.

 

If we get one of those (and maybe a 10-15 man, optimistic I know), I won't care whether we play along the ground or the balls come down with snow on them to be headered in.

[John Pearce]

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Harry J Allstars said:
Or we just stop playing the long ball game?

It always happens, when the club starts to go through a 'sticky' patch they resort to defenders 'hoofing' the ball down the middle. It doesn't appear to occur to them that most of the forwards the club have are dwarfed by towering defenders of opposing clubs.

Yes playing the ball along the ground would be an option. But if the last few games are anything to go by, despite Daish's comments about playing along the ground, we look as though the big boot down the middle is here to stay, unfortunately.

We might as well, therefore, at least try to sign a striker (or 2) who can play to that gameplan.