Dylan Grimes JDM

[dimmauchamp]

MUST retire this year. Time for Grimesy to plan his next vintage.
Atm he actually makes the entire backline lool panicky. He does not have any captain moments on the ground.

 

[fastin bulbous]

MUST retire this year. Time for Grimesy to plan his next vintage.
Atm he actually makes the entire backline lool panicky. He does not have any captain moments on the ground.

Actually, the plan is to nurse him to 300

 

[bairdy380]

He’s half a yard off currently… which ain’t good as a key back

 

[Merveille]

I’m his biggest fan but it’s oveeeeeeeeerrrrrrr

 

[Dev Tiger]

His drop has been startlingly. It is so frustrating when you see the Cats old blokes still going so well.

 

[craig]

agreed Scooper

to be clear, I wouldn't have Grub out, all the captain stuff aside he still has a role to play as organiser and steady hand.

he just isn't bringing what he all hoped and expected from him. fine - we adjust.

gibcus and tarrant will reshape that back division and it can't come soon enough.

Tarrants rooted, and the club needs to make a call on him before the mid season draft.

Degenerative hips dont improve just ask Lambo, and from what I've read thats what he is dealing with.

Unless the issue is something else.

 

[btoz_01]

Actually, the plan is to nurse him to 300

Only 86 games to go

 

[fastin bulbous]

Only 86 games to go

4 or 5 years of joy!

 

[craig]

Only 86 games to go

Probably missed 30-40 over the journey with those hamstrings

 

[Tig3]

Tarrants rooted, and the club needs to make a call on him before the mid season draft.

Degenerative hips dont improve just ask Lambo, and from what I've read thats what he is dealing with.

Unless the issue is something else.

Yep, the state we are in Tarrant needs a little word in the ear to retire before the mid season draft. We already have one pick, which I hope we use on a key forward, but we’re also crying out for a small forward and if Tarrant retires we’ll get a second pick. Could be very handy picking up another player mid year, considering we don’t have a first rounder at years end

 

[wayne]

Can he be stripped of the captaincy partway through a season?

 

[Tigers of Old]

I know he has indicated he wants to go on next year, but based on current form Dylan should retire at the end of this season.

I agree. We're already seeing what happens when a champion player sticks around a year too long with Shedda & now Cotch.

 

[Mr Brightside]

A bit likeJack at the other end , he know longer handles the best of the opposition like he once did , if we can get some of the young backs to stand up and Grimes can go to the 4th or 5th forward , he’ll be fine. I think it’s what around him that’s the real issue , it’s time for somebody to take the best defender role of the Champ

 

[Carter]

Support back man now, and that’s OK.

Tarrant is gone but Gibcus sorely missed.

 

[thegdog]

Got a big feeling Grimes will retire at end of season.

 

[tigersnake]

A bit likeJack at the other end , he know longer handles the best of the opposition like he once did , if we can get some of the young backs to stand up and Grimes can go to the 4th or 5th forward , he’ll be fine. I think it’s what around him that’s the real issue , it’s time for somebody to take the best defender role of the Champ

Yeah agree. We still expect him to be at his best, but he's not and won't be. In a perfect world Tarrant, Gibcus and Young would all be fit and performing and he'd be dropping down a notch or two on the pecking order but still be contributing. He's still doing OK, just not by his old superman standards.

Having said that, looks at this stage like he should hang up the boots at season's end.

 

[toothless]

It is so frustrating when you see the Cats old blokes still going so well.

Why is that?

 

[Willo]

Actually, the plan is to nurse him to 300

86 games? We’ll need a team of nurses. Will that affect the soft cap?

 

[fastin bulbous]

86 games? We’ll need a team of nurses. Will that affect the soft cap?

Whatever it takes

 

[DavidSSS]

He has dropped off and I wonder about a couple of things. Losing players around him, Gibcus and Tarrant at the moment, means he has too much to do. Plus, not sure he is suited to the captaincy, too much of a burden?

It is entirely possible that he can get back to better form with more support around him, the defence works as a team and is clearly affected by absences, and without the burden of the captaincy.

DS