Grimes - our most important signing ever ? (20 Viewers)

Kilclines curly mullet · 2025-12-15T21:25:23+0000

Totally changed the way we play.

Rang of passing, calmness, positional awareness, allowing others to flourish.

He must have only played in 5 or 6 defeats (if anyone knows his exact stats please post)

Discuss..

Ccfcisparks · 2025-12-15T21:28:50+0000

Gyokeres was miles more important, with what he brought to the club and what his transfer out enabled for us.

bawtryneal · 2025-12-15T21:30:34+0000

Dion Dublin.
Say no more !!

Mercian In Anglia · 2025-12-15T22:10:06+0000

All good shouts, but for me it's Doyle in the L2 season. We were on our arse, needed someone who had a bit of affinity for the club, and by all accounts he got McNulty here too.

Perennial Lurker · 2025-12-15T22:12:57+0000

Not even close I'm afraid . Great signing but others have been more important. Keane , McAllister , Gyokeres , Hamer McFadz and Doyle in recent times to name a few

MikeyMoo · 2025-12-15T22:14:25+0000

Let's get promoted and then reflect on who tipped us over the line. Might be Jamie Allen.

Perennial Lurker · 2025-12-15T22:21:13+0000

Also within the current squad it could be argued that Rushworth has been a more important signing

rob9872 · 2025-12-15T22:21:22+0000

Most influential in our rise ... all of em!

Managers, backroom staff, players, fans and owner. All of these ingredients have been needed. Impossible to pick one over the others.

castellon_skyblue · 2025-12-15T22:40:41+0000

Has to be Terry Yorath. How did we managed to sign him?

baldy · 2025-12-15T22:50:29+0000

Ccfcisparks said:
Gyokeres was miles more important, with what he brought to the club and what his transfer out enabled for us.

Yeah but we didn't know what a player he'd turn out to be when we signed him from Brighton - there's not one of us when he joined who would've said 'This is one of the most mportant signings we've ever made'

Ccfcisparks · 2025-12-15T23:09:33+0000

baldy said:
Yeah but we didn't know what a player he'd turn out to be when we signed him from Brighton - there's not one of us when he joined who would've said 'This is one of the most mportant signings we've ever made'

that’s not the point of this thread?

Danceswithhorses · 2025-12-16T01:31:21+0000

I think we all agree that without him, we'd be much worse off.
If we get promoted, he will have been well worth the 3.5m fee, and possibly be the most important and most lucrative transfer ever.

Alkhen · 2025-12-16T02:05:22+0000

Too soon to say. Some good shouts above though.

I do think Grimes is massively underrated by a few and often over looked by the press for TOTW or team of the season of far votes. To me he just quietly does most things way better than the majority players in this league. Very little flash to it just dictates a game or breaks up the oppositions rhythm.

I'm pretty sure there are wanky stats about 'pre assists' I'd be very surprised if he isn't really high in that as he seems to often make the pass that unlocks the space that ends in a goal a pass or two down the line.

Great player and an absolute daylight robbery we got him for what we paid. He is the one player I dread getting injured.

rob9872 · 2025-12-16T05:37:42+0000

Alkhen said:
Too soon to say. Some good shouts above though.

I do think Grimes is massively underrated by a few and often over looked by the press for TOTW or team of the season of far votes. To me he just quietly does most things way better than the majority players in this league. Very little flash to it just dictates a game or breaks up the oppositions rhythm.

I'm pretty sure there are wanky stats about 'pre assists' I'd be very surprised if he isn't really high in that as he seems to often make the pass that unlocks the space that ends in a goal a pass or two down the line.

Great player and an absolute daylight robbery we got him for what we paid. He is the one player I dread getting injured.

I think Thomas must have loads of those pre assists too. Seems to be involved in almost every goal.

bukayosakamoto · 2025-12-16T06:53:42+0000

Perennial Lurker said:
Not even close I'm afraid . Great signing but others have been more important. Keane , McAllister , Gyokeres , Hamer McFadz and Doyle in recent times to name a few

Doyle was absolutely not a more important signing than Matty Grimes

Bad Boy · 2025-12-16T07:26:42+0000

Different eras different players.

No doubt in my mind Grimes is pivotal in this one.

WestEndAgro · 2025-12-16T07:32:15+0000

McAllister was garbage for the majority of his time here.

Robinshio · 2025-12-16T07:36:38+0000

Danceswithhorses said:
I think we all agree that without him, we'd be much worse off.
If we get promoted, he will have been well worth the 3.5m fee, and possibly be the most important and most lucrative transfer ever.

Well worth the net +2.5m in signing him and offloading sheaf

Flying Fokker · 2025-12-16T07:55:36+0000

Robinshio said:
Well worth the net +2.5m in signing him and offloading sheaf

It’s a football joke isn’t it?

KenilworthSkyBlue · 2025-12-16T10:26:33+0000

bukayosakamoto said:
Doyle was absolutely not a more important signing than Matty Grimes

I don't think people realise how important Doyle was to getting us up from L2. The leadership he gave us at a time where as a team we were completely rudderless was priceless.

From memory he also played an important role in convincing McNulty to come here.

I'm not sure we would've got out of L2 without him.

pusbccfc · 2025-12-16T10:38:35+0000

Ccfcisparks said:
Gyokeres was miles more important, with what he brought to the club and what his transfer out enabled for us.

And Hamer's £15m

wingy · 2025-12-16T11:45:48+0000

baldy said:
Yeah but we didn't know what a player he'd turn out to be when we signed him from Brighton - there's not one of us when he joined who would've said 'This is one of the most mportant signings we've ever made'

Ultimately MR,ADY the coaching team but that bloke who our recruiter ex Wolves, went onto Blackpool got a short-lived promotion then sacked quite
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