Genie Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 22 hours ago, Zatman said: Where? Nobody is watching Man City for Kalvin Phillips a bang average clogger and Grealish 15 minutes of fame as a superstar is over Reminds me a bit of some of the Chelsea signings like Sidwell and Barkley… nobody felt they were good enough at the time either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted December 25, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted December 25, 2022 21 minutes ago, Genie said: Reminds me a bit of some of the Chelsea signings like Sidwell and Barkley… nobody felt they were good enough at the time either. Barkley wasn't even good enough for Villa in a relegation fight let alone playing Champs League. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 15 hours ago, villa89 said: Don't you need a certain amount of home grown players in your champions league squad? Plus buying a couple of English internationals will stop the media turning on you and making you the villains in any title race. Grealish and Phillips were squad fillers and they just had to pay the English premium. Would have been the same if they signed rice and Maddison. Yeah it does seem that way. But this has a impact in the English national team. Neither player has really featured or done much. If city keep destroying english players uts gonna have a knock on effect on our national team. Grealish was looking veey goid for ebgland when he was under us now he looks average to shite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 26, 2022 Author Share Posted December 26, 2022 13 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Yeah it does seem that way. But this has a impact in the English national team. Neither player has really featured or done much. If city keep destroying english players uts gonna have a knock on effect on our national team. Grealish was looking veey goid for ebgland when he was under us now he looks average to shite Thats not on City thats on the players for going there and Southgate for picking them because they play for City In the last 18 months for example Jacob Ramsey has done more at club level than these 2 and has got nowhere near the England squad, could say same for a few others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Demitri_C said: Grealish was looking very good for england when he was under us now he looks average to shite Southgate doesn't rate grealish at all, he only plays him to try to avoid criticism. Doesn't matter what club jack plays for under Southgate he'll be a non event at international level. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 26, 2022 Author Share Posted December 26, 2022 18 minutes ago, villa89 said: Southgate doesn't rate grealish at all, he only plays him to try to avoid criticism. Doesn't matter what club jack plays for under Southgate he'll be a non event at international level. He doesnt rate either Grealish or TAA and calls them both up for that reason. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 5 hours ago, Zatman said: He doesnt rate either Grealish or TAA and calls them both up for that reason. Think that may very well be true in Trent's case but is not true in Grealish's case. England have a lot of strength in the players wide of the striker, they can't all start every game. Grealish got brought on in every game in the WC IIRC, hardly what you'd expect from a player that the manager has only taken for the benefit of keeping journalists quiet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Villain Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 On 26/12/2022 at 09:02, Zatman said: Thats not on City thats on the players for going there and Southgate for picking them because they play for City In the last 18 months for example Jacob Ramsey has done more at club level than these 2 and has got nowhere near the England squad, could say same for a few others Everything is on City… Our relegation, our losing our place in Europe, pretty much every captain or player we have had that has broken into the England squad… Its all their fault… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a-k Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Miles off the pace today, but nah it's the ref's fault Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Villain Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 29 minutes ago, a-k said: Miles off the pace today, but nah it's the ref's fault **** ‘em… Not a fanbase in the world that deserves misery more than them… Every single one of them… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Their fans have become exactly what they hated man utd fans for being. The irony is delicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Haaland.. great player but they were functioning must better as a team when they had a false 9.. also Gabriel Jesus and Sterling were more effective than Mahrez and Grealish and should not have been sold. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 18 minutes ago, dudevillaisnice said: Haaland.. great player but they were functioning must better as a team when they had a false 9.. also Gabriel Jesus and Sterling were more effective than Mahrez and Grealish and should not have been sold. Time will tell but they have Alvarez as well who is a bit special. I think they would give up the lesgue title if they can win the champions league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 5 hours ago, a-k said: Miles off the pace today, but nah it's the ref's fault Didn't they have 11 minutes added on for a second half that only had one goal and Man. City not making any sub until 87th minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinebro Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 9 hours ago, dudevillaisnice said: Haaland.. great player but they were functioning must better as a team when they had a false 9.. also Gabriel Jesus and Sterling were more effective than Mahrez and Grealish and should not have been sold. Like when Ronaldo scored all the goals for United last season or United with Nistelrooy. I think goal poachers are amazing and very talented but I do think they come with a cost for the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted January 1, 2023 Moderator Share Posted January 1, 2023 13 hours ago, DJ_Villain said: **** ‘em… Not a fanbase in the world that deserves misery more than them… Every single one of them… 13 hours ago, Pissflaps said: Their fans have become exactly what they hated man utd fans for being. The irony is delicious. I have friends who are City fans, from before they were what they are now. The first quote is so wrong in so far as it applies to them...but...the younger, newer fans, yeah. I mean you can delight in a mate whose team after decades of being garbage suddenly supports a side which is bloody good, and their joy at this unexpected reward. On the other hand, there are an awful lot of nobbers who have latched on to City, when previously it would have been Chelsea or Man U, or Arsenal, or Liverpool. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted January 1, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 1, 2023 pep should be sacked on the spot if he fails to win the league with that team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a-k Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 10 hours ago, VillaChris said: Didn't they have 11 minutes added on for a second half that only had one goal and Man. City not making any sub until 87th minute. To be fair, there was a stoppage of about 5 minutes due to a lino's audio equipment problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 At this point last season they had 2 points more. They are hardly doing terrible and will probably still win the league. Arsenal are playing out of their skins though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Villain Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 4 hours ago, blandy said: I have friends who are City fans, from before they were what they are now. The first quote is so wrong in so far as it applies to them...but...the younger, newer fans, yeah. I mean you can delight in a mate whose team after decades of being garbage suddenly supports a side which is bloody good, and their joy at this unexpected reward. On the other hand, there are an awful lot of nobbers who have latched on to City, when previously it would have been Chelsea or Man U, or Arsenal, or Liverpool. Not when they are the same team that essentially signed your own club into relegation over a period of 10 years… **** em… If someone tells me they are a Man City fan, I tend to not acknowledge them as even being human anymore… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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