JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 5 hours ago, Lord Willard said: He does get fouled alot, he has brilliant feet and balance. Up there with the best. This is a massive and unfair comparison but the greats like Messi and Ronaldinho is they get hacked at and they bounce off the foul and keep striding forward. They ride the challenges. If he could keep striding forward the gaps for others open up massively. Where he can pick a pass or shoot. We know he can do it. Where TF has this Grealish been this season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 (edited) He has talent no question, but that talent needs to be harnessed to the team to create Effect....at present he is not Effective enough. I guess Jack is on Deano's agenda to work one on one and get some dedicated coaching, when the time allows. He is not as bad as some say, and not as good as some say either. He has better ball control than any other midfielder and that alone is not in abundance in our team, so he has to stay in the team....He has to WORK his way back in to form. The amount of issues in the team may be affecting him.....We are missing Terry, Snodgrass and Johnstone.....all very influential on our overall, last season. Edited October 26, 2018 by TRO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 (edited) Had a good game tonight I thought. Got into more attacking areas and had some decent efforts on goal. If he keeps these kind of performances up he'll be a real asset for us. Edited October 26, 2018 by Brumstopdogs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Was our best player by a mile again today. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Jack, the man who has to drop 80 yards to pick the ball up off his back four because none of them can even think about passing into a midfielder without shitting the bed......and then someone also has to be the man to provide the "cutting edge in the final third" Feel sorry for the guy tbfh. Still wish he would bang some shots off sooner though tbf. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poitier Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Noticeable that he was moving the ball a lot quicker, his best game for some time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Exellent game i thought. Much better from him. He need to build from this performance. Goals will come if he keep playing like this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 4 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: Jack, the man who has to drop 80 yards to pick the ball up off his back four because none of them can even think about passing into a midfielder without shitting the bed......and then someone also has to be the man to provide the "cutting edge in the final third" Feel sorry for the guy tbfh. Still wish he would bang some shots off sooner though tbf. My dad text me toward the end of the game and said "Grealish would be a good Premier League player given he would have better players around him. Dropping too deep for the ball" - basically spot on. He needs to stop doing it. Just stay further up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 put in the perfect cross from a free and Kodjia was off side and he still **** up the header the least of our problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Terrific non stop performance all over the pitch from him tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted October 27, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted October 27, 2018 Much more like it last night. Definitely getting into the box more on instruction, and showing more drive and conviction. The goals will start to drop in for him soon, I don’t recall him ever scoring a tap in, but I’m sure that will come now he’s getting in the box more. I find it incredible how every week he is allowed to be hacked down at every opportunity, but I love that it doesn’t faze him. The one from Joel Lynch last night was f**king criminal!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyp Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 15 hours ago, TRO said: He has talent no question, but that talent needs to be harnessed to the team to create Effect....at present he is not Effective enough. I guess Jack is on Deano's agenda to work one on one and get some dedicated coaching, when the time allows. He is not as bad as some say, and not as good as some say either. He has better ball control than any other midfielder and that alone is not in abundance in our team, so he has to stay in the team....He has to WORK his way back in to form. The amount of issues in the team may be affecting him.....We are missing Terry, Snodgrass and Johnstone.....all very influential on our overall, last season. I think he is eriksen-lite in many ways. Great feet and balance. The shot that went just wide last night from just outside the box - he needs to take positions like that up more often. Not the most confident striker of a ball. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 We rely on him for pretty much everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Afro Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 I am glad that Smith made a point last night of asking for more protection for Jack. He gets kicked out of the game every week. We are just so apathetic about everything at Villa. We just accept rubbish referee performances. We need to crank up the pressure in a subtle way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 15 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: We rely on him for pretty much everything. He is the go to player.....but that equally highlights the shortfalls in some of the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Jack is back. He has been pretty poor this season and i think deservedly got a bit of stick because his attitude didn't look right, but last night he was great. Long may it continue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 46 minutes ago, M_Afro said: I am glad that Smith made a point last night of asking for more protection for Jack. He gets kicked out of the game every week. We are just so apathetic about everything at Villa. We just accept rubbish referee performances. We need to crank up the pressure in a subtle way. When Terry and Snodgrass was on the pitch last season he was much more protected but we have no leader now to jump in refs face asking for cards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holteend1982 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Thought he played really well last night, that volley that was blocked was going in and very unlucky on the free kick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stegzy Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Was absolutely amazing last night. He had 96 touches and a 97% pass completion rate. welcome back Jack. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Also had more shots in the game than any other player including both teams (SIX). Smith is already getting more out of him and getting noticable improvement to his play! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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