Tommo_b Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 5 minutes ago, Fairy In Boots said: If he does well at City Stellar will try and take him to one of the Spanish giants. Money to be made Is Stellar his agency? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 After Jack leaves, for the 21/22 season sky will no longer have a stat called most fouls won, it will become most fouled player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 When’s this damn “medical” being done. Still hope he stays at Villa, imagine we signed JWP as well, we would basically be challenging for the top 4. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted August 5, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted August 5, 2021 6 minutes ago, Tommo_b said: With Buendia and Bailey, we could see some insanely incisive and quick play. As I was telling my boys last night for all Jack’s undoubted ability the one thing he does do (apart from falling over to easily) is to slow down our attacks. What we have now is pure pace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Interesting that according to Sky, we offered him more money than City have. If that’s true, it should put to bed the petty comments around it being money motivated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midfielder Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 19 minutes ago, It's Your Round said: I’m so glad I didn’t waste any money on a Grealish 7 England shirt! I was going to be a skinflint this year (having got the pro version as a treat, never again) and keep last year's Villa shirt as the one for this year, still Cazoo, still Kappa etc. But... Grealish 10 on the back, wrecked it. Can't wear that now! At least there's a lotta choice for us all who wore Grealish 10 shirts this season! I feel sorry for anyone who got the new shirt and in good faith had Grealish 10 on the back, young kids especially. I mean afterall, he attended the kit launch, unnecessary looking back. No point contemplating it now, but still on top of all the little things everyone has said on here about well why this why that, for me, the very day was it before he flew out for mini holiday with the England boys, there was no need for him to even attend for the kit photo shoot. That's something I still can't get my head around. He didn't have to attend, he was on annual leave sort of after England, seemed like an indicator at the time. Leaves a bad taste with me, that. Especially if he knew he was off or likely to be, he could have just stayed on holiday. Unless it was contractual etc. Ah well never mind. So today is the day then. The end of one era, but the post-Jack era will see eleven talismans on the pitch getting deserved spotlights. Jack was the media focus of attention on our team, rarely did I ever see any praise in the press for the at times stellar performances of say Matt Targett especially for instance. A lot of it just got absorbed with the Aston Grealish FC kind of thing. Equal chance to shine for all the other lads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radness Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 7 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said: Interesting that according to Sky, we offered him more money than City have. If that’s true, it should put to bed the petty comments around it being money motivated. That would be worse. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Just now, Radness said: That would be worse. How would it? He wants to win things, and wants to play with the likes of KdB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teale's 'tache Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 9 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said: Interesting that according to Sky, we offered him more money than City have. If that’s true, it should put to bed the petty comments around it being money motivated. Not sure I believe it to be honest, sounds like something Jacks 'team' would leak to try and make him seem less like a money grabber. I'm sure money isn't the only factor in his decision making but it will have been one I'm sure. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 11 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said: Interesting that according to Sky, we offered him more money than City have. If that’s true, it should put to bed the petty comments around it being money motivated. If that’s the case he needs a better agent, unless we offered him £350k / week. Maybe Man City don’t pay silly wages compared to what United and Chelsea probably pay, but I’d expect him to be on £300k / week easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Sky camped out at citeh and Villa hotel trying to try and spot Jack. "We can confirm that Manchester City have not confirmed whether Grealish is having a medical today" clowns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 23 minutes ago, Phil Silvers said: After Jack leaves, for the 21/22 season sky will no longer have a stat called most fouls won, it will become most fouled player. I always thought the way they call it "most fouls won" is praise for Grealish to be honest. They see how clever he is at winning free kicks and how much of an advantage it is, so they've changed up how the stat is categorised. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tommo_b Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, Phil Silvers said: Sky camped out at citeh and Villa hotel trying to try and spot Jack. "We can confirm that Manchester City have not confirmed whether Grealish is having a medical today" clowns. Lol and it rumbles on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, jacketspuds said: If that’s the case he needs a better agent, unless we offered him £350k / week. Maybe Man City don’t pay silly wages compared to what United and Chelsea probably pay, but I’d expect him to be on £300k / week easily. I’d imagine he’ll be on something around £180k at City and at a guess, we offered something nearer to £200k, total guesswork though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, jacketspuds said: If that’s the case he needs a better agent, unless we offered him £350k / week. Maybe Man City don’t pay silly wages compared to what United and Chelsea probably pay, but I’d expect him to be on £300k / week easily. I think it’s BS, got to believe City are offering more. This would be falsely leaked so fans can’t say he’s moving for money as well. Edited August 5, 2021 by nick76 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TheStagMan Posted August 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 5, 2021 My confidence that he will stay is beginning to waver. 1 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post blandy Posted August 5, 2021 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted August 5, 2021 2 hours ago, Rugeley Villa said: Why would anyone boo him or wish him to get injured? He’s helped us get to where we are now, which is a much better position than we were a few years ago. It’s not about money, it’s about him winning trophies and playing at the very top level which probably won’t happen at villa just yet, and he isn’t getting any younger. In an ideal world he’d stay, but he obviously doesn’t want to, so I’d rather him leave if that’s the case. I hope he goes to city and is a success. People need to realise City are one of the glamour clubs now and are a very big pull. Also I remember City pre oil money and they were a big club then with a very loyal fan base . I prefer the City of old , but all this talk of them being a plastic club makes us look bitter . Unfortunately they got lucky and we never . Them and Chelsea have gone to the next level. 100% this, Ruge. At the end of the day, football is now a billion dollar plus industry with the sporting side of it a sort of add on. Players like Jack they have (if they're lucky) a 10 year window to do their career at the top level. He's been brilliant to watch and follow through the ups and downs of Villa's last 6 or 7 years since he burst into the side. Worth the admission money on his own. He is and always will be a Villa fan, but he's also an employee and also a sportsman who is both ambitious to validate his talent with medal, to play for England and to play with the other superstars - the stuff kids dream of. None of that, not one bit of that is really a negative, or anything to slag anyone off for. He's also had the massive bonus of playing for the club he clearly loves. Leaving will no doubt be a mixed thing for him - he gets a better chance of medals and a chance to work with a revered coach and maybe improve his game further - to make the most of his talent. Equally like @Awol said the other day, he's broken the magic in doing so and broken the connection (for now) to Villa. So many people are seemingly all angry and wound up with him because of what he represented and was - he was the kind of living ideal of all the fans, absolutely "one of us", but out there on the pitch doing brilliant things. We should remember his kindness to people too - to all the kids at Acorns and all the stuff he did but didn't have to - donations, shirts all kinds of stuff for Villa supporting kids and people. Yes he's done some daft stuff too - careless driving, getting lashed in Marbella - so he's human like us. Normal like us. And as for Man City - yeah, they're a club that has always had decent support and supporters, and sure they've attracted a new generation of fans through all the Oil money and sports-washing, and some of them are proper whoppers, but equally the Club itself has kept to its roots as far as possible with community stuff and regenerating the area and all that. They're a mix of old school proper fans and plastics, but it's just sport. Next level in terms of the money side, like you say. If NSWE's masterplan comes off we could be a version of them (without the human rights problems) in not too long, and doing what they do. We've had 10 years (more if you count his time developing) out of Jack, we've got 100 million quid on top of that, too. Like you I wish him well as long as he's not playing against us. No hard feelings, but a bit of disappointment. 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 I think he enjoys the attention especially during the euro’s and thinks he can become the next messi/ ronaldo , he’s more likely to be the next Beckham though as I can’t see him scoring 20+ a season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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