Will Grigg will score goals but it is very conditional. 2) You need to set the team up to exactly the way he wants you to, make him the absolute focal point, or he doesn't want to know. Sunderland splashed out an almight £4million to bring Grigg to the Stadium of Light, making him the most expensive transfer for a League One side in history.But the Northern Ireland international has since struggled to live up to that fee. Sunderland paid quadruple that figure but, despite scoring three goals in 10 appearances, Grigg’s contribution has been restricted by a nagging ankle injury. At one point in the second half on Saturday Grigg was up front alone, a Southend attack had broke down and goalie was looking for a quick punt forward, Grigg was left alone with 4 defenders not a Sunderland player within 30 or so yards. Grigg has netted just eight goals since a high-profile arrival on winter deadline day in 2019, having initially been signed to try and clinch promotion to the Championship.

You need to have: 1)elite level league one attacking players (not average or above average) People of the calibre of nick powell. Indeed, Grigg has scored just seven goals in 38 appearances for Sunderland.

Sunderland make offer for Will Grigg from Wigan ... Grigg helped fire the Latics to promotion in League One last season but has managed to score only four goals in 16 appearances so far this campaign.

Since arriving at Sunderland, Grigg has struggled to make an impact so his words on his ability to score goals do come as a little surprise. I said to the lad beside me what f*ucking chance has he got. The 27-year-old, who shot to worldwide prominence thanks to the ‘Will Grigg’s on fire’ song that rang around France during Euro 2016, has scored just four goals in 18 appearances this season. William Donald Grigg (born 3 July 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for League One club Sunderland and the Northern Ireland national team.. Grigg began his professional career at Walsall and came to prominence during the 2012–13 season, winning the club's Player of the Season and Players' Player of the Season awards.