TRO Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 9 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: I honestly don’t think he will be. Injuries, rotation, playing more of a team game etc. and he won’t be the same Jack he was at Villa. Plus he’ll carry on getting fouled a lot. I have a suspicion you could be right.....He will be different under pep, how different, I am not sure, heard they want him as a No8, thats Gundogan's shirt.....We'll have to see, but who cares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 1 minute ago, ben1505 said: You still hopeful that he'll stay? Of course. He's still a Villa player and we just signed Bailey and Ings on the same day. He might decide he still wants in on this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 7 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: I’d be flabbergasted. He’s gone mate! He was as good as gone a while back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eliseav Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 1 minute ago, Stratvillan said: This is stream of consciousness stuff. The comparison to previous players is always a difficult one. Yorke was magnificent but tainted this because he is a word removed. But he looked magnificent even surrounded by good players. McGrath was and is supreme. He was so much better than really good players around him, he was on a different level. Part of my love for him was his flawed genius stuff. Grealish is imo one of the best players in Europe. He has given us some amazing goals, rotherham and the derby goal from the corner, I'll remember for years. He has looked so much better because he has been surrounded by lesser players. I'll be genuinely interested how he progresses, I love him as a player and will watch him and his career . On one level I want him to be a success, on another I want him to fail. I don't know which level on the stages of grief I'm at yet. Very much so McGrath was just on another level. Jack is the only player I’ve felt like since macca when watching him I just felt we always had a chance because he was there. At this point I really don’t think I’ll be able to watch him again but he’s just so good to watch it’s heartbreaking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 I'm sure I read he's already signed an agreement with City I don't think there's any turning back for him now. What wouldn't surprise me though is if he returned to us at some point in the future, there are some that don't like the pining for our former players but it seems almost inevitable that one day Grealish will return as much as people probably don't like that idea presently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurzel Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 As a Villa fan how shit would you feel tonight signing for another club and moving from your club? Part of me, a very small and smelly part, feels sorry for Jack tonight. Not too sorry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Hopefully in five years time we're in a much better position so other players are less likely to want to leave, that's the only way you're going to stop it from happening, if we ourselves are competing in Europe and seriously challenging for trophies, otherwise any extra talented players we have will want to leave and go somewhere where they can achieve something. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 21 minutes ago, Fairy In Boots said: If you forgive you’ve basically play into his hands, the pr firm him they have are counting on fans getting lazy to swallow the crap the comes out. He’s buggered off for more money and easy wins for medals, they bank on fans getting apathetic and that’s why these players get away with it. It’s good to be a militant fan base it lets players know to treat the club with respect or they will get shit. Jack has remained professional but he sold us all a lie last year the only wasn’t even dry and they were discussing this move I'm totally with you in this. I wish for the fans to all turn their backs on him when he next walks out in front of them and boo him each tough of the ball followed by this song - in the loudest voices possible - "You weren't fit to wear our shirt. You weren't fit to wear our shirt". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 (edited) 47 minutes ago, Mantis said: I would. Grealish is gone and you know what? I'm fine with that. He clearly isn't committed to the project so stuff him. We can reinvest that money and improve the team overall. Jack has been the golden boy, who has given us many happy moments, but some of his play was overlooked too, due to his stature with us. I am now looking forward to a more balanced team, moving forward and I hope Dean can give us that. I'd be very interested to hear Deans true inner thoughts on the matter. Edited August 5, 2021 by TRO 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Football is broken, 350 mil net spend not even on bad players to be told you can't compete etc. Etc. I don't know where football goes from here. My guess is as City and Chelsea buy the prem more and more teams won't be able to catch up until the prem is like La Liga or Serie A or Bundesliga. Boring as shit because there is no parity. There is a 6-0 every weekend and 2 or 3 clubs win 95% of titles. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSmirch Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 We can’t replace the intangible stuff he brought but in terms of the nitty gritty goals and assists we probably have. I’ve got no idea if he’ll be a success there, he’s shown that he can be a bit of an idiot, the price tag certainly won’t deflate the ego. The club better not give him a fawning, arse licking send off either, thanks for a couple of good seasons all the best in Abu Dhabi. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben1505 Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 18 minutes ago, TRO said: He was as good as gone a while back. Why was he training with the team the past few days? Why wouldn't he train in private rather than so publicly if he was already gone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villatillidie95 Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 I've accepted the thing now, and i've made my peace with it. Was in North London today and didn't have internet and didn't bother to check any updates, I was expecting to come home and find the BBC article saying that he had signed a 5 year contract and would join the city camp training tommorow. Instead I came back to find out we had signed DANNY INGS!!! And we seemingly stole him under the noses from spurs, like we did Watkins, who they played hardball with regards to the fee and wages, as seems to be the case today with Ings. So that news really pepped me up and tbh I'm looking forward to beginning the season and looking forward to watch a positive forward thinking team at Villa Park. The romantic in me is saying that its not over till its over with regards to Jack, and he might have a last minute change of heart. But, that seems unlikely, and I am glad I have got closure and have made peace with him not leading us out this year. UTV 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 4 minutes ago, TRO said: Jack has been the golden boy, who has given us many happy moments, but some of his play was overlooked too, due to his stature with us. I am now looking forward to a more balanced team, moving forward and I hope Dean can give us that. Yes, we should move on and focus on the positives. Grealish is just another player now, there is nothing special about him anymore. We have great owners, as well as an excellent manager. I will put faith in Deano creating a great team. Onwards and upwards. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 I can't imagine walking away from Villa now of all times. We are at the precipice of something special. He's a Villan, ancestrally. We offered him a huge raise too. He might live to have deep regrets about leaving. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Villarocker said: F**k him, he's a sly fox. Spouting all that crap about his club and his city. He wouldn't leave now, just 2 years back in the PL, if he was a true fan. He'd take us back to the top. I hope Matty Cash splatters him all over the Trinity Road stand when he faces him at Villa Park. That 5 year contract ....If his camp insisted on a buy out clause last season after the failed Man U bid..... it was an arrangement imo.....He gets his exit to his liking and we get a huge wedge. so last season was just a charade and this move was semi arranged/ hanging around, all along. Not moaning at £100 mill.....but just thinking this has been on the cards for some time. Our view of him has been manipulated. Edited August 5, 2021 by TRO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 5 minutes ago, ben1505 said: Why was he training with the team the past few days? Why wouldn't he train in private rather than so publicly if he was already gone? PR...He wanted an easy exit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Just now, TRO said: That 5 year contract ....If his camp insisted on a buy out clause last season after the failed Man U bid..... it was an arrangement imo. so last season was just a charade and this move was semi arranged/ hanging around, all along. Not moaning at £100 mill.....but just thinking this has been on the cards for some time. Our view of him has been manipulated. Yep, looks like one big lie as he wanted hig big money move to make him plenty of £s. I knew he was a fraud. When he was out injured he was always pictured sat up in the stands with his feet up on the seats in front of him. I used to shout at the TV "Oi, Jack. If you love the club so much take your f**king feet off the seats, it's disrespectful". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 4 minutes ago, maqroll said: I can't imagine walking away from Villa now of all times. We are at the precipice of something special. He's a Villan, ancestrally. We offered him a huge raise too. He might live to have deep regrets about leaving. I think he will.....but £300,000 x 52 x5 = £ 78,000,000 Maybe he won't....his career is Guaranteed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villastine Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, TRO said: That 5 year contract ....If his camp insisted on a buy out clause last season after the failed Man U bid..... it was an arrangement imo. so last season was just a charade and this move was semi arranged/ hanging around, all along. Not moaning at £100 mill.....but just thinking this has been on the cards for some time. Our view of him has been manipulated. Looks that way. If there was a release clause then he's stuck to his end of the bargain. All the rest is bull anyway. We've plenty of local boys signing youth contracts every other year. The club promise them and their Parents the world. A few years later we release them with no notice and no body cares about them. Not good enough or lucky enough to make it. Dreams crushed. Football is a ruthless business. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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