Vive_La_Villa Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 1 minute ago, mickjacobjr said: Great to see him liking the clubs pics on Instagram in the last few mins on the drive to Manchester shows he is a total hypocrite can’t have it both ways Jack He’s training with Villa mate. Plus it’s social media team doing that bollocks. Not him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 2 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: FWIW, I think the club and the player have handled this terribly. Why the f*** was he given 3 weeks off at the end of a Euro's tournament where he played a couple of matches? Why weren't we discussing his future 3 weeks ago and signing players in that period when other clubs knew we didn't have one hundred million pounds burning a hole in our pocket? Why did we feature him in a kit launch which probably resulted in thousands of kids getting 'Grealish' printed on the back of their shirts? Those kits are ruined now and they're not exactly cheap...Massive error on behalf of the club. If the club knew he wanted out, this is all fair criticism. There are a few possibilities, I think We knew he wanted to go, and we mishandled it enormously. He told us he'd stay and then backtracked, in which case he's a dickhead, but the club didn't want to hold him to ransom when we had a good offer He was on the fence, and we gave him some time off to make up his mind, which is...nice, but slightly ill-judged? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston_Villan4 Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 8 minutes ago, Stratvillan said: I may be in the minority then! I don't think he's been disrespectful or a snake. I think he's decided to move on for his career, which differentiates him from a fan. I certainly disagree but that's noble of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Salad Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 You have to figure how disgusted his teammates are as well if he ultimately goes. I am sure some strong bonds have been formed there and even though they may understand on a certain level why he wants to go, they have to be irritated with him on why he is bailing now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickjacobjr Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Just now, Vive_La_Villa said: He’s training with Villa mate. Plus it’s social media team doing that bollocks. Not him. He is meant to do his own social media don’t think he has a team if he is training with Villa why the hell is he training with us when he wants out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 1 minute ago, Killeen30 said: I’ve not posted on here in some time. I’ve seen some shitty comments in the topic over the last few hours, but this is the worst post I’ve ever read on Villa Talk. You should be ashamed of yourself. I think you've misunderstood (which is perhaps my fault) It was in reference to the conspiracy theory that JLS was an insurance scam. Not the accident. With hindsight it was a daft post by myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston_Villan4 Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Just now, Davkaus said: If the club knew he wanted out, this is all fair criticism. There are a few possibilities, I think We knew he wanted to go, and we mishandled it enormously. He told us he'd stay and then backtracked, in which case he's a dickhead, but the club didn't want to hold him to ransom when we had a good offer He was on the fence, and we gave him some time off to make up his mind, which is...nice, but slightly ill-judged? For 3 I wouldn't say ill-judged. According to rumors we did everything we could to sway him. There's only so much you can do before a person just needs to be alone to make up his own mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 47 minutes ago, nick76 said: Speak for yourself Indeed, me and nick with everything else Me and Nick on Jack staying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taxahunter Posted August 4, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted August 4, 2021 35 minutes ago, DJ_Villain said: That was against a club that he hates and for the club that he supposedly loves… I couldn’t imagine, as a Villa fan, what it might feel like to have a stadium worth of Villa fans booing at me… It would definitely hurt… Wouldn't that just feel like a day on VillaTalk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinRichardsonsMoustache Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Practical question: How much is Grealish on a week on his current contract? Does his departure make things a little better on the FFP front (in terms of wages)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston_Villan4 Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 1 minute ago, Big Salad said: You have to figure how disgusted his teammates are as well if he ultimately goes. I am sure some strong bonds have been formed there and even though they may understand on a certain level why he wants to go, they have to be irritated with him on why he is bailing now. Or they were already privy to the idea of him leaving. Knowing him so well I'm sure some of them knew he wanted to leave. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 4 minutes ago, rubberman said: There wasn't a bid till Friday? If there is a very reachable release clause in the contract of a world class player, you absolutely need to be wary of him leaving at any point during the transfer window. Featuring him in a kit launch was daft and then the whole open air training stuff down on London was just plain weird. Like I say, both Club and Player have handled this poorly. Jack more than the club. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbdrum88 Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Anyone at all thinking maybe jack is actually holding this up, I mean if we've said we want 100 million, Jack's happy with terms, but still turning up to training, maybe just maybe it is him. He's seen the progression, the signings, the plan on one hand he is a massive villa fan and wants to lead and be part of it all on the other he has his want to prove himself at a much higher level. Maybe everyday he's playing with mcginn making him laugh, speaking to Dean, he's dragging his heels not knowing himself. Just an outside of the box thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 It’s not the club’s fault if Jack decides to leave after protracted negotiations. Perhaps he gave assurances that later changed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted August 4, 2021 Moderator Share Posted August 4, 2021 7 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: Why the f*** was he given 3 weeks off at the end of a Euro's tournament where he played a couple of matches? Why weren't we discussing his future 3 weeks ago and signing players in that period when other clubs knew we didn't have one hundred million pounds burning a hole in our pocket? On the time off - it’s the law and also contractual and PFA agreed. The other stuff- the club was doing and planning for the possibilities. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Put me in the camp that it’s better for our transfer dealings for this to have dragged out until the end of the window. Assuming the powers-at-be knew Jack was off a few weeks ago, they could begin getting the ball rolling on our business without our feet held to the fire by Leverkusen, etc. I think it was the smart play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 As I said in a post yesterday much as I hate MC, as they stand for everything wrong in football at the moment, footballers have a short career and I don’t blame JG for wanting to win trophies and earn much more money. All this talk of booing him and he’s a snake is pathetic. He stayed with us through a very difficult period for the club and let’s not forget Spurs were trying to get for £15m not many years ago so he could I guess have pushed through a transfer then. I thought he would go next season not this but so be it. Just because he plays for the club he supports does not mean he has to commit his entire career to Villa. We need as a club to remove our reliance on one player and £100m really helps in building a much better squad to do that. I suspect that the club have known this was a likely outcome hence the signings we have made and are looking to make. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chindie Posted August 4, 2021 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2021 He's not a snake, he's gone about this reasonably professionally. For that reason I'm not in the boat for him getting any more vitriol than any opposition player. But that's just it. He's now just some other player that doesn't play for us. It's disappointing that he's kinda thrown the goodwill away for more money (when he's already an obscenely rich man) and some bought silverware. He's had something very special, and whilst it wouldn't mean as near guaranteed medals as this does, he's still got a lot of great things from it, and he cashed in on it. But he's sold that now. And he's gone to one of the worst places he could have, a oil soaked PR machine. Sucking Satan's piece for some silver. But that just means he's like every other player. He's not special. He's just a talented product, a tool. He'll be marketed as their Beckham figure. He'll be marketed as a world beater now. He'll be on Pepsi cans. He'll start for England. Because he wears a pale blue rag now and will get some oil stained trinkets, and sleep on an even bigger pile of gold than he does already. Good for him. Bye. Some nice memories, thanks. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YLN Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 2 hours ago, YLN said: Has something actually happened? The sky sports article is the same as it has been the last 2 days So no I think is the answer here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
string28 Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Just now, Delphinho123 said: If there is a very reachable release clause in the contract of a world class player, you absolutely need to be wary of him leaving at any point during the transfer window. Featuring him in a kit launch was daft and then the whole open air training stuff down on London was just plain weird. Like I say, both Club and Player have handled this poorly. Jack more than the club. I have to say its strange all of it feels awkward wish he would of just gone friday then we wouldnt have had all the hate like this now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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