KaKa Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 1 minute ago, Shearergol said: Yeah you win, he’s shit No one said he was shit. My goodness. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 He played 50 games last season tbf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Grealish at Man City is a weird one. He’s obviously not on the same level as others in the squad talent wise, but he’s made himself pretty valuable to Guardiola through his work rate, he’s basically a water carrier. The diving little gobshite should probably be commended for that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Grealish was excellent for City last year. I was previously doubtful of his ability at that level but it's disingenuous to suggest that he didn't play consistently well in what was an all conquering side. He barely had a single bad game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 5 hours ago, Disco said: “I’m not being managed by a bloke who probably fucks animals” is what he’s rumoured to have said as to why he doesn’t want the move. https://twitter.com/ed_aarons/status/1689628904984891392?s=46&t=yPbd9G8BOq0rWw0jv09aDg You rate Gonzalez? Thought he looked good versus at the weekend and would be a good option for our right wing slot Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 14 minutes ago, KaKa said: For the level of talent around him Grealish has been okay at Man City. Mahrez, DeBruyne, Bernardo, Gundogan, Foden all perform at a higher level than him IMO. Even Sterling and Jesus before him looked more threatening in that wide position. He's been okay. Foden and Mahrez couldn’t even get into the team last season. Pep seems happy with him in the system. Happier than he is with Foden. So I’ll take that as him being good. Pep is all about the system and he seems happy with Grealish in it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 (edited) Trying to suggest he didn't play that much football is mad, too. Pep rotates all of his wide players freely, none of them will ever start or even play in 38 league games. Bernardo only started 24 league games, Foden even less. The only ones that play every game if fit are Ederson, Rodri, De Bruyne and Haaland. Edited August 10, 2023 by ponsaelius Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 (edited) I reckon Grealish played more minutes than KDB last season. Nope. KDB more but it was close. Edited August 10, 2023 by The College Dropout Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 13 minutes ago, KaKa said: Exactly. He's become so hesitant. It's a classic case of thinking too much. Dare I say it like ASM under EH. Grealish has been average overall for Man City. That’s not to say he’s an average player which seems to be what people are struggling to make the distinction between. As @geordie_b said he’s had one poor season (I don’t think anyone can argue that?) and his second season started off slowly but ended very well in the home straight albeit in the Final of the ECL and this years CS the other day he wasn’t anything special again. I don’t disagree he’d probably get into most teams in the league as if you get into Man City’s then it goes without saying. However I do think he’d “look” possibly a better player elsewhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaqen Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Grealish role at City is very different to Villa where he was the main man. He's basically there to hold his position right on the touchline outwide and draw defenders to him whilst creating space for the midfielders and Haaland. City pretty much play with a front 5 in attack, two wide players to stretch the opposition as wide as possible then two '10s' exploiting the gaps between the fullback and CBs who are occupied by Haaland. They don't even use pacy wingers anymore just ones very good at dribbling, holding the ball and passing. Wide players stats probably suffer in this system but they are clearly doing what Pep wants them to do. It's daft to compare Grealish to Sterling and Jesus as that was a totally different setup with essentially wide forwards getting into to the box as much as possible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycap Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 How long do you think kdb has left in the tank? He's in his thirties now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 (edited) 4 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: I reckon Grealish played more minutes than KDB last season. Premmo: KDB - 2,417 minutes Grealish - 2,055 minutes IDK about CL/Cups. Edited August 10, 2023 by SEMTEX Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Just now, andycap said: How long do you think kdb has left in the tank? He's in his thirties now. Two years at or near his level, with a little bit of waning. Think there’ll be a significant drop off after that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 League starts last year: Foden 22 Mahrez 22 Grealish 23 Bernardo 24 You can see how methodically they are rotated in those positions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 13 minutes ago, joeyt said: You rate Gonzalez? Thought he looked good versus at the weekend and would be a good option for our right wing slot I’ve only seen him play a couple of times but he’s definitely good enough technically. Don’t think he’d be any better than what we have though even if he is a more aesthetically pleasing player for me. Got a feeling he’d a player who would look and be better with better alongside him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycap Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Just now, gbandit said: Two years at or near his level, with a little bit of waning. Think there’ll be a significant drop off after that I feel one more top season then they'll look to replace him. Doesn't feature as much for pep now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 4 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: Foden and Mahrez couldn’t even get into the team last season. Pep seems happy with him in the system. Happier than he is with Foden. So I’ll take that as him being good. Pep is all about the system and he seems happy with Grealish in it. I get it Pep absolutely values him highly, likely because he is doing exactly what is being asked of him. I just think within Peps parameters he could still express himself a bit more. I liked him a lot at Villa and it's clear the instructions have hamstrung him a fair bit compared to then. Whenever we played Man City the last few seasons I was far more worried about Foden and Mahrez causing us problems, even if Pep valued them less. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycap Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Feels like he didn't play as much football last year but I've seen some stats above. So I stand corrected. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelphish Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 2 minutes ago, gbandit said: Two years at or near his level, with a little bit of waning. Think there’ll be a significant drop off after that The next handful of years are going to make me feel horrifically old with all of these top tier players retired/retiring, that I spent my seminal years watching. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 6 minutes ago, Jaqen said: Grealish role at City is very different to Villa where he was the main man. He's basically there to hold his position right on the touchline outwide and draw defenders to him whilst creating space for the midfielders and Haaland. City pretty much play with a front 5 in attack, two wide players to stretch the opposition as wide as possible then two '10s' exploiting the gaps between the fullback and CBs who are occupied by Haaland. They don't even use pacy wingers anymore just ones very good at dribbling, holding the ball and passing. Wide players stats probably suffer in this system but they are clearly doing what Pep wants them to do. It's daft to compare Grealish to Sterling and Jesus as that was a totally different setup with essentially wide forwards getting into to the box as much as possible. Regardless of roles, I just don't think he has been as threatening as any of those other players. Bernardo and Mahrez on the opposite side in the current system still cause far more problems. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycap Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 On the grealish chat I think his first season was horrendous. Then last season he was great so I'd say he's been overall good for city. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 4 hours ago, St1pe said: Need @Froggy to apply his specialist knowledge here I would agree with @Jimburst He was like a fish out of water when played as a lone DM. Definitely more of an 8 than a 6. His transitional play is excellent mind and he seemed to do better on the ball the less time he had on it. When he had a proper DM beside him he had some brilliant games. There is genuinely a really good player in there with Fred and by all accounts he's an amazing lad. I'm sad to see him go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 There's no way Bayern would've pursued Kane all summer without encouragement from his end. It'll happen because everyone wins if he goes now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danh1 Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Mad how no other PL club wanted Kane enough to pay the coin Bayern are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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