10 | Jack Grealish - 2022/23 Performances

[super_city_si]

Played very well. Keep it going.

 

[TGDBlue]

I think his biggest problems is that he’s not been given the chance through the middle and probably won’t be because of other options.

And then we’ve got Gomez who he links up with well on the left who is IMO great going forward but not good enough defensively. Not for what we need right now anyway. I’d like to see him given a loan and a more proven left back coming in but whether that happens remains to be seen.

Thought Grealish was class today and did deserve a goal.

 

[Brewster's millions]

Great tonight. He’s definitely got it in him and he played with much more conviction tonight.

Hopefully he starts on Saturday as his previous good games this season have often been followed by a spell on the bench.

 

[skillman]

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.

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!

 

[applejuice]

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.

Just not obvious enough for Southgate. He waited until extra time in Euro final to sub him on when we desperately wanted to move up the pitch. I still cannot get over this...

 

[JWCH-99]

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!

100% on the last point. 63m for cucurella would have been crazy given his performances so far for Chelsea in league and tonight

 

[mosssideblue]

Excellent tonight, pity he never got the goal he deserved

 

[Barcon]

His best game for us so far IMO and could have had a hatrick.

 

[Gabriel]

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!

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.

 

[Bill Walker]

Played very well. Keep it going.

Yes I agree, he had a good game....wish he played like this every game.

 

[ford7]

So unlucky when it comes to goals, but very good performance overall. Now we need him to show some consistency.

 

[DMA's]

I’d love, like really love to just see a bit of praise from the half dozen posters who slag him relentlessly, you know, just for a bit of balance and so it doesn’t look like they don’t like him for reasons not football related…

As someone who has been very critical of him I’m more than happy to say I thought jack played really well tonight. That is the standard now he needs to consistently play at that level. The goals will come if he sustains that level

 

[Phil1]

As someone who has been very critical of him I’m more than happy to say I thought jack played really well tonight. That is the standard now he needs to consistently play at that level. The goals will come if he sustains that level

That’s all I ask for. Doesn’t perform then say so, plays well say so.

 

[TheSilvaSpoon]

Taking the quality of opposition into account this was quite easily jack's best game for us in my opinion. He did everything but score, was a constant threat and teamed up really well with Gomez down the left.
Seemed to have fire in his belly today because he didn't stop being direct and shooting which has been missing for a while. Even if he continues with performances at 75/80% of today's quality.... he'll score goals and get assists and all the talk will go away.

 

[Cityinmyheart]

Doesnt work well with Cancelo to his left as they come in each others way. Either needs an over lapping FB if he is to play on the wings or needs to come inside as left sided CM and Foden on LW.

 

[Phil1]

Doesnt work well with Cancelo to his left as they come in each others way. Either needs an over lapping FB if he is to play on the wings or needs to come inside as left sided CM and Foden on LW.

So, your take from tonight after playing great is to tell us what he should be doing? Yeah, this thread should just be set on fire and left to die m.

 

[Goldust]

Best player on the pitch by a mile.

 

[Rammy Blue]

The difference with his play tonight was unbelievable, he ran at full tilt when he had the ball which made him so much more dangerous.

Hope he keeps it up.

 

[Williecaballerno]

So, your take from tonight after playing great is to tell us what he should be doing? Yeah, this thread should just be set on fire and left to die m.

No. I think he was pointing out the reason why Grealish played better tonight. He needs an overlapping full back to give him more space to work in and more options, rather than Cancelo occupying his space

 

[Phil1]

No. I think he was pointing out the reason why Grealish played better tonight. He needs an overlapping full back to give him more space to work in and more options, rather than Cancelo occupying his space

It was a league cup game. Formations and players are given instructions that are a bit different to a premier league game. We wouldn’t set up like we did tonight against Chelsea in a league game and unfortunately Jack wouldn’t be given the freedom he was tonight in a game of such importance.