10 | Jack Grealish - 2021/22 Performances

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I think he's a good player, but I have to say. It is absolutely criminal for a player that costs 100mill not to be able to use his weak foot. That doesn't just go for him, as others are culpable. I mean its unfathomable for me. Not on.
 
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For the sake of argument, seeing as whenever he gets any form of criticism his chance created/key passes stats gets used as a rebuttal of how good he's been. A stat which by its definition doesn't take into account the quality of the chance created. Let's take a look at a more reflective(though still not the best) stat in big chances created and let's compare him overall to a player like mahrez in the premier league.
Jack Grealish Mahrez
Mins 743 260
Goals 1 2
Assists 2 1
Big chances created 2 3
Through ball 1 4

After the way he ended the previous season and the pre-season he had mahrez has every reason to be a bit disappointed at his minutes compared to grealish especially when the stats show he isn't doing any more than he is and I say this as someone who isn't his biggest fan. Truth be told grealish has been the least effective of all the forward players outside of sterling and he has considerably more minutes than everyone of them.

He has been ok at best so far this season and maybe he is taking time to bed into the demands of the system and fit in or pep is satisfied with something he's doing but for a player who plays where he does and gets himself into the positions he often does, he should be doing much more if the way some rave about his ability is to be believed. At this moment he's a player who just keeps the ball very well, occasionally has a flash of brilliance with a good run but doesn't beat enough players, create enough quality chances or score enough goals for the position he plays to justify being one of the first names on the sheet.
 
bluemoon32 said:
He certainly polarises opinion amongst City fans, he's either been shit or great.
He's been neither
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He has been average but then I watch PSG 1-0 at home to Lille and then Neymar and Di Maria produce some magic and turn the game. if you spend £100m you buy the best. Perhaps he will adapt but at the moment he's been a very big disappointment.
 
SanPellegrini said:
I think as a collective we can be quite fickle on here on a few players. Match by match gut reactions for some (Grealish, Sterling, Mahrez… previously Gundogan, Walker and Rodri). I think better to take a holistic view. In which case, it’s clear that Sterling is in a long term patch of bad form, but Grealish has only just joined and he’s finding his feet in a completely new club and tactical system. If anything, on a holistic view, buying him was the right thing to do because he’ll be an established part of our system by the time Raz inevitably leaves.

Foden wasn’t very impactful yesterday, but all you see in his thread is posters talking about how the team should be built to utilise him more effectively. I get that he’s a local lad, city youth player, phenomenal talent, and all of that affords a special level of support, but just as we always back him to succeed, think some baseline of support is needed for everyone. Especially a player like Jack who was literally dreaming of a move to city all summer
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I think you need to revisit the word holistic -)
 
Marvin said:
He has been average but then I watch PSG 1-0 at home to Lille and then Neymar and Di Maria produce some magic and turn the game. if you spend £100m you buy the best. Perhaps he will adapt but at the moment he's been a very big disappointment.
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Neymar cost 222m euro several years ago
 
BigOscar said:
Don't want to criticise him, but I've no idea why we bought him tbh, he's just another option in an area we already had plenty, while we have literally no strikers or left backs. Spending £100m on depth in an area where he doesn't actually improve on what you've got seems madness when you have other areas that need improving.
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Part of a PR campaign by the club to buy top rated English talent. The very same reason they were only looking to sign Kane for the striker spot.
 
Signing Grealish reminds me a lot of City signing Nasri. Which is a good thing but also a ‘meh’ thing, consistently inconsistent. Early days though eh?
 
David El Mago Silva said:
That may or may not be true but it has had a negative effect on the team as we've had to move Foden from the position where he was ripping it up last season.
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Not true, Pep stated last week Phil could play in 4/5 different positions, that usually means he will play him in 4/5 different positions, though not necessarily in a single game.
 
OntarioBlue said:
I said this when he was being talked about as a transfer target, before the deal was actually done and I am saying the same thing now. He’s a good player (not great IMO and certainly not better than other options we already have in that position) but when everyone could see what we actually needed was a left back and a striker we spent £100m on a player we didn’t need. I will be very happy to be proven wrong but I don’t think Grealish makes us a better team which is the minimum I would expect from a £100m investment.
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A £100m investment is intended to provide long term returns, not instant gratification, a gamble is what you are talking about, City don't usually do that.
 
WestGorton said:
Been a success so far. Class player.
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Early days but if you think his time with us has been a success so far , you must have a very low expectations.

The first couple of games he looked very good, but since his influence in games is getting less and less to the point he looks very average.

As said, early days but he has a hell of a lot of work to do to make this move successful.
 
samarasra said:
A £100m investment is intended to provide long term returns, not instant gratification, a gamble is what you are talking about, City don't usually do that.
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We usually don't take gambles apart from young kids with great talent.

BUT, 100m on Jack Grealish is one hell of a gamble for a player with no pace, no goal threat and from what seen so far, no athleticism.
 
Keeper! said:
We usually don't take gambles apart from young kids with great talent.

BUT, 100m on Jack Grealish is one hell of a gamble for a player with no pace, no goal threat and from what seen so far, no athleticism.
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Don't forget his injury problems
 
FantasyIreland said:
It seems the biggest gripe for some is the price,but that wasn't in our control.

He was a player we wanted as he improves our squad,if it helps.....pretend he was 50m.
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"It seems the biggest gripe for some is the price,but that wasn't in our control."

That's not true though.

He had a release clause we paid it, so it was very much in our control.

All about opinions but for me Grealish is a million miles from a 100m player and even in your suggestion of thinking we paid 50m , he is expensive.
 
Keeper! said:
Early days but if you think his time with us has been a success so far , you must have a very low expectations.

The first couple of games he looked very good, but since his influence in games is getting less and less to the point he looks very average.

As said, early days but he has a hell of a lot of work to do to make this move successful.
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People act like it's a crime to tell the truth here! How could anyone in their right mind say Grealish has been a success here? If we are going to go by that standard then Sterling is a god and Mahrez is an all time legend!

Let's just be honest with ourselves, let's assume Grealish was signed by the rags, the dippers or Chelsea and then goes on to replicate the form he has shown so far, would anyone here go crazy about his performance? Would anyone here call him a Success? How many of us here would have made fun of the rags or the dippers for splashing out 100m on Grealish?

Second scenario, Let's say we tried to sign Grealish and Villa told us he would cost 100m and we walk away and then Grealish stays at Villa and replicates the form he has shown so far, how many of us here would be happy that we walked away from the deal? How many of us would laugh at Villa for thinking we would have paid them 100m for Grealish? How many of us would feel like we dodged a bullet?

I get that Grealish is a City player and I really hope it works out but this delusion that some fans have about Grealish being a success is not how you support a footballer.

The same ones who would call Sancho a flop despite being the younger, less experienced player who has played fewer games in his first season in the pl are the same ones that would tell you Grealish is already a legend despite having a well below average season so far in a league he has been in for about 5 years now. That's just hypocrisy!
 
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