TRO Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 (edited) 42 minutes ago, Robbie09 said: This is where I’m at - i was gutted when Gidman, Gray etc moved on but it is different with Jack as he’s one of us. If he does go then we move on. so was I.....but we went on to better things. We have no choice, we have to move on...but is it so hard to make a decision?..... the procrastination, is doing our preparations no good...and Jacks reputation. Look, I know players want to win things, but look at how many clubs and players don't....their life style is on another planet. If you told Jack that he would be paid what he is now, when he was 18, he would have said, " that'll do for me" I don't want anymore. He can fulfill all his dreams with us.....how can anyone be certain Man city will win the trophies, folk predict......nothing is certain in football...and Chelsea has already had a big say on that. Who could forsee, Villa winning the league and going on to win the Euro cup.... Happiness and contentment is something money alone can't buy. Ps I was close friends with Andy when he left and he said to me will you be coming to Wolves, he provided "players lounge" tickets every match at Villa.....I said "No And, I am a Villa fan first and an Andy Gray fan second" He said I know, and we parted amicably. thats how I feel about Jack,now, but I don't know Jack intimately, like I did Andy. Edited July 27, 2021 by TRO 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 I still don’t think he’ll leave but if he does, then my love of him will disappear overnight. He’ll have the same kind of status as someone like Barry (Gareth, not Fry) and I’ll join the thousands of fans that criticise him for being a greasy diving cheat. He’s got the chance to be Villa’s greatest legend. I hope he can see that for what it is and make the right choice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 I wonder whether City possibly getting in trouble again meant they accelerated things by offering silly money to get it done now. Hopefully it will get sorted quickly either way when Jack comes back to training. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted July 27, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted July 27, 2021 22 minutes ago, Okonokos said: If he stays then great. If he's off then he can do one. All the "My Club" stuff would have been nonsense all along and I'd sincerely hope he never wins a single trophy in his career. Either way, VTID. I just don't get this attitude and all these kind of posts really annoy me. He's shown commitment and loyalty WAY beyond any other player in the modern era. He could and really should have left many times before. I won't begrudge if he does decide to go and wish him well, it's been an absolute privilege to watch him play these last few years. I am sure he meant what he said but how can you blame anyone for wanting to rise to the very top of their profession and show everyone they are the best there is by playing at the highest level. I don't think he's going and I pray to go he isn't but he'll go with my best wishes. He's proven over and over again what this club means to him. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okonokos Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 3 minutes ago, ThunderPower_14 said: He's going to be wealthy beyond the wildest dreams of the average person playing for Aston Villa. I don't think it'd be about the money. I think Jack would be weighing up playing for one of the biggest clubs in the world, winning lots of trophies at all levels, going deep into the Champions League, locking himself into the England setup for the next decade. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Why sign a contract after a relegation battling season though? Then after a season of huge progression move on? Direct quotes from Jack, “ after I heard the owners plans for the club I had to stay” he clearly see’s and thinks we’re going places or we would have gone every other seasons he’s been linked away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdman Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 6 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Not that simple unfortunately The rumours are generating traffic on social media, that traffic can be converted in to marketing pounds Even if Jack has absolutely no intention of leaving he can let all this guff happen whilst in the background him and his agent can be on the phone to Nike, to nivea, to Hugo boss to whoever else they choose with evidence that the most talked about PL player this summer is Jack Grealish, the most in demand player this summer is Jack Grealish The speculation is great for him even if he's not going You could also make a claim that it's great for the villa too for the same reasons... Very good points. He has over 3m followers on his Instagram now. That has grown very rapidly indeed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 5 minutes ago, Mazrim said: Football needs to get rid of agents asap. Go to Independent FA appointed representatives for those too thick to understand a contract package. They are actual parasites. Why tolerate them? And also, imagine after all the corruption charges Man City are facing, and all the debacle over the ESL, having to hand them our best player and captain? I'm a pretty tough cookie, I can stomach a lot, have been through a lot. But I would struggle with that. I know from our old h&v days Maz how much you detest city - it would be a tough blow to take 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Any player who doesn't play for Aston Villa is effectively competing against us and therefore trying to beat us. Grealish leaving us whilst we're on the cusp of becoming a top team in a few seasons will leave a bad taste. I couldn't care less about him being a Villa fan he's a truly world class player that we need to keep to realise the dream of winning things. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MarkLillis Posted July 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2021 Winning trophies at Man City is meaningless when: 1.You are a Villa fan 2.Your family are Villa 3.Your friends are Villa Who is interested when you win the league for the first time but it’s City’s 4th in 5 years? Not even City fans care…. I just can’t see what’s in it for Jack here…when he wins something at Villa it will surpass anything he can do at City. He could have an Aguero moment here….he can’t do that there. I just can’t see it happening UTV 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
withes_shin Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 (edited) 27 minutes ago, juanpabloangel18 said: I'm guessing you're on of those that boo'd Gareth Barry after giving us 12 years I recall hearing something along these lines when Shay Given left Newcastle for Man City. Someone saying he deserves to go after giving us 12 years loyal service, and his mate counter acting by saying and Newcastle have been loyally depositing £60,000 per week in his bank account for 12 years. Edited July 27, 2021 by withes_shin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoyman Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 I can't even imagine how much of a knob I'd be if I was in Jack Grealish's shoes. Crashing into parked cars and demanding more money every five minutes would only be the start of it 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante_Lockhart Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 2 minutes ago, It's Your Round said: I still don’t think he’ll leave but if he does, then my love of him will disappear overnight. He’ll have the same kind of status as someone like Barry (Gareth, not Fry) and I’ll join the thousands of fans that criticise him for being a greasy diving cheat. He’s got the chance to be Villa’s greatest legend. I hope he can see that for what it is and make the right choice. If he does go then I'll look forward to McGinn going through him when we play City at VP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moustache of Teale Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Okonokos said: Didn't @Pissflapsconfirm that it was his boss (who happens to live next door to Jack) who sold his house? Pissflaps certainly poured cold water on that rumour. Poured something on it anyway. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrim Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 3 minutes ago, ThunderPower_14 said: He's going to be wealthy beyond the wildest dreams of the average person playing for Aston Villa. I don't think it'd be about the money. I think Jack would be weighing up playing for one of the biggest clubs in the world, winning lots of trophies at all levels, going deep into the Champions League, locking himself into the England setup for the next decade. One of the biggest clubs in the world... They're a medium sized club, artificially bloated by the ill gotten gains of successive corrupt regimes. There's nothing special about them at all, and their house of cards is going to collapse soon if there's any justice. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Okonokos Posted July 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2021 (edited) 7 minutes ago, sidcow said: I just don't get this attitude and all these kind of posts really annoy me. He's shown commitment and loyalty WAY beyond any other player in the modern era. He could and really should have left many times before. I won't begrudge if he does decide to go and wish him well, it's been an absolute privilege to watch him play these last few years. I am sure he meant what he said but how can you blame anyone for wanting to rise to the very top of their profession and show everyone they are the best there is by playing at the highest level. I don't think he's going and I pray to go he isn't but he'll go with my best wishes. He's proven over and over again what this club means to him. Has he though? He's been on the verge of leaving 3 out of the last 4 summers. If he does leave for that $hithole of a club then why would I want him to win anything? That would mean wanting them to win something and my hopes for them involve things like liquidation etc. I absolutely will begrudge him a move. He said he was sold on the owner's plans last summer so what's changed since then? Nothing except we've advanced so surely he should be even more convinced by the owners now? If he leaves this summer then I'm afraid he wasn't being honest last year when he said that. Edited July 27, 2021 by Okonokos 9 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 11 minutes ago, ThunderPower_14 said: He's going to be wealthy beyond the wildest dreams of the average person playing for Aston Villa. I don't think it'd be about the money. I think Jack would be weighing up playing for one of the biggest clubs in the world, winning lots of trophies at all levels, going deep into the Champions League, locking himself into the England setup for the next decade. Man City ? One of the worlds biggest clubs ? They are 4th biggest club in Lancashire 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okonokos Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 (edited) Don't mistake having some of the best players in the world currently with being one of the biggest clubs in the world. Two very, very different things. $hitty will always be smalltime. Edited July 27, 2021 by Okonokos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 2 hours ago, Delphinho123 said: it's the £100m question. If there is a release clause, and wants to leave, we're f***** and we'll get around £90-100m. If there isn't a release clause. and he wants to leave, we're probably f****** but we should get around £125-140m (closer to his market value). If there is/isn't a release clause and he wants to stay, happy f****** days. I'd actually be a lot happier if they'd bid £100m already and we'd rejected it. The 'potential' release clause is the absolute killer in all of this and probably only a handful of people in world football know if it exists and what that figure is. If there is a release clause I doubt its 100 million. Percy said it was to protect us from the big clubs. To me that suggests it's at least 120. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 7 minutes ago, Annoyman said: I can't even imagine how much of a knob I'd be if I was in Jack Grealish's shoes. Crashing into parked cars and demanding more money every five minutes would only be the start of it But would you wear furry slippers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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