Phil Silvers Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) 24 minutes ago, FrannyLee1968 said: The net spend in that time is around £530m. Net spend 1880 - 2008 £50m trophies won 1880 - 2008 - 8 trophies bought for 2008 - present - 13 You and chelsea are destroying the game. European cups - 0 Edited July 31, 2021 by Phil Silvers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Fair play to the fans singing positively about Jack. I half expected the worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 1 hour ago, Zatman said: I genuinely think he will flop at City, Smith lets him play how he wants. At City Pep micro management wont allow him to do that, will also see him get less of the ball I was thinking the same. Unlikely, but certainly possible. He has freedom at Villa, a blank canvas every fresh 90 minutes. He's the focal point, the player everything is built around, and the captain. DeBruyne is that guy ay City, instantly relegating Jack to lesser status and importance, with less of the ball and less total playing time. It could effect his performances, and he will be under much more pressure to deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdman Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Think he'll be a huge success at City IF he goes. He'll probably have less minutes overall due to Peps rotational style but that will probably help Jack and his stress injury issue. Southgate will make him a regular starter too just because he's not playing for Villa anymore lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 12 minutes ago, mikeyp102 said: What the hell is a faith clause? In the contract it says this: "Baby, I know you're askin' me to staySay "Please, please, please don't go away"You say I'm givin' you the bluesMaybe you mean every word you sayCan't help but think of yesterdayAnd another who tied me down to loverboy rules" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 35 minutes ago, Follyfoot said: Easy money Dave many have taken as now into 11/4 Sounds like some people have already lumped on. Small market relatively so wouldn’t take a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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nick76 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 1 minute ago, birdman said: Think he'll be a huge success at City IF he goes. He'll probably have less minutes overall due to Peps rotational style but that will probably help Jack and his stress injury issue. Southgate will make him a regular starter too just because he's not playing for Villa anymore lol. If he goes, who gives a crap what happens then for him. He’s not a Villa player at that point so it doesn’t matter. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, HalfTimePost said: Fair play to the fans singing positively about Jack. I half expected the worst. He hasn’t gone! He’s still a Villa player. Ok things may change but they may not. At the moment he’s a Villa player. The hate is if he goes Edited July 31, 2021 by nick76 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 6 minutes ago, AJ said: You have probably noticed. They are in this thread right now. Oh they're everywhere. They'll be obviously heavily embedded in City online circles, but they probably have roots around all the PL and larger European clubs. There's one twitter account I'll have to try and find. Goes after journalists and even whoever the journo writes for with whataboutery whenever they write anything negative about City. Very in-depth and quotes all sorts of rule clauses and things. It's like some City solicitor or something. Then you get City fans content in their spending a billion pounds in five years, thinking it's normal. Very impressive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPower_14 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 4 minutes ago, StanBalaban said: In the contract it says this: "Baby, I know you're askin' me to staySay "Please, please, please don't go away"You say I'm givin' you the bluesMaybe you mean every word you sayCan't help but think of yesterdayAnd another who tied me down to loverboy rules" The first time I've ever run out of likes on this forum and you post this 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 38 minutes ago, Cizzler said: However I don’t think it’s a coincidence City have swooped in for our best player. I think we are becoming more of a future ‘threat’. They cherry-picked us when we were last competitive. I think Jack is great, but damaging us is part of the allure for City in my opinion. This club is so much bigger than Jack Grealish - just got to hope the people in charge know what they are doing and reinvest this money to make us stronger. Spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayEm Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 I think it will be really gutting seeing him do well at City if he goes, and I think that's understandable because him being 'one of us' and a Villa through-and-through is part of the reason we love Jack. I'll try not to actively wish him ill but I think feelings of betrayal and intense disappointment are completely valid. 'Mr Aston Villa' has put massive question marks over the Villa project that put him at it's center and that's tough to swallow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 23 minutes ago, mikeyp102 said: What the hell is a faith clause? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 1 hour ago, TH said: It’s a shame how this is playing out. We were just starting to get a settled squad built around Jack. If Jack goes it’s going to be hard to keep the project on track. Will players like Watkins, Emi, Mings stick around or will they look to move on sooner rather than later? Hope he stays but can’t see it happening. Course they'll stay. Watkins and Mings are at their level for now. Martinez is the only of those you could argue would want a move, but even he's very happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post foreveryoung Posted July 31, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 31, 2021 I don't like all this disrespecting of Jack, he ain't gone yet and to be fair, we still have no idea if he will. Some will look complete fools if he decides to stay. I'll be celebrating like it's 1999 if he stays. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Just now, foreveryoung said: I don't like all this disrespecting of Jack, he ain't gone yet and to be fair, we still have no idea if he will. Some will look complete fools if he decides to stay. I'll be celebrating like it's 1999 if he stays. Agreed, after some of the bits I'd seen in this thread and online though I feared the worst. Glad the fans in the stadium are still singing his name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdman Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 11 minutes ago, nick76 said: If he goes, who gives a crap what happens then for him. He’s not a Villa player at that point so it doesn’t matter. Of course but I'm just countering some of the posters who think he'll fail. We love Jack for his amazing talent and that isn't just going to evaporate overnight IF he leaves for Man City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post maqroll Posted July 31, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 31, 2021 5 minutes ago, nick76 said: He hasn’t gone! He’s still a Villa player. Ok things may change but they may not. At the moment he’s a Villa player. The hate is if he goes Only emotionally stunted weirdos would hate Jack Grealish for leaving Villa a month away from his 26th birthday. He's a great player, a likeable guy and he's shown admirable commitment to the club up to this stage and helped get the club re-established in the Premier League. If we sell him we will have the biggest windfall in club history to reinvest. If he goes, (and I'm not sure he will), I will hope he does well for them, just not against us. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7392craig Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Just now, foreveryoung said: I don't like all this disrespecting of Jack, he ain't gone yet and to be fair, we still have no idea if he will. Some will look complete fools if he decides to stay. I'll be celebrating like it's 1999 if he stays. If he signs a new deal, that’s a huge commitment and a sign of loyalty when it’d be easy to go. I think he deserves time to see if he does the right thing imo, before we judge him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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