I know they deserve all the criticism they get but not for excepting the money some nugget offered them.
I know he's been a bit crap since signing but still good news imo he doesn't need surgery. Rather have him available for at least the bench than spending 9 months out of action.
It's tough watching him play every single game like he's in the middle of a bad dream but Johnson might be the first Sunderland manager he's had who is actually interested in playing him and getting the best out of him. I can't remember the phrase Johnson uses (POMO?) but it seems like something that would finally give a player like Grigg something to feed off and if he can put a couple away who knows what would happen. Strikers are funny creatures.
5 goals in 45 appearances, for an out and out striker who contributes very little else, he is just not good enough, the fact that Wyke is first choice says it all tbh.
I'm not a Grigg fan, I always get into the ground around an hour before ko to watch the warm up (they have changed now but used to warm up just in front of my seat in the East Stand) I think he is disinterested and lazy and it shows in the warm up, but we don't play to his strengths. If you watch his goals on You Tube, apart from the penalties, every one is from in and around the six yard box. If he starts a game we should be getting balls into that area and let him attack them.
In relative terms who has been the worse buy Grigg for £3m by Donald (Ross did not want him) or Pepe for £75m by Arsenal?
To be honest, I don't take much notice of the Premier League when we aren't in it, but in relative terms a club with the income potential of Arsenal can absorb a greater loss than we can in the third division so I would say Grigg is a worse buy.
It is madness to buy players that do not fit how you play. I think under Donald it has always been about buying players who have done it at this level before, or from a higher league, and rarely about putting a squad together that can play a certain style. I have no doubt that will change now and we seem to be more focussed on data analysis. Brentford are a great example of how data can inform your shortlists. Still worth watching them though.
