PaulC Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 42 minutes ago, villalad21 said: Jack having an OK performance against brugge but isn't standing out. Its so easy for Man City they could be ten goals up. How did these get a draw against PSG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 17 minutes ago, PaulC said: Its so easy for Man City they could be ten goals up. How did these get a draw against PSG " How did these beat Liverpool 7 - 2 ? " 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 No goals and no assists but played full match so must have done well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 4 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: No goals and no assists but played full match so must have done well. Looked alright. Foden outshone him though. That kid is sensational. His weight of pass is ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 3 minutes ago, villalad21 said: Looked alright. Foden outshone him though. That kid is sensational. His weight of pass is ridiculous. I always thought he was better than Jack and even said it was. I think I was accused of blasphemy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 3 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: I always thought he was better than Jack and even said it was. I think I was accused of blasphemy. I think a lot of people admitted his ceiling was probably higher than Jack's, but Jack was playing out of his mind last year. Still think he was the best player in the league before his injury. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 (edited) 1 minute ago, Keyblade said: I think a lot of people admitted his ceiling was probably higher than Jack's, but Jack was playing out of his mind last year. Still think he was the best player in the league before his injury. He was one of the best player up until covid outbreak. Even he started to struggle following the return. Edited October 19, 2021 by Vive_La_Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Also Jack never had the luxury of being coached under Guardiola when he was a teenager. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Keyblade said: I think a lot of people admitted his ceiling was probably higher than Jack's That's because one lives in a barn, and the other in a belltower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 The commentators on BeIn Sports were noting that the Grealish at Villa would have taken his man on a lot more, yet the Grealish at Citeh tends to check his run and turn back. Apparently, Pep has analysed Grealish's Villa game and concluded that, whilst he'll go on and create a tonne of assists and goals, he'll similarly end up giving the ball away a lot, and ball retention is key to his game plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnkarl Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 I think Pep will eventually tire of Grealish' antics and he'll probably end up like many before him. Foden is now twice the player of Jack as Jack is no longer at Villa with a free role. Give it half a year and cracks will start to appear when Jack isn't constantly in the first 11 and throws a hissy fit, goes to a club, live streams cheating on his GF, drives a car into several kittens or otherwise unsavoury stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 59 minutes ago, StanBalaban said: The commentators on BeIn Sports were noting that the Grealish at Villa would have taken his man on a lot more, yet the Grealish at Citeh tends to check his run and turn back. Apparently, Pep has analysed Grealish's Villa game and concluded that, whilst he'll go on and create a tonne of assists and goals, he'll similarly end up giving the ball away a lot, and ball retention is key to his game plan. stevo posted it a few weeks back, this is the stat that you want to watch value of passes in the final 3rd, you can see where grealish was when playing for us but based on what we've seen so far i'd expect him to get closer to where Jesus, Silva and Gundogan are, very high succesful pass rate in the final 3rd but those passes dont actually do anything, push the defensive line back, lay the ball off 5 yards to an open team mate, dont take him on or beat him just push him back i only watched the 5 minute highlights, 5 goals, he was only involved with the 4th getting the assist to the assist which the above will measure, nowhere near the ball for the other 4, man city love the dinked angled ball coming from deep in the middle and foden can play it all day, didnt see him create any other chances, on the Dazn highlights on youtube he touches the ball twice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 He had a chance late on but had zero conviction that he would score. Bruges on the other hand played some kamikaze Sherwood like defending Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 45 minutes ago, magnkarl said: Give it half a year and cracks will start to appear when Jack isn't constantly in the first 11 and throws a hissy fit, goes to a club, live streams cheating on his GF, drives a car into several kittens or otherwise unsavoury stuff. Absolutely nailed on to happen. We rightly developed a blind spot for these antics but jeez it was only a year ago or so that he got wasted and could easily have hurt someone with his car. The guy's ego is fragile, and should his citeh career bore him he'll be looking for his kicks elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted October 20, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted October 20, 2021 20 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said: I always thought he was better than Jack and even said it was. I think I was accused of blasphemy. I think Jack was the better player up until about three months ago 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Again still early days but I’ll be amazed if he is a huge success at City. I’ll keep saying it until I can say I told you so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 19 minutes ago, Follyfoot said: I think Jack was the better player up until about three months ago I don’t mate. Put last years Foden in our villa team and give him a free pass to do what he wants and give him the ball at any opportunity and I reckon his numbers would have been staggering. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 I don't think Foden would have been the one man show that Grealish was for Villa. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post maqroll Posted October 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 20, 2021 Every time I see him play with City, it's the same sequence. He collects the ball out wide, drags it to his left then shifts back inside and passes it. 100m for that on repeat seems a colossal waste, for club and player alike. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 23 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said: I always thought he was better than Jack and even said it was. I think I was accused of blasphemy. You and me both, whispered it quietly, and never again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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