Dodgyknees Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Southgate won’t drop him through, he now has marketing value for England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rightdm00 Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Zatman said: They weren't boring but they had so much attacking weapons including that little Argentinian guy. He tried similar at Bayern and City and its boring to watch and not effective in Europe Have to agree with the original poster. The Tikka takka era of football made for extremely boring viewing. Spain's World Cup win versus the Netherlands springs to mind . Thank God Klopp and gegenpressing came along. Definitely changed football for the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 5 minutes ago, Rightdm00 said: Have to agree with the original poster. The Tikka takka era of football made for extremely boring viewing. Spain's World Cup win versus the Netherlands springs to mind . Thank God Klopp and gegenpressing came along. Definitely changed football for the better. I remember Spain in 2012 and it was dire as didnt play a striker. Possession for the sake of it. Probably what Lambert picked up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Ouch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Emile Smith-Rowe, Jarrod Bowen could both be looking for a place in the WC squad. Greal-hiss just doesn't look the same player, he's running around in little circles on the left-side, checks back when receiving the ball and when he does take someone on he loses the ball. Maybe next season he'll fit better being an automaton, but then Guardiola is supposedly leaving them soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 His game now appears to be 90% of one touch backward passes or a couple of touches and a backward pass. What a **** waste. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Just switched over. Very good run from him there to be fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 10 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Just switched over. Very good run from him there to be fair. Agreed, done nothing before that apart from miss a chance he should’ve taken. Does a run he’s famous for, for the first time and gets a great free kick, it’s not rocket science yet Man City haven’t let him do it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinRichardsonsMoustache Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 You can see he’s having to actually think when he’s moving off the ball. Might be that Pep makes him better positionally, but I just don’t think either of them are clever enough to achieve it. His team mates don’t trust him yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 5 minutes ago, KevinRichardsonsMoustache said: You can see he’s having to actually think when he’s moving off the ball. Might be that Pep makes him better positionally, but I just don’t think either of them are clever enough to achieve it. His team mates don’t trust him yet. Yeah have said a few times, genuinely never thought Man City suited his game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinRichardsonsMoustache Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 I wonder what he;’s thinking about when he doesn’t have the ball? ‘I’ve really got to prove my worth when I get it’ ’Is Pep watching?’ ’Where do I need to stand now?’ ’I need to look happy when my teammates score without me’ ’What do I look like when I’m on camera’ ‘I wonder if I’ll meet a woman with big norks this evening? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvonVillain Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 1 hour ago, avfcDJ said: Southgate won’t drop him through, he now has marketing value for England. Totally infuriating, and I felt a bit of a dig at Villa fans, for Southgate to suggest a few months back that Grealish was a much more confident, rounded player now he's at City. Really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Starling is twice the player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 1 minute ago, AvonVillain said: Totally infuriating, and I felt a bit of a dig at Villa fans, for Southgate to suggest a few months back that Grealish was a much more confident, rounded player now he's at City. Really? Crazy isn’t it, shows that no matter the form, playing for a “Rich club” means you get more recognition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Zatman Posted January 15, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 15, 2022 1 minute ago, villalad21 said: Starling is twice the player Oh Clarice 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 It's Pep not Grealish. Give Grealish the role he had at Villa, let him pull fouls and you have a player, but it's not gonna happen at man City. he's just another player in that squad, shame really, but earning 350k a week he'll personally still know his worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 (edited) 2 minutes ago, foreveryoung said: It's Pep not Grealish. Give Grealish the role he had at Villa, let him pull fouls and you have a player, but it's not gonna happen at man City. he's just another player in that squad, shame really, but earning 350k a week he'll personally still know his worth. You mean play no tactics and just vibes football? If Grealish doesn't have the footballing iq to adapt and take on board what Pep is asking he isn't a top player. Edited January 15, 2022 by villalad21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dodgyknees Posted January 15, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 15, 2022 2 minutes ago, villalad21 said: You mean play no tactics and just vibes football? If Grealish doesn't have the footballing iq to adapt and take on board what Pep is asking he isn't a top player. If Pep can’t bring a player in and let him do what he does best, he isn’t a top manager. 7 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Just now, avfcDJ said: If Pep can’t bring a player in and let him do what he does best, he isn’t a top manager. Well he is because the proof is in the pudding but it shows that he has flaws. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 2 minutes ago, villalad21 said: You mean play no tactics and just vibes football? If Grealish doesn't have the footballing iq to adapt and take on board what Pep is asking he isn't a top player. If he can't play the way he has for all the time he was with us, people need to chill out, cause he ain't gonna adept overnight to Pep's hot potatoe tactics. Grealish can run with a ball, they are his qualities, if he can't do that, it's gonna take at least a season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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