Worsleyweb
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Give him his time inside
With the news surrounding kdb, I hope Pep could just be a little open to the idea of trying out Jack in the middle, even if it's just for the pre-season games.Give him his time inside
What an odd comment.some of you need to go to rag cafe ...
Isnt a suprise most of the negative stuff comes from those with a joined date post 2008....
Give him his time inside
Let's see Jack besides RodriYep...
-------------Ederson--------------
----Walker--Ruben--Guardi-----
---------John---Rodri--------------
Doku---Foden-Grealish----Savio
-------------Haaland---------------
I would love to see this formation in some of our games...
But I also like this old-school one...
-------------Ederson--------------
----Walker--Ruben--Guardi-----
---------John---Rodri--------------
Bernie--KDB----Kova-----Grealish
------------Haaland------------------
and this one as well...
-------------Ederson--------------
----Walker--Ruben--Guardi-----
---------John---Rodri--------------
Savio---Foden-Alvarez-----Doku
------------Haaland----------------
Pep has a lot of options this year.
I'm quite happy to be called a rag **** if I behave like one. It's never happened though and never will.The Admin should look at some of the language used when replying to posts. Whether you agree or disagree with a poster there's no need for abusive
Language.
Illiterate cu........I completely understand why you would the admin to look at it.
Reported.Illiterate cu........
Nevermind.
OuchReported.
It hasn't happened in 3 years, in that time we've seen bernardo, kovacic, kdb, foden, Lewis, stones, nunes, Alvarez and Bobb all get minutes there from the current squad ahead of grealish not to mention players no longer with us, why do you think it's going to happen now?Let's see Jack besides Rodri
Fair analysis, I would just love to see him play there in one of the pre-season games, there might be a surprise performance in thereIt hasn't happened in 3 years, in that time we've seen bernardo, kovacic, kdb, foden, Lewis, stones, nunes, Alvarez and Bobb all get minutes there from the current squad ahead of grealish not to mention players no longer with us, why do you think it's going to happen now?
Pep bloody loves positional versatility in his players above anything, this is the man who has had Bernardo and foden play left back and centre back john stones as an 8 in a champions league final, if he thought grealish could do that role, we would have seen it by now.
Grealish's game doesn't lend to the tempo we need and demand from our central midfielders, his style of holding the ball, taking many touches and drawing players to him is the complete opposite of the quick, 1 or 2 touch passing Pep wants from Rodri's partner, he can't be doing that in central midfield.
I actually have no qualms about grealish now being able to do the defensive side in that position were he to be put there but the core trait mentioned above that almost identifies him as a player is what I suspect is the primary reason we will never see him there with any regularity and I have no idea why so many people are still so hung up on the idea of Grealish playing central.
Looking at the state of the travelling squad it could go one of two ways I reckon. We either play the few first teamers we do have in their proper positions and fill the gaps with kids to at least get them up and running and ready which is how we should do it in my eyes or if pep feels the squad is just too young, we could see him compensate for that in the early friendlies at least, until we get a few more back by sticking his first teamers out of position and more central to give the spine a bit of experience in which case there's a chance we might actually see grealish central, along with gvardiol cb. wouldn't expect it to be a sign of the future though.Fair analysis, I would just love to see him play there in one of the pre-season games, there might be a surprise performance in there
I agree with most of this. However I think Jack was a huge asset in out treble-winning season, especially in the toughest European and PL away matches where we had to keep control of matches to have any chance of winning. This season will be pivotal for him and he has a head start on most of the team by missing out on the Euros.It hasn't happened in 3 years, in that time we've seen bernardo, kovacic, kdb, foden, Lewis, stones, nunes, Alvarez and Bobb all get minutes there from the current squad ahead of grealish not to mention players no longer with us, why do you think it's going to happen now?
Pep bloody loves positional versatility in his players above anything, this is the man who has had Bernardo and foden play left back and centre back john stones as an 8 in a champions league final, if he thought grealish could do that role, we would have seen it by now.
Grealish's game doesn't lend to the tempo we need and demand from our central midfielders, his style of holding the ball, taking many touches and drawing players to him is the complete opposite of the quick, 1 or 2 touch passing Pep wants from Rodri's partner, he can't be doing that in central midfield.
I actually have no qualms about grealish now being able to do the defensive side in that position were he to be put there but the core trait mentioned above that almost identifies him as a player is what I suspect is the primary reason we will never see him there with any regularity and I have no idea why so many people are still so hung up on the idea of Grealish playing central.