PaulC Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Delphinho123 said: We’re not improving quickly enough to keep him. Games like tonight are the reason he’ll end up leaving us. We need to have some serious ambition in the transfer market if we’re to keep him I’m afraid. That involves signing a decent forward player to play alongside him and Barkley. yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 (edited) My reasoning that he shouldn't play in midfield because he's better out wide, not only better but one of the players in the league in that positon, and we're better as a team when he plays there, really isn't faulty logic, in fact it's about as logical as you can get and pretty sure it's the logic that Dean Smith has been using in putting Grealish on the left for each of our last ten games, and will most likely continue to use for as long as Grealish is a Villa player. Edited December 17, 2020 by useless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 He could play anywhere on the pitch, problem is other players just aren't at the same level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KentVillan Posted December 17, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2020 It's possible for these two things to be true: Grealish is best wide left. Playing him centrally was the right decision tonight. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 3 minutes ago, KentVillan said: It's possible for these two things to be true: Grealish is best wide left. Playing him centrally was the right decision tonight. Also I think point 2 means he's best wherever the manager thinks he'll be depending on the game/opponent/circumstances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 11 hours ago, OutByEaster? said: Might be 198. This is where I miss having match programmes. Yeah tonight was 198. Palace on Boxing Day hopefully 200. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 There was a period where Jack went center forward / false 9 for about 10 minutes. He fookin looked good there too. I bet he'd dominate games playing in goal too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 I have to say the referring of grealish last few games has been pretty good. He is getting abit more protection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Willard Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 I prefer him in the middle. El Ghazi and Traore had soooo many chances because of that. Playing him on the left gives him less space and easier to defend against as you can try to push him down the touchline as the 3rd player. He'll be back left wing when Barkley is back though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Jack can play anywhere and be class. I think Targett struggled without Jack in front of him. They have built a very good understanding. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 9 hours ago, PaulC said: He could play anywhere on the pitch, problem is other players just aren't at the same level. If we are being honest mate he will never have players around him on the same level while he is at Villa. He’s that good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Back to his off field antics for a second... Twitter blocked the accounts of anyone caught posting that image of him and the woman last week Obviously some legal stuff behind the scenes by Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted December 18, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 18, 2020 I thought he was immense last night, some touches, bits of skill and bursts of pace were next level even by his own high standards. It wasn't a perfect game as he still missed a great chance (one which he made entirely by himself let's not forget) and made the wrong decision once by passing to Anwar instead of shooting, yet he still should've finished the game with a few assists. 9/10 but with aspects of his game still improving. Scarily good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 No crowd is meaning he gets less protection. That Mee foul in the first half is a yellow every day of the week. He's normalised getting clobbered. Absolutely magnificent last night. He's normalised that as well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 6 minutes ago, fightoffyour said: I thought he was immense last night, some touches, bits of skill and bursts of pace were next level even by his own high standards. It wasn't a perfect game as he still missed a great chance (one which he made entirely by himself let's not forget) and made the wrong decision once by passing to Anwar instead of shooting, yet he still should've finished the game with a few assists. 9/10 but with aspects of his game still improving. Scarily good. By his standards, certainly not a 9/10 performance if he doesn't either create or score a goal IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted December 18, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 18, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, lexicon said: By his standards, certainly not a 9/10 performance if he doesn't either create or score a goal IMO. Fair enough, but what if it was, say, me, on the pitch instead of even AEG. Jack could play a perfect game without getting a scoring chance himself but putting 20 on a plate and still not get an assist. Edited December 18, 2020 by fightoffyour 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 28 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Jack can play anywhere and be class. I think Targett struggled without Jack in front of him. They have built a very good understanding. Last night was the best ive seen him in the middle. Makes me believe, like others have said, we should/could go after a top class winger for the left and move him inward. The problem in the past with him in the middle is that he was suffocated. Now with more threats all over the pitch he could shine. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 36 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Last night was the best ive seen him in the middle. Makes me believe, like others have said, we should/could go after a top class winger for the left and move him inward. The problem in the past with him in the middle is that he was suffocated. Now with more threats all over the pitch he could shine. I think with Barkley coming back, Grealish will move to the left. Let's say we don't sign Barkley in the summer and Jack stays. The club have to make a decision on whether to buy two quality wingers and play him in the middle or another Barkley type player and play him on the left. As mentioned, as long as he's on the pitch, I don't care, i just wish we had players who could finish around him as we'd be scarily good.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 2 hours ago, fightoffyour said: Fair enough, but what if it was, say, me, on the pitch instead of even AEG. Jack could play a perfect game without getting a scoring chance himself but putting 20 on a plate and still not get an assist. But that would be a different performance level - he didn't dish up that many great chances IIRC, just the AEG one from memory (might be wrong). It was a 7 for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 2 hours ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Last night was the best ive seen him in the middle. Makes me believe, like others have said, we should/could go after a top class winger for the left and move him inward. The problem in the past with him in the middle is that he was suffocated. Now with more threats all over the pitch he could shine. Depends what happens with Barkley, I guess. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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