10 | Jack Grealish - 2021/22 Performances

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I disagree. In my opinion, we do have a top-class defensive midfielder and we don't play with an out and out forward anyway. This player is involved in goal after goal but regardless, the time to judge is not now, not by any means.
I'll form an opinion based on 45 minutes of football. I can't help but do so.

We don't have a top class defensive midfielder. Fernandinho is too old now, and Rodri is not mobile enough. City are an elite side. We need the very best players to win titles and the Champions League. IMO City's squad has some big holes in it.

You put Foden alongside Grealish I don't even see Grealish. It's like Barcelona buying Coutinho when they had Messi.
 
Grealish has disappointed me with his performances. Nowhere near as effective as Foden, Bernardo, Mahrez and Sterling.

He may stand out for England but for me he doesn't get anywhere near my City first XI

For £100m I expect a player in the Aguero, Foden category. I am not seeing why we bought him when we have players like Bernardo, Mahrez, Foden, Sterling in our squad. He adds depth but that's about it. I have changed my mind about his signing. He's a very good player but he's not better than what we have and he doesn't get in my first XI. He'd be my 3rd choice left sided player behind both Foden and Sterling.

I am disappointed in the sense that we spent £100m and we don't have what regard as a top defensive midfielder or a centre forward and yet we have two outstanding players we could play on our left hand side.

It's an expensive unbalancing of our squad when we needed a defensive midfielder and centre-forward. I am not convinced actually that we need a centre-forward because i think Foden is a super star but I certainly think we are weak in defensive midfield. That to me is the key weakness in our squad and we now have a surplus in creative players. I might change my mind when it comes to FA Cup semi-finals when the squad is extremely stretched but at the moment I can see us losing Sterling or a player because they are not going to get games. I think grealish is a very good player but not a £100m player and not a player we needed.
This is a fairly premature assessment, especially about a player who has already chipped in with goals and assists, albeit against fairly weak opposition.

I do tend to agree with your point about the overall balance of the squad though, however when Grealish was brought in it seemed like Bernardo would leave. Ultimately, it depends on where Pep wants to play Foden/Grealish in the future. If, like many have said, he sees Grealish as a future '8' in our system, it makes perfect sense to bring Grealish in, especially with Kev and Gundo on the wrong side of 30.
 
For £100m I expect a player in the Aguero, Foden category. I am not seeing why we bought him when we have players like Bernardo, Mahrez, Foden, Sterling in our squad. He adds depth but that's about it. I have changed my mind about his signing. He's a very good player but he's not better than what we have and he doesn't get in my first XI. He'd be my 3rd choice left sided player behind both Foden and Sterling.

I am disappointed in the sense that we spent £100m and we don't have what regard as a top defensive midfielder or a centre forward and yet we have two outstanding players we could play on our left hand side.

It's an expensive unbalancing of our squad when we needed a defensive midfielder and centre-forward. I am not convinced actually that we need a centre-forward because i think Foden is a super star but I certainly think we are weak in defensive midfield. That to me is the key weakness in our squad and we now have a surplus in creative players. I might change my mind when it comes to FA Cup semi-finals when the squad is extremely stretched but at the moment I can see us losing Sterling or a player because they are not going to get games. I think grealish is a very good player but not a £100m player and not a player we needed.

Not many players like Grealish out there English and more to do at the age of the squad of players of is type!
He also brings something totally different to all those other players! Maybe Silva will go next season oh if we didn’t trigger the buyout that had a cut of date by the way! The way other football clubs treat us we would never of got him!
 
have you been watching the wrong player grealish as been great
I think Marvin is being hasty with writing him off but i also don't think he's been anywhere near great.
It's still too early to judge him
 
I think Marvin is being hasty with writing him off but i also don't think he's been anywhere near great.
It's still too early to judge him
I wasn't writing him off. I just don't see why we bought him because if everyone is available he does not get in my side. Pick a starting XI. I bet he doesn't get in your side.
 
I wasn't writing him off. I just don't see why we bought him because if everyone is available he does not get in my side. Pick a starting XI. I bet he doesn't get in your side.
No, he doesn't but it's a squad game nowadays and we'll need him at some stage
 
Grealish has disappointed me with his performances. Nowhere near as effective as Foden, Bernardo, Mahrez and Sterling.

He may stand out for England but for me he doesn't get anywhere near my City first XI
That's a strangely timed and quite unwarranted attack on the guy.

He didn't set his price, so to say you would expect a player in the Aguero category for £100m is hugely unfair. The price, given who he is, is about right.

His performances have been about where they should be considering the short time here. The run into the box and flick with the outside of his boot for one of the goals v Arsenal is a prime example of what he brings.

Have you been to any of the games at the stadium? When he gets the ball you can hear the anticipation. Someone said earlier in the thread about hearing the seats snap back as fans stand up. That happens for a reason.

Add to this early form he has yet to play alongside KDB.

Grealish is fantastic. He is going to be one of our greats. I am struggling to understand what it is you expect, and what it is you've seen of him so far that brings you to the opinion that you have been disappointed with him.
 
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