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I wouldn't say that is all true, tonight his corners and free kicks were dreadful, worse than Westwood dreadful, his passing was very sloppy and on a couple of occasions he went for unnecessary difficult passes when much easier options were available. He has massive potential, but is having a spell where he just isn't performing in the position he fills.

Not really, he just had a shit game. For the position he plays he should be doing a lot more than "winning free kicks" He should be dictating games, pulling strings, but he doesn't. That doesn't make him a scapegoat and he shouldn't be devoid of criticism if he is having a bad spell.

Tuanzebe was excellent. Hourihane was busy and passed it around well, that's about it for the positives. Negatives, Taylor, Nyland, Hogan, El-Ghazi, Hutton and Grealish were dreadful. Hogan and El-Ghazi get a pass as they haven't played much at all this season, but the other 3 have no excuses, Hutton and Taylor will not fit into Dean Smith's style of play as Hutton can't pass and Taylor has to take a touch every time the ball comes near him. As for Grealish, thanks for trying in the last 10 minutes but my word you are quickly becoming a liability, doesn't score, doesn't create, slows the play down way too much when he has the ball. I would drop him on Friday and go with McGinn and Hourihane in the middle. I can already see what Dean Smith is trying to do with this team. I can't wait till he can get some of his own players in

He did the same thing during our poor spell last season, almost like he has been told to draw the foul. He seemed really frustrated yesterday and personally I would have subbed him off Lad has so much talent it's easy to see why he stays on the pitch thoigh

Sensible to loan the kid out. Won't get a great deal on minutes here and his performances for us this season really showed he has missed a year of development.

That was the worst referreing performance I think I have seen. 2 stamps missed, penalty not given, allowing Brentford to kick anyone and everyone. Brentford are a dirty little team when it's not going their way!

I was against it before the season started but seeing how unorganized we are at the back we need his leadership and him being a left sided CB means Chester gets to play right CB.

Yep same here. He made 9 changes, it wasn't working so made decent substitutions. Fair play to Yeovil, they made it as difficult for us as possible.

Ohhh we've got Jackie Grealish Ohhh f##k off Daniel Levy Ohhh Villas going all the wayyyyyy 1.2.3.4

I expect him to sign a new contract more than ever knowing the mirrors reporting history

Reading this thread seems like I am living on another planet. I am certain it has been confirmed by our new owners that Jack is not for sale at any price. Reading some of the posts on here people are still certain he will leave! Would our new owners really make a statement like that and then go back on it 24 hours later?!

Nice comfortable win for an opening game. Hourihane played well, Hutton played well, Grealish had a good first half then strolled the second. Credit where it is due to Bruce, made the right changes at the right times, would have been easy to take Elmo off and switch Adomah to the right side but made the right decision. Only negative for me was Elphick, decent finish but looked way off the pace for me

Jesus some of you are mental... If he's not in the team it's a sign..... If he is in the team it's a sign..... Jack could literally score a goal, grab a fans phone whilst celebrating and get a gif of Leonardo Di Caprio from the wolf of wall street saying "I'm not f@#@%ng leaving". Then score the winner in the last minute and as a celebration get Hutton to tattoo on his forehead "I'm not leaving" Then in the post match interview answer every question as "I'm not leaving" and you would still be sceptical! For the record that's 11/1 request a bet

Phew! I thought something had come out this morning. yeah the one from a few days ago said Spurs made an enquiry but nothing more.

where has Bruce confirmed we are in talks with spurs to sell Grealish? Source?

So a happy united team = promotion? I wish it was as easy as that. I agree we invested heavily and basically gambled on promotion, Bruce failed in that respect. But he didn't cause the financial mess we were in.

Not right now we wouldn't. But Bruce wasn't the one who nearly put us into administration. He isn't to blame for our financial difficulties

Agreed. We were abysmal, but to blame Bruce for the state our club is/was in is just false. For years this club has been run into the ground by poor ownership and management. As much as Bruce has his faults, he united our dressing room for the first time in nearly 10 years.

You can't seriously be blaming our financial difficulties on us losing the playoff final?! Our financial problems were down to Xia being a fraud

I agree to a certain extent.... however the £60m is potentially coming from Man Utd and there is no way Mourinho is giving that much money to a rival in the league and a week for them to sort a replacement. Got deadline day signing written all over it

Hard to score when you keep getting hacked down just outside the box.

personally I don't see anything wrong with what Chester has said. Says that he doesn't think Jack will leave now the new owners have come in and states he believes jack is that good he could play for a top prem team. as a young 22 year old kid if my club captain was saying that about me I would be buzzing.

Hopefully we are purposely showing Snoddy that we need a right winger. The whole bench should just look at him all game with sad faces. ?

In the context of Bruce being our next keeper, that's the important part. 2 viable reasons made in jest.

Surely you can see that was a tongue in cheek comment and not personal