Yesthe comparison to mahrez's first season is lazy and I said it before. mahrez's issue was always decision making, the ability and magic in his feet was there. I am not seeing any magic whenever grealish is on the ball, do you?
No he didn't. He was the biggest reason we lost the title in the 19/20 season because he didn't have a clue how to protect the defence. Otamendi, after three years of producing real quality at the back, was back to looking shite and chaotic because Rodri was constantly caught the wrong side of the ball. We conceded so many goals to quick transitional counter attacks that season because Rodri needed three weeks notice to spot them. He's obviously top quality now but he was a massive, massive problem in his first season.No he wasn't, slow yes, but still looked quality.
This exemplifies why there is such conjecture about Jack: that anyone thinks that Pep repeatedly plays garbage players yet continually wins trophies is lost on me. Rodri was never garbage just as Jack is not. Rodri is now recognised as one of the very best in the world and Jack is at the stage where he is expected, by some, to have a worldy every game. Generally speaking, we don't have players who shine out as being the singular answer because we have a whole team of outstanding performers rather than relying on individual brilliance. Jack is currently being asked to play as a cog in a very well oiled machine of discipline and diligence and he is doing just fine. If he wasn't, we wouldn't keep winning.You've got a short memory. Rodri was complete garbage in his first season.
Agreed but obviously Grealish couldn’t play on the right either unfortunatelyI wish he played literally any other position than left winger. Seeing sterling skinning full backs and how good he is on his strong foot makes you so annoyed whenever jack has to turn and tuck back every time due to his lack of left foot.
Nah, sorry. Rodri was garbage in his first season. We weren't a well-oiled machine that year like we are now with Grealish in the side, we were largely awful (by our standards) for most of the campaign. Rodri was one of the biggest problems and was often at the root of our issues that season. It's why we were miles off Liverpool in the title race and why we only won the League Cup thanks to a dodgy refereeing decision and Bravo weakly spooning a ball onto the crossbar instead of into his own net.This exemplifies why there is such conjecture about Jack: that anyone thinks that Pep repeatedly plays garbage players yet continually wins trophies is lost on me. Rodri was never garbage just as Jack is not. Rodri is now recognised as one of the very best in the world and Jack is at the stage where he is expected, by some, to have a worldy every game. Generally speaking, we don't have players who shine out as being the singular answer because we have a whole team of outstanding performers rather than relying on individual brilliance. Jack is currently being asked to play as a cog in a very well oiled machine of discipline and diligence and he is doing just fine. If he wasn't, we wouldn't keep winning.