10 | Jack Grealish - 2022/23 Performances

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I really want him to do well but we could all see he was poor today. He will know himself too so doesn’t need us to tell him. Poor decision making and no end product. It’s like he’s scared to do anything remotely risky in case it loses possession yet KDB has made a career out of taking risks!
 
Might piss people of but unless things change for him he could well move on as he is struggling to adapt to his position within our football club . At Villa everything went through jack and he was the standout player but at Man City he is just another player and you can see it is having a negative effect on him . I wouldn’t at all be surprised that next summer he puts transfer request in to leave . He is a really good player but he will never be our main go to player .
 
uwerosler28 said:
There's one of 2 things going on.
1 he's not up to making a impact in this squad or in peps style which is dissapointing.
2 Pep has put the shackles on him which is why he can't express himself like at villa.

Whichever it is £100m suggests something needs to change or its a compete waste . I don't believe he has improved our squad at all would rather have spent the cash and got Haaland 1 year earlier.
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Haaland will not join last year because his clause isn't kicked yet.
 
Watch the EDS game highlights to see what actually tricky, quick, skillful and clinical wingers look like in Mebude and Borges. They are what we need.
 
FantasyIreland said:
The common denominator is Pep.I am not suggesting its wrong as it clearly brings success,but his style and his tactics will always lend themselves to the collective rather than the individual.

Look at Grealish at Villa and with England,likewise Phil and Sterling.......all had/have more poetic licence and freedom,and individually they make a greater impact.
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Foden is 6/7 times the player for City than he is England. So much so that there’s english fans, journalists & Ex Pros that wouldn’t have Foden as an automatic pick.

Grealish has been awful for England. His career mediocre at Villa.

This was his big change and he’s not taking it. De Bruyne, Foden, Sane, Silva, Mahrez, all maverick’s of the game, all thrived under Pep. This idea that Pep is stunting him is as silly as all the other excuses put forwards.

Love the lad or not, fact is, he’s been a total disappointment. And I honestly like the lad.

Perhaps it’s just maybe time we didn’t blame the best manager in football history for Grealish being a pretty decent but ultimately limited footballer.
 
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samuelyeboah said:
His lack of involvement in the game is not for the lack of attempt - though he's unbelievably casual, slow and safe most of the time - it's that whenever he tries to do something you'd expect from a winger he fails. can't beat his man to save his life, can't whip in a cross, can't finish. doesn't ghost in the box enough. Not fast enough. non existent weak foot. world's greatest footballer at hitting the defender's shin. Not particularly skillful, with all the respect to his shimmies. for fuck sake I saw stones beat a defender today better than he ever has for us. Woeful football intelligence.
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"Woeful football intelligence."

Grealish has been underwhelming but saying he has woeful football intelligence is plain wrong, he would be nowhere near this club if that was the case, that's a necessity here.

It's starting to come down to confidence and self belief and that's a worry, he is not the cocky, arrogant prick most of us thought he was, in fact I would say the opposite, he seems a decent, humble and somewhat sensitive guy and that may be that's the issue.

When Grealish is at his best he is angry, aggressive but for much of his time with us he looks passive and far too calm.

Lets hope he has a good solid WC and comes back in a positive manner because if he doesn't this could become a problem for all concerned.
 
Lavinda Past said:
More chance of a direct swap deal with Villa for Danny Ings.

Sancho should have stayed at Dortmund.
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Sancho is just another way over hyped English player, why as a football nation do we never learn, we are all guilty of building our players up to something they are not.

Our own fan base are and have been guilty of it, Caton, Ranson, Edghill, Lake and now we are seeing it with Foden and even Rico Lewis.

Enjoy these players but calm down, let them develop and find their level, Foden is an incredible talent but a talent still learning his trade and still with a huge amount to learn.
 
FantasyIreland said:
The common denominator is Pep.I am not suggesting its wrong as it clearly brings success,but his style and his tactics will always lend themselves to the collective rather than the individual.

Look at Grealish at Villa and with England,likewise Phil and Sterling.......all had/have more poetic licence and freedom,and individually they make a greater impact.
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A lot of truth in what your saying but Pep still loves individual flair and I would say encourages it.

KDB a clear example, KDB still takes risks with his passes, plays the percentage game and often loses the ball, does Pep try and stop him doing that? Not from what I see.
 
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