All-Time Premier League Villa XI

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

If he had of stayed and stayed at his best, he would be the first name on the team sheet and we would have a won a trophy in the last 3 years.

I’d agree with that. I think there’s a bit of revisionism going on here, perhaps over the way it ended. It certainly left a sour taste in my mouth but it doesn’t detract from the fact he was absolutely fantastic for us, 2/3 more seasons and he’d be in the discussions of our greatest ever player imo.

[TaxDodger]

If he had of stayed and stayed at his best, he would be the first name on the team sheet and we would have a won a trophy in the last 3 years. 

I'm not sure about that. Grealish's exit set off a chain of events that lead us to having Unai Emery as our manager and reaching the Champions League. I'm not sure how much of that happens if he stayed. I certainly don't think we'd be in a better position than we are now if he had stayed.

[enigma]

I just think we had and still have a tendency to look at him through rose-tinted glasses and think he is better than he actually was as he was the only bright spot in a long, dark period

I'd argue the way he left us has led some to underrate what he did for us. Some comments here are way OTT. He was the unbelievable for us. There's a reason he went for £100m. Not many players of ours would have been a mainstay of that Man City team that won the treble.