Five Ken McNaughts Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 One of those nights where Jack gets all wrapped up in petty nonsense and never gets his head in the game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Just now, Five Ken McNaughts said: One of those nights where Jack gets all wrapped up in petty nonsense and never gets his head in the game. There was a moment in the first half that summed that up, maybe about 30 mins in He picked the ball up in the middle of our half, carried the ball horizontal across 3 Brighton players before laying off an easy pass to konsa that was an easy pass 10 seconds before without carrying the ball, didn't need to do it, and all 3 Brighton players took a bite at him, gave him a little push a little kick and little nibble, and after he played the ball he stopped and moaned like **** at the ref That was pretty much him tonight 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 We'd be much much better leaving Grealish where he is, and if we must replace Barkley, then replace him with someone like Sanson or Ramsey, or even bring in Nakamba and play McGinn a bit further forward, that is replace him with an actual midfielder, so we don't leave ourselves weak in that area. Need to let go of this idea that we can play anyone as the attacking midfielder as long as they're a flair player, there's a lot more responsibility to playing the position than that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM3000 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 He can play anywhere across the front 3, as soon as we see they have a CM playing wing back he should be on the right side. Even more so after we had an awful start and that wing back got booked, Jack would have had more room over there and that's what we need. Same can be said about West Ham when they tried to double up on him, move him and ruin their plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 2 hours ago, Tom13 said: He hasn't seemed his normal self the last few games. Don't think it's necessarily that he's been marked out of it. He'll be back soon. I said it in the West Ham game he looks like he is carrying an injury. He hasn't moved as much since that game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Last 3 games he has been very average. His touch last night was awful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WallisFrizz Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 6 hours ago, Zatman said: I said it in the West Ham game he looks like he is carrying an injury. He hasn't moved as much since that game Starting to agree. Something is up with him and it is really bad timing for him with the next international break coming up as Maddison, Barnes, Foden and Mount are all in fantastic form and are banging goals in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 (edited) Really thought we weren't a one man team this season. But turns out if you stop Jack you stop Villa. West Ham and Brighton both nullified him and we look hopeless without his influence. Edited February 14, 2021 by villalad21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WallisFrizz Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 5 minutes ago, villalad21 said: Really thought we weren't a one man team this season. But turns out if you stop Jack you stop Villa. West Ham and Brighton both nullified him and we look hopeless without his influence. We’re not a one man team because our defence and gk have been fantastic and we are picking up points. Jack is off it (I don’t think Brighton nullified him, I think for whatever reason he’s not firing on all cylinders) and that has impacted our attack but we are capable of scoring without him being involved, we just have to remember how to do it whilst he recovers his form. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjvilla Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 15 minutes ago, villalad21 said: Really thought we weren't a one man team this season. But turns out if you stop Jack you stop Villa. West Ham and Brighton both nullified him and we look hopeless without his influence Don't know why I'm biting as I see you've been negative in nearly every thread but... 2 games. 2 games is your sample size. I'd say in more games than that this season, jack has been nullified to an extent but the others have stepped up. Like another poster has said, a one man team doesn't defend how we do and have a team spirit like we do. But, keep up your negative campaign. You'll do yourself some damage, eventually. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villa87 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Pressure of making the England team for the Euros starting to unsettle him? He is a class class act and I’m sure he will be back to his very best soon - we need to be decisive and put him where Barkley is in games like last night. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 14 hours ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: I'd try spreading the word here in Aberdeen, but alas Grealish being English doesn't help his cause. They'd hate him by default They love Manure here for Fergie's exploits at Aberdeen. Until her fairly recent passing at the age of 91, my wife’s grandmother, who lived in Fraserburgh was sports mad. She supported Man U entirely because of her beloved Alex. She was quite a formidable lady but stood for my ribbing of her if Man U hadn’t done so well. Only gentle ribbing though, you didn’t push your luck with Grandma Lydia!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouUnastanFren Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 1 minute ago, Mjvilla said: 2 games. 2 games is your sample size. Not really a sample either if they've been specifically hand picked in order to fit the conclusion. Just plain old poor analytical skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Last night I don't think it was anything to do with Brighton stopping him, Jack himself was just extremely shit. Worst I've seen him play in god knows how long. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Coincidence the Messi comments prompted him to develop the touch of a rapist last night? I was in disbelief at what I was seeing Good that we got away with that performance big time, need yet another reaction on Sunday; we generally get one. Our form is so inconsistent atm though which is a worry, gone a bit stale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 7 hours ago, Villa87 said: Pressure of making the England team for the Euros starting to unsettle him? He is a class class act and I’m sure he will be back to his very best soon - we need to be decisive and put him where Barkley is in games like last night. Not really The number of games we've played, corona and teams targeting him And for this "poor" spell - assist vs utd, goal vs Burnley, assist vs West ham, assist vs Newcastle, assist vs Southampton and the Burnley run which would have been goal of the season if he'd have scored - he's still doing things, just not the incredible grealish that we all know he can be 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted February 14, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted February 14, 2021 On 12/02/2021 at 15:19, MaVilla said: mind boggling.... His stats are best in league NOW. Just imagine what they would look like with better players on the end of that lot. Some seriously glaring misses. Another reason why if we can keep him on board, we really could go places if we keep spending on top players. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982am Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 He was deffo below par last night. However, this issue isn't him having an off day, it's his teammates stepping up to take the load. Only Ollie did that last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 I beg that we play Grealish as CAM. He has been doubled up on lately and can't get him on the ball at all. I'd prefer moving to a 4-3-1-2 formation as well compared to what we are doing at the minute sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 I honestly missed the doubling up on him against West Ham and Brighton. They only things they've done differently to every other team is have men specifically man mark Jack and follow him everywhere - both Coufal and Veltman - and Jack hasn't had the answer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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