[Archived] Vince Grella Signs

[thenodrog]

Its against the rules of the game theno, deal with it!!!! Next time we lose a penalty or the such to someone cheating or breaking the rules you'll be screaming at the offender.

Ones thing most certainly for sure times won't be reverting, adapt.

Commonplace stuff from what I have seen recently in the Championship and lower. You are a product of the Premier League and the recent emergence of Ladies football it seems Majiball.*

*speaking of which I watched a cracking ladies match on TV the other night Potsdam v Olympic Lyonaisse in the european cup final.

[andyroversmad]

Couple of questions.

1. Would he even pass a medical ?

2. How much wages would we save if we sold this useless sicknote ?

[Amo]

Theno, I'm surprised how much you staunchly defend Grella when he was Ince's costliest mistake. He's an average holding midfielder who takes his pay cheque while never being fit for the cause. We need to cut our losses as soon as possible, because the club seriously can't afford a player who brings nothing to the team.

[DavidMailsTightPerm]

Good post 'drog, however, my main issue with Grella is that he's actually not very good - if he did what you had written to a decent level I'd be a bit less sceptical - IMO he doesn't.

It's fair to say that players of his ilk rarely 'stand out' but you do notice/miss them when they aren't playing (if they're any good)...can't say I've ever done that on the frequent occasions that Grella is out of the side.

Just my opinion of course.

I think we looked far better as a team the few times that Grella played last season. Indeed - an Nzonzi/Grella central midfield partnership would be a strong platform from which to build. However - I have to agree that we can't afford another couple of injury hit seasons from him. Given a clear £2.5m from Gala - I would let him go - and write off the loss we made on him.

[Exiled_Rover]

I like Grella when he plays, but as many have correctly pointed out, he's never fit.

Someone taking his wages off our books would be a godsend. The fact that they're willing to pay £2.5m too? Wow. What time's his flight?

[roversmum]

20-30 years ago women stayed at home, times have changed for the better.

This one didn't. And you can add 10-15 years to that!

[Inta Beaver]

If you mean Nicko's report, that's not actually what it says. It says we would want around £2.5 million, it doesn't say Gala will pay it.

I didn't realise Nicko worked for the Daily Mail Bluebruce!

[thenodrog]

Theno, I'm surprised how much you staunchly defend Grella when he was Ince's costliest mistake.

He's a proper player imo thats why. Only his constant injuries have prevented him doing a good job here and prob becoming a crowd favourite to boot. The injuries are not his fault and certainly not ours but they have cost the club and not him big time. Given the amount of money earned it's high time 'sick notes' be expected to reimburse the clubs for the time they spend on the treatment table when they are unavailable to play.

[Miker]

Nelsen on Gorilla tackle....do we sense abit of dressing-room friction here??

You do realise that Australia and New Zealand have a huge rivalry in sport right?

[Majiball]

Commonplace stuff from what I have seen recently in the Championship and lower. You are a product of the Premier League and the recent emergence of Ladies football it seems Majiball.*

*speaking of which I watched a cracking ladies match on TV the other night Potsdam v Olympic Lyonaisse in the european cup final.

Guess you haven't watched those leagues for a while. The funniest thing of all is even the Aussie manager has come out and slated both of them for those tackles, but you know better???? LOL. Whether you like it or not they are against the rules and rightly so, if the lads studs had caught you'd have seen his leg snap in two, but thats OK by you it seems.

Perhaps you'd like to par-take in a little experiment???

Get me grella's weight, I'll calculate his mass and acceleration via the video clips and next home game I'll have that force smash into your leg and we can see what happens?

Thanks for finally using a capital for my name by the way, guess old dogs can learn new tricks!!!

PS: Sorry Roversmum can't go back further than 32 years.

[Iceman]

You do realise that Australia and New Zealand have a huge rivalry in sport right?

You also do realise, that both teams will be at the World Cup. You also do realise, that it was a friendly. It is a big rivalry, but there is no excuse for that tackle. Im not having a go at you Miker, just that for a team like NZ and their players, they might never be at a World Cup again. What Grella did was silly, and was that in the EPL, then he would have been off.

[Guest Kamy100]

This morning's Lancashire Telegraph reports that Rovers are in no rush to sell Grella.

[thenodrog]

.........Perhaps you'd like to par-take in a little experiment???

Get me grella's weight, I'll calculate his mass and acceleration via the video clips and next home game I'll have that force smash into your leg and we can see what happens?

Thanks for finally using a capital for my name by the way, guess old dogs can learn new tricks!!!

PS: Sorry Roversmum can't go back further than 32 years.

You are acting and commenting like that figure is 20 years less.

[alexanders]

This morning's Lancashire Telegraph reports that Rovers are in no rush to sell Grella.

upping the prize I guess, but it may be a smart move if he plays a good world cup.

[andyroversmad]

This morning's Lancashire Telegraph reports that Rovers are in no rush to sell Grella.

If theres a offer for Grella ill drive him there myself, Anyone wanna chip in on the petrol ?

[Majiball]

You are acting and commenting like that figure is 20 years less.

Your the one advocating cheating.

Your the one advocating career threatening tackles.

Your the one advocating violence.

Anyway aren't you the one who started the childish antics by calling me a girl? I haven't had that particular piece of child-like banter hurled in my direction since infant school.

Practice what you preach.

[BPF]

Get rid, get rid, get rid.

Offers nothing and always injured.

[thenodrog]

Your the one advocating cheating.

Your the one advocating career threatening tackles.

Your the one advocating violence.

Anyway aren't you the one who started the childish antics by calling me a girl? I haven't had that particular piece of child-like banter hurled in my direction since infant school.

Practice what you preach.

Dunno whether I'm advocating all those things but I'm certainly not sticking my head up my derriere and hoping they'll just go away. You write eloquently about football but I'm not sure that you have played all that much.

Anyway where did I call you a girl?

[DavidMailsTightPerm]

Get rid, get rid, get rid.

Offers nothing and always injured.

Also playing in this years World Cup - in which he could potentially enhance his reputation (or I admit tarnish it if continues with tackles like the other night).

I just hope he has an amazing World Cup - and is then sought after by some of the richest clubs in Europe For those that think this outlandish - think Rigters

[roversmum]

PS: Sorry Roversmum can't go back further than 32 years.

*mutter* not another spotty faced youth ... *mutter*

[67splitscreen]

More bad news (maybe)

[bluebruce]

I didn't realise Nicko worked for the Daily Mail Bluebruce!

That would be why I said if you're talking about Nicko's article.

RE Grella: I'm dismayed to hear we might now not be (or perhaps never were) interested in selling him. Especially if that kind of money is on offer. It was the biggest thing that worried me about the Mirror article on not getting Guti- that it may mean we no longer sell Grella.

Splitscreen's link is tribalfootball, which is a poor source, but the same comments are in the LET. The relieving thing about the LET one is that it does say we might be tempted by an attractive offer. To me, this (hopefully) reads like we are trying to coax the best deal we can from it, but I hope we don't ask for too much and get nothing.

[Majiball]

Dunno whether I'm advocating all those things but I'm certainly not sticking my head up my derriere and hoping they'll just go away. You write eloquently about football but I'm not sure that you have played all that much.

Anyway where did I call you a girl?

You called me a product of the premier league and womans football, surely if I came from womans football (IE a product) that would make me a girl. Theno I've played more than most on here and my family has a bit of history in the game.

I've seen those tackles many times and have been on the end of them a few times one such tackle meant I spent 9 months having my knee put back together, 30 minutes into my come back game from an ACL injury.

I was once witness to a young lad with a very promising sprinting career, who was helping out a league teams U18's as they were a player short. A local lad who'd been dumped by said team, went in on him as Grella did. His leg snapped clean in two, he was devastated. He has never made it back into the GB sprint team since and never will. When you've been the victim and seen young people's hopes and dreams smashed by an idiotic tackle like that then you'd change your tune.

*mutter* not another spotty faced youth ... *mutter*

No spots on me Roversmum, I'm an Adonis of health and beauty.

[thenodrog]

You called me a product of the premier league and womans football, surely if I came from womans football (IE a product) that would make me a girl. Theno I've played more than most on here and my family has a bit of history in the game.

I've seen those tackles many times and have been on the end of them a few times one such tackle meant I spent 9 months having my knee put back together, 30 minutes into my come back game from an ACL injury.

I was once witness to a young lad with a very promising sprinting career, who was helping out a league teams U18's as they were a player short. A local lad who'd been dumped by said team, went in on him as Grella did. His leg snapped clean in two, he was devastated. He has never made it back into the GB sprint team since and never will. When you've been the victim and seen young people's hopes and dreams smashed by an idiotic tackle like that then you'd change your tune.

I do know what you mean cos two years ago I had an operation on my knee and the surgeon told me that I had torn my cruciate ligament in the past. I didn't realise it was my cruciate (until Shearer got hurt I'd never even heard of them) but I do rem exactly when it was. I was 15 and the lunge / tackle happened not in a match but in a coats down kickabout ffs. I thought my knee was broken. The Infirmary bandaged a full leg splint down my leg for a few weeks and that was that. A weak gammy knee that I had to 'carry' through matches for life. Didn't stop me playing until my 30's .... (a torn cartiledge to the same knee from another bad tackle...two footed from the back this time) but it certainly made tackling, being tackled and turning quickly to the right difficult.

My point is that football without physical contact is as boring as that dreadful alcohol free beer or food without salt. Rugby is the same, a local lad broke his neck playing rugby at 19 and ended up paralysed. It's a horror injury that happens all to frequently in that sport, but physical contact and scrums have not been outlawed have they? Boxing is another sport that carries inherent danger. Grand Prix cars and bikes is now so safe that it puts more people to sleep than Horlicks. Why do you think the IoM TT races are still such an attraction? Another factor to bear in mind is that the worst injuries that I have seen (namely Le Saux, Busst, Eduardo, Shearer at Everton and Ramsey) were not even the result of pre-meditated and dangerous foul play!

Tepid, antiseptic sport is user friendly but unfortunately not spectator friendly. A harsh but true comment on the human race. The gladiators didn't use wooden swords did they? How does it rest with you that apart from the final whistle people only get out of their seats during a match for two reasons? Namely when a goal is scored and when a bad challenge occurs, think about it. We are horrified and outraged of course but above all we get the adrenalin rush that we are all addicted to.

[Amo]

More bad news (maybe)

I can't see a single quote in that story. If we said he wasn't for sale, it would only be to talk his price up. There really is no logic in keeping Grella at the club. In two years he's proved that he can't keep himself fit, and he's hardly a valuable match-winner. Time to go.