John McGinn

[Brend'Watkins]

It would be great to get 3 more seasons out of him injury free. That would put him right up there which would be fitting.

[German James]

It would be great to get 3 more seasons out of him injury free. That would put him right up there which would be fitting.

I reckon that's doable at least. He seems pretty much irreplaceable at the moment but, if we can find a useful backup, Unai & Co will take care of him in his later years.

[Dogtanian]

He's lovely and I hope he sees out his career with us, giving those trophy-liftin' arms a lot of exercise.

[Dave]

He's lovely and I hope he sees out his career with us, giving those trophy-liftin' arms a lot of exercise.

Yeah, he's not going to go and be a Milner or anything but if he's still coming off our bench in 2030 to help us see matches out then happy days.

[dave shelley]

I ain't having this legend shit, not until he learns there's g in Birmingham!  What does he think he is? a member of the Cock-er-Nee Tribe?  How would he like it if I described him as John McGinn from Asgow?  Just kidding of course, he can pronounce it however he likes.  I love him to bits.

[Brazilian Villain]

I ain't having this legend shit, not until he learns there's g in Birmingham!  What does he think he is? a member of the Cock-er-Nee Tribe?

Given he's from what was referred to as the 'Second City of the British Empire', he probably resents Birmingham being called the 'Second City' nowadays.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I agree with all of that, and I also worship at the altar of SJM. But if Man City held him in enough esteem to offer 100 million, and all that entails, he wouldn’t be turning them down for the distant hope of a medal one day at Villa.

There is pragmatism and all that, but what is the point in a comment like that, now. 8 years at the club, championship days, scored in the play off final, broke his ankle in the first year back, came back, helped us stay up. Skipper, seems like a fooking great person, honest, genuine, skillful, tenacious, the first skipper in 30 years to lift a trophy for us, first in 44 years a European trophy. The hypotheticals can stay where they belong, he’s a fooking villa legend and that is that tbh.

And like I said, I agree with all of that. The point is, that I don't see the point in using it as a stick to beat Grealish with. I was gutted when he left, and fucked off with football, in a way I haven't been since Yorke left. All I'm saying is any player in that situation leaves for Man City, including a demigod like SJM. The number of players who stay in that situation are miniscule... Le Tissier? Maybe a couple of others? Even then, it's not comparable to this era.

I can't say I've missed Grealish more than any of the others who've left us, just that he's the only one for whom I'd reserve the word 'traitor'.

Doesn't deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as SJM.

I agree. I was mortified when he left, but all the my city my club crap really left a bad taste. What sums up what he became for me is this. Last game of the season in his first year there. They are playing us needing to win, to win the league, we all know how it goes, we were 2-0 up, but lost 3-2. Pep didn’t pick Grealish and there was footage of him sitting in a small booth/cupboard on his own, watching them win and he actually said in his Grealish way ‘best day of my life’. Absolutely tragic.
If a massive offer had come in for McGinn at some point  he may have left, but it never as far as we know and hypotheticals just don’t work here. He’s ours and in my view the other lad was a brilliant player for a couple of seasons and thats it, not fit to lace the great SJMs boots.

The thought of SJM at Man City, only named as a sub, he'd be sprinting up and down the touchline, sliding into tackles and shoving his arse into the linesman for 90 minutes. The man just has far too much energy and desire to play.

[jwarry]

I’m expecting whoever we are playing against in his final game for us, will do what we did for Silva and Stones

[Dante Lavelli]

I’m hoping our squad is such that we can give McGinn and his WC cohorts a slow introduction to the new season. Pep used to do this and it pays dividends at the end of the season.