You are the fool for overhyping him and trying to come up with excuses for why he’s not that great.
Grealish hasn’t had limited opportunities, he literally started their first game in the community shield and every game since till he got injured.
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Grealish hasn’t had limited opportunities, he literally started their first game in the community shield and every game since till he got injured.
He looks lost in that team any time I watch him:
100 million? You’re having a laugh
100 million? You’re having a laugh
I think he's better at dribbling and carrying the ball from the left. When he received the ball from deep with Aston Villa which was usually out of necessity, he gravitated towards the left. He isn't someone who could play constantly through balls or low crosses from the middle like KDB.
He will never score a lot but should be getting more assists.
Actually, Ribery was a playmaker who just happened to prefer playing on the left wing. And from what I've seen of Grealish he's the same type of player, just not on Ribery's level
I mean I knew that, I just added Robben and Ribery to keep it simple (since Robben was a more prominent inverted winger that could score), he also used Gotze sometimes from LW didn't he?
With a striker like Lewandowski then I think that creative aspect is useful than say if you play Gotze as a false 9.
It's why I'm not fussed at Grealish, there is hardly a striker for someone like him to do his drifting and creative thing - City are better for me when Sterling is tapping in goals from one side which he has done for a long time now.
Actually think he would've suited vibes football better
Perhaps they were still banking on the Kane transfer happening during the negotiations with Grealish, dunno
Grealish will never have the physical abilities Ribery had on top of his other toolsets. That's the problem, Guardiola is lacking players who can go straight down the wing and Grealish can't bring that. Why would Guardiola drop Foden or Bernardo SIlva (who's the best City player since the beginning of the season despite some City fans here who said Grealish was a superior player) for Grealish?
You just mentioned 2 of them
There's Sterling and Jesus as well.A team like City isn't lacking for pace... It's just that pace becomes less useful when you face parked 747s every week.
You just mentioned 2 of them
A team like City isn't lacking for pace... It's just that pace becomes less useful when you face parked 747s every week.
I think he lacks wingers than can outrun defenders and cross, that's why he plays Jesus on the right ring prettty often in my opinion. That's pretty much the opposite of what Grealish brings to the table.
which ones?
Ribery? He was the full package, fast, strong, smart (on the pitch), great finisher and passer, he was everything you looked for in a modern winger. Ribery had seasons with 15+ goals and 20+assists (including one at 24). He was absolutely huge for Bayern and deserved a Ballon d'or for his 11/12 season (he would have one had the voting rules been what they are right now). Grealish is REALLY far from boxing in the same category.
Transfer fees are more the value he was to the club you are buying him from. For Villa he was a 100 million asset, obviously at City he isn't worth 100 million to them. But he if picks up a League or CL medal at the end of the season then no one will care about his cost...except jealous rival fans.
Would have loved him here, he's wasted as City.
Where are all the clowns who where drooling over him and bringing our own players down(Sancho, Bruno). For anyone to have watched this guy and claim he is world class was baffling.
The most overrated English player in the last ten years and that’s saying something. I’m very glad we didn’t get him. 100 million my ass.
The next Ronaldinho, the most entertaining footballer, generational talent, hahahahaha.
The most overrated English player in the last ten years and that’s saying something. I’m very glad we didn’t get him. 100 million my ass.
The next Ronaldinho, the most entertaining footballer, generational talent, hahahahaha.
He’s been awful. Crazy how many of the top 10 most expensive signings have proven to be big flops.
Never saw him as a fit for City, argued with a few here in the summer who thought it was the end of the world.
Still upset Pogue?
Thought Pep was going to turn him into the English Messi
Swap him for the fridge.
Were people on here actually saying this stuff?.
Like throwing Berbatov into the 08/09 team.
Pep really has an obsession on one kind of player and it clouds over his judgement over transfers.
This is their Sanchez transfer. Just that city as a team are strong so this won't be scrutinized that much
Grealsih does not seem like a Pep kind of player.
Bobbins
Was wondering why his thread had been disappeared for a few weeks earlier.
Gliding around getting fouled would help us more or something and better than Bruno by some usual nonsense spouters. Funny if he was here, he probably would not have fitted in with RR.
Gliding around getting fouled would help us more or something and better than Bruno by some usual nonsense spouters. Funny if he was here, he probably would not have fitted in with RR.
I wouldn't write him off as some are doing here. One just needs to remember Bernardo Silva or Cancelo first season there and what was said about them too. Different team, where he isn't the best player where everything that happens goes through him. Next season he will be much better, and he hasn't been as bad as it looks.
Sadly yes. Most talented English player, best in the league, etc.
He's a good player but I said it in the summer, he's not better than Gundogan, De bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Sterling for his role... Foden has since also surpassed him. He's about Mahrez's level IMO, although Mahrez stylistically suits them more.
Guardiola will leave in 2023 at the latest, not impossible he does in 2022 if he has a setback in the CL, what's next?
Grealish is just too slow to be a winger at the highest level, his workrate is too low and it'll not change at 27. His only chance is a spot in the midfield.
He is not some 21 years old though.
You can't change a player at 26-27 much if any at all. But, if a different coach uses a different system, he might be a bit more useful. But next Ronaldinho would never happen.
Yeah...
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/grealish-to-city-city-bid-£100m.463156/post-27450517
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/grealish-to-city-city-bid-£100m.463156/post-27561067
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/grealish-to-city-city-bid-£100m.463156/post-27577212
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/grealish-to-city-city-bid-£100m.463156/post-27428481
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/grealish-to-city-city-bid-£100m.463156/post-27428448
It was cringy then and it's even more so now.
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He is a very good player who has chosen the wrong club. He carried Villa at times. Their win percentage without him was woeful!
His style and his strengths aren’t what Pep teams are expected to do. Maybe he thought he could iron out those habits, who knows.
It’s ridiculous to say he is not a good player though. He has proven his quality for years before going to City. It’s just a bad match.
His style and his strengths aren’t what Pep teams are expected to do. Maybe he thought he could iron out those habits, who knows.
It’s ridiculous to say he is not a good player though. He has proven his quality for years before going to City. It’s just a bad match.
How do you know he will leave... don't tell me he is going to replace Pochettino?
Who said that nonsense? Not even Villa fans said such things.
He's been shit, long may it continue.
They got Grealish we got DvB, luckily ours costs us much less.
They got Grealish we got DvB, luckily ours costs us much less.
Indeed.
It’s just going as most sensible people said it would, no more and no less. He is a good player perhaps a great player in form but not an outstanding one.
The player himself isn’t worth anywhere near 100 mil for city. They are over saturated in AMs for one and the other being there was never that ability to improve the team by 100 million. He is worth half his fee in todays market.
The player himself isn’t worth anywhere near 100 mil for city. They are over saturated in AMs for one and the other being there was never that ability to improve the team by 100 million. He is worth half his fee in todays market.
Ohhhh yessss. Read through the thread when he was linked to City. Someone even said it’s the greatest mistake the club has ever made making Grealish go to City.
Don't think he will care to much if he ends the season with a medal around his neck.
The thing with a 100 million transfer fee is...you cant pay it back in half a season. Need to wait 2 seasons before writing him off.
The thing with a 100 million transfer fee is...you cant pay it back in half a season. Need to wait 2 seasons before writing him off.