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Cracking they are in a right mess, the fans are going mental.Quote:
Originally Posted by North Cardiff Blue
Grimes exit, sporting director latest and transfers - just what is going on at Swansea City
Swansea City's transfer window has been a deeply frustrating and underwhelming one so far
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/...atest-30880530
There’ll be someone crying on the wireless this weekend I reckon.
I'm surprised the Blades didn't come in for him.Quote:
Originally Posted by TWGL1
Think it was the QPR game when they won 3-0 with all of the goals coming in the first half.Quote:
Originally Posted by FormerlyJohnnyBreadhead
Thought the manager's inappropriate comments about him being linked with the West Brom job were a minor distraction at first, but it seems to have had a devastating impact on them - I may be wrong, but I don't think Grimes leaves if they weren't made.
swansea town is falling down :D
no money for signings, players want out, owners draining the club ! only one way they are going :hehe:
It could just be as simple as that he’s been offered a large contract with a big signing on fee and he might think it’s the best offer for him as he approaches 30Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
So Grimes swims away....
A case of "you always sink when you're swimming". Terrible shame.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dorcus
They’ll be fine. They always are. I’m sure they’ll get decent replacements and Grimes is way past his best and I’ve never rated Darling. They have a knack of pulling a couple of rabbits out of the hat
They have constantly harked to our imminent demise which so far hasn’t materialised (though it still might) so I’m not crowing about their current difficulties
Though it is very funny
Swansea and Grime always seemed a good match.
Matt Grimes stats compare to Joe Ralls…
Matt Grimes>
Swansea Games: 333
Goals: 16
Assists: 33
Joe Ralls>
Cardiff Games: 403
Goals: 34
Assists: 41
wish our club captain would get a bit more recognition
What about the new owners £20 million investment? Or was that the price the hedge fund charged them for dwindling clubQuote:
Originally Posted by Dave St
£4m for a decent championship CM who will be 30 in the summer seems a lot to me
Who cares? I just commented that it's not a big move. Which it isn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
4m for Grimes is a brilliant price and poor business by Coventry.
If this was the summer I'd say a brilliant deal by Swansea. However they fail to win in their next few games and they are really in the relegation mix and they may regret letting him go.
True words, Moz. Up until we've been able to put Chambers in midfield this season our midfield has always been weaker without Ralls. His record speaks for itself and he has been a fantastic servant of Cardiff City.Quote:
Originally Posted by MOZZER2
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Great post , agree entirely and those stats are pretty goodQuote:
Originally Posted by MOZZER2
Agree with this too, that seems a very excessive price for him but unless they replace him with somebody who is an established championship midfielder it could cause them some serious issues as they have a thin squad alreadyQuote:
Originally Posted by Hilts
Not when that fat c*nt Roger Freestone was in goals for them:hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by Don Corleone
:hehe::thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
Hopefully they sack their manager and appoint Steven Gerrard.
TwentyThreeStone as he was commonly known :jamsarnie:
Wayne Rooney is available
:popcorn:Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry Paget Flashman
I read a remarkable stat last night:
Since their relegation from the Premier League in 2018, Swansea have played a total of 310 Championship and Championship play-off matches. Matt Grimes has featured in 306 of them (298 starts, 8 sub appearances). He was ever-present in their league starting line-up in 2019/20, 2021/22, 2023/24 and so far this season.
It's fair to say he's going to be a big loss for the Jacks.
Their respective Championship and play-off appearance stats for the last five and a half seasons (2019/20 to 2024/25):Quote:
Originally Posted by MOZZER2
Joe Ralls - 160 (+29) appearances
Matt Grimes - 258 (+3) appearances
For reference, Callum O'Dowda has made 112 (+34) Championship appearances during the same period.
Ralls has the edge in terms of goals from 2019/20 onwards. He has 15, while Grimes has 9. However, Joe's goals seem to have dried up in recent seasons. He's scored just 3 in the last three and a half seasons (none so far in 2024/25). Grimes has 7 during that period.
Those are indeed quite remarkable stats. It's fair to say he's not the kind who tweaks a hamstring or gets laid low by flu etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
Who was the last outfield player for us, who was ever-present throughout a season, Whitts maybe?
It was in fact as recently as last season - the warrior that is Dimitrios Goutas.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five
Quite a loss for them indeed, lets hope it's enough to drag them down.
Matt Grimes this season: (Championship rank)
▪️Touches: 2887 (1st)
▪️Touches in the middle third: 1765 (1st)
▪️Carrying distance: 8855 yards (1st)
▪️Carries: 1818 (1st)
▪️Passes received: 2176 (1st)
▪️Passes completed: 2349 (1st)
▪️Passes into the final third: 248 (1st)
Not sure how reliable the source is.
https://x.com/JLA_FC/status/18845820...peats-again%2F
:thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
https://www.dai-sport.com/matt-grime...repeats-again/Quote:
Originally Posted by North Cardiff Blue
sometimes a statistic tells you more about the playing style of the team than it does about the player.Quote:
Originally Posted by North Cardiff Blue
True but is shows everything up to now, goes through him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rjk
Thats a fair point.Quote:
Originally Posted by North Cardiff Blue
It'll be interesting who they look to replace him with
I guess in the short term its Allen and Franco with Ollie Cooper ahead of them, which isn't a total disaster, as I gather that Allen has been generally better than he was against us
Ralls has been a little deeper and less all action over the last few years, no surprise really considering his injury recordQuote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
In my opinion a good Championship player who is unfairly maligned by some fans
Doesn't Cooper have a long term injury?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rjk
I'd stick Cullen as a 10 if I were them, trouble is they'd have to play one of the carthorses they signed in the summer
11 of Ralls' 35 Championship goals (which includes 3 for Yeovil) were penalties. All of those penalties were scored between 2016/17 and 2020/21, which has probably skewed the appearance of his scoring stats a bit. His league goals tallies without penalties are as follows:Quote:
Originally Posted by City123
2011/12 - 1 goal
2012/13 - 0 goals
2013/14 - 3 goals
2014/15 - 2 goals
2015/16 - 1 goal
2016/17 - 3 goals
2017/18 - 3 goals
2018/19 - 0 goals
2019/20 - 5 goals
2020/21 - 3 goals
2021/22 - 1 goal
2022/23 - 1 goal
2023/24 - 1 goal
2024/25 - 0 goals
To be fair the comparison is with Matt Grimes who also takes penalties and corners for them.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
I think he's scored 10.
I think its 4 pens for Grimes so 6 or 7 non-penalty goals?Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
I see why people take pens out but they still need to be scored, Grimes and Ralls quite different styles of players as well though Ralls has moved deeper over the years
I wasn't looking to draw a comparison with Grimes in this instance - I was merely looking at the apparent change in Ralls' scoring rate.Quote:
Originally Posted by City123
Personally, I don't think it has too much to do with a slight change of position. I believe it's more down to him playing fewer matches through injury and not taking the penalties now, coupled with the team generally being poorer in attack as a unit in recent years.