First of all this is not a dig at Grealish , he's a brilliant footballer worth the admission fee on his own , but i do question our recruitment because we didnt need Jack Grealish , we have four or five players who can slot into the team where Grealish has been utilised. We needed a £100-150m striker , but they were thin on the ground and with the money burning a hole in our pocket we bought Grealish , who will still when acclimatised to our tactics will make a decent contribution , but any criticism of Grealish has to be tempered we are asking him to play a false nine at times a position he has never played. Not sure what his best position in our team is because at Villa he had a free reign to cause chaos and we dont give players a free reign.
He is an expensive cog in a well oiled machine and with the quality of our playing squad he was never going to stand out head and shoulders amongst the likes of KDB , Mahrez , Foden , Gundo , Bernardo etc. Jack's issues are similar to Mahrez , a big fish in a small pond but it has worked out well for Mahrez hopefully it will for Jack as well.
