10 | Jack Grealish - 2021/22 Performances

[samarasra]

Not really, Foden is a winger or False 9 according to Pep. Jack should start with KDB in the midfield teams that press in the midfield.

"Foden is a winger or False 9 according to Pep", does that mean McAtee is a left back, Walker and Cancelo are strikers ? and it is not what Pep said after Tuesday. Just this past week Pep spoke about Foden's capacity to play in 5 or 6 positions as can Sterling, Grealish, Torres, Jesus, Kevin etc., even Ederson could play outfield in an emergency. We need to set aside rigid terms like 9's or false 9's or wingers, left/right backs etc. and remember that Bruges game. Imo player's who show versatility catch Pep's attention, he is more interested in using players to produce the best "collective" regardless of what positional label or number they are suppposed to be.

 

[Agueroooo9320]

"Foden is a winger or False 9 according to Pep", does that mean McAtee is a left back, Walker and Cancelo are strikers ? and it is not what Pep said after Tuesday. Just this past week Pep spoke about Foden's capacity to play in 5 or 6 positions as can Sterling, Grealish, Torres, Jesus, Kevin etc., even Ederson could play outfield in an emergency. We need to set aside rigid terms like 9's or false 9's or wingers, left/right backs etc. and remember that Bruges game. Imo player's who show versatility catch Pep's attention, he is more interested in using players to produce the best "collective" regardless of what positional label or number they are suppposed to be.

agree with everything you say. I am just speaking about the average position or the starting position of the players in a game. but as you said they all interchange within the game. that is the beauty of our system.

 

[Pedestrian]

true, but as i said in an earlier post, you should always play your best players in their best positions.

To accommodate both of them and Kev might need a formation tweak. I think the form of Kev might have a lot to do with how the team line up as the season goes on. It may end up with jack and Kev rotating.

 

[samarasra]

Regardless of what he has to learn. Foden is already twice the player Grealish is when it comes to opening up defences. Grealish is a good player but Foden is once in a generation, Im pretty sure you realise that.

The top slice of a sandwich might be twice the bottom slice, but it's only the combination that makes it a sandwich and comparisons are only really valuable when you compare identical items.

 

[samarasra]

agree with everything you say. I am just speaking about the average position or the starting position of the players in a game. but as you said they all interchange within the game. that is the beauty of our system.

It is a thing of beauty when it is working.

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

The top slice of a sandwich might be twice the bottom slice, but it's only the combination that makes it a sandwich and comparisons are only really valuable when you compare identical items.

lost me on the filling

 

[samarasra]

lost me on the filling

"in the old days we were too poor to have filling" !!!!

 

[Radiohead1981]

Regardless of what he has to learn. Foden is already twice the player Grealish is when it comes to opening up defences. Grealish is a good player but Foden is once in a generation, Im pretty sure you realise that.

Grealish had no problem opening up defenses when he was playing with villa . The fact of the matter is we are not going to see the best of Grealish unless he is given a free role in playing on the left side of midfield like he was at Villa.

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

Grealish had no problem opening up defenses when he was playing with villa . The fact of the matter is we are not going to see the best of Grealish unless he is given a free role in playing on the left side of midfield like he was at Villa.

True but defences didnt sit back and defend in numbers like they do at City when he was at Villa.

 

[Agueroooo9320]

Grealish had no problem opening up defenses when he was playing with villa . The fact of the matter is we are not going to see the best of Grealish unless he is given a free role in playing on the left side of midfield like he was at Villa.

not really there is no need for any free role. we will see the best of grealish when the coaching team coaches him fully and integrates him into the team and finds his best position on the field each game.