Lavinda Past
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It was an 'experiment' worth continuing for a while in my opinion.
I wouldn't even want to try to understand what goes through Pep's mind though!
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10 | Jack Grealish - 2024/25
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It was an 'experiment' worth continuing for a while in my opinion.
I wouldn't even want to try to understand what goes through Pep's mind though!
this thing that he is great at getting freekick and drawing fouls. can you name me another 3 players that are great at this from great teams last 5 years like in PL general. who also has pretty low end product but this great "skill" is also there.
if he is so great at it, why he almost NEVER does it inside a box? drawing a foul inside the box 3 times a game getting us 3 pens on average? why he only can do it far away from the box close to touchline with his back to the goal...
having said that only time drawing a foul can be useful for us if we are in the lead. if we arent or we are behind last thing I want is a freekick with our butt shit delivery resulting in a counter against our defence more often than a proper shot/header from us.
if he is so great at it, why he almost NEVER does it inside a box? drawing a foul inside the box 3 times a game getting us 3 pens on average? why he only can do it far away from the box close to touchline with his back to the goal...
having said that only time drawing a foul can be useful for us if we are in the lead. if we arent or we are behind last thing I want is a freekick with our butt shit delivery resulting in a counter against our defence more often than a proper shot/header from us.
Riyad Mahrez was five times the player of almost any other winger we have had since 2018. I'm pleased for him that he's presumably earning a shitload at his new club but actually, keeping hold of him would have been far wiser. Even really exciting youngsters a la Savio and Doku can't really hold a candle to what he achieved.Don't forget Mahrez who was called ffs, he's scored more goals in one season than Grealish has in his entire City career.
this thing that he is great at getting freekick and drawing fouls. can you name me another 3 players that are great at this from great teams last 5 years like in PL general. who also has pretty low end product but this great "skill" is also there.
if he is so great at it, why he almost NEVER does it inside a box? drawing a foul inside the box 3 times a game getting us 3 pens on average? why he only can do it far away from the box close to touchline with his back to the goal...
Personally I believe that Jack is so exceptional at winning free kicks because he literally does not consider attempting anything else. Any player could become brilliant at winning fouls if it was the one and only thing they ever tried to do.
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Painful to acknowledge, but that’s where we are.Personally I believe that Jack is so exceptional at winning free kicks because he literally does not consider attempting anything else. Any player could become brilliant at winning fouls if it was the one and only thing they ever tried to do.
If Pep isn’t going to see if we can make a City left midfielder out of him, I’m not sure where he stands at the club.
He doesn’t score, doesn’t cross particularly well, doesn’t exhibit any speed in attack, and even when he does shoot it always seems to be that half powered curler to the far post that doesn’t curl enough or a damp squib from the edge of the box.
Neither this nor that and, to be kinda punny, is a Jack of all trades but Master of none.