Hart of the Matter
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I think the sun must have been at the wrong angle yesterday and the lay lines not aligned. Poor lad has nothing going for him at the moment...
10 | Jack Grealish - 2021/22 Performances
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malg
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Yowza, some have totally written him off.
I'll give him another year, as it seems that some players take that long to get to grips with how Guardiola plays.
The £100m will always hang around him though.
I'll give him another year, as it seems that some players take that long to get to grips with how Guardiola plays.
The £100m will always hang around him though.
I have never read so much utter garbage in one place as I have in this thread, well apart from the Rodri thread, the Sterling thread, the Mahrez thread, and the Gundogan thread. I am so pleased that Pep is the one making the choices, and that we are top of the league and still in 2 cups. Utter toss, and lots of it.
jimharri
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The Richard Edgehill of this era.
Bill
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Or the Ian Bowyer. For some reason, and perhaps it is every fanbase, we have a selection who criticise players constantly and then find every reason to justify their criticism, ignoring when they have obviously played well, but jumping on every performance where they didn't shine. It is the only thing that I detest about being a City fan and it brings the terrace moaning to the home. As for Grealish, it is just preposterous to read some of the blind criticism of performances that simply have not been poor.
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Will thrive when we have a real striker he can be a playmaker for
Richard Edghill.
jimharri
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Him as well.
Bloody autocorrect. And I normally check before I send the post as well. Not this time, obviously.
Yes but they should be honest and not put Manchester City as team supported.
Somebody else said to me the '1981' should have been a major clue and fair enough it makes sense with him banging on about Gazza.
Fucking spud.
Joining the forum of another club and pretending to be a fan of that club is fuckIng weird behaviour
tbh I find it weird that other fans want to come on here, even when they are honest about who they support lol.
jimharri
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Care to explain the "you" and "your" references?
And Glenda Hoddle too, what a whopper
Because for the umpteenth time. Grealish has never ever played central midfield. Last night he found himself in a common position to a LCM and lost the ball cheaply to a weak press and nearly cost us a goal.
He’s not a central midfielder.
Not sure he can work as an inverted winger in our system with the numbers he gets, even mahrez in his first season with us got pretty decent numbers.
That was the first time Jack lost the ball in a similar situation since August and what's more important, I think it was a foul.
KDB from December till the end of March has lost the ball like that 10-15 times against a different teams.
So, if that determines central midfielder - than we can say that about KDB as well - which is nonsense.
Same applies to Jack - he will be a great midfielder for sure and that's why club payed 100m..
In an interview he gave when he joined us, he said he saw himself as an 8 or 10 capable of playing on either wing and willing to give the false 9 a go. He also said he'd spoken in depth with Pep about positions, and he seemed positive about that so I'm guessing Pep didn't tell him he wasn't going to get a chance to play in his preferred position.
And a couple of years ago he was making it clear that he saw himself as a midfielder:
www.mirror.co.uk
And before we bought him there were numerous sources suggesting Guardiola wanted to rotate him with Gundogan:
This article makes an interesting argument for adapting him into a 6. I don't think I agree with the conclusion, but the analysis of his strengths is worth a read.
https://onenil.medium.com/jack-grea...ve-a-midfield-maestro-once-again-137036bb96c2
When Ole wanted him at united, the plan was apparently to make him a right-winger:
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www.sportsmole.co.uk
Transfermarkt stats show that for the 5 seasons before he joined us, he played multiple positions, but only in the past 2 seasons did he play more on the left than centrally (we also know that especially during those past two years, his role included a lot of freedom, including to drop deep and move infield).
16/17 positions:
17/18 positions:
18/19 positions:
19/20 positions:
20/21 positions:
Most of his time centrally was spent in an "attacking midfield" position which, giving how Villa tend to set up, would probably have included little defensive work.
And playing midfield for Villa (especially in the Championship, which some of these seasons were) is not the same as playing midfield for City. The roles of our twin 8s are quite specialised and require a detailed understanding of how the team plays and familiarity with the other players and the team's style.
But it's simply not true to say he's not a midfielder or has never played in the middle.
And a couple of years ago he was making it clear that he saw himself as a midfielder:
Jack Grealish's comments on preferred position cast doubt on Man Utd move
Some sources claim the Aston Villa star has his eye on a move to Old Trafford but the 24-year-old may not be able to play where he wants at Old Trafford
And before we bought him there were numerous sources suggesting Guardiola wanted to rotate him with Gundogan:
This article makes an interesting argument for adapting him into a 6. I don't think I agree with the conclusion, but the analysis of his strengths is worth a read.
https://onenil.medium.com/jack-grea...ve-a-midfield-maestro-once-again-137036bb96c2
When Ole wanted him at united, the plan was apparently to make him a right-winger:
Man United 'plan to use Grealish as a right winger'
Manchester United plan to use Jack Grealish as a right-sided
www.sportsmole.co.uk
Transfermarkt stats show that for the 5 seasons before he joined us, he played multiple positions, but only in the past 2 seasons did he play more on the left than centrally (we also know that especially during those past two years, his role included a lot of freedom, including to drop deep and move infield).
16/17 positions:
17/18 positions:
18/19 positions:
19/20 positions:
20/21 positions:
Most of his time centrally was spent in an "attacking midfield" position which, giving how Villa tend to set up, would probably have included little defensive work.
And playing midfield for Villa (especially in the Championship, which some of these seasons were) is not the same as playing midfield for City. The roles of our twin 8s are quite specialised and require a detailed understanding of how the team plays and familiarity with the other players and the team's style.
But it's simply not true to say he's not a midfielder or has never played in the middle.
A long winded way of saying he's been shite so far, certainly gone out of your way to make excuses for him.In an interview he gave when he joined us, he said he saw himself as an 8 or 10 capable of playing on either wing and willing to give the false 9 a go. He also said he'd spoken in depth with Pep about positions, and he seemed positive about that so I'm guessing Pep didn't tell him he wasn't going to get a chance to play in his preferred position.
And a couple of years ago he was making it clear that he saw himself as a midfielder:
Jack Grealish's comments on preferred position cast doubt on Man Utd move
Some sources claim the Aston Villa star has his eye on a move to Old Trafford but the 24-year-old may not be able to play where he wants at Old Trafford
And before we bought him there were numerous sources suggesting Guardiola wanted to rotate him with Gundogan:
This article makes an interesting argument for adapting him into a 6. I don't think I agree with the conclusion, but the analysis of his strengths is worth a read.
https://onenil.medium.com/jack-grea...ve-a-midfield-maestro-once-again-137036bb96c2
When Ole wanted him at united, the plan was apparently to make him a right-winger:
Man United 'plan to use Grealish as a right winger'
Manchester United plan to use Jack Grealish as a right-sided
Transfermarkt stats show that for the 5 seasons before he joined us, he played multiple positions, but only in the past 2 seasons did he play more on the left than centrally (we also know that especially during those past two years, his role included a lot of freedom, including to drop deep and move infield).
16/17 positions:
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17/18 positions:
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18/19 positions:
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19/20 positions:
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20/21 positions:
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Most of his time centrally was spent in an "attacking midfield" position which, giving how Villa tend to set up, would probably have included little defensive work.
And playing midfield for Villa (especially in the Championship, which some of these seasons were) is not the same as playing midfield for City. The roles of our twin 8s are quite specialised and require a detailed understanding of how the team plays and familiarity with the other players and the team's style.
But it's simply not true to say he's not a midfielder or has never played in the middle.
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The thread is becoming more and more ridiculous.
Apart from a lively Sterling, no one else seemed to be really impressive or really bad. It is a warm-up match against Burnley after international break. 3 points and job done. Give Bernado and Mahrez who both played difficult games in their national team a chance to rest.
I don't think Grealish played great but he was certainly no worse than Foden yesterday. Both played it safe and I can only suspect that it was an order from Pep.
Indeed Manchester evening gave Foden and Grealish both a 7. Si.com gave them both 6.
There have been 6 replies on Foden thread but pages of replies on this thread... Really?
Apart from a lively Sterling, no one else seemed to be really impressive or really bad. It is a warm-up match against Burnley after international break. 3 points and job done. Give Bernado and Mahrez who both played difficult games in their national team a chance to rest.
I don't think Grealish played great but he was certainly no worse than Foden yesterday. Both played it safe and I can only suspect that it was an order from Pep.
Indeed Manchester evening gave Foden and Grealish both a 7. Si.com gave them both 6.
There have been 6 replies on Foden thread but pages of replies on this thread... Really?
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