10 | Jack Grealish - 2021/22 Performances

[nellyonthewing]

Still waiting to be convinced that we were not bummed by Villa.

 

[freshie]

Anonymous once more. Ferran Torres seemingly passed on his invisible man costume to Grealish before he left. He's a passenger and we are entering a period where we cannot have any passengers at all. Jesus, whilst not having his shooting boots on looked far sharper than Grealish in his limited time on the pitch, we had mahrez on the bench too, both should be comfortably ahead of him.

How good he may or may not be next season is of no relevance to us right now. There's trophies on the line now, multiple trophies infact and he isn't currently anywhere close to being at the level required to help us win them. Needs to find himself on the bench for at least the next 4 games if we are to come through them in a good situation.

If you're in the front 3, you have to be doing your fair share of numbers as the bare minimum. every other player is doing so and in some cases much more. Grealish is the huge outlier and he's providing nothing for the side that others couldn't do whilst also chipping in with goals and assists. Saying he isn't a goalscorer means nothing, sterling's worst attribute is his finishing, yet he's been banging in 20-30 goals a season from the same position. Mahrez has always been a providing winger rather than a goalscoring one, he's banging in 20+ this season, gundogan isn't a goalscoring midfield yet put in lampard numbers last season. our team doesn't have natural goalscorers but everybody scores goals in this side if they're doing what's asked of them in their role.

I don't know why so many keep banging on about him playing in midfield, he's never played there in his career for any length of time, his skillset is almost the exact opposite of what Pep wants in there, the 8s need to have a quick mind and move the ball quickly with minimal touches until we get towards the final third, even when players carry it like Bernardo, they carry it quickly and release it quickly, Grealish doesn't, he draws people in inviting challenges, not only does that pose the risk of losing it but it surrenders the positional advantage we've just worked the last dozen passes for. He takes too many touches and dribbles too much to do that role, he would lose the ball too much in dangerous areas as witnessed when he lost the ball and gave Burnley their best chance of the game. That's the exact reason why he isn't playing in this current version of our midfield. Not to mention his work rate is some way off being acceptable to play there. Even ignoring all of that, we've got 3 players who are all significantly better options already and foden is surely a better bet as the next in line after those. The only way Grealish fits anywhere that isn't left midfield is if we play with a solo 10 behind a striker, that would mean a drastic change of formation which seems very unlikely and they'd be kdb, gundo, Bernardo, foden and possibly a few others all looking to play there too if we did.

I'm going to very clearly stress that this part isnt his fault, I'm not attributing blame to him in any way for this but the reality is, with him in the team, Fodens not in his most effective position so not only is Grealish not pulling his weight, we don't get the best Foden either. Only one is down to him but right now, we are a worse team on two fronts with Grealish in the side.

Chill out Rashford ;)

 

[Agueroooo9320]

Anonymous once more. Ferran Torres seemingly passed on his invisible man costume to Grealish before he left. He's a passenger and we are entering a period where we cannot have any passengers at all. Jesus, whilst not having his shooting boots on looked far sharper than Grealish in his limited time on the pitch, we had mahrez on the bench too, both should be comfortably ahead of him.

How good he may or may not be next season is of no relevance to us right now. There's trophies on the line now, multiple trophies infact and he isn't currently anywhere close to being at the level required to help us win them. Needs to find himself on the bench for at least the next 4 games if we are to come through them in a good situation.

If you're in the front 3, you have to be doing your fair share of numbers as the bare minimum. every other player is doing so and in some cases much more. Grealish is the huge outlier and he's providing nothing for the side that others couldn't do whilst also chipping in with goals and assists. Saying he isn't a goalscorer means nothing, sterling's worst attribute is his finishing, yet he's been banging in 20-30 goals a season from the same position. Mahrez has always been a providing winger rather than a goalscoring one, he's banging in 20+ this season, gundogan isn't a goalscoring midfield yet put in lampard numbers last season. our team doesn't have natural goalscorers but everybody scores goals in this side if they're doing what's asked of them in their role.

I don't know why so many keep banging on about him playing in midfield, he's never played there in his career for any length of time, his skillset is almost the exact opposite of what Pep wants in there, the 8s need to have a quick mind and move the ball quickly with minimal touches until we get towards the final third, even when players carry it like Bernardo, they carry it quickly and release it quickly, Grealish doesn't, he draws people in inviting challenges, not only does that pose the risk of losing it but it surrenders the positional advantage we've just worked the last dozen passes for. He takes too many touches and dribbles too much to do that role, he would lose the ball too much in dangerous areas as witnessed when he lost the ball and gave Burnley their best chance of the game. That's the exact reason why he isn't playing in this current version of our midfield. Not to mention his work rate is some way off being acceptable to play there. Even ignoring all of that, we've got 3 players who are all significantly better options already and foden is surely a better bet as the next in line after those. The only way Grealish fits anywhere that isn't left midfield is if we play with a solo 10 behind a striker, that would mean a drastic change of formation which seems very unlikely and they'd be kdb, gundo, Bernardo, foden and possibly a few others all looking to play there too if we did.

I'm going to very clearly stress that this part isnt his fault, I'm not attributing blame to him in any way for this but the reality is, with him in the team, Fodens not in his most effective position so not only is Grealish not pulling his weight, we don't get the best Foden either. Only one is down to him but right now, we are a worse team on two fronts with Grealish in the side.

what the fuck is this? a failed attempt at writing comprehension? besides having all the points factually wrong and having a poor understanding of football tactics.

 

[CatMan]

We've all seen them haven't we, lads who can do any trick imaginable with a football, some of which even the professional players can't accomplish. I think they are called 'Football Freestylers' and I have often pondered why none of them play professional football? Until now that is, you see I always believed it was because they are effectively 'football brain dead' so to speak. Well as I continue to watch Grealish I am becoming more convinced than ever that my 'football brain dead' analogy is correct and that City have somehow signed a football freestyler, who must have been offered professional terms by Villa due to nothing more than his ability with the ball! It certainly couldn't have been for his ability to play football or be part of a team, simply because he doesn't appear to have one modicum of football knowhow. Watching him in our team is like watching a previously well oiled machine suddenly start crunching and squealing because someone has decided to add a random cog that does nothing. It's almost painful to see him have the ball at his feet, as we lose all momentum in our play, he plays with his head down and his football perception is so poor he continues to run into other players space. Today he attempted the most ridiculous turn in our own last third and was dispossessed before remaining sat on his arse watching the danger that his stupidity had created unfold. Pound for pound, he must be the biggest flop I have ever seen in a City shirt and that includes Jo and Steve Daley.

 

[freshie]

what the fuck is this? a failed attempt at writing comprehension? besides having all the points factually wrong and having a poor understanding of football tactics.

I don’t think he’s a big fan of Jack

 

[freshie]

We've all seen them haven't we, lads who can do any trick imaginable with a football, some of which even the professional players can't accomplish. I think they are called 'Football Freestylers' and I have often pondered why none of them play professional football? Until now that is, you see I always believed it was because they are effectively 'football brain dead' so to speak. Well as I continue to watch Grealish I am becoming more convinced than ever that my 'football brain dead' analogy is correct and that City have somehow signed a football freestyler, who must have been offered professional terms by Villa due to nothing more than his ability with the ball! It certainly couldn't have been for his ability to play football or be part of a team, simply because he doesn't appear to have one modicum of football knowhow. Watching him in our team is like watching a previously well oiled machine suddenly start crunching and squealing because someone has decided to add a random cog that does nothing. It's almost painful to see him have the ball at his feet, as we lose all momentum in our play, he plays with his head down and his football perception is so poor he continues to run into other players space. Today he attempted the most ridiculous turn in our own last third and was dispossessed before remaining sat on his arse watching the danger that his stupidity had created unfold. Pound for pound, he must be the biggest flop I have ever seen in a City shirt and that includes Jo and Steve Daley.

Rarely has a username been more apt

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

We've all seen them haven't we, lads who can do any trick imaginable with a football, some of which even the professional players can't accomplish. I think they are called 'Football Freestylers' and I have often pondered why none of them play professional football? Until now that is, you see I always believed it was because they are effectively 'football brain dead' so to speak. Well as I continue to watch Grealish I am becoming more convinced than ever that my 'football brain dead' analogy is correct and that City have somehow signed a football freestyler, who must have been offered professional terms by Villa due to nothing more than his ability with the ball! It certainly couldn't have been for his ability to play football or be part of a team, simply because he doesn't appear to have one modicum of football knowhow. Watching him in our team is like watching a previously well oiled machine suddenly start crunching and squealing because someone has decided to add a random cog that does nothing. It's almost painful to see him have the ball at his feet, as we lose all momentum in our play, he plays with his head down and his football perception is so poor he continues to run into other players space. Today he attempted the most ridiculous turn in our own last third and was dispossessed before remaining sat on his arse watching the danger that his stupidity had created unfold. Pound for pound, he must be the biggest flop I have ever seen in a City shirt and that includes Jo and Steve Daley.

Something tells me you don’t know what you’re talking about. That something is this drivel I’ve just read.

 

[tommybooth]

Nailing the post. Said to Mrs when we signed him. Back at Villa in 3 years for 40 million. Hopefully he is another FFS and just taking his time to fit in.

 

[CatMan]

Something tells me you don’t know what you’re talking about. That something is this drivel I’ve just read.

Don't just discount what I've said because you don't like the content. I didn't enjoy reading it back myself, but sadly it is 100% true. In short Grealish is the biggest misfit I've seen City ever buy. He came with promise and has delivered LESS than nothing in that his very presence has been detrimental to the team output.

I am interested to hear your considered views on him however, so feel free to tell me your honest opinion of him. Tell me what he's good at, what he brings to the team that we never before his arrival and rate his value for money? Finally tell me do you think City would go anywhere near him if he came up for sale now?

 

[schfc6]

Don't just discount what I've said because you don't like the content. I didn't enjoy reading it back myself, but sadly it is 100% true. In short Grealish is the biggest misfit I've seen City ever buy. He came with promise and has delivered LESS than nothing in that his very presence has been detrimental to the team output.

I am interested to hear your considered views on him however, so feel free to tell me your honest opinion of him. Tell me what he's good at, what he brings to the team that we never before his arrival and rate his value for money? Finally tell me do you think City would go anywhere near him if he came up for sale now?

Not that I agree with everything you’ve said, but I’d be surprised if many City fans pick him in the best xi. If we are in the CL final, I’m not sure many would pick him.