It’s hard to see him as anything other than a colossal disappointment given the fee we paid and the hype that came with him.
I think we’ve all felt there’s a gifted player in there somewhere if only he could put it all together consistently.
He’s 26 now. He won’t.
He’s a typical non-PL standard player. Many years ago Graham Taylor told me the difference between a top level player and those who weren’t was in large measure consistency - the best never drop below 80%; the one who deceives you with the occasional good performance gives you swings from near 100% (when you think he’s a world beater) to 20%.
You can’t rely on players like that - they let you down and they get managers sacked.
That’s Grady. There’ve been a lot of players like him who’ve never been good enough to be a top level player because they flatter to deceive.
And he will never be any different.
You needed Graham Taylor to tell you that?
If he was a sensation every game he would not be with us.
He made a bad error, and wasn't his best yesterday, but he was stifled by the opposition.
If a bid comes in for him I would take the money if it gets some of our outlay back.
I know I've never been labelled as a turnip head long ball merchant, but even this novice knows the stats showed he had one of his best season's last season which helped us to 5th in the first place.
He gets hammered for his no show, whilst Wallace and Swift don't, even though but for 2 great saves in the first game could have seen him as hero instead of a zero now.
