MrBlack Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Heard nothing from anywhere, but honestly, it wouldn't surprise me if he was hooked on something. He has historic form for it, and it seems to be a typical thing for true geniuses of their profession to be flawed in some way. Hope it's not true, but on the the other hand, if he doesn't have a career defining injury then it could actually be for the better... maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughable Chimp Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 If he's struggling through an addiction, no way they'd be able to keep this under wraps for this long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Heard again today off a credible source he’s struggling with something, booze/drugs etc. and is in a bad way for something. Argh, just passing on some info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 10 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Unless that credible sauce was Mr D Smith I don't believe it I don’t want to believe it either, but I think he’s an individual in trouble with something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillanousOne Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 3 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: Heard again today off a credible source he’s struggling with something, booze/drugs etc. and is in a bad way for something. Argh, just passing on some info. so much so you had to post it twice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 5 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: Heard again today off a credible source he’s struggling with something, booze/drugs etc. and is in a bad way for something. Argh, just passing on some info. Something is a little off with this so called 'injury' I'm not one for conspiracy theories but this whole thing just feels weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post useless Posted April 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 17, 2021 The idea that he's out because of some sort of addiction is dumb, as if we'd be using in him promotional material and going to the trouble of pretending that he was fit again and taking pictures of him in training, whilst knowing that he was having serious addiction problems, and as if Purslow would be filmed with him at academy games. We'd be a laughing stock and come under serious criticism. If Grealish or any other player was in the kind of trouble suggested and we wanted to keep it quiet initally they'd be hidden away and you wouldn't hear anything from them. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 9 minutes ago, VillanousOne said: so much so you had to post it twice Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted April 17, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted April 17, 2021 7 hours ago, M_Afro said: Foden is top class but he also massively benefits from being surrounded by other class players. The difference I think with Jack is the way he can carry the ball. I have never seen an English player who has such unbelievable close control when running at pace. That’s why he is fouled so often. I would play Foden, Sterling and Grealish if I were Southgate. We would be unplayable. Bellingham would be ahead of Sterling for me, the kids on fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted April 17, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted April 17, 2021 17 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: I don’t want to believe it either, but I think he’s an individual in trouble with something. Yea shin splints, and that's from a credible source . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramshackler Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 If he was struggling with addiction, 100% he'd have been targeted for a test by now, it's literally the way they work. It's nonsense. He just has a very serious chronic condition, the club are trying to manage it but struggling. Nothing more than desperation for him to be fit from both club and player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 I think people worry and get paranoid that he's addicted to something, but don't want to admit that because don't want it to look like they've been taken in by rumours, so pretend that they've 'heard something'. And also an element of them wanting reasurring replies like this one to ease their worries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 I’m not worried or paranoid about anything. I’m merely passing on what I’ve heard from someone I trust. Im inclined to believe it, which is probably the most frustrating thing about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 I think the only thing he’s addicted to is taking the ball past player after player. I think too much is being read into this injury, conspiracies are interesting and get you thinking but I don’t think it’s the case for Jack. I have no insider knowledge of course but it seems unlikely to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 The story in the press earlier in the year was that there are a number of footballers addicted to a substance that isn't banned and/or undetectable in test. Cant remember exactly which, but either way, it wouldn't matter if those players are being regularly tested. As for whether one of them is Jack, it is purely speculation. Just hope he gets back on track from whatever the injury/problem is and smashes it for the last few games of of season. Villa need him, and so do England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 1 hour ago, useless said: I think people worry and get paranoid that he's addicted to something, but don't want to admit that because don't want it to look like they've been taken in by rumours, so pretend that they've 'heard something'. And also an element of them wanting reasurring replies like this one to ease their worries. Listen to Sigmund Freud over here. I don’t believe the rumours as they sound too far fetched but I wouldn’t rule it out completely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post M_Afro Posted April 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 17, 2021 I think it’s highly unlikely that Jack could have performed to the standard that he has if he was suffering from substance abuse. Kid has got shin problems. End of. 100%. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enda Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 I heard today he’s struggling with addiction, purple monkey dishwasher. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 16 minutes ago, M_Afro said: I think it’s highly unlikely that Jack could have performed to the standard that he has if he was suffering from substance abuse. Kid has got shin problems. End of. 100%. Indeed. Just couldn’t happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Afro Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 1 minute ago, briny_ear said: Indeed. Just couldn’t happen. Loved Merson but he is not fit to lace Jack’s boots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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