Popular Post Panto_Villan Posted September 19, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 19, 2021 3 hours ago, gwi1890 said: Most definitely, despite how good we were last season our style of play this season is unrecognisable from last, he didn’t outgrow us we outgrew him, and once again I post in this stupid thread I think this is taking historical revisionism to a whole new level. He left because we were too good for him? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 37 minutes ago, Panto_Villan said: I think this is taking historical revisionism to a whole new level. He left because we were too good for him? Oh yawn Im bored of talking about him now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 19 minutes ago, gwi1890 said: Oh yawn Im bored of talking about him now And yet…… 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 58 minutes ago, Panto_Villan said: I think this is taking historical revisionism to a whole new level. He left because we were too good for him? Really we ought to have paid Man City to take him off our hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calcifer Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 He is just a poor man's Bailey! This time next year we will be saying Jack who! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 19 hours ago, calcifer said: He is just a poor man's Bailey! This time next year we will be saying Jack who! Next week with any luck 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 21, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted September 21, 2021 On 18/09/2021 at 20:01, gwi1890 said: So we win 3-0 and this becomes the most bumped thread? Seem we have more Jack Grealish fans here than Villa fans You're blaming the Grealish "fans" for it getting bumped when we won, but it was clearly people mocking Grealish as a result Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 21, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted September 21, 2021 The revisionism in here is actually hilarious. "He wasn't that good" "Glad he's gone" "We're better without him" Turn it in lads 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 6 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: "We're better without him" Remains to be seen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 21, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted September 21, 2021 21 minutes ago, Tomaszk said: Remains to be seen... It's kind of irrelevant though. Yeah we might end up better without him because we buy lots of new players and develop as a team and eventually become better. But can anyone really say with a straight face that not having Grealish is better than having him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Stevo985 said: It's kind of irrelevant though. Yeah we might end up better without him because we buy lots of new players and develop as a team and eventually become better. But can anyone really say with a straight face that not having Grealish is better than having him? Devastated when he left. It hurts but I think we're probably better off with the FFP assistance and Bailey, Ings + Buendia yeah. Would I have chosen that option? Not in August when I thought he was staying no. Anyone saying he was overrated or stuff like that is just kidding themselves. That's OK though, people have different ways of confronting it. It's been unpleasant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 21, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted September 21, 2021 15 minutes ago, Tomaszk said: It hurts but I think we're probably better off with the FFP assistance and Bailey, Ings + Buendia yeah. Buendia would have signed anyway, Smith confirmed it. And yes when you put it like that then it could work, but purely in terms of the player a team is always going to be better with a player like that than without. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 2 hours ago, Stevo985 said: Buendia would have signed anyway, Smith confirmed it. And yes when you put it like that then it could work, but purely in terms of the player a team is always going to be better with a player like that than without. I’ll have to agree with you there. I was adamant before he left he was absolutely world class and would improve literally any team in football. I have no love for the silly haired, glass shinned, lockdown breaking little Love Island contestant wannabe anymore, but he’s an astonishingly gifted footballer. I’ll reserve the right to be hypocritical about my feelings about Jack the individual, but I’m not even going to pretend our team is somehow better off without him in it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Olof82Mellberg4 Posted September 25, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2021 This is going exactly as I said, feels good to be right. This move was always going to be great for all parties. City are going to win the league, Jack is a regular starter and scoring goals in the CL, Villa are more cohesive team who don't have an over reliance on one player. All the histrionics look really stupid. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStagMan Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 48 minutes ago, Olof82Mellberg4 said: This is going exactly as I said, feels good to be right. This move was always going to be great for all parties. City are going to win the league, Jack is a regular starter and scoring goals in the CL, Villa are more cohesive team who don't have an over reliance on one player. All the histrionics look really stupid. Yeah, he is still a floppy haired, glass shined tw@ though. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 Had a good game against Chelsea. This guy ain't flopping. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pas5898 Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 (edited) Such a remarkable talismanic player, we correctly built the team around him. We had to, he was so good. Now he's gone, our team in particular look so much more well rounded. Mcginn and Ramsey unleashed and causing absolute havoc. Ings dropping deep working hard, Watkins being Watkins and harassing CBs. And just to top things off we have Bailey, Buendia, Traore and El Ghazi so we can revert to a 4.3.3 or a very attacking 3-5-1 As @Olof82Mellberg4 said, this has worked out well for all parties. We are a much better outfit this season. Brand JG10 gets a few extra followers, he will win things at a soulless city and obviously will now start every game for England. Edited September 25, 2021 by pas5898 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyhota_avfc Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 (edited) Not that it even matters, but found it interesting nonetheless. He’s obviously still got friends on the squad and is happy to see Villa doing well Edited September 25, 2021 by jimmyhota_avfc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewieGriffin Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 I think long term this will work out well for all parties... City's style is fairly slow at times and they enjoy a lot of possession, so a player like Grealish is great for them - technical, great in small pockets of space, but is explosive when needed... ... which is a contrast to how we've had our best performances/results under Smith. Press high, dont need much possession, play with pace and hurt them in wide areas on the break - Grealish slowed all that down. We can probably be a more effective version of what Smith wants now without having to find a way to get that to suit our best player not having the ideal attributes for it And finally, Jack will get trophies and a disgusting amount of money. Win, win, win. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DJ_Villain Posted September 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 26, 2021 **** him… Our once in a decade win at Old Trafford and we did it without him… Up the Villa! 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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