Popular Post Stevo985 Posted June 8, 2016 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted June 8, 2016 Selling him now would be completely stupid. Selling him for £5m would be borderline insane. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberman Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 I get the impression that he'll be impressed by the RDM / Clarke combo and that they might be able to get the best out of Jack with a balance of kick up the arse and backing him. I certainly hope so anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 15 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: Selling him now would be completely stupid. Selling him for £5m would be borderline insane. 5 mill is laughable It would be just as bad as when we sold Cahill for that amount if not worse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thabucks Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 3 hours ago, Richard said: me Why would you sell him so cheaply considering his potential ? Especially with the new TV money coming into effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 No reason to sell now. We have an owner who will potentially turn us into a buying club rather than a selling but more importantly than that we have a season in a lesser league to really give him a chance to show what he can do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan_007 Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 If he goes, it'll will cut my last thread of traditional football love that I cling on to. A genuine Villa fan, from a genuine Villa family. A new dawn beginning, and a real chance to roll his sleeves up, get us back up and become a hero. Why wouldn't he want that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberman Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 4 hours ago, villan_007 said: If he goes, it'll will cut my last thread of traditional football love that I cling on to. A genuine Villa fan, from a genuine Villa family. A new dawn beginning, and a real chance to roll his sleeves up, get us back up and become a hero. Why wouldn't he want that? Because money. And playing in the premier league. Why wouldn't he want that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 (edited) Wrong thread... Edited June 9, 2016 by Daweii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 He won't be actively sold, there's no doubt in my mind about that. If someone comes in for him, well, we know how quickly players love to leave Villa. Anyway, yes he's had a very disappointing season but I'm looking forward to seeing what he can do with a competent backroom set-up and (hopefully) new teammates around him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Willard Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Selling him would be mad! I know this will sound daft but it's no coincidence that his best form and link up play were when he was playing with good footballers. Ie Delph, benteke and Gil. He won't flourish if he has to link up with players like Gestede. They don't compliment each other. Sort our defensive problems so we don't have to defend with 11 men behind the ball and play him behind a striker like a Sturridge (a complete footballer) and he will flourish IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante_Lockhart Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Grealish will be Di Matteo's new Dorrans. Breakout season ahoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 9, 2016 Moderator Share Posted June 9, 2016 It'll be largely down to money. We know his greedy agent will be scouring the Premier League looking for a bumper deal. It's then down to the size of that deal and how much Jack wants to play in the Premier League over playing for Villa. I really hope he stays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Jack's posted this picture on his Instagram account, and Twitter peeps are speculating that it's a farewell pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Losing Grealish would be a bad start for the Xia era, and send out the wrong message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 9, 2016 Moderator Share Posted June 9, 2016 I do wonder how much of an effect it has on a player if he posts a relatively innocuous picture like the above, and then the more militant trolls interpret it as a thinly-veiled leaving picture and go on the vicious attack. It wouldn't surprise me if a player, particularly a young player who has had more than his fair share of trolls recently (deservedly or otherwise), turns around and says 'sod this I'm out of here, if that's what the fans think'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunnski Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Meh, he would be easily replaced. If we get an offer of £15m plus and he wants out then get it done asap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 (edited) 23 hours ago, sexbelowsound said: No reason to sell now. We have an owner who will potentially turn us into a buying club rather than a selling but more importantly than that we have a season in a lesser league to really give him a chance to show what he can do. Agreed. Players like Grealish and Traore obviously have shown glimpses of what they can do. Selling either cheap would be silly. If they turn out great, they can lead us to the Premier League. If they turn out to be shit players, we might lose a few million on them - which hopefully is irrelevant with the new owner. The risk/reward of holding on to them leans far more to the reward side of the scale. Edited June 9, 2016 by kurtsimonw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 9 minutes ago, BOF said: I do wonder how much of an effect it has on a player if he posts a relatively innocuous picture like the above, and then the more militant trolls interpret it as a thinly-veiled leaving picture and go on the vicious attack. It wouldn't surprise me if a player, particularly a young player who has had more than his fair share of trolls recently (deservedly or otherwise), turns around and says 'sod this I'm out of here, if that's what the fans think'. It undoubtedly must have an effect on a player, especially for a player like Jack that largely has the experience of just Villa fans (from a club perspective) following his social media accounts. Whilst I've little doubt that fans of all clubs would react largely in the same way, it doesn't necessarily mean that Grealish would see it that way. He may think it's a characteristic of Villa fans only. Having said that, one could argue that having public social media accounts is always likely to yield such results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow1988 Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 2 minutes ago, Bunnski said: Meh, he would be easily replaced. If we get an offer of £15m plus and he wants out then get it done asap. Would you have said this last year prior to Jack remembering that he is actually English? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunnski Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Would you have said this last year prior to Jack remembering that he is actually English? Eh he has shown himself to be an idiot off the pitch and has been crap on the pitch regardless of his international allegiances. He could still turn out to be a good player but to date all I can class him as is a below average player with a shit attitude and that's why I'd take a decent offer for him and replace him with someone more proven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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