KentVillan Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 16 hours ago, Stevo985 said: I really find this sort of opinion amusing. Apart from liking some nights out, is there any evidence that Grealish doesn’t look after his fitness? I know through an ex Villa player that he likes a very regular drink throughout the season, and parties fairly hard in the off season. Not saying he’s the wild man sometimes portrayed. I don’t think the Gazza, Merson, etc comparisons are at all appropriate. But to retire in your late 30s, you usually need to take extreme care of your diet and nutrition, and he definitely isn’t living like that. That’s part of the charm, though, and he’ll still be a decent player into his early 30s I’d imagine, unless he picks up a bad injury. A few on here engaging in spiteful wishful thinking. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Nobody on here knows how much he drinks, how often he drinks so I find it amusing that people use that as a reason his career will last. Fact Is modern footballers carry on playing well Into their mid 30s at a high level and i bet some of them enjoy a night out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 31 minutes ago, PaulC said: Nobody on here knows how much he drinks, how often he drinks so I find it amusing that people use that as a reason his career will last. Fact Is modern footballers carry on playing well Into their mid 30s at a high level and i bet some of them enjoy a night out. Maybe not, but it’s pretty obvious he drinks more than your average top flight pro. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted February 10 VT Supporter Share Posted February 10 Jacks never been to America, but he’s been in some states 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Simon Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 3 hours ago, JPJCB said: If you were asked to pick out who you thought might be the biggest drinker in the squad, who would you choose: the guy who drinks for 72 hours straight at the victory parade and has to be carried out his front door to the next event, or someone else? Oh, so one big documented sesh because they won the treble, (or whatever they were celebrating), results in this... 5 hours ago, LondonLax said: The amount of alcohol he drinks will undoubtedly have an impact on his health. That’s one aspect of his lifestyle we know about for certain. ... it's **** mental. "Amount of alcohol" - we have no idea how much he drinks. "We know about for certain" - You're killing me! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 He seems to be getting less and less game time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Master Splinter with all that bench riding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishywashy Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 (edited) Another 87th minute cameo. Started 6 prem games all season. What a career that's been thrown away. Edited February 10 by wishywashy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted February 10 VT Supporter Share Posted February 10 I think he'll push for a move in the summer. I suspect he'll also accept a pay cut as that's preferable to sitting on a bench. Yes, I might be wrong before everyone piles in, but I think he will. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishywashy Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 4 minutes ago, sidcow said: I think he'll push for a move in the summer. I suspect he'll also accept a pay cut as that's preferable to sitting on a bench. Yes, I might be wrong before everyone piles in, but I think he will. Put in a £35m bid for the hell of it. Mostly as we need homegrown academy players for Europe and ESC transfer slots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Grealish might be happy picking up his massive wages for another 3yrs and decide to stay put. Hasn’t he also just signed another lucrative sponsorship deal too? Those deals would dry up if he weren’t at City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 2 minutes ago, theboyangel said: Grealish might be happy picking up his massive wages for another 3yrs and decide to stay put. Hasn’t he also just signed another lucrative sponsorship deal too? Those deals would dry up if he weren’t at City. Those deals will also dry up if he stops getting minutes for City and England. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 In that cameo he seemed to be half a yard off the pace of the game. He doesn’t move the ball on at the pace Man City want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPJCB Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 1 hour ago, Don_Simon said: Oh, so one big documented sesh because they won the treble, (or whatever they were celebrating), results in this... ... it's **** mental. "Amount of alcohol" - we have no idea how much he drinks. "We know about for certain" - You're killing me! Of course we don’t know how exactly much he drinks. But we are allowed to make educated guesses from numerous (not just one) high profile drinking related incidents throughout his career 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 10 VT Supporter Share Posted February 10 3 hours ago, KentVillan said: I know through an ex Villa player that he likes a very regular drink throughout the season, and parties fairly hard in the off season. Not saying he’s the wild man sometimes portrayed. I don’t think the Gazza, Merson, etc comparisons are at all appropriate. But to retire in your late 30s, you usually need to take extreme care of your diet and nutrition, and he definitely isn’t living like that. That’s part of the charm, though, and he’ll still be a decent player into his early 30s I’d imagine, unless he picks up a bad injury. A few on here engaging in spiteful wishful thinking. There’s no denying he likes a drink. but that’s not just what people are talking about. People are saying he doesn’t look after himself in general. Apart from liking a night out every now and then I see no evidence of that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewiek2 Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 (edited) His old man will probably push for his lauded move to Spurs in the summer so he can finally play with his boyfriend Maddison. Edited February 10 by stewiek2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Just now, Stevo985 said: There’s no denying he likes a drink. but that’s not just what people are talking about. People are saying he doesn’t look after himself in general. Apart from liking a night out every now and then I see no evidence of that It’s more that to stay in the top flight into your late 30s you need to be extremely serious about looking after yourself, to an extent that would seem unhinged to your average punter. There’s no sign at all that Grealish lives that kind of life. Nowadays even one night a week on the beers is disrupting your training / recovery enough to put you at a disadvantage. The fact Grealish was caught on a heavy bender mid-season (a few days before a match) to the point he wasn’t even allowed into a venue, and was then dropped for a game … in his late 20s … doesn’t point to an elite level of professionalism. I’m not saying at all that his career is just going to nosedive, but I think he is going to find it increasingly difficult when he turns 30, and will either have to make some lifestyle changes or lower his ambitions. More of a Rooney decline than a Gazza decline, if that makes sense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 7 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: There’s no denying he likes a drink. but that’s not just what people are talking about. People are saying he doesn’t look after himself in general. Apart from liking a night out every now and then I see no evidence of that It's actually to the contrary, there's plenty of evidence that he has a PT who travels with him on holiday so he's boozing on the night and then flushing it out the next day, he's also got access to city's medical team and facility, the one thing he has got going for him is that everyone knows what he is and he'll be on a programme and diet that works around it I'm not saying he's Ronaldo but at the same time the extent of his drinking is grossly exaggerated on here as is his lack of care 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvonVillain Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 On 06/02/2024 at 16:12, maqroll said: He'll be sold to Spurs or Toon. Or Madrid. Newcastle. Nailed on. Another 'Michael Owen' type signing, with probably the same kind of success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvonVillain Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 20 minutes ago, JPJCB said: Of course we don’t know how exactly much he drinks. But we are allowed to make educated guesses from numerous (not just one) high profile drinking related incidents throughout his career It isn't an 'educated guess' though mate is it, how could it possibly be? It's just a guess. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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