Best outside midfielder in the team. Plays a vital role moving our ball through traffic and is highly under rated imo. Some supporters have a fixation with players who are ball winners. If players do not win the contested ball and tackle continuously then they are weak and 'forward runners'. This is a fallacy. The reality is that we need a mixture of players with a spread of roles. If we had a team of inside midfielders then we have no one to carry the ball and deliver it effectively into our forward half.
Griggs greatest strength is no his inside work or tackling, it is his ability to find space and give us an attacking option to move the ball forward. He is not our most best player but he is an important part of the jigsaw.
While I understand your point Stripes and I agree that all sides need good outside mids to compliment your inside ones. I also acknowledge that Grigg's role is without question
primarily being an outside mid, actually that is cannot disputed. Having sat through a number of pre-match briefings as part of my Inner Sanctum package I am very much aware of what his role is on game day
However, what I have a problem with regarding Grigg is 2 things.
Firstly, even though he is a outside mid there are times when he needs to not stand back and wait to receive but actually go to a contest and help his team-mate. IMO he doesn't do this enough. Perfect example is when he has a team mate up against 2 opponents and stands back waiting to receive when what he needs to do is attack the contest and assist in creating a stoppage; which is a major part of our game plan, creating stoppages.
Secondly, good outside mids run hard both ways to create. Defensively Grigg more often than not barely breaks out of a jog. And this season again IMO his attacking running/spreading has mirrored his defense running. Simply he isn't running hard both ways whether that be to get to a contest and when spreading to create overlap or run.
