Zatman Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 2 hours ago, Demitri_C said: The only good thing about this is seeing grealish shut those forty leeds fans up. Didnt you say he was crap a few posts before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rino8 Posted December 29, 2022 Visiting Supporter Share Posted December 29, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, WakefieldVillan said: That aged well To be fair, he was shocking first half! I posted it after the game. I'm never bothered by City losses, they're essentially playing a different sport Edited December 29, 2022 by Rino8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy54 Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 6 hours ago, will87 said: The first assist for Haaland shows you why he'll never score enough goals, he was clean through and a player of his ability should be slotting it past the keeper but he didn't for a minute fancy it and couldn't wait to square it to Haaland. If some of our players looked up and made the correct pass we would score more goals, instead of going for the "Hollywood goal" Its a team game.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 7 hours ago, Zatman said: Didnt you say he was crap a few posts before Did you watch his first half performance? Did you watch his 2nd half performance? There is your answer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WakefieldVillan Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 7 hours ago, Rino8 said: I posted it after the game. I'm never bothered by City losses, they're essentially playing a different sport No you didn't, it was during the first half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 Jack looked pretty miserable after he missed a couple of decent chances in the first-half, and a diagnosis of a case of the yips was easy to make. The fact that Haaland had missed three chances earlier wasn't going to spoil the fun for the haters, but hey, football has always been more about hate than love, and I was enjoying my hatred of Leeds as well as a strong dislike for the referee, who was pretty lenient with the northern cloggers. Jack looked bright and breezy when he came out for the second-half, and popped up in the centre of the park to intercept an under-hit pass from the guy who was the first to kick him, and instead of trying to go round the goalkeeper, he clinically slid it sideways to give Haaland a tap-in. City never looked entirely secure at the back and they definitely needed a third, and Jack set up Haaland for his second with a simple perfectly weighted pass, and City looked home and dry. Osculation ensued! At this point the referee suddenly remembered which pocket he kept his cards in and started booking players for stuff he'd encouraged previously. Substitute Klich got booked for a foul on Jack, which seemed to upset Gnonto, who for reasons unknown, started shoving Jack, which earned him a booking. So Jack was left to smile all the way to the bathing area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 10 hours ago, will87 said: The first assist for Haaland shows you why he'll never score enough goals, he was clean through and a player of his ability should be slotting it past the keeper but he didn't for a minute fancy it and couldn't wait to square it to Haaland. He made the correct percentage decision 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oaks Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 15 hours ago, delboy54 said: If some of our players looked up and made the correct pass we would score more goals, instead of going for the "Hollywood goal" Its a team game.... Nearly every pro shoots there. He bottled it and Haaland wasn't expecting it nearlt got it caught under his feet. His finsihing is why he wont ever make it at city. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 44 minutes ago, Oaks said: Nearly every pro shoots there. He bottled it and Haaland wasn't expecting it nearlt got it caught under his feet. His finsihing is why he wont ever make it at city. Him getting 2 assists for the world's best striker says otherwise They didn't buy him for his finishing, it wasn't good at villa Pep will love that goal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stevo985 Posted December 29, 2022 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted December 29, 2022 48 minutes ago, Oaks said: Nearly every pro shoots there. He bottled it and Haaland wasn't expecting it nearlt got it caught under his feet. His finsihing is why he wont ever make it at city. This is a strange take. Haaland absolutely was expecting it. He was running and calling for that exact pass. The reason it nearly got stuck under his feet was because it wasn't actually a very good pass by Grealish. Still, choosing to criticise him for doing the right thing in that situation is very strange 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oaks Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 8 hours ago, Stevo985 said: This is a strange take. Haaland absolutely was expecting it. He was running and calling for that exact pass. The reason it nearly got stuck under his feet was because it wasn't actually a very good pass by Grealish. Still, choosing to criticise him for doing the right thing in that situation is very strange Its easy to say its the right thing because it ended up as a goal. He has no confidence in his shooting. 2 assists and 1 goal this season (less than Dougie) is excactly why he's struggling at city to say it isnt is just silly really. Foden, Silva and Mahrez all shoot and probably score there and its why Jack plays against Leeds rather than Madrid or Liverpool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 1 minute ago, Oaks said: Its easy to say its the right thing because it ended up as a goal. He has no confidence in his shooting. 2 assists and 1 goal this season (less than Dougie) is excactly why he's struggling at city to say it isnt is just silly really. Foden, Silva and Mahrez all shoot and probably score there and its why Jack plays against Leeds rather than Madrid or Liverpool. The problem for your take here is that the worse you rate his shooting ability, the better the decision to pass it was. If he 'has no confidence in his shooting' (maybe!) then clearly passing it to the world's best finisher was a good plan. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oaks Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 8 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: The problem for your take here is that the worse you rate his shooting ability, the better the decision to pass it was. If he 'has no confidence in his shooting' (maybe!) then clearly passing it to the world's best finisher was a good plan. Well its the same really. The lack of confidence or ability in his finsihing means it was the right thing to do but also shows his short comings. He has 4 premier league goals for City and most of them wins of over 5 goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Oaks said: Nearly every pro shoots there. He bottled it and Haaland wasn't expecting it nearlt got it caught under his feet. His finsihing is why he wont ever make it at city. Absolute nonsense, the pass was the right decision. It turned a tricky one v one with the keeper into an open goal, and the man to his left was the best goal scorer in world football at the moment. No brainer to pass there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 42 minutes ago, Oaks said: Its easy to say its the right thing because it ended up as a goal. He has no confidence in his shooting. 2 assists and 1 goal this season (less than Dougie) is excactly why he's struggling at city to say it isnt is just silly really. Foden, Silva and Mahrez all shoot and probably score there and its why Jack plays against Leeds rather than Madrid or Liverpool. And that's why it's a bit bizarre to criticise someone for giving a team mate a tap in The liklihood of Haaland scoring from the pass is higher than any player on the planet taking the shot on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oaks Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 8 hours ago, villa4europe said: And that's why it's a bit bizarre to criticise someone for giving a team mate a tap in The liklihood of Haaland scoring from the pass is higher than any player on the planet taking the shot on And why he has 4 premier league goals in a season and a half at city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 24 minutes ago, Oaks said: And why he has 4 premier league goals in a season and a half at city. But he wasn't a goalscorer at villa Its a bizarre stick to beat him with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oaks Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 8 hours ago, villa4europe said: But he wasn't a goalscorer at villa Its a bizarre stick to beat him with Scoring 14 in 2 previous seasons i dont think double figues playing for the best team in the country isnt unrealistic, but you're right creation is his forte and 5 assists isn't excatly pulling up trees either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 Creating for arguably the best striker in the World - who does Grealish think he is ffs? Will never make it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 1 minute ago, bobzy said: Creating for arguably the best striker in the World - who does Grealish think he is ffs? Will never make it. I always want my players to take lower percentage shots. For example if you're on a break 4 vs 2 don't do that passing stuff. Just slap it in from 40 yards. These players nowadays. Gutless. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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