VillaParkAvenue Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 14 minutes ago, Tom13 said: Jack Grealish is not rapid. As a compromise, maybe Jack is rapid but not **** rapid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillanousOne Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, TRO said: I don't want to labour the point, but all this fitting in to systems, is for the birds.....do other clubs have this problem. Alan shearer once said, "players adapt" to the environment they are asked to play in.....I don't mean play an attacker as a defender of vice versa, that is different....but if an attacker, plays as an attacker, they should be able to adapt, if they are any good.....if they can't, maybe they was misjudged in the first place. I would hazard a guess here, that should you play ASM in any prem league team, his skill set would shine through.....Adama Traore, showed pace at Villa, Middlesbrough and Wolves, obviously improving with age...but his pace was unchallenged. Maybe Bailey, does need a run of games, to be sure. Not sure how your love of ornithology has anything to do with football, unless you are Bill Oddie in disguise? Unless you mean birds custard, which needs a system when fitting into a trifle (tasty). Also not sure what the mystery is about a player who plays the majority of his career as a winger/wide forward, not being played as a winger/wide forward. I agree the mark of a good player can be to adapt, grow, learn, improve, but they need more than a handful of cameos and a very rare start to achieve that. This isn't even about Bailey it applies to any player. I would hope if Bailey got 4-5 starts in whatever system Gerrard is trying to play, he could adapt to it. My points about Smith using wingers to some effect before (appreciate not all the time) was more in reference to us being able to get the occasional result against the big boys, by playing with pace on the break, that doesn't actually require wingers necessarily. At the moment our attacks are slow, ponderous and about as lethal as a Gregg's vegan sausage roll. Edited April 19, 2022 by VillanousOne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 22 hours ago, VillaParkAvenue said: As a compromise, maybe Jack is rapid but not **** rapid. I lower your compromise further and offer " Has a good turn of pace " ? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 23 hours ago, rodders0223 said: He is. He's not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicho Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 I thought he was fast? He looks about a stone over weight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 Looks really poor. Missed an easy chance well created by Watkins, his passing is off, and looks slow. Why is her playing ahead of Buendia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepal_villan Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 Really poor half. Other than the cross at the end looked like a headless chicken out there. Has no clue how to press. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 3 minutes ago, nepal_villan said: Really poor half. Other than the cross at the end looked like a headless chicken out there. Has no clue how to press. Yes which will keep him on second half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermon Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 Really wanted it to come good for him bit just not seeing it yet with him, not sure why he's been so poor. Maybe needs more games n a decent pre season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 Looked very leggy today. Maybe he just needs minutes, but nowhere near the sort of energy we saw in his brief cameos at the start of his career here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 Will look better under a different manager who plays to his strengths Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.Bear Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 On 02/04/2022 at 22:48, R.Bear said: Nothing player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 Improved second half but not good enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 Looked like a 45 year old ex pro in a testimonial game tbh. Not just straight line speed non existent. No balance. No agility. Stiff. Sluggish. His back looks **** tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.Bear Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Nicho said: I thought he was fast? He looks about a stone over weight At least. It's very clear where his priorities lay. Out of shape and useless. 30m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 1 minute ago, Zatman said: Will look better under a different manager who plays to his strengths Mate, i'm heavily biased on this for obvious reasons, but Leons poor form has nothing to do with Manager. He actually looked better in the second half, of the second half. He needs minutes, confidence, and to get up to speed. It's not down to SG that he looks much slower than he is in peak condition and makes some poor decisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 I think we've got to be patient with him. Look how long it took Buendia to get up to speed and he didn't have any of the injury issues Bailey had. Buendia looked so slow and leggy that first month or two. It's clearly fitness. You've seen how rapid he is at previous clubs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdomlahor Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 1 minute ago, R.Bear said: At least. It's very clear where his priorities lay. Out of shape and useless. 30m. no idea what you're seeing here 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepal_villan Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 Did not see one bit of the pace he supposedly is known for. Not sure how we can risk giving him a run of games if he brings next to nil over 90 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.Bear Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 3 minutes ago, abdomlahor said: no idea what you're seeing here The fact that he's clearly overweight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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