villa4europe Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 (edited) Footballcritic (whoever they are) has him as 19th in the world, only salah and Bruno ahead of him from the PL Edit - rashford too he's in 18th Edited December 22, 2020 by villa4europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AV82 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 16 hours ago, Adam2003 said: I agree he has done this but I’m surprised you say you’ve never seen it - I think it’s usually the mark of a world class player stepping up. Cristiano Ronaldo did it, Bale did it. The 5-7 years in the gym as a professional start to pay off for those who really want it. That’s the difference with him this season for sure. To be fair I've never followed anyone's development as closely as I have Jack's which certainly skews it, and we've never had a tendency for developing younger players into full PL stars. Naively I've really never considered pace a trainable skill, you have either have it or you don't -- so it's great to see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted December 22, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 22, 2020 To me, Jack is invaluable. I wouldn't sell him at any sane price (with current owners we don't have to). We blew 130 million the other year. If we sold Jack for that, we might just end up with a couple good players, but they would never bring us what Jack brings us. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 6 hours ago, MotoMkali said: There was never an arguement for him being better than ziyech let alone grealish. Havertz benefited from playing in a very high scoring league with very good and very fast players around him like diaby and bailey. Diaby and Bailey started 30 games between them last season, Havertz was carrying that team for the last 2 seasons. Havertz would be probably the best player in the Premier League if he didnt have a clown for a manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 anyway Jack should be happy with 59 he is in good company, the only complaint would be Rashford at 41 and Firmino at 43. Firmino has gone backwards rapidly in the last 18 months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 10 minutes ago, Zatman said: Diaby and Bailey started 30 games between them last season, Havertz was carrying that team for the last 2 seasons. Havertz would be probably the best player in the Premier League if he didnt have a clown for a manager Look Havertz is good but he isn't grealish. Or Fernandes or De bruyne or Salah or even ziyech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdman Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 4 hours ago, AVTuco said: To me, Jack is invaluable. I wouldn't sell him at any sane price (with current owners we don't have to). We blew 130 million the other year. If we sold Jack for that, we might just end up with a couple good players, but they would never bring us what Jack brings us. Absolutely priceless and irreplaceable purely because hes a Villa fan! And then on talent alone there are very few players in world football with his particular skill set. We could sell him for 300m and I would still be miserable. Just have to cherish these times and hope we can lift silverware with him as captain! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidlewis Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 3 minutes ago, birdman said: Absolutely priceless and irreplaceable purely because hes a Villa fan! And then on talent alone there are very few players in world football with his particular skill set. We could sell him for 300m and I would still be miserable. Just have to cherish these times and hope we can lift silverware with him as captain! Hopefully the board and he recognises the benefits of staying rather than leaving. It’s so important we win the next few games because I do feel we will try and drive forward the league position this year with a Jan signing. if we keep moving forwards Jack won’t go anywhere 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 9 hours ago, villa4europe said: Footballcritic (whoever they are) has him as 19th in the world, only salah and Bruno ahead of him from the PL Edit - rashford too he's in 18th does that mean Rashford is above De Bruyne? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 17 minutes ago, a m ole said: does that mean Rashford is above De Bruyne? Yep... De Bruyne, kane and son were all in the 20s, grealish 19, rashford 18, Fernandes something like 15 and salah 2nd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Villain Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Quite possibly the most exciting, creative attacking player I have ever seen in a Villa shirt... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Now and then I watch a highlight vid of Grealish on YouTube and all I can think is I hope we're all still wanking him off in 10 years. We'll never replace him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 I remember having a bet with my brother who is a Spurs fan that Jack would be better than peak Christian Eriksen (who was incredible to be fair to him). This was between 2016-18, when we were still in the Championship so you can imagine I sounded silly. Looking like a safe bet now I'd say. He'll have it wrapped up by the end of the summer I imagine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkiller1981 Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Usual lazy journalism as play again today I see. Jack is a brilliant player and playing well so he would of course want to give up being captain of his boyhood club to move to Manchester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thug Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 I’m not afraid of losing him in the transfer market, because I’m confident our board recognise his value not only on the pitch but also for the limelight he brings on the club. We would match any wage any other club would offer him. My biggest fear is another assassination attempt like Livermore’s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Willard Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 (edited) I'm not panicking at all. He signed a new deal 4 months ago. If he goes it'll be a price that our owners and Dean are happy with which would be ALOT of money Edited December 23, 2020 by Lord Willard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted December 23, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 23, 2020 2 hours ago, punkiller1981 said: Usual lazy journalism as play again today I see. Jack is a brilliant player and playing well so he would of course want to give up being captain of his boyhood club to move to Manchester just had a quick look...just the rags reporting it seemingly. we know he'll go eventually, i'd be amazed if it's in jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TrentVilla Posted December 23, 2020 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2020 No way Jack is leaving in January. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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