sounds ike the excuses the rags use to make for Pogba....Needs an overlapping fullback to create himself some space. Hardly ever has it when he gets the ball
Disagree. It's genuinely a NEED in this new way of playing. We are very narrow and require an overlapping full back who can get a cross in.sounds ike the excuses the rags use to make for Pogba....
He needs player x to release him
Top class players dont need excuses..they find a way.....
Remember when there were certain pundits, sections of the media and some of even our own fan base that said Aguero wouldnt be able to adapt to doing what Pep wanted....he did because he was wolrd class.....Is Grealish good enough? That remains to be seen
sounds ike the excuses the rags use to make for Pogba....
He needs player x to release him
Top class players dont need excuses..they find a way.....
Remember when there were certain pundits, sections of the media and some of even our own fan base that said Aguero wouldnt be able to adapt to doing what Pep wanted....he did because he was wolrd class.....Is Grealish good enough? That remains to be seen
When he is aggressive, running at people and making them commit he looks a very good player, the slow , one paced easy going Jackie is poor, ineffective and passive.Weird one -
One of the things he gives our team is an element of control, an ability to slow the pace of a match and frustrate the opponent by manoeuvring them out of position to create openings. He's a solid bet for ball retention and recycling possession.
But -
He always looks at his best as an individual player when he's running at defences at full-pace, using his strength and close control to burst into space and make things happen, playing with confidence and joy and a bit of a snarl.
The eye-test says the individualist Jack is the £100m man, the one we see glimpses of but not enough, who gets us off our seats. It's pre-season Jack but it's also the Jack who came on in the CL semi, it's the Jack of that second half against West Ham, etc. Wind him up and set him off and watch what happens.
And we have heard Pep praise him for being aggressive.
But we've also heard Pep talk about him being a player he turns to when he wants to tighten the screw and get a match more under control. Which suggests that those skills that we don't find very exciting to watch are nonetheless things that are not only valued by the manager, but things that he's being explicitly told to do.
I think we've just got to find the right balance between those two sides of his game.
It looked today like the plan was to use the fullbacks for width and push the wingers in as a type of inside forward. I think over the course of the season we'll see that system start to click, especially if we can bring in a natural left-back.
I would like to see Jack's role allowing him to drop a little deeper, though, as I'm not sure we get the best of him playing up in the front line.
100% he is made for the role, he has to be involved in the game for 90 minutes, and he has the personality to be a leader in the CM.Really think he needs to be playing in the middle as an 8 to see the best of him. Doesn’t seem particularly well suited to the wide left role, especially when paired with another right footer in Cancelo at left-back. Makes the team seem a bit unbalanced.
sounds ike the excuses the rags use to make for Pogba....
He needs player x to release him
Top class players dont need excuses..they find a way.....
Remember when there were certain pundits, sections of the media and some of even our own fan base that said Aguero wouldnt be able to adapt to doing what Pep wanted....he did because he was wolrd class.....Is Grealish good enough? That remains to be seen
All the top players have 2-3 players defending them but they don't use it as an excuse, it was the same at Villa, maybe even worse because he was their only serious player.Every time he gets the ball, he has 2/3 men around him. It’s why his only option is a pass back to Cancelo who ends up with all the space in the world.
Now we have Haaland, you’d hope it’ll create more space for the other attackers while defenders concentrate on him. Here’s hoping.
Still expect a big season from Grealish, though.