To be fair, it's not like we needed him as CM in any of the previous seasons. And in this season, Jack has been barely available. I would say it took Pep 2-3 matches where Jack was fully fit to put him as CM. And hopefully, that will continue.Proof that Pep isnt perfect.
Has taken him way too long to try Grealish in the middle.
I really liked his performance tonight. There were glimpses of Villa Jack in there. He is a player I wanted for us when I first became aware of him in the 2020 LC final v Villa. Got stuck in and was tenacious for them, let's hope Pep let's him continue in the middle. That performance tonight will have done his confidence a lot of good.Brilliant in the middle of the park. KDB was the difference-maker but Jack ran the show.
The pressure is so much less. Can’t play wide forward in this side and not score for a year. However, if he can play in the middle of the park and dictate games, the lack of G/A will soon be forgotten.Interesting how comfortable he looked in a deep midfield role with Kev just in front of him and Gundogan
G/A wont matter as much from there and he’ll likely feel that
Oh do not get it twisted. We are happy that he performed tonight!The Grealish haters on here (and there's quite a few of them) won't be happy.