He seems to be the only player in the team who people are perfectly fine with when he plays with no courage. If any of the rest of our front line over the last seven or eight years played like this then they'd be getting universally criticised.
For some reason, every time Jack fails to spot a runner or simply refuses to attempt an incisive pass, then it gets excused as him "controlling the game." Not for me. Playing in first gear the entire time isn't controlling a game. We have plenty of other players who actually do that because they have the ability to vary their tempo.
Part of me feels bad for him because he's better than he's shown for us so far but he's never been as good as some people claimed he is. There's an expectation around him and a bizarre cult like following which I don't really think is based on what he can do with a football.
That leads to all this prolonged back and forth where people are either overly critical of him or overzealous in their defence of him. But the bottom line is that when you strip away all the bullshit, he's just not a very effective or important player for us.
