' £3 MILLION BID ACCEPTED FOR LEWIS GRABBAN '

Looked closer on stats from Championship. First of all I don´t think Burnley, Leicester, Derby or QPR will sell there best strikers. And McCormack/Leeds would not go/too greedy. If these are then out of the question, Lewis Grabban stand out as the most scoring striker. If Lewis Grabban is a gamble, what would be the alternative? Have we seen a proven goal getter in PL who Cardiff could lay there hands on, realistically? Building from talent is the key to success for Cardiff, hoping now this is the man. The big bonus as mention earlier is that he can play wing, giving us depth when injury.

Looked closer on stats from Championship. First of all I don´t think Burnley, Leicester, Derby or QPR will sell there best strikers. And McCormack/Leeds would not go/too greedy. If these are then out of the question, Lewis Grabban stand out as the most scoring striker. If Lewis Grabban is a gamble, what would be the alternative? Have we seen a proven goal getter in PL who Cardiff could lay there hands on, realistically? Building from talent is the key to success for Cardiff, hoping now this is the man. The big bonus as mention earlier is that he can play wing, giving us depth when injury.

thats been our problem previously though... i dont want to spend 3 million on a main man up front and play him on the wing! personally i dont think 1 good season proves anything too much, though he obviously has something about him. As ive mentioned before on here, i wanted Deeney (would have cost a few million more i suppose though but hes scored regulat goals in this divison for 3 seasons now, and especially in the last two, where his record has been great.

Sounds a gamble, I hope Ole knows what he is doing ???

We really need a goal scoring Stiker, I have missed one the lady few years, fingers crossed he's good enough.

You never know if a player will succeed but imo Grabban seems like a great player for our squad.

Since 2011 he has 127 games and 57 goals. 22 goals in Championship this season for a newly promoted team shows that he knows where the goal is.

My best mate is from Bournemouth and this is how he sees Grabban as a player:

Positives: Very strong with the ball at his feet. Very good finisher and draws alot of attention from the defenders with his positioning at the last defender.

Negatives: Runs in offside alot. Rarely seen at the wrong side of the pitch if you want a striker who works defensively.

He says the negative sides of Grabban can be up for discussion. Grabban is usually found side by side with the last defender. As close to the goal as possible.

AS he says, some fans dont like the fact that Grabban seems lazy at times but he believes that if he was to spend his time chasing the ball towards his own goal he would never scored 22 goals because many of his goals comes from inteceptions and then he is always there infront of the box.

I like it, i prefer strikers who are on the pitch to score. I believe that Campbell would scored much more goals if he had just been at the last defender. Too many times this season the ball came and he weren`t even close at getting to it because he was on his way up from defence.

Seems that he could be a good signing for us - just hope your mate is wrong about running offside - we don't want another offsidewingie !!

Blooobirds Forever !!

Looked closer on stats from Championship. First of all I don´t think Burnley, Leicester, Derby or QPR will sell there best strikers. And McCormack/Leeds would not go/too greedy. If these are then out of the question, Lewis Grabban stand out as the most scoring striker. If Lewis Grabban is a gamble, what would be the alternative? Have we seen a proven goal getter in PL who Cardiff could lay there hands on, realistically? Building from talent is the key to success for Cardiff, hoping now this is the man. The big bonus as mention earlier is that he can play wing, giving us depth when injury.

thats been our problem previously though... i dont want to spend 3 million on a main man up front and play him on the wing! personally i dont think 1 good season proves anything too much, though he obviously has something about him. As ive mentioned before on here, i wanted Deeney (would have cost a few million more i suppose though but hes scored regulat goals in this divison for 3 seasons now, and especially in the last two, where his record has been great.

Missed that guy of course. You are probably right, could be a more direct force to get the ball in the net. Anyhow I believe it is good to have a alternative to Noone, as the team lost edge when him out. Not that I have seen Grabban play wing to make judgement if he will strengthen that position for Cardiff. Getting Campbell out for 0.8 million (as rumor goes), who have proven he can score in Championship, buying Grabbon for 3 mill. Seen better things, but time will tell.

Couldn't Joe Mason do the same job without the need for us to spend a penny ???

Bournemouth 'accept Cardiff City bid for Lewis Grabban'


By Mark Langshaw, Reporter
Last Updated: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at 23:23 UK
Bournemouth have reportedly accepted an offer from Cardiff City for striker Lewis Grabban.

The Welsh club have not disclosed how much they have offered for the forward, but the bid has triggered the player's £3m release clause, according to BBC Sport.

Grabban, who scored 22 goals for the Cherries last term, is also said to have attracted interest from Crystal Palace, Middlesbrough and Brighton & Hove Albion.

The completion of the deal would mark a new record fee paid for a Bournemouth player, exceeding the £1m they received for Danny Ings from Burnley in 2011.

Cardiff and Bournemouth will both compete in the Championship next season after the Bluebirds were relegated from the Premier League, finishing in 20th place.

Sky Sports state terms are virtually agreed but he is on holiday and will be back next week

I posted this 2 years:

Personally I would rather see them spend £5m on Jordan Rhodes (if he's not already signed elsewhere) and spend another £250,000 on someone like Lewis Grabban (Rotherham).

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=81554&p=770725&hilit=grabban#p770725

Would have been the new smash and grab.

I posted this 2 years:

Personally I would rather see them spend £5m on Jordan Rhodes (if he's not already signed elsewhere) and spend another £250,000 on someone like Lewis Grabban (Rotherham).

http://www.cardiffcityforum.co.uk/viewt ... an#p770725

Would have been the new smash and grab.

LeAdER!!!!1111

I posted this 2 years:

Personally I would rather see them spend £5m on Jordan Rhodes (if he's not already signed elsewhere) and spend another £250,000 on someone like Lewis Grabban (Rotherham).

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=81554&p=770725&hilit=grabban#p770725

Would have been the new smash and grab.

ITK

I dont know anything about him but he clearly got an eye for goal, something none of our strikers have. Even if he is back up to the spanish? guy.

I think this is good news,

The guy was in great form last season, personally the fact we always talk about forking out 5 million for Austin or McCormack when this could be a steal if he gets us 15+ goals.