Alex Grimaldo

BlueDeadHead said:
Poking people who are demonstrably smarter than you makes you look stupid.
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BlueDeadHead said:
Bullshit
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You're definitely not smart at all. Prove that I was trying to poke. I'm tired of seeing people online posting info on players they barely watch but look up on some football manager game instead to tell their attributes, so I asked whether he was watching the player in Portuguese league or looked up a game and he said he was watching it in Portuguese league.
 
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rollingnakedinmoney said:
It was an honest question, I don't know who watches both French and Portuguese leagues in addition to Premier League. I only saw Mendy in a few CL games for example. I looked at Grimaldo on a youtube video but you can't tell a player from those. I saw Benfica in the CL but didn't see Grimaldo, I guess he was injured.
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Easily. City is usually on the earliest, Benfica around noon and Monaco after that and still plenty of day left.
 
rollingnakedinmoney said:
You're definitely not smart at all. Prove that I was trying to poke. I'm tired of seeing people online posting info on players they barely watch but look up on some football manager game instead to tell their attributes, so I asked whether he was watching the player in Portuguese league or looked up a game and he said he was watching it in Portuguese league.
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Except you didn't ask that. Nice try.
 
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I streamed Rio Ave v Benfica on 365 at the start of May (I had a bet riding on it) and wasn't impressed with Grimaldo. I'd agree with other comments on here that he is nippy and technically brilliant in tight spaces, but his was positional play was pretty awful - almost reminded me of alberto moreno. Every Rio Ave attack seemed to come down Grimaldo's side - Benfica were desperately hanging on at times.

First impression not great tbh.
 
Rather Be Dead Than Red said:
I streamed Rio Ave v Benfica on 365 at the start of May (I had a bet riding on it) and wasn't impressed with Grimaldo. I'd agree with other comments on here that he is nippy and technically brilliant in tight spaces, but his was positional play was pretty awful - almost reminded me of alberto moreno. Every Rio Ave attack seemed to come down Grimaldo's side - Benfica were desperately hanging on at times.

First impression not great tbh.
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It is ridiculous to judge a player off one game. I went to the Bayern v Dortmund game live at the Allianz Arena at the start of april and I thought Dembele was poor. His decision making and crossing in the final third was atrocious. Would that one game determine my opinion on him as a player?

No, it won't.
 
citizens_1976 said:
It is ridiculous to judge a player off one game. I went to the Bayern v Dortmund game live at the Allianz Arena at the start of april and I thought Dembele was poor. His decision making and crossing in the final third was atrocious. Would that one game determine my opinion on him as a player?

No, it won't.
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ie Exactly why I said "first impression"... Just wanted to share considering 99% of us haven't seen him play on a regular basis.
 
Rather Be Dead Than Red said:
ie Exactly why I said "first impression"... Just wanted to share considering 99% of us haven't seen him play on a regular basis.
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fair enough. I actually thought he was good in that game. I've been trying to find a replay of the game as I only saw it once. If you have a saved link I'd be interested.
Was watching game against Victoria last night and couldnt shake the obviousness of his fit. The way he joins the attack isc
reminiscent of what Alba does at Barca and the way he seamlessly joined Pizzi and Samarich in the middle was quintessential "inverted fullback".

Furthermore I think he does it organically as Semedo doesn't do it on the right. He stays wide mostly. Alex curls from the middle to go wide as the play develops.

Defensively, he is individually solid, but Benfica plays a very attacking style with fullbacks always flying up, so yes if someone else loses the ball in build up, he sometimes finds himself behind the play. But that's an acceptable risk Benfica takes. But he is solid in tackle, positioning and is quite aggressive.

Gonna watch the Napoli game tonight to see his performance against non-Portuguese good competition.
 
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