villalad21 Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 Had a good game against Chelsea. This guy ain't flopping. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pas5898 Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 (edited) Such a remarkable talismanic player, we correctly built the team around him. We had to, he was so good. Now he's gone, our team in particular look so much more well rounded. Mcginn and Ramsey unleashed and causing absolute havoc. Ings dropping deep working hard, Watkins being Watkins and harassing CBs. And just to top things off we have Bailey, Buendia, Traore and El Ghazi so we can revert to a 4.3.3 or a very attacking 3-5-1 As @Olof82Mellberg4 said, this has worked out well for all parties. We are a much better outfit this season. Brand JG10 gets a few extra followers, he will win things at a soulless city and obviously will now start every game for England. Edited September 25, 2021 by pas5898 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyhota_avfc Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 (edited) Not that it even matters, but found it interesting nonetheless. He’s obviously still got friends on the squad and is happy to see Villa doing well Edited September 25, 2021 by jimmyhota_avfc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewieGriffin Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 I think long term this will work out well for all parties... City's style is fairly slow at times and they enjoy a lot of possession, so a player like Grealish is great for them - technical, great in small pockets of space, but is explosive when needed... ... which is a contrast to how we've had our best performances/results under Smith. Press high, dont need much possession, play with pace and hurt them in wide areas on the break - Grealish slowed all that down. We can probably be a more effective version of what Smith wants now without having to find a way to get that to suit our best player not having the ideal attributes for it And finally, Jack will get trophies and a disgusting amount of money. Win, win, win. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DJ_Villain Posted September 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 26, 2021 **** him… Our once in a decade win at Old Trafford and we did it without him… Up the Villa! 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-Carlsen Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 (edited) Ray Charles: Hit the road, jack! And don't you come back No more, no more, no more, no more Hit the road, Jack! And don't you come back No more Bailey's here!! ....could be sung? Edited September 26, 2021 by K-Carlsen 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 We are 100% a more balanced side without him. Not just in terms of our usual style, but we have a plan B, C and even D that doesn't detail our season when he inevitably misses games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 On 25/09/2021 at 10:14, Olof82Mellberg4 said: This is going exactly as I said, feels good to be right. This move was always going to be great for all parties. City are going to win the league, Jack is a regular starter and scoring goals in the CL, Villa are more cohesive team who don't have an over reliance on one player. All the histrionics look really stupid. Also probably opens the door for a return after he's itched his scratch and won everything in a couple of years and Villa are knocking on the door of the top 4. Still room for a romantic narrative there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPower_14 Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 On 25/09/2021 at 23:44, Olof82Mellberg4 said: This is going exactly as I said, feels good to be right. This move was always going to be great for all parties. City are going to win the league, Jack is a regular starter and scoring goals in the CL, Villa are more cohesive team who don't have an over reliance on one player. All the histrionics look really stupid. Great post. I'm still sad he doesn't play for us because he was my favourite player for years, but at this stage I don't think i'd reverse the sale if given the option. We just seem so much more balanced and exciting as a team and we've still barely seen Bailey or Buendia. He can come back and play for us again once his City contract is up, provided he's prepared to play as a wing back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Villain Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 9 hours ago, Keyblade said: Also probably opens the door for a return after he's itched his scratch and won everything in a couple of years and Villa are knocking on the door of the top 4. Still room for a romantic narrative there. Would you go back to your ex after they ditched you for a people trafficking, human rights abuser just because they had a nicer car, house and could afford to buy your ex nicer jewellery? No, bollocks to him… Let him be just like Gareth Barry… That Representative for Wellingborough wanted to come back too, and was waiting for the call that never came… Dont need him anymore… We can beat Man United Let see out the rest of his days playing at Everton and West Brom… 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 1 hour ago, DJ_Villain said: Would you go back to your ex after they ditched you for a people trafficking, human rights abuser just because they had a nicer car, house and could afford to buy your ex nicer jewellery? No, bollocks to him… Let him be just like Gareth Barry… That Representative for Wellingborough wanted to come back too, and was waiting for the call that never came… Dont need him anymore… We can beat Man United Let see out the rest of his days playing at Everton and West Brom… The only player that came back and did really well for us I can remember is Sid. But it will be like Ashley Young and he will want to come back when his career is virtually over, so no point. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Villain Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 Just now, PaulC said: The only player that came back and did really well for us I can remember is Sid. But it will be like Ashley Young and he will want to come back when his career is virtually over, so no point. Precisely… and I’ve said it before, I’m sick of having Man City castoffs when they are past their sell by date… Grealish looked to be far too chummy with Jolson Lescott… That’s the kind of dickhead he likes to associate with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummybloke Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 1 hour ago, PaulC said: The only player that came back and did really well for us I can remember is Sid. But it will be like Ashley Young and he will want to come back when his career is virtually over, so no point. Staunton did quote well for us just to add. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted September 27, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted September 27, 2021 2 hours ago, DJ_Villain said: Would you go back to your ex after they ditched you for a people trafficking, human rights abuser just because they had a nicer car, house and could afford to buy your ex nicer jewellery? No, bollocks to him… Let him be just like Gareth Barry… That Representative for Wellingborough wanted to come back too, and was waiting for the call that never came… Dont need him anymore… We can beat Man United Let see out the rest of his days playing at Everton and West Brom… aside from the scorned boyfriend reason you cited (which i'm not ashamed to admit is a major reason for me not wanting him back too) it would also mean that we haven't progressed if he ends up back at us in 3/4 years in a few years time i'd hope we're buying 100m players ourselves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 3 minutes ago, tomav84 said: aside from the scorned boyfriend reason you cited (which i'm not ashamed to admit is a major reason for me not wanting him back too) it would also mean that we haven't progressed if he ends up back at us in 3/4 years in a few years time i'd hope we're buying 100m players ourselves In 3/4 years time Jack will be at his peak so it would show we have progressed if we sign him then 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 Hopefully in a few years time Jack will want to come to us because we qualify for the CL every season and Man $hity dont because they have a new manager because they cant afford Peps signings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 One could argue Villa are playing better without 'he who shall not be named', we have deserved to win or get something from all the games we have played so far. It is continued improvement as far as I'm concerned. A fit Bailey is also going to make a big difference. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lexicon Posted September 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 27, 2021 24 minutes ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: One could argue Villa are playing better without 'he who shall not be named', we have deserved to win or get something from all the games we have played so far. It is continued improvement as far as I'm concerned. A fit Bailey is also going to make a big difference. He was like stabilisers and we were the bicycle - we're growing up finally. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 42 minutes ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: One could argue Villa are playing better without 'he who shall not be named', we have deserved to win or get something from all the games we have played so far. It is continued improvement as far as I'm concerned. A fit Bailey is also going to make a big difference. we look more rounded as a team. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 24 minutes ago, lexicon said: He was like stabilisers and we were the bicycle - we're growing up finally. If Jack cycles like he drives I think we are better off without him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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