There is absolutely fuck all chance the video was of him so drunk the bouncers weren't letting him in. Do you know how pissed you need to be to not get in in Deansgate, especially if you're a famous millionaire that the venue is desperate to attract? The commentary is doing all the heavy lifting and meaning making.I was thinking the same thing. Thinking about it logically, wouldn't he just skip a meal at 7pm on a Sunday with the staff and team mates, if he was "legless"?
The guy filming it set the narrative that he wanted, because he saw a brief loss of balance as someone pulled his arm. He jumped all over it and has got all the attention he wanted(it went viral).
It could have been anything: A short loss of balance(ie nothing), maybe he was just knackered, maybe he'd had some physio or treatment that day that affected his legs(maybe Pep knows that), maybe he'd been vaping the Mary Jane before heading out for dinner(although with the random testing these days, I don't know if it's safe for them to do that). Or maybe he was just a little tipsy and I'm not sure that matters. I understand he's cost the club a lot of money and is paid a lot but he's still only human and a young man to boot. With the pressure he's under, I understand why he might want to self-medicate, that can actually be healthier than doing nothing about it(stress, anxiety etc).
There's no signs of him being "off the rails" in that video to my eyes, either way. You'd think the other video of him interacting with a fan, that also went viral, would have added some balance. I think he's making a real effort, personally.
Could do without this.
He keeps possession and a miss particularly in Europe in my opinion.That stinks.. not exactly lighting it up but he brings a different dimension to our play at the least.
Missed him big timeMissed him today. We need someone who keeps to the shape, keeps the rest of the team in shape and sets a nice pace, and keeps things ticking without forcing it or rushing it. Lacked a pacemaker today.
What game did you watch? We had over 70% possession, made two and a half times as many passes as they did, we did not lack somebody to keep things ticking over, that's pretty much the only thing we had in abundance. what we lacked was somebody to create an actual clear cut goal scoring opportunity.Missed him today. We need someone who keeps to the shape, keeps the rest of the team in shape and sets a nice pace, and keeps things ticking without forcing it or rushing it. Lacked a pacemaker today.
He runs at players (when allowed). He wins freekicks near the box (so we can get people who are taller than 5ft 6ins to attack the ball).What game did you watch? We had over 70% possession, made two and a half times as many passes as they did, we did not lack somebody to keep things ticking over, that's pretty much the only thing we had in abundance. what we lacked was somebody to create an actual clear cut goal scoring opportunity.
That £100 million would have been better spent on Kane.
As is Stones. Enjoying a night off - good lads.He’s at the boxing tonight
The Grealish we've seen at City certainly doesn't run at players, not with any penetration and definitely not more than sterling. Doesn't matter either way though because Pep very clearly instructed our players to prioritise playing balls into the back post tonight, he asked all our wide men to do it, it's not something sterling or foden specialise in but they were doing it, if Grealish was on the pitch, he would have been doing it too. is Grealish significantly better at putting in those balls or getting on the end of those balls than sterling or any of the other forwards? That's the only thing that would have helped us today.He runs at players (when allowed). He wins freekicks near the box (so we can get people who are taller than 5ft 6ins to attack the ball).
He's exactly what we missed tonight....as well as a left back, right back and 2 central defenders.
As is Stones. Enjoying a night off - good lads.