10 | Jack Grealish - 2021/22 Performances

[Tammievillan]

Villa fan here , poor tonight for England , playing way to safe . Gets the ball turns and passes backwards. Remember interview where he said Pep kept telling him not to lose the ball. This is affecting his game , shadow of the player we had at Villa , going to be doing a lot of bench warming at city next season on that performance.

 

[samuelyeboah]

Villa fan here , poor tonight for England , playing way to safe . Gets the ball turns and passes backwards. Remember interview where he said Pep kept telling him not to lose the ball. This is affecting his game , shadow of the player we had at Villa , going to be doing a lot of bench warming at city next season on that performance.

you're gonna get pelted, because a lot of people in this forum are very defensive and won't allow a single bit of criticism, especially with opposition fans. for a good reason, people always try to minimize our achievements. having said that i agree with you 100%, his performance today has been his entire season - passive, slow, safe. nothing that a youth player can't give you. i don't see how this magically transforms into something else this season but let's see.

 

[birchwoodgingerste]

Man played like almiron!:))

 

[Tammievillan]

Almiron scored 2 goals for his country last night!

 

[loio]

Hes gonna be a (impact) sub for England.

 

[penalty spot]

Needs to be given more freedom to create and attack, otherwise we are neutralising his abilities.
This is why it's been a difficult first season for him IMO.

 

[birchwoodgingerste]

Almiron scored 2 goals for his country last night!

Must be World class.

 

[richards30]

you're gonna get pelted, because a lot of people in this forum are very defensive and won't allow a single bit of criticism, especially with opposition fans. for a good reason, people always try to minimize our achievements. having said that i agree with you 100%, his performance today has been his entire season - passive, slow, safe. nothing that a youth player can't give you. i don't see how this magically transforms into something else this season but let's see.

Blah blah blah…… another one who’s mask is starting to slip

 

[richards30]

Villa fan here , poor tonight for England , playing way to safe . Gets the ball turns and passes backwards. Remember interview where he said Pep kept telling him not to lose the ball. This is affecting his game , shadow of the player we had at Villa , going to be doing a lot of bench warming at city next season on that performance.

The whole England team was shit!??! Starts running at defenders, looks up and no other movement up front so has to check back?! City would fucking wallop England and Italy and I’m 100% confident Jack will get second season pep bounce will be hugely important for us next season.

 

[franksinatra]

Villa fan here , poor tonight for England , playing way to safe . Gets the ball turns and passes backwards. Remember interview where he said Pep kept telling him not to lose the ball. This is affecting his game , shadow of the player we had at Villa , going to be doing a lot of bench warming at city next season on that performance.

To be fair to him he had a few decent games at the end of the season and seemed to have turned a corner.

However he still seems a bit behind our regular midfielders. Its noticeable it takes him longer to release the ball. Our game is all about moving the ball quickly, tiring the opposition out and then taking the opportunity when the defenders has been dragged out of position a bit or due to fatigue not quite back in shape.

That requires quick thinking, seeing pictures on the pitch with the ability to pick the pass. As yet Grealish seems a decent dribbler but I dont see that awareness on the pitch to play that one touch pass, instead he often runs down a cul de sac, invites a challenge to win a free kick or recycles the ball to Cancelo and the moment has passed.

The plus side is most players vastly improve in Peps second year and Im really hopeful this will be the case. Just needs to be a bit more direct in his thought process and as left of a three he needs to attack the back post rather than hanging around the periphery.