10 | Jack Grealish - 2023/24

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B\connellblue said:
The good 3 months he had in 3 seasons seems to be getting stretched out for some bizarre reason.
He's been an underwhelming signing for the most part. If anything he regressed here which is unusual. As for replacing Kevin, not a fucking chance. I'd say his time here is coming to an end unless he's happy to play a bit part. I think the home leg against real was the end for him. A veteran full back on an early yellow and he never went for the kill.
Bizarre!
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Every player had a good season that year pretty much, we won the treble losing only a handful of matches. He was producing man of the match and class performances for about 3 months of that season but that doesn’t mean he was toss for the remainder of it.
 
Eccles Blue said:
Wow poor Jack. He keeps a low profile isn’t out clubbing every night, has his house broken into whilst his family are watching him on TV, quite naturally is shook up about it and still he gets slated. But not just by the stupid know nowt media but by his own club’s fans! The people who you think would have a bit of empathy
He plays in Blue for Manchester City and he gets my support.
If he’d been a wife beater or carried on with his brother’s wife behind his own wife’s back I could understand it but for goodness sake he’d lost a bit of form and not been playing as much. Give the lad a break. JMHO
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TBH Eccles I'm not going to praise Jack for not night clubbing, I didn't like how he got blathered days before an FA cup final when he was out of favour, in my mind he should've been showing Pep a lot more professionalism that week. It said a lot to me that City badly needed a goal and our manager didn't put him on for whatever reason.

I empathise with his home break in BUT thousands of people get broken into and just have to get on with it. Let's face it he doesn't have to live in a council estate where it could happen again next week, he can afford whatever security he deems necessary and he lives in the lap of luxury..
I'm really only interested in what he does on the pitch for us, and besides the 3 or so months of the treble season it hasn't been that much.
I don't blame Jack for that (unless of course he's not hitting the mark in training) I just don't think he brings enough to the table in our team. he frustrates the crap out of me if I'm honest, I long for a left winger that plays a first time ball into the opponents defence, not take 10 touches and then eventually does a safe pass to Rodri. It's like you always know what he gonna do and he slows the game down to walking pace. Yeah, I get the keeping possession and looking for a foul but I'd much rather have a Sane or Doku on the left wing. Could Jack ever have scored that goal Doku salvaged against the scum ? I don't think so.
Jack divides opinion amongst City fans, it seems you either love him or think he's just not good enough, or not showing enough.
Personally I think Oscar Bobb could offer us more given the chance. Palmer for sure could have....I think the fee plus a million a month in wages has been a bad investment for City.
And before anyone calls me a know nothing **** I reserve the right to my opinions not just on Jack but on all our players, and Pep. I respect yours and others opinions and I expect that level of respect for mine.
 
@Bill Walker I totally respect your opinion and I agree with some of it.
What would the world be if everyone had the same opinion? As boring as watching Trafford United play!! :-)
I didn’t know that he got drunk before the FA Cup final and don’t understand that but that’s just me.
Like you I’m more interested in his performances on the pitch and I’m hoping against hope that he gets his mojo back for next season. :-)
 
he is really good on the ball but for me with the talent he has, isnt producing enough.
I remember when guardiola brought him and doku on (dont remember which game).
doku looked electric while grealish was happy playing the ball sideways. pretty sure jack didnt start a single game after that cameo.
lets hope he regains his form.
 
Eccles Blue said:
@Bill Walker I totally respect your opinion and I agree with some of it.
What would the world be if everyone had the same opinion? As boring as watching Trafford United play!! :-)
I didn’t know that he got drunk before the FA Cup final and don’t understand that but that’s just me.
Like you I’m more interested in his performances on the pitch and I’m hoping against hope that he gets his mojo back for next season. :-)
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Majority of the team were wankered a week before the final, including Kevin, Erling, Jack, Carson, to name a few.
 
BlueMoonRisin’ said:
Fair enough Phil, good post.

There are a few crackpots(not just this thread) wanting to stick the boot in at a players downfall, you only have to read some of the utter shite written on the in game threads, that's why I offer them fannywipes; )

Joking apart, I like Jack but had he a poor season for several reasons and I have critical of him because we all know he's such a skillful player who(when on form) can be world class. But he has too many mediocre performances when his confidence is (or seems) low passing sideways or backwards rather than trying burst past a defender.

I have a Villa mate in my local who said he never had a bad game for Villa and he reckons it's because he was given a free roll, something he hasn't been given at City. I want to see Grealish in his best form for us because he's a joy to watch when in his best form. However, he can be frustrating to watch pondering on the ball because he exudes skill and has so much more to offer. It's as though he's shackled to the left byline for us, LW isn't his best position, I think he needs to cut in more and run at goal.

I think people saying he has a drink problem stems from when he crashed his Range Rover whilst at Villa. I don't know if he has a drink problem but the paperazzi love nothing more than taking snaps of him in a drunken stupor and Jack only has himself to blame for being shit faced in public places.

I think he needs to get his head down and stay out of the limelight because most people want to read about him doing great things on the pitch, not reading about off field his antics that get tongues wagging. Jack is a likeable bubbly character but he's a professional footballer who needs to keep his nose clean and become a 'boring' family man like De Bruyne or David Silva who never get/got pestered by the paperazzi.

Jack Grealish reminds me of George Best and Rodney Marsh, both brilliant footballers but both would have been much better had they not succumbed to the birds and booze. I hope Jack can turn things around I really do but I'm unsure whether he can ever get his Villa form back. Here's hoping...
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Villa form.He just has to get the treble season form back.
Silva was seemingly one of the biggest boozers in the squad.
Just shows you staying in the background gets you off a lot of things.
 
bennyboy said:
Villa form.He just has to get the treble season form back.
Silva was seemingly one of the biggest boozers in the squad.
Just shows you staying in the background gets you off a lot of things.
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His Villa for was the reason we signed him and we haven't seen him on that form too often.

I've never read anything about Silva being a boozer, if he was he kept his boozy business private.
 
BlueMoonRisin’ said:
His Villa for was the reason we signed him and we haven't seen him on that form too often.

I've never read anything about Silva being a boozer, if he was he kept his boozy business private.
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Micah Richards has told a couple of stories about David Silva and his love of a beer or two.

Grealish has the image of a being a boozer, without much to back it up, barring him not knowing his limits when celebrating trophy wins.

Has there been any stories in the press other than the post Xmas one with Foden a couple of Xmases ago?

We’ll never see his Villa form here as he was allowed free licence to roam wherever he felt was the weakest point to exploit. That will never happen here under Pep as he has a rigid structure of where players have to be.

On top of that, Jack isn’t the brightest button in the box and he’s doing his best to carry out Pep’s plan, but you can see it is hard work for him.

This then dents his confidence and he has a need to be liked and valued, so then goes into this tailspin that he finds hard to get out of.

Factor in his burglary and injury problems and he’s had a very frustrating and miserable season. Hopefully he gets his mojo back next season.
 
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BlueTG said:
Majority of the team were wankered a week before the final, including Kevin, Erling, Jack, Carson, to name a few.
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Kevin & Erling are starters. Jack was not making the team. He should have shown Pep he was serious about being selected that week. Instead he got blathered till 5 am if reports are true and had to be helped out of a nightclub.
That to me is unprofessional when your not making the starting 11.
I can't see Pep being impressed with that, can you?
 
Phil1 said:
It’s not an obsession and I’ve not been on this thread for months.
It’s about balance and the grief he gets from a lot of the crackpots on here is undeserving and unwarranted.
He’s a fabulous player who has played a part in the most successful era in our history.
He has had his struggles like many before him and he’s open to fair criticism from those obsessed with stats and the like but as is often the case a handful who like the sound of their own voices feel the need to pollute this thread with the kind of shite that would have been unfair if it was aimed at Jack Rodwell never mind Grealish.
Most of it stems from his price tag which isn’t on him but has developed into lies and false assertions about his off the field activities including many hinting he has a drink problem.
He stands up for the club on and off the pitch, is honest and very likeable and I’ll never wrap my head around why a small minority treat him as they do.
Hopefully he can have a great season next time around and make up for this last one which due to a myriad of reasons wasn’t great.
Thing is, as as when he was having a brilliant spell during the treble winning season there were hardly any positives posted from the people who have given him the hardest time, it was ignored until he hit a rough patch then back they came.
No one should have an issue with constructive criticism but Jack isn’t afforded that, he just gets a lot of grief from a lot of cunts.
That’s where I stand with him.
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Almost agreed with all of this but then I remember your post saying "we should snap the hands of anyone who offers good money for Kdb now that we have signed Grealish"

That was made right after we signed Grealish, so yes I do think you have an unhealthy obsession with him.
 
Bill Walker said:
Kevin & Erling are starters. Jack was not making the team. He should have shown Pep he was serious about being selected that week. Instead he got blathered till 5 am if reports are true and had to be helped out of a nightclub.
That to me is unprofessional when your not making the starting 11.
I can't see Pep being impressed with that, can you?
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It was written that Grealish went out ‘before the FA Cup final’ to a poster who was unaware. I replied to give more context to Grealish being on a night out.

I give you your point, but it is just all personal opinion when we’re not Pep who gives the instructions and know how he thinks. I, personally, think that none of them should have been out in that period.
 
Eccles Blue said:
Wow poor Jack. He keeps a low profile isn’t out clubbing every night, has his house broken into whilst his family are watching him on TV, quite naturally is shook up about it and still he gets slated. But not just by the stupid know nowt media but by his own club’s fans! The people who you think would have a bit of empathy
He plays in Blue for Manchester City and he gets my support.
If he’d been a wife beater or carried on with his brother’s wife behind his own wife’s back I could understand it but for goodness sake he’d lost a bit of form and not been playing as much. Give the lad a break. JMHO
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Well said EB!

Sadly, some posters on here won't change.

Thankfully, we still have posters like yourself.
 
bluemoon32 said:
Not sure if this thread or another one but i did laugh at someone posting about the 'Grealish hate', when all that had been said was a few posters being underwhelmed about his time at City.
Hardly hate ffs
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The real hate last season was for Doku.A lot of it from Jack fan boys on here.
 
His drinking goes back to his villa days , front page in a drunken heap on the street , drink driving , being pissed all week after the treble, this year not fit enough to play in the fa cup after celebrating too much, turning up to training not in a fit state that time dragging phil into it , so to suggest he might have a drink problem making you a **** is laughable
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
So he was pictured in Ibiza drunk as a kid at Villa. 2016ish?
Never convicted of drink driving, but he had a crash. 2018ish?
Had a Xmas night out with Foden. 2022?
Got pissed after winning the treble. 2023.

4 incidents in what, 7 years?

Obvious piss pot.
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I think it fair to say that perhaps Karen isn't that keen on Jack ? :)
 
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