Pretty much how I see it. No complaints from me, just not sure why we needed him - I'm pretty much assuming it means raz or Silva are out the door. :-(Don't want to criticise him, but I've no idea why we bought him tbh, he's just another option in an area we already had plenty, while we have literally no strikers or left backs. Spending £100m on depth in an area where he doesn't actually improve on what you've got seems madness when you have other areas that need improving.
so now you are blaming Pep for playing him in the wrong position?what absolute shit are you talking about? Jack was one of our best attacking players today. he created all our best chances. Did you watch the match today?
look at the statics below, he created 5 key passes today, no one comes close.
https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1...ague-2021-2022-Manchester-City-Crystal-Palace
look below for the stats for our whole season. he has been one of our better players.
just because his manager is playing him in the wrong position and our team has no one to finish the chances does not mean Jack is playing bad.
I agree some have run their course....and I agree some are out fo form...KDB and Sterling could fit into both brackets but again to call sterling useless while saying Grealish is playing well is just not accurate....KDB was awful yesterday but would you call him useless? (and he has been poor every game).....Sterling today is useless. He is out of form for over 18 months! That is not a dip. The committed sterling was a fantastic player for city and I am not disputing that fact.
Grealish has only joined the club. He is playing in a new formation and learning new approach to the game. How many players have come out and said pep retrained their “football brain”. Stones only this week alluded to it again.
Jack is also playing in a team where 2/3 players are either looking out or badly out of form. How can you be concerned by Kev if using the sterling logic?
The hunger and drive is gone for some. The relentless pursuit by pep has had a negative effect on a few players and with no goal scorers the situation has amplified.
It’s no shame to say that 1/2 players have run their course with City. Does it make them bad players…no.
You have some winners like Kompany who only look to the next trophy and you have some players who have reached the top and won a ton of trophies but want to move on to pastures new.
Evolution not revolution is needed and it’s certainly not the lad who only walked through the door a few months ago fault.
Not at all, for 100 million I was expecting a player that didn't score much dosnt get too many assists and would take 6 to 12 months to settle in ....silly me :)I think he’s been pretty decent this season. I think because of his price tag some of our fans are criticising him more and expecting motm performances every game
It's hard for me to watch the above and not think we should give him a go in midfield. The driving runs and the passing range are wasted so far up the pitch. He also obviously has a lot of experience of patiently and selflessly creating chances for forwards who need a lot of opportunities to score.
That video tells me he's got a decent left foot, a decent shot from the edge of the box, and he can go past people. If he's not using those skills as much as we'd like right now (and he's not) then it's either because he's being told to do differently (in which case, question Pep) or it's a confidence/familiarity with the team thing (in which case, just needs time and patience).
It's not like we signed Kane and he's not scoring. It's Grealish. He's never delivered big g/a numbers. Nonetheless, Villa's win percentage under Smith is about double with Jack as it is without him. Yes, we play differently to Villa, and we'll never be as dependent on a player as they were on Jack. But he wasn't scoring and assisting every match to win them games, he was contributing in other significant ways. We're right to expect goal and assist contributions for him, especially if he's playing in the front line (and I think he expects them of himself), but let's be realistic - that's not and never has been his main strength.
At Villa he had a fairly free role, first centrally and later nominally on the left. He was their best player and his remit was essentially to go wherever and do whatever he needed to do to get them results. He was at a club with a coach who seems like a decent man-manager but who's tactically fairly poor, playing alongside average Prem players, several of whom were elevated by playing with him (look at the form of Matt Targett, who suddenly has no space, or Ollie Watkins, who suddenly has no provision). That he had the impact he did under seemingly so little tactical guidance and with so little real quality around him should tell us the quality of his footballing brain and his ability to adapt to different situations and change matches.
But I think his international career suffered because of the maverick reputation that free role gave him, and one of the reasons he came to City was to prove to Southgate and the world that he can be coached, can follow instructions, can fit in tactically with a team and be trusted to follow a manager's plan rather than just doing what he thinks he needs to. I think he's proving that but he's currently being too tightly managed to be properly effective, and he's not yet comfortable enough in the team to know when he can get away with taking risks or deviating slightly from his overarching instructions.
Long term he'll surely play midfield. He's the cover for and eventual successor to Gundo/KDB who are both great and still have a lot to offer but are ageing and getting more injuries, or to Bernardo who's incredible but reportedly wants to leave. His performances on the left-wing have by and large been par for the team's performance in any given match (which is impressive in itself considering he's new to the club, it's the first time he's had to stick so rigidly to a role, and that role probably isn't where he's going to play most of his City career) but he's going to struggle to stand out playing there under his current instructions.
that is correct he is not been a standout, but you can't totally blame him for it. you should also blame pep for not finding the correct role for him after deciding to spend 100mil.You know what? I'm taking it back. I Admit it might be too much to say he had a bad game. But you can't really say he had a good game, right? He fails to beat his man one on one and that worries me a bit because as I watch more of his games his moves are quite predictable and rival players already know it. He does not use his left foot at all and 99% he is going to his right. On the other hand he gave an excellent pass to Rodri who should have score.
it don't matter if i am a fanboy. if as a business you spend 100 mil on a asset you should also be willing to change your structure a bit to get your values with the buy. pep has not done that so much of the blame lies with him.I can see you are a die-hard Grealish fan boy. Guardiola will never change his system for Grealish, let's get that right. Grealish's best attributes are things he has to hold back on in order to fit into the team, which just makes you wonder, what was the point of the signing? De bruyne is City's best player and that isn't going to change (he's out of form for now but still). Grealish's standout ability is holding onto the ball long enough to draw a foul. Is that the kind of guy you spend a hundred million on?