10 | Jack Grealish - 2024/25

[M16 citeh]

If this guy wasn't English no one would be protecting or backing him. Iv never seen a player do so little on the pitch yet get so much love. And I include myself in the love in! Always support him at the ground but eventually you've just got to face the fact he hasn't made it here

 

[Keeper!]

I'm sure we'll find out on Friday when he's inevitably asked about it.

The need to get him off the wage bill and move him on in the summer says otherwise.

 

[domalino]

No we won’t. They now have to figure out how to best protect enough of his value to get something back. I’m sure Pep will defend him as best he can through gritted teeth between now and the summer.

The need to get him off the wage bill and move him on in the summer says otherwise.

That very convenient sentiment didn't exist a few weeks ago when he said the reason he wasn't playing was he wasn't training well enough? That's not protecting the investment.

 

[Brewster's millions]

If this guy wasn't English no one would be protecting or backing him. Iv never seen a player do so little on the pitch yet get so much love. And I include myself in the love in! Always support him at the ground but eventually you've just got to face the fact he hasn't made it here

Do you think it’s an English thing, or just because of how he played in the treble season?

Personally I think Bernado gets the easiest ride from people on this forum, but nationality wouldn’t appear to be the issue there.

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

Walker was never ever injured / unfit / unavailable. Grealish is the opposite of Walker which is why Guardiola and the club will absolutely care how Grealish lives his life. You don’t invest what they have to have the fella be unavailable or out of favor for 2/3 if his career at the club.

Gone in the summer and not a moment too soon.

I think you are wrong about this. I agree with @domalino, everyone knows it's the media and the cameras making Jack look bad, nothing to do with his antics or his poor performances

 

[M16 citeh]

Do you think it’s an English thing, or just because of how he played in the treble season?

Personally I think Bernado gets the easiest ride from people on this forum, but nationality wouldn’t appear to be the issue there.

Definitely! Remember the euros before he signed he never kicked a ball but was by far the most popular player. And the hype when he joined us! He had a few good months in the treble season I don't think people's attitudes towards him changed during his good form or bad form

And after everything Bernardo has done for us he can't get any slander! He should either find a new club or play reduced minutes next season tho for sure

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Have to laugh every time i see he should be sold

1. Who’s paying anything anywhere close to what he cost?

2. Who’s paying his obscene wages?

He’s got 2 years left lol. Stuck with him.

We don’t need to get close to what he cost for us to sell him. We’d easily accept £30m imo. It’s clear enough is enough and we want him gone

 

[dronefromsector7G]

The Grealish fanboys, bots, and apologists will flood in with excuses faster than high-frequency traders on Wall Street—scurrying, screeching, and scrambling for cover. And trust me, their mental gymnastics? Not just Olympic-level—these people are out here doing 10D quantum backflips, bending logic like Neo dodging bullets in The Matrix. They are inventing new laws of physics just to twist reality in Grealish’s favor.

I've moved through industries, crossed paths with manipulators, sales sharks, lobbyists and corporate spin-doctors. I’ve met different type of hustlers, strategists, and corporate sharks—corporate suits, street-level grinders, and high-level thinkers. I’ve watched politicians lie to millions with a straight face, twisting words like a speech impediment, seen defense attorneys turn cold-blooded killers into misunderstood saints. But nothing—NOTHING—compares to the reality-warping, logic-twisting, history-erasing and editing insanity of Grealish's die-hard worshippers.

These people don’t argue; they perform. It’s a circus act—high-flying goalpost shifting, double-twist deflections, and full-scale reality denial that would make Orwell himself choke on his tea. It’s mental contortionism on a supernatural level. Show them facts? They close their eyes. Show them stats? They cry "context!" Show them reality? They simply reject it.

No matter how clear the truth is, they will build an entire multiverse of excuses, shifting goalposts with the agility of a prime Messi dribbling through defenders.

And when they’re out of moves? When every excuse has been obliterated? That’s when they hit you with the final boss-level gaslighting: 'You just don’t understand football.' Ah yes, the last refuge of the defeated—pretending you’re the one who just doesn’t "get it."

There is no discussion. There is no reasoning. You’re not debating with people—you’re fighting against a belief system, a cult, a religion where Grealish is their false prophet and reality is their greatest enemy. You don’t convince them. You just let them be, Grealish will continue to be Grealish, unprofessional, overhyped, overprotected, wildly overpriced, and perpetually underperforming against a bar that’s already been set so low it’s practically underground.

Yeah but he wins us a lot of free kicks

 

[waspish]

Have to laugh every time i see he should be sold

1. Who’s paying anything anywhere close to what he cost?

2. Who’s paying his obscene wages?

He’s got 2 years left lol. Stuck with him.

Yep agree unless we can somehow get him a loan deal! The way football is now all clubs know about Grealish drinking so which club would gamble on him!? Is it this year and next all he has left on his contract or is it this year and two more

 

[LongsightM13]

Typically hysterical overreaction on here. Some of these posts are genuinely hilarious
He’s a grown man on a day off, he’ll be back in training tomorrow
There’s more than one fan favourite over the years whose lifestyle and off-pitch decisions have rendered them unavailable in one way or another.

 

[BillyShears]

That very convenient sentiment didn't exist a few weeks ago when he said the reason he wasn't playing was he wasn't training well enough? That's not protecting the investment.

Nothing convenient, just practical. I'm sure the people who have to figure out how to fuck him off will be acutely aware that to get anything back they'll have to not completely bin him between now and the season's end.

 

[BillyShears]

I think you are wrong about this. I agree with @domalino, everyone knows it's the media and the cameras making Jack look bad, nothing to do with his antics or his poor performances

Grealish is one of the most protected players from a media POV that England has seen in the last decade. The fluffing he got post the treble, the "look at how hard he's working" stories last summer after he missed out on the Euros. His agency are known to ring up papers and strong arm anyone with a negative Grealish story. The fact is that he's currently on a bit of a rampage. He's obviously given up on his City career and isn't arsed what Pep or the club think.

 

[waspish]

Typically hysterical overreaction on here. Some of these posts are genuinely hilarious
He’s a grown man on a day off, he’ll be back in training tomorrow
There’s more than one fan favourite over the years whose lifestyle and off-pitch decisions have rendered them unavailable in one way or another.

He has 2 years out of 3 years off sorry when you been injured mor then fit one thing you should do a professional football is quit drinking!

 

[Rammy Blue]

Grealish is one of the most protected players from a media POV that England has seen in the last decade. The fluffing he got post the treble, the "look at how hard he's working" stories last summer after he missed out on the Euros. His agency are known to ring up papers and strong arm anyone with a negative Grealish story. The fact is that he's currently on a bit of a rampage. He's obviously given up on his City career and isn't arsed what Pep or the club think. The stories that' don't see the light of day are horrendous.

Even sadder when you remember he’s a recent father, what a waster.

 

[Lauz9888]

Grealish is one of the most protected players from a media POV that England has seen in the last decade. The fluffing he got post the treble, the "look at how hard he's working" stories last summer after he missed out on the Euros. His agency are known to ring up papers and strong arm anyone with a negative Grealish story. The fact is that he's currently on a bit of a rampage. He's obviously given up on his City career and isn't arsed what Pep or the club think. The stories that' don't see the light of day are horrendous.

How do you know the stories are horrendous if they don't see the light of day?

 

[Mr Grumpy]

Grealish is one of the most protected players from a media POV that England has seen in the last decade. The fluffing he got post the treble, the "look at how hard he's working" stories last summer after he missed out on the Euros. His agency are known to ring up papers and strong arm anyone with a negative Grealish story. The fact is that he's currently on a bit of a rampage. He's obviously given up on his City career and isn't arsed what Pep or the club think. The stories that' don't see the light of day are horrendous.

Why does Pep continue to sponsor his behaviour then (By picking him)?
Why hasn't he done a Cancello on him?

 

[Manc Born & Bred]

How do you know the stories are horrendous if they don't see the light of day?

How do you think PR agencies work?

 

[BillyShears]

Why does Pep continue to sponsor his behaviour then (By picking him)?
Why hasn't he done a Cancello on him?

Just my opinion, but as I said earlier, I think they have to figure out a way to get something back for him. Cancelo was disruptive during training, which will get you binned rapid. Grealish is similar to Kalvin Phillips. Nice lad, good to be around, doesn't cause trouble if he's benched. But reality is he's our third highest paid player and record signing. If they do what United did with Rashford they'll get nothing for him and end up paying half his wages.

In terms of picking him, outside of the 20 minute Madrid cameo he hasn't been picked for a meaningful game in quite a while. Like Pep said, the form of Doku/Savinho gets them in ahead of him. Now Marmoush has been signed and he plays from the left too. And Bobb is coming back.

 

[Lauz9888]

How do you think PR agencies work?

Fully aware they can keep stuff out of the public eye but I'd assume that if someone here is claiming to know the nature of such a story then either they work in the media or for that specific PR company or they or someone they trust has witnessed something directly.

Basically, don't make vague accusations. If the law is stopping you from divulging something, probably don't allude to it, for your own benefit. If it's something you can legally share the details of, go ahead.

Saying there's really bad stuff that people don't know about but declining to provide any actual information just comes across as shit-stirring. It's very easy to say that about anyone with absolutely no evidence so I don't know what the intention is in saying that.

 

[BillyShears]

Fully aware they can keep stuff out of the public eye but I'd assume that if someone here is claiming to know the nature of such a story then either they work in the media or for that specific PR company or they or someone they trust has witnessed something directly.

Basically, don't make vague accusations. If the law is stopping you from divulging something, probably don't allude to it, for your own benefit. If it's something you can legally share the details of, go ahead.

Saying there's really bad stuff that people don't know about but declining to provide any actual information just comes across as shit-stirring. It's very easy to say that about anyone with absolutely no evidence so I don't know what the intention is in saying that.

I've edited my post and removed the bit at the end that's offended you.