This annoyed me yesterday, it looks like his main aim is to go down and get a free kick. 100M for someone they don't really need is baffling. Maybe they did get him cause they wanted their own Beckham
Jack Grealish | Man City
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Grealish is a wonderful player and has been very good in almost all the matches he’s played for City. Already made his mark and made the position his own, far «bigger» players have struggled more in the beginning of a new career. And it has to be said, the schadenfreude on here every time he will have a poor game is quite childish and sad, especially as we’ve signed Sancho who has looked like a youth player compared to the former. Ronaldo was dogshit against Villa - what does that mean? Absolutely nothing. Let’s review over a season and see if we still think Grealish doesn’t make City any better, I know where my money is.
No he did not and we'll see how it goes when KdB and Foden are back in shape.
Overrated player, he's not exceptional and 100m quid was highway robbery.
Hakimi had his number all night long - marvelous player.
Hakimi that it, not Becks wannabe
Where was Edgar Davids Beckham when they needed him?
Yeah, fair points
Yeah I guess for that kind of money you want someone who will lead the attack rather than a guy who will be one of a number of talented players. It’s made worse by the fact that they’ve never spent that kind of money on a single player before. It’s the ‘English tax’ though: he wouldn’t have cost that much if he was from another country.
The media love in for him still baffles me tbh. Martin Tyler called cutting inside and trying to curl it into the top corner almost trademark Grealish. Really it was just an incredibly predictable and weak attempt that was very easy to block for those reasons. They usually are for him too. How can a player who scores so few have his own “trademark” goal? 
I think Pep might bench him soon. He's too predictable and City are all about fluidity. Every time he gets the ball he slows it down and does the same move whilst he ignores his teammates' runs around him.
The media love in for him still baffles me tbh. Martin Tyler called cutting inside and trying to curl it into the top corner almost trademark Grealish. Really it was just an incredibly predictable and weak attempt that was very easy to block for those reasons. They usually are for him too. How can a player who scores so few have his own “trademark” goal?
Only 39 career goals, I was recently surprised to discover.
Good pointThe media love in for him still baffles me tbh. Martin Tyler called cutting inside and trying to curl it into the top corner almost trademark Grealish. Really it was just an incredibly predictable and weak attempt that was very easy to block for those reasons. They usually are for him too. How can a player who scores so few have his own “trademark” goal?
We're talking about a football player who gets hyped because he draws fouls. That's what we are dealing with here.The media love in for him still baffles me tbh. Martin Tyler called cutting inside and trying to curl it into the top corner almost trademark Grealish. Really it was just an incredibly predictable and weak attempt that was very easy to block for those reasons. They usually are for him too. How can a player who scores so few have his own “trademark” goal?
You're talking about the most entertaining player in the world. Next Ronaldinho.
I actually thought you was being serious then....
I was as hyped about him as anyone when he was at Villa.
But at City he really does just look one of many, rather than any sort of star player.
Maybe blinded a bit by the dislike of City, but he just seems half the player here.
But at City he really does just look one of many, rather than any sort of star player.
Maybe blinded a bit by the dislike of City, but he just seems half the player here.
They’ll regret making this signing. Never a £100m player and barely a £10m improvement on what they had.
Such an irrelevant signing
This is why I never thought it was a good move for City
He looks exactly the same player, the only difference is that City has other decent players so not every attack goes through him.
Going about as well as I thought it would at City. He's a good player, but very overhyped and City under Pep is a bad fit for him.
Too self indulgent without the productivity to make it worth it. Meh
Agree. City already have Foden, Silva who can do the same. That money should have gone on Kane
They're better as well. They're both way more dynamic and can change the tempo of a game. Grealish doesn't have that in him. He plays the game at walking pace
Generational talent.
He'll need a Pep rewiring for him to truly fit in I think.
Got a nice hair band though.
Seriously what does he do apart from attempting cute passes and stopping the ball? Bernado Silva looks twice the player he is today.
Defensively he is weak. He is not extremely quick and he doesn't make good runs. Never rated him and personally I think we dodged a bullet. Thank god some of the caf members here aren't in the scouting team.
Defensively he is weak. He is not extremely quick and he doesn't make good runs. Never rated him and personally I think we dodged a bullet. Thank god some of the caf members here aren't in the scouting team.
It's like if you took prime Hazard, removed his goal threat, vision and acceleration over 10 yards.
I can't remember the poster who said it but they made a good point about him slowing everything for them by always looking for fouls.
Look at that incredible run that Bernardo Silva made today. Beat 5 or 6 players and set Foden up perfectly. If that was Grealish he would've flicked his leg out at the first or second man and won a pointless free kick in midfield.
Look at that incredible run that Bernardo Silva made today. Beat 5 or 6 players and set Foden up perfectly. If that was Grealish he would've flicked his leg out at the first or second man and won a pointless free kick in midfield.
Such a nothing player - these are the matches where he should be making the difference and was completely anonymous.
If Grealish/Kane are worth 100-135m, Salah is worth 300m.
If Grealish/Kane are worth 100-135m, Salah is worth 300m.
Hah, spot on. And even that wasn’t great - even for prime Hazard!
Grealish would have been perfect for us as upgrade on Pogba, who’s brilliant of course is very selective as to when he decides to show up. But I doesn’t fit it for City at all.
Good player, but doesn't work in City's system. Lacks the quick thinking and the intelligence that you typically see in Pep's players - obviously early days and there is a good chance that he develops those traits.
Carrying the ball forward is arguably his biggest strength, but City like to move the ball forward rather than move the player along with it + they already had Mahrez and Sterling who are plenty good at that
Carrying the ball forward is arguably his biggest strength, but City like to move the ball forward rather than move the player along with it + they already had Mahrez and Sterling who are plenty good at that
A meaningless signing!
I mean, isn't that because one plays for City and the other plays for United? You might be taking it a bit seriously perhaps.
We are talking about what happens when you order David Beckham from wish.com
Every time City had the ball in the left hand side of the attacking third, I expected to see Grealish on the ball, but instead it always seemed to be Foden. Does Foden tend to occupy the same spaces as Grealish generally speaking? Could be a challenge getting the best out of both of them in the same team.
Foden's better.