Matty Grimes (8 Viewers)

[coop]

Very good player needs to be further up the pitch.He is sometimes so deep he's further back than Thomas and Kitchin.

 

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[Hullinho87]

Very good player needs to be further up the pitch.He is sometimes so deep he's further back than Thomas and Kitchin.

It’s a very easy statistic or data to check this. What you say here is very very rarely factual.

 

[Sky Blue Goblin]

Does he?

With the high line we play wouldn't that indicate he's sat in the back line the majority of the time.

No issue with that as think the issue more comes from the other CM

 

[Hobo]

Very good player needs to be further up the pitch.He is sometimes so deep he's further back than Thomas and Kitchin.

He is very deep when we are playing out from the back because he likes all his passing options to be in front of him, where he can see them. Gary McAllister was the same.

But as we progress up the pitch so does Grimes, he plays a lot of ball into the box.

 

[Hullinho87]

With the high line we play wouldn't that indicate he's sat in the back line the majority of the time.

No issue with that as think the issue more comes from the other CM

Not when you see the Thomas and Kitching average positions. They are on average deeper than Grimes starting position. Grimes’ heatmap is virtually the same as any other DM you can find.

As you say, a DM receiving the ball from the CB’s isn’t a bad thing whatsoever, what is though is an inconsistent variation of options ahead of him.
That’s the issue, not what Grimes is doing.

 

[shmmeee]

Does he?

I mean that looks like a CBs heat ma so…yeah?

 

[shmmeee]

Not when you see the Thomas and Kitching average positions. They are on average deeper than Grimes starting position. Grimes’ heatmap is virtually the same as any other DM you can find.

As you say, a DM receiving the ball from the CB’s isn’t a bad thing whatsoever, what is though is an inconsistent variation of options ahead of him.
That’s the issue, not what Grimes is doing.

Do you watch us?

 

[shmmeee]

He is very deep when we are playing out from the back because he likes all his passing options to be in front of him, where he can see them. Gary McAllister was the same.

But as we progress up the pitch so does Grimes, he plays a lot of ball into the box.

McAllister played a lot further forward than Grimes does

 

[Hullinho87]

Do you watch us?

Yes and I can hand on heart, with all confidence and due respect to you, say that Grimes is in now way whatsoever a problem or an issue for us … in fact, the polar opposite.

 

[Torquay Sky Blue]

Grimes is so deep , he's obviously playing to orders because our centre backs need help. Buy a better one and it would release him a bit.
He's our best player.

 

[Hobo]

McAllister played a lot further forward than Grimes does

Not when playing out from the back, he used to sit very deep for us. Both move up the pitch as the team progresses. The same as Jonathan Hogg at Huddersfield and going back a few years he was one of the best midfielders in the Championship for finding pockets of space and distributing the ball.

 

[shmmeee]

Not when playing out from the back, he used to sit very deep for us. Both move up the pitch as the team progresses. The same as Jonathan Hogg at Huddersfield and going back a few years he was one of the best midfielders in the Championship for finding pockets of space and distributing the ball.

When we’re up the pitch he’s still at the back as the heat map showed he spends the vast majority of his time in one of the three CB positions.

 

[Captain Dart]

He plays as a third CB really in many ways and it means we need more from the Sheaf/Torp role and Rudoni through the middle.

I saw him close the Hull defence or midfield down plenty of times in their half.

 

[SBT]

Absolutely phenomenal today. Completely ran the game, brilliant under pressure, superb vision on the ball. Set pieces were pretty good too.

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

Absolutely phenomenal today. Completely ran the game, brilliant under pressure, superb vision on the ball. Set pieces were pretty good too.

Big shout this - Grimes is the best signing we’ve made since Gyokeres

 

[clint van damme]

The more I see of him the more I'm amazed a top end Championship side never came in for him before us.
He's absolutely outtstanding at this level.

 

[Dougin]

Everything changed from the moment he stepped foot on the pitch. Was a rudderless ship.

 

[SkyBlueCharlie9]

A beautifully elegant player that does everything very very well. What a buy he was. Should get years of service out of him too.

 

[Captain_Slackbladder]

The more I see of him the more I'm amazed a top end Championship side never came in for him before us.
He's absolutely outtstanding at this level.

That's good scouting for you. Understanding how much a player under the radar gives a side and then seeing how he fits into your own side. Sort of player you just buys proverbial "miles" on the pitch around him by doing his job well and calmly

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Absolutely phenomenal today. Completely ran the game, brilliant under pressure, superb vision on the ball. Set pieces were pretty good too.

Strong too

 

[Evo1883]

A tremendous footballer

 

[WhoGotTheAssist]

The most composed player i've seen play for any team. Joined the team when we didn't know how to transition from defence to midfield. First name on the teamsheet and deserves the captains armband!

 

[skyblueeyesrevisited]

He was absolute filth

 

[ptr]

The most composed player i've seen play for any team. Joined the team when we didn't know how to transition from defence to midfield. First name on the teamsheet and deserves the captains armband!

I used to think this but IMO just let him play. Leave captaincy shit to Kitch.

Only thing we need Grimes to do is keep running the midfield, not his mouth. Leads by example enough anyway.

 

[SkyBlueMatt]

It wasn't until far too late in the game when I realised it was the Matt Grimes song and not just another karaoke. Just belting out the original lyrics. Such a tw*t

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[Torquay Sky Blue]

Grimes is possibly one of the best players ever to be apert of this club. We're lucky

 

[Liquid Gold]

It’s a strange situation we have but it works.

We have a midfielder that is so good in his defensive work that it allows our defenders to indulge their attacking instincts.

 

[jto123]

Can someone confirm what his chant was yesterday?

 

[SkyBlueStallion_89]

Not going to lie but Matt Grimes could find space in a single bed with Gemma Collins

 

[rob9872]

Can someone confirm what his chant was yesterday?

I think it was just: 'Matty Grimes, uhu, uhu I like it'

 

[fatso]

Very good player needs to be further up the pitch.He is sometimes so deep he's further back than Thomas and Kitchin.

https://www.sofascore.com/football/player/matt-grimes/340713#tab:statistics

 

[DazzleTommyDazzle]

Magnificent yesterday.

The whole tempo of our play changed as soon as he went off.

 

[Hobo]

Grimes, Rudoni and Torp were superb yesterday. Grimes is the orchestrator. He makes it look easy, effortless.

 

[Jamesimus]

Grimes is possibly one of the best players ever to be apert of this club. We're lucky

Great player, but I think you might have been a little drunk or excited!

 

[SBT]

The more I see of him the more I'm amazed a top end Championship side never came in for him before us.
He's absolutely outtstanding at this level.

I think there’s a legitimate question over whether he can take a team to the next level single-handed (kind of why I started the thread) but he is an extraordinarily consistent player.