10 | Jack Grealish - 2024/25

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FromPollockToSilva said:
I actually think the complete opposite. He loves the game and would be playing Sunday mornings in the park if he hadn’t made it as a pro

It’s the requirements and discipline of it being a job, at the elite level, that is harder for him
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Think your right and it is probably best for Jack to move on don't think he thrives in a rigid system which stiffles his game bit like Palmer in that respect, a Jack given a free role will probably thrive.
 
I would be happy if we got any money for him.

What is much more important than that is to open a place in the team for a new, younger, better, more potent player.
 
Needs a move as much as the club do, a new set up and manager would give him a renewed energy I reckon, free of the 100m label and scrutiny.

We won the lot and he's been a part of that so thanks for your service
 
I've always been a fan and I still believe he has the talent to succeed anywhere.

His biggest weakness has always been emotional. He's a confidence player but his confidence is quite brittle because it's dependent on external factors. He needs time on the pitch, touches of the ball, responsibilities and the feeling of being loved by his club and its fans and despised by the opponent. Injuries and competition for places have deprived him of a lot of that and he doesn't seem to have it in him to give himself the belief he needs.

Some players bounce back from injuries, errors, criticism and poor form with renewed fervour and determination to prove everyone wrong. But some shrink from it.

It's not a quick or easy fix unfortunately, although I'd love to see him do it.

We can argue tactics and positioning as much as you want but right now when he plays he looks beaten and hesitant.

"£100 million" has always been a heavy weight on him and I fear "a year with no goals" is another.
 
last year I bumped into the head chef at an altrincham game.

I asked him what it was like working at city etc and he said most the players where fine. I asked about grealish as I assumed he was a likeable player.

His reply was that grealish is a massive diva and is always staying at the campus as he and his girlfriend are always having issues.

It doesn’t surprise me to see peps comments. He has continually gone to bat for him and grealish has simply not repaid the faith. Posters saying pep asks him to keep it simple and not score or assist are lunatics. Many of these same posters where quick to slag mahrez, sterling off yet these players where consistently available and produced season in season out.

I’ve long thought grealish has a problem with the drink. It wouldn’t surprise me to see him have major issues once his career is over and the structure and molly coddling he has enjoyed goes.

I hope to see the back of him as the dressing room does not need these type of characters. They need hungry, winners to achieve what they want to do. Pep has seemingly given Jack an ultimatum
 
He looks to be carrying a bit more timber this season. Given our current weakness in the middle of the park I'm surprised he's not being played there.
 
DMA's said:
last year I bumped into the head chef at an altrincham game.

I asked him what it was like working at city etc and he said most the players where fine. I asked about grealish as I assumed he was a likeable player.

His reply was that grealish is a massive diva and is always staying at the campus as he and his girlfriend are always having issues.

It doesn’t surprise me to see peps comments. He has continually gone to bat for him and grealish has simply not repaid the faith. Posters saying pep asks him to keep it simple and not score or assist are lunatics. Many of these same posters where quick to slag mahrez, sterling off yet these players where consistently available and produced season in season out.

I’ve long thought grealish has a problem with the drink. It wouldn’t surprise me to see him have major issues once his career is over and the structure and molly coddling he has enjoyed goes.

I hope to see the back of him as the dressing room does not need these type of characters. They need hungry, winners to achieve what they want to do. Pep has seemingly given Jack an ultimatum
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Drinking even to the levels of a normal person, say 14 units week is a big deal for an athlete and that's what modern footballers are so if Jack is drinking this level or more it's an issue. Combine this with potential issues at home (if true) and he is going to be sub optimal mentally and physically.
 
kaz7 said:
This is what i have said for a long time, he lost his hunger and it is not washing with pep
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Think he is looking at other options because has the trophies, he knows how hard he will have to work to get back in our side and doesn't fancy it! Saudi America is a relax place to play no pressure! Go to any team in premier he will have to perform
 
waspish said:
Think he is looking at other options because has the trophies, he knows how hard he will have to work to get back in our side and doesn't fancy it! Saudi America is a relax place to play no pressure! Go to any team in premier he will have to perform
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I agree, he is not bothered now he has the treble on his cv
 
kaz7 said:
I agree, he is not bothered now he has the treble on his cv
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Would Jack settle in Saudi, maybe if he could go out in Dubai and Kuwait on a regular basis. Could he settle in the USA, as I mentioned earlier I think it would be right up his street
 
Dobsy said:
This isn't fair to Pep.

Savinho and Doku have the same opportunities and they've scored and assisted. I'm not having it that every time they go out on the pitch he gives them diametrically opposed instructions and that's the only reason Grealish hasn't scored or assisted.
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There's definitely an element of risk free, possession play, that doesn't sit right with Grealish's talents. For instance, when he played with freedom he often took risks, playing Hollywood balls that were sometimes intercepted, and then he found himself on the subs bench.

So now he plays the easy pass, doesn't try to beat a man for fear of giving the ball away. Grealish in this guise, is like taking a Ferrari to Aldi to do the shopping, where there's speed bumps, 5mph limit, and tight spaces.
 
Citi-leaks said:
There's definitely an element of risk free, possession play, that doesn't sit right with Grealish's talents. For instance, when he played with freedom he often took risks, playing Hollywood balls that were sometimes intercepted, and then he found himself on the subs bench.

So now he plays the easy pass, doesn't try to beat a man for fear of giving the ball away. Grealish in this guise, is like taking a Ferrari to Aldi to do the shopping, where there's speed bumps, 5mph limit, and tight spaces.
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It would suggest that this is an old Ferrari that looks great but the performance is that of a modern hot hatch
 
Citi-leaks said:
There's definitely an element of risk free, possession play, that doesn't sit right with Grealish's talents. For instance, when he played with freedom he often took risks, playing Hollywood balls that were sometimes intercepted, and then he found himself on the subs bench.

So now he plays the easy pass, doesn't try to beat a man for fear of giving the ball away. Grealish in this guise, is like taking a Ferrari to Aldi to do the shopping, where there's speed bumps, 5mph limit, and tight spaces.
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I really don't get it. How has Savinho got in the team ahead of him then?

It's an interesting perspective this, that Jack Grealish is just a passive empty vessel with no agency of his own, like Pep is controlling him on the PlayStation.

I thought there'd be too many people laying into him on here but fuck me it's the opposite. At some point the guy has to take responsibility for himself as well.

Can we all agree at least that Savinho and Doku would not be ahead of him if he was reaching his potential?
 
He must have really pissed Pep off somewhere along the line given Pep's absolutely adored him for years - both when he was at Villa to since he's been here.

Shame. Hope calling him out publicly will put a fire in his belly but I fear the writing is on the wall if Pep has done it so obviously.
 
Dobsy said:
I really don't get it. How has Savinho got in the team ahead of him then?

It's an interesting perspective this, that Jack Grealish is just a passive empty vessel with no agency of his own, like Pep is controlling him on the PlayStation.

I thought there'd be too many people laying into him on here but fuck me it's the opposite. At some point the guy has to take responsibility for himself as well.

Can we all agree at least that Savinho and Doku would not be ahead of him if he was reaching his potential?
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Agree with you, also both him and pep have said several times that he needs to assist and score more

I also dont get the notion he gives us more control but people hate the sideways and backward passes when the others do it, imo he is not confident enough to play for pep, drawing fouls rather than trying to make things happen is stale and he is not offering anything else and hasnt for a long time

This season they all need each other to step up and help us win games , when he plays he is not arsed
 
DMA's said:
last year I bumped into the head chef at an altrincham game.

I asked him what it was like working at city etc and he said most the players where fine. I asked about grealish as I assumed he was a likeable player.

His reply was that grealish is a massive diva and is always staying at the campus as he and his girlfriend are always having issues.

It doesn’t surprise me to see peps comments. He has continually gone to bat for him and grealish has simply not repaid the faith. Posters saying pep asks him to keep it simple and not score or assist are lunatics. Many of these same posters where quick to slag mahrez, sterling off yet these players where consistently available and produced season in season out.

I’ve long thought grealish has a problem with the drink. It wouldn’t surprise me to see him have major issues once his career is over and the structure and molly coddling he has enjoyed goes.

I hope to see the back of him as the dressing room does not need these type of characters. They need hungry, winners to achieve what they want to do. Pep has seemingly given Jack an ultimatum
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So City’s head chef blurted all that out to a complete stranger?
 
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