10 | Jack Grealish - 2021/22 Performances

[greasedupdeafguy]

The Villa talk thead about him is highly amusing.

Think he will push on now after that goal. Two great passes in the second half.

 

[North reddish 13]

I liked Beagrie.

Yeah i liked him too, if by like you mean being a stationery bollard on the wing who randomly swung his foot at the ball in a hit & hope crossing type of way.

 

[cucumberman]

That the Barcelona that got knocked out of the champions league and then the europa league? Just cos an average player found his level doesn’t mean City should be anywhere near him just cos he can run fast.

What do you mean the CL? Barcelona was knocked out of CL before they got Traore and a few other players including Aubameyang and Ferran Torres. Barcelona is a has been club.

They did play 6 games in Europa with the new players. Scored 10, but Traore didnt start full games yet at most 75min there were games when he played just the first half. The game that did knock them out, the only game Traore didnt sub in until 60th minute, to replace their new top goalscorer Aubameyang. They lost that 2-3.

i’ve always rated Adama Traore since our 0-2 and 3-2 losses against Wolves. Of those 5 goals, 3 were scored by Traore. I find him a rough gem that needs worked on. Based on the Barcelona games he played so far, he’s more composed for a Pep style football. He’s not half of Haaland that’s for sure, but with a far lower fee he can be good foil.

 

[Big Yaya Wilko 12]

We'd currently be singing his praises for turning the game around on his own if Jesus had buried the golden chance that Grealish put on a plate for him.

As I've said numerous times in this thread, Grealish would be in double figures for assists if we had more clinical forwards to whom finishing comes naturally.

Same as the Bernardo chance v Palace. Put it on a plate 1 yard out!

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

Nice goal , but did little else , he reminds me of Sterling playing under Pellegrini , always playing the safe ball , hopefully Pep will sort him out for next season.

 

[cucumberman]

Agree with the Sane comment but Traore?! Not for me. I’m struggling to see what Grealish brings but I’d have him over Traore

I’m working on my thinking based on the 5 games we played against Wolves with Traore playing. Of the 5 games, we lost 2 and won 3. For the games we lost (0-2) and (3-2), 3 goals out of the 5 were scored by Traore. And as a team, Wolves is mid table club at best.

Jimenez to me has better workrate than Grealish, but he did have that nasty head injury and rivalry aside wishing him recovery.

Traore is now with the trial made Barcelona, with Ferran Torres and Aubameyang. They are changing their style of play away from the Messi era, but they are scoring better.

 

[oldius]

Decent game in a poor team performance.

 

[cucumberman]

Traore a bit like Sterling, imo: fast player, runs a lot, lacking end product.

Prime Sterling is unplayable. When he was with Leroy Sane, their constant left right swap runs circles around rivals. Both players are fast and run a lot.

Sterling off-day is still better than Grealish to me. Grealish is like an utility player who’s not fit for Pep style football. Traore will possibly fit Pep style football because he can dribble 2,3,4 players through to the box and has a lower centre of gravity. He’s not a star player and certainly lacks end product, but for a fee he can be good foil.

his new role at the new Barcelona is like the Riyad Mahrez role, but with muscles to explode through players into the box. Wolves is at best a midtable team. I think over the months he’ll be better than he was at Wolves.

 

[youngbob]

Same as the Bernardo chance v Palace. Put it on a plate 1 yard out!

And the two chances he laid on for Cancelo and Mahrez in the Champions League earlier this season.

 

[toffee balls]

A little more urgency might help people get on board.