nick76 Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 3 minutes ago, Keyblade said: They all get plenty of game time. With his versatility he'd get 20-30 games under his belt. There are positions open all over the front line in that side. They don't even play with a #9 anymore. 1) Game time - but 20-30 with the current players over the two spots, add Jack another player to that mix and it drops to 15-20 games and that’s not guaranteed. That’s if Jack move works for him and he’s top performing. Player moves don’t always work out. Will Jack be happy only playing ~20 games a season? Great training and playing with KDB and under Pep but for 20 games a season. It’s a no-brainer if he’s playing 40+ games a season and winning trophies but otherwise it’s a risk plus game time. 2) Re No.9 - Only because they dont really have one with Aguero always unfit now and Jesus not really clicking in there. Wouldn’t surprise me if they land a striker in the summer. i think it’s all mute anyway, it’s not happening for many reasons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 1 minute ago, nick76 said: 1) Game time - but 20-30 with the current players over the two spots, add Jack another player to that mix and it drops to 15-20 games and that’s not guaranteed. That’s if Jack move works for him and he’s top performing. Player moves don’t always work out. Will Jack be happy only playing ~20 games a season? Great training and playing with KDB and under Pep but for 20 games a season. It’s a no-brainer if he’s playing 40+ games a season and winning trophies but otherwise it’s a risk plus game time. 2) Re No.9 - Only because they dont really have one with Aguero always unfit now and Jesus not really clicking in there. Wouldn’t surprise me if they land a striker in the summer. i think it’s all mute anyway, it’s not happening for many reasons. There's the LW/RW, AM and even FW spot available for him, not to mention the fact that he sees himself as a #8, where De Bruyne has played many times for them. I don't know what it is ($), but all those players seem really happy being rotated like that. Not sure how Jack would see it, but yeah I really hope it doesn't. They're the only English team that can currently tempt him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AV82 Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 He'd like to play for his boyhood club forever and he'd like to play in a star studded team under one of the greatest ever managers. It's that simple. Let's see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 5 hours ago, thabucks said: You’d rather get lowballed than market value and watch him get destroyed under Jose than thrive under pep.. You really do hate Citeh... I’m the opposite Citeh are the only other team I’d tolerate watching him play for... No? Obviously I'd want us to get the most money. I'm saying if they were offering the same I'd hate to see him go to Spurs but I'd hate to see him go to City even more. Tired of them taking our best players over and over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-R Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 10 minutes ago, Mantis said: No? Obviously I'd want us to get the most money. I'm saying if they were offering the same I'd hate to see him go to Spurs but I'd hate to see him go to City even more. Tired of them taking our best players over and over again. Why are you guys talking about Jack leaving again, it's not happening for a while. Grealish here can be like John Terry or Lampard at Chelsea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Pain free and running but hasnt trained with the group. Will leave it until game day to make a decision. if he really is pain free, play him. Absolute no brainer. Break straight after anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 I don’t think he is going to play then. If he’s pain free why hasn’t he been training ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted March 19, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted March 19, 2021 10 hours ago, Dave-R said: Why are you guys talking about Jack leaving again, it's not happening for a while. Grealish here can be like John Terry or Lampard at Chelsea. i don't get why the constant discussion. people talk like he just hops on a bus and signs for utd/city. people forget just how minted we are...it would take 120m to even consider selling, and i just don't see anyone coming close to that 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 2 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: I don’t think he is going to play then. If he’s pain free why hasn’t he been training ? It's a Grealish injury. You know, it's one of those when you tell your missus you will take the rubbish out. You will, and Grealish will play, but it might not happen in the immediate future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko154 Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 I have a feeling that Smith has left us with a bit of hope for him to say he didn't quite make it on Sunday. It reduces the questions on him over the weekend and gives him an extra two weeks to get back fit over the international break. If there was any chance of him playing Sunday he would have been going away with England next week to increase his chance of going to the Euro's. Let's just get him back fit over this international break ready for the run in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 He wont play thats my assumption and then smith will say he didnt train so his fitness wasnt there. At best bench but cant see him playin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 17 minutes ago, Mic09 said: It's a Grealish injury. You know, it's one of those when you tell your missus you will take the rubbish out. You will, and Grealish will play, but it might not happen in the immediate future. Haha ye it's more like, I'm going out for a beer, I'll be back at 8, latest 9pm. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Simon Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 If he's not trained, he's obviously not playing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Maybe Smith is just trying to keep us all guessing and particularly Mourinho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 3 minutes ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: Maybe Smith is just trying to keep us all guessing and particularly Mourinho. Small chance of this.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 31 minutes ago, wilko154 said: If there was any chance of him playing Sunday he would have been going away with England next week I don’t think he’ll play Sunday but I also don’t think the above is true. I’m sure he would have loved to go but he could be back fine on Sunday and Southgate could still have opted to name a squad based on current form and fitness, and he’s missed the last five games. If he IS back Sunday I think he’s just been unlucky with timing. Ideal for him (not us) is he plays Sunday and someone else picks up a knock and he gets the call up. Ideal for us is he gets the rest, but then he likely misses the Euros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko154 Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 11 minutes ago, Adam2003 said: I don’t think he’ll play Sunday but I also don’t think the above is true. I’m sure he would have loved to go but he could be back fine on Sunday and Southgate could still have opted to name a squad based on current form and fitness, and he’s missed the last five games. If he IS back Sunday I think he’s just been unlucky with timing. Ideal for him (not us) is he plays Sunday and someone else picks up a knock and he gets the call up. Ideal for us is he gets the rest, but then he likely misses the Euros. That would be good news for us to be honest. I would like to think theres an agreement with Southgate that although Grealish will be available for Sunday's game he still needs a two week break to fully recover to benefit both Villa for the remainder of the season and England during the Summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Is this the last internationals before he picks the Euros squad? Must be worrying for Jack, Southgate seems like he’ll take any excuse he can to not pick him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Vive_La_Villa said: I don’t think he is going to play then. If he’s pain free why hasn’t he been training ? Guess they're worried about actual contact from flying tackles. I doubt we'll see him until Fulham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 With Bellingham potentially having to drop out due to covid restrictions, there is still a possibility that Jack gets a late call up, especially if he plays our next game. Hoping he's on the bench for it personally, and gets an easy 10-15 minute run out to indicate he's basically back, but will get the benefit of 2 further weeks rest to monitor any reaction to those 10-15 minutes. I'm curious what the injury is and whether it is putting off some potential suitors. Hopefully not something that ends up recurring for the rest of his career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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