Attention: Please take a moment to consider our terms and conditions before posting.

Karlan Grant moves to Huddersfield

1…1415171920…37

Comments

  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    Mo Eise

    The guy at Bolton
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    CAFCsayer said:
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    I think we could have easily replaced him, we just didn't.
    Can you name a single player we could have signed for 1.5m?
    Tom Eaves
    He wouldnt have been a replacement for Karlan!!

    At the moment we're not hurting teams because we dont have his pace to get in behind them
  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,117
    CAFCsayer said:
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    I think we could have easily replaced him, we just didn't.
    Can you name a single player we could have signed for 1.5m?

    Tom Eaves
    From what I've read on here many suggested he's not at all similar to Grant though.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    CAFCsayer said:
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    I think we could have easily replaced him, we just didn't.
    Can you name a single player we could have signed for 1.5m?

    Tom Eaves
    From what I've read on here many suggested he's not at all similar to Grant though.
    I'd say he was a Kevin Davies | Duncan Ferguson type Striker
  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,117
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    CAFCsayer said:
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    I think we could have easily replaced him, we just didn't.
    Can you name a single player we could have signed for 1.5m?

    Tom Eaves
    From what I've read on here many suggested he's not at all similar to Grant though.
    I'd say he was a Kevin Davies | Duncan Ferguson type Striker
    So not a Grant replacement at all, the reality is pace is an expensive trait and Grant was never going to be easy to replace.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    Henry Irving said:
    Mo Eise

    The guy at Bolton
    Mo Eisa was only ever a loan option; we'd be back to square one in the summer looking for a Karlan Grant replacement

    Erhun Oztumer isnt even a Striker
  • Valley11
    Valley11 Posts: 11,985
    #depressingthread
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    CAFCsayer said:
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    I think we could have easily replaced him, we just didn't.
    Can you name a single player we could have signed for 1.5m?

    Tom Eaves
    From what I've read on here many suggested he's not at all similar to Grant though.
    I'd say he was a Kevin Davies | Duncan Ferguson type Striker
    So not a Grant replacement at all, the reality is pace is an expensive trait and Grant was never going to be easy to replace.

    Not that expensive for Huddersfield.
  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,117
    Henry Irving said:
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    CAFCsayer said:
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    I think we could have easily replaced him, we just didn't.
    Can you name a single player we could have signed for 1.5m?

    Tom Eaves
    From what I've read on here many suggested he's not at all similar to Grant though.
    I'd say he was a Kevin Davies | Duncan Ferguson type Striker
    So not a Grant replacement at all, the reality is pace is an expensive trait and Grant was never going to be easy to replace.

    Not that expensive for Huddersfield.
    Due to our bat**** crazy owner. In any normal situation, he would have cost a lot more, how much did Sunderland just pay for someone, imo, not as good as Grant.
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,444
    Shouldn't have lost him in the way we did. It shouldn't derail our season completely but it's hardly helped.


  • Sponsored links:



  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    CAFCsayer said:
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    I think we could have easily replaced him, we just didn't.
    Can you name a single player we could have signed for 1.5m?

    Tom Eaves
    From what I've read on here many suggested he's not at all similar to Grant though.
    I'd say he was a Kevin Davies | Duncan Ferguson type Striker
    So not a Grant replacement at all, the reality is pace is an expensive trait and Grant was never going to be easy to replace.
    You can't look for an exact replica. My contention is we could find somebody with different qualities. The issue we have had recently, is getting goals in the team. Karlan did well in that respect this season, but he is not the best of finishers. My contention is finding a better finisher would not have been too hard, although we didn't manage it! 
  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 12,728
    £1.5m for a striker who is now starting in the Premiership. Our negotiations really are wank aren't they
  • Briston_Addick
    Briston_Addick Posts: 11,677
    ForeverAddickted said:
    johnnybev1987 said:
    Briston_Addick said:


    Nice to see Karlan's name appearing there.

    One goal and one assist for him in his three (?) appearances in the First Division.
    First division....
    Shows the age of some Addicks Fans doesn't it ;)
    I can't be doing with all this marketing bollocks - it's Div One, Two, Three, and Four.

    Below that it's the Conference, then Southern League, Northern League, and Isthmian League.

    Simples. :)
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,376
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    I think we could have easily replaced him, we just didn't.
    My point was it was never going to happen, Roland wouldn’t have spent the amount of money required. Of course it wasn’t impossible.

    Even with the budget it wouldn’t have been easy. You’ve got to make sure you don’t bring in another Ajose.
  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,117
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    CAFCsayer said:
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    I think we could have easily replaced him, we just didn't.
    Can you name a single player we could have signed for 1.5m?

    Tom Eaves
    From what I've read on here many suggested he's not at all similar to Grant though.
    I'd say he was a Kevin Davies | Duncan Ferguson type Striker
    So not a Grant replacement at all, the reality is pace is an expensive trait and Grant was never going to be easy to replace.
    You can't look for an exact replica. My contention is we could find somebody with different qualities. The issue we have had recently, is getting goals in the team. Karlan did well in that respect this season, but he is not the best of finishers. My contention is finding a better finisher would not have been too hard, although we didn't manage it! 
    Our team was built around a certain system, Grants pace was a key to opening  up defences, so I don't believe Grant could have been replaced with any goal scorer.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,012
    I can see it now. He'll do really for Huddersfield, score a bundle in the championship next season, get called up for England U21s and end up getting sold for about 15m+
  • Addickted2U
    Addickted2U Posts: 3,080

  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    BBC gave him Man of the Match too...

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47287500
  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    I think we could have easily replaced him, we just didn't.
    Can you name a single player we could have signed for 1.5m?
    Which highlights the fact that we sold him much too cheaply. 
  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,117
    JamesSeed said:
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    I think we could have easily replaced him, we just didn't.
    Can you name a single player we could have signed for 1.5m?
    Which highlights the fact that we sold him much too cheaply. 
    Unless he was demanding the move, we shouldn't have been selling him at all, we're not going up without him.
  • Sponsored links:



  • Vincenzo
    Vincenzo Posts: 2,911
    Glad he's doing well. 

    Simply dumb not to have an appropriate replacement.
  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
    edited February 2019
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    JamesSeed said:
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    I think we could have easily replaced him, we just didn't.
    Can you name a single player we could have signed for 1.5m?
    Which highlights the fact that we sold him much too cheaply. 
    Unless he was demanding the move, we shouldn't have been selling him at all, we're not going up without him.
    It’s certainly going to be harder :-(

    Quick question: If we got to play off final would you be able  come over for the match?
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,034
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    CAFCsayer said:
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    I think we could have easily replaced him, we just didn't.
    Can you name a single player we could have signed for 1.5m?

    Tom Eaves
    From what I've read on here many suggested he's not at all similar to Grant though.
    I'd say he was a Kevin Davies | Duncan Ferguson type Striker
    So not a Grant replacement at all, the reality is pace is an expensive trait and Grant was never going to be easy to replace.
    We could have bloody tried though!
  • JoshAddick
    JoshAddick Posts: 1,786
    Genuinely think with Grant we would have got promotion this season
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    When you build in the inflated price for strikers factor n time the giveaway of Grant may well prove to be as much of a disaster as Gomez was.

    £1.5m and £3.5m.

    Pathetic.


  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    CAFCsayer said:
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    I think we could have easily replaced him, we just didn't.
    Can you name a single player we could have signed for 1.5m?

    Tom Eaves
    From what I've read on here many suggested he's not at all similar to Grant though.
    I'd say he was a Kevin Davies | Duncan Ferguson type Striker
    So not a Grant replacement at all, the reality is pace is an expensive trait and Grant was never going to be easy to replace.
    You can't look for an exact replica. My contention is we could find somebody with different qualities. The issue we have had recently, is getting goals in the team. Karlan did well in that respect this season, but he is not the best of finishers. My contention is finding a better finisher would not have been too hard, although we didn't manage it! 
    Our team was built around a certain system, Grants pace was a key to opening  up defences, so I don't believe Grant could have been replaced with any goal scorer.
    Teams are built around the players you have and if you lose some attributes you may bring in a player with different attributes rather than look for one with exactly the same ones. I don't think the team was built around Grant, although nobody can deny he has done well this season and formed a good partnership with Taylor. If people are saying Grant is a Premiership striker, well we will just have to disagree. 
  • To_Be_Franck
    To_Be_Franck Posts: 1,095
    edited February 2019
    .
  • Siv_in_Norfolk
    Siv_in_Norfolk Posts: 4,057
    JamesSeed said:
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    JamesSeed said:
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    I think we could have easily replaced him, we just didn't.
    Can you name a single player we could have signed for 1.5m?
    Which highlights the fact that we sold him much too cheaply. 
    Unless he was demanding the move, we shouldn't have been selling him at all, we're not going up without him.
    It’s certainly going to be harder :-(

    Quick question: If we got to play off final would you be able  come over for the match?
    I’d lay money that he would 
  • Redvalleyeast
    Redvalleyeast Posts: 4,689
    JoshAddick said:
    Genuinely think with Grant we would have got promotion this season

    The way we were playing before he was sold and Taylor was suspended,without a doubt,no team in the playoffs wouldve fancied playing us. We wouldve pushed to top 2 all the way as well.
  • Simonsen
    Simonsen Posts: 5,503
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    JamesSeed said:
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    I think we could have easily replaced him, we just didn't.
    Can you name a single player we could have signed for 1.5m?
    Which highlights the fact that we sold him much too cheaply. 
    Unless he was demanding the move, we shouldn't have been selling him at all, we're not going up without him.
    I can't see that Grant would've been too happy if his move had been denied. It was possibly already starting to show a bit in his last couple of performances (Accrington....good penalty but a dreadful miss from two yards, Peterborough...awful penalty). He may have knuckled down and got on with it but after the Scott Parker episode, I'm sceptical about the desire of young players once they've been told "their dreams" are on hold.

Categories

“Marketplace”