Mahrez took over a year to settle and I suspect Jack will be the same.
I don’t think it’s all about stats though, it’s about adapting to a style of play. I also think it’s probably a bigger shift for Grealish - he played for a team where literally everything went through him and he’s now one of a number of stars in a system. He has the talent to succeed there, but he’ll have to adapt and that takes time. I don’t really care if it works out, but I’m not surprised it hasn’t yet.
Quote from: eamonn on April 27, 2022, 04:44:53 PMGrealish is inverting the "difficult second album" syndrome. He'll be great next season for them, unfortunately. It's the Pep bedding-in way, innit. I don't think he will. He'll still be behind the likes of Foden, Mahrez and De Bruyne in the important games, as they just bring a lot more goal threat than he does. Then they're likely to have Alvarez and Haaland too.
Grealish is inverting the "difficult second album" syndrome. He'll be great next season for them, unfortunately. It's the Pep bedding-in way, innit.
Quote from: PaulWinch again on April 27, 2022, 09:37:14 PMI don’t think it’s all about stats though, it’s about adapting to a style of play. I also think it’s probably a bigger shift for Grealish - he played for a team where literally everything went through him and he’s now one of a number of stars in a system. He has the talent to succeed there, but he’ll have to adapt and that takes time. I don’t really care if it works out, but I’m not surprised it hasn’t yet.For it to work out, he's going to have to play a lot more than he does now. Their current attacking players offer much more than he does, and they've already bought Alvarez and might be adding Haaland.
If Jack was available in a couple of years time, most on here would be wetting themselves with excitement to sign him!
Quote from: Risso on April 27, 2022, 09:48:02 PMQuote from: PaulWinch again on April 27, 2022, 09:37:14 PMI don’t think it’s all about stats though, it’s about adapting to a style of play. I also think it’s probably a bigger shift for Grealish - he played for a team where literally everything went through him and he’s now one of a number of stars in a system. He has the talent to succeed there, but he’ll have to adapt and that takes time. I don’t really care if it works out, but I’m not surprised it hasn’t yet.For it to work out, he's going to have to play a lot more than he does now. Their current attacking players offer much more than he does, and they've already bought Alvarez and might be adding Haaland. I wouldn't bet against City fans feeling about Grealish the way Real Madrid fans feel about Gareth Bale in about 3 or 4 years. All the talent in the world, but he's wasted in a team that plays the way City does. He'll either step up and slowly take over De Bruyne's position over the next two years, or he'll become known as one of the most expensive flops in football history.
You've got to sell at the right time. Get £20-25m for Doug, £19m for Sanson, balances out as minor profit at least, clears probably £100k in wages and gives space for a really dynamic ball playing 8 to share the load of Ramsey and push McGinn and hopefully the elusive dominating defensive midfielder.
Quote from: Ads on April 28, 2022, 07:29:24 AMYou've got to sell at the right time. Get £20-25m for Doug, £19m for Sanson, balances out as minor profit at least, clears probably £100k in wages and gives space for a really dynamic ball playing 8 to share the load of Ramsey and push McGinn and hopefully the elusive dominating defensive midfielder.What's Sanson done to put £5m on the fee we paid for him?
Quote from: sid1964 on April 28, 2022, 06:49:08 AMIf Jack was available in a couple of years time, most on here would be wetting themselves with excitement to sign him!Good news. Roma linked with Doug Luiz again. They must be looking for a corner kick specialist.
I think that was the joke …