Keyblade Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 3 hours ago, The Fun Factory said: I think the status of international football nowadays is underlined by the fact that 2 of the top 4 best sides in the world are managed by former Middleborough and Wigan Athletic managers respectively. Both of which have been relegated. If either were linked to Villa, it would be horrifying which is crazy to think about. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 It's sort of ideal for us he didn't play yesterday. He proved himself the match prior to that getting a MOTM. Then he was dropped and England looked kinda meh apparently. All this happened while he was carrying a knock and could use a rest. Now he got rested, so it's a win win for us. Personally I hope he remains on the bench against Denmark as well. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 If Mount played for Villa and Grealish for Chelsea... who would’ve started? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 6 minutes ago, Tommo_b said: If Mount played for Villa and Grealish for Chelsea... who would’ve started? Grealish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Fun Factory Posted October 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2020 9 minutes ago, Tommo_b said: If Mount played for Villa and Grealish for Chelsea... who would’ve started? Maddison 4 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 13 hours ago, MotoMkali said: That isn't how the England manger position works. You have to be a crap yesman manager to get a look in Smith wouldn't. Sure, I get your meaning, but I don't think it's like it was back in the day. They certainly don't like a manager with any controversy and Smith certainly falls into that category. I think, with the type of football he likes his teams to play, he could potentially be a really successful coach at national level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry'sboots Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 43 minutes ago, sheepyvillian said: with the type of football he likes his teams to play It would certainly be a bit different to watching Gareth's kick and rush! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted October 12, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 12, 2020 Anyone seen any info on Jack's injury? How worried should we be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, AVTuco said: Anyone seen any info on Jack's injury? How worried should we be? Not worried at all, more precaution. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Hopefully Grealish doesn't play against Denmark on Wednesday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 12, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 12, 2020 12 hours ago, Tommo_b said: If Mount played for Villa and Grealish for Chelsea... who would’ve started? Grealish would have 30 caps if he had been at Chelsea for his whole career 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: Hopefully Grealish doesn't play against Denmark on Wednesday... I don’t want him to start so he’s fresh for Saturday but I’d be happy to see him get a few minutes just so it means he is not carrying an injury! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Yup indeed.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry'sboots Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 I know most people on here probably won't be a fan of Adrian Durham on Talksport but I loved this piece: https://www.caughtoffside.com/2020/10/12/video-england-arent-going-to-do-anything-without-jack-grealish-pundit-slams-southgate/ Says what most Villa fans, and probably the majority of non-Villa fans, are thinking I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 what a load of bollocks this article by Nick wright of skysports https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12016/12101756/mason-mount-justifies-inclusion-over-jack-grealish-as-england-beat-belgium. Guess Grealish can only keep performing at the very high level he has and its up to Southgate whether he wants to select Mount over him Could cost him his job eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouUnastanFren Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 8 hours ago, PaulC said: what a load of bollocks this article by Nick wright of skysports https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12016/12101756/mason-mount-justifies-inclusion-over-jack-grealish-as-england-beat-belgium. Guess Grealish can only keep performing at the very high level he has and its up to Southgate whether he wants to select Mount over him Could cost him his job eventually. The most annoying thing about all this is that Mount and Grealish could very easily play together and there would be room if we played 4-3-3 instead of this 5-2-1-2 abomination. Sadly though, a very soft penalty, a very deflected shot and 5 bad misses by Carrasco have meant that our outcome-oriented, nonanalytical media are describing this as "vindication" for Southgate and his flawed system. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 8 hours ago, PaulC said: what a load of bollocks this article by Nick wright of skysports https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12016/12101756/mason-mount-justifies-inclusion-over-jack-grealish-as-england-beat-belgium. Guess Grealish can only keep performing at the very high level he has and its up to Southgate whether he wants to select Mount over him Could cost him his job eventually. all that does for me is confirm that southgate is a dull safe defensive manager, for a team that hasn't got a good defence, and is more interested in not losing than he is in winning and that the misconception that jack is lazy off the ball is further up than just souness and mount was in on the right because Sancho has had his bum slapped, how does Sancho's work rate and press compare to mounts? or sterling's on the left, or rashfords?? makes me wonder what southgate's next bullshit excuse will be 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 One of Villa fans (who’s usually pessimist) said that we praise Jack because we like him. Then I’ve said in the group, who would you swap him with at Villa? For me I don’t think I will get any English player if it meant him going the other way round. If you’d like to know what you really think, you just need to answer a question like that. Even other teams who think their players are the best, just ask them would you take Jack? Then they’ll start looking at it differently. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow1988 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 On 08/10/2020 at 17:12, avfc1982am said: FFS, do you honestly think middle aged men give a flying f*** about Jack's hair, his socks being down etc. Not at all. Most middle aged blokes have get better things to worry about, like living. There have been far more flamboyant players than Jack over the years. I think if you said the majority of his criticisms were from less skilled ex players, who couldn't hold a torch to him and are jealous of his attributes and the attention he is getting, that would be more to the point I think. Yes I do. It gives them a preconceived idea of what type of person/player that he is. The fans of the club are different because they've seen nearly every minute of his senior career and know exactly what type of player he is, but for pundits (both less skilled and middle aged ), I think that they have this preconceived idea of him. I heard a comment on a podcast recently refering to Souness' comments on Grealish being a player that doesn't work hard enough and the guy there said "that's complete and utter nonsense, he's been the most fouled player in England for the last few years and you can't be that unless you're working hard to get on the ball". Why does Souness think this? It's because he looks at Grealish and sees his appearance first, and that automatically says bad egg in his mind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdman Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 3 hours ago, sparrow1988 said: It's because he looks at Grealish and sees his appearance first, and that automatically says bad egg in his mind. This is what I dont get because to my mind he's the most normal looking footballer! No tattoos, normal hair, bit of stubble. What stands out for people? Could be his graceful Rolls Royce style of play which is somewhat effortless. People see that and assume lazy luxury player I suppose. But how can you be so thick to assume without actual study?! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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