super_city_si
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Played very well. Keep it going.
No. We would need a proper left back for that to happen. When we played away at Spurs at the start of the last campaign, we actually gave him that freedom, with he who cannot be named at left back. That’s one reason why identifying a taller and more powerful left back is so important; Grealish would go from a conservative 7 to an 8-9 in most matches.
He would be the best player at the club for 90% of the teams in Europe.
He could and should score more. But there isn't a better player in world football at getting his team up the pitch. It's not just a coincidence that Jack usually has two or three players in and around him, game after game, which obviously creates space for others.
100% on the last point. 63m for cucurella would have been crazy given his performances so far for Chelsea in league and tonightIt’s tricky because Cancelo is that good and personally think he excels at left back a lot more than he does at right back. And he influences games more from left back too so I doubt we’ll see that change any time soon. I just wish Grealish would be ‘freed’ more often because he’s so dangerous when he is given free roam.
Also out and out left backs seem like needles in a haystack!
Cancelo gives us a different option, true, but a proper left back can stretch the pitch further and free Grealish to be far more creative and influential, and that’s a higher level of both than Cancelo can offer. We’ve shown this summer past that we no longer buy dross, so no doubt next summer we’ll go through that haystack and find the left back needle we require.It’s tricky because Cancelo is that good and personally think he excels at left back a lot more than he does at right back. And he influences games more from left back too so I doubt we’ll see that change any time soon. I just wish Grealish would be ‘freed’ more often because he’s so dangerous when he is given free roam.
Also out and out left backs seem like needles in a haystack!
Yes I agree, he had a good game....wish he played like this every game.Played very well. Keep it going.