And clearly, they found the source of the problem: starting six attacking midfielders in the final wasn't enough, they should have started at least seven!
Jack Grealish | Man City
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
I think you are writing in the wrong thread, this is not the Messi thread.
Will win a Ballon d’Or in the next few years.
Should have signed him 5 years ago.
Should have signed him 5 years ago.
And there was me being a bit chuffed that we’d signed the lad, and you come along with your ‘not in the least bitterly tearful’ very grown up technical assessment supported by facts and stats.
Now that I know that he’s made a plastic it just doesn’t seem the same anymore. You’ve really ruined it for me Lucy.
Very much looking forward to your 11th post in the hope that you’ve pissed your mum off too and she won’t let you play out. You can’t say you don’t deserve it :-D
Still don’t get the hype around him. World record £100m fee and the highest paid player in the league. His stats for goals and assists are very low. At 25 he’s achieved nothing in football, generally injured for 25% of the season and couldn’t even get minutes for his country. Maybe he will prove me wrong but he’s a lot like Hazard where he would rather draw a foul than get play moving forward. A poor signing for City as well. They have potentially 6 players for two positions now. That’s going to cause major disharmony in the squad.
Nah, he'll wrap another Range Rover round a lamp post and get up to all sorts of 'off the field activities' ... and the rest of the time he'll be injured.
Some really embarrassing takes in here
They signed Jack Grealish, not second coming of Zinedine Zidane. Get a grip
They signed Jack Grealish, not second coming of Zinedine Zidane. Get a grip
This has to be trolling given the amount of top English players we have at the club and given we've just signed Sancho.
Surely no one can be that thick?
I wish more chairmen were like this. A bit of transparency like this goes a long way in terms of building your relationship with the fans. In a hypothetical scenario if things aren’t going well, but you have a basis of transparency and being honest and open with your fans, I think there’s a much lesser chance of discontent.
He won't. He ain't that good
He's a very good player and I'd have loved him at UTD..... the hype is absolutely bonkers though.
Anyone else feeling slightly apathetic for the season coming ahead? With City buying greilish and probably kane soon, its safe to say they are strong favourites for the league again. We'll have more 6-0 city thrashing other teams to look forward to. What's really left? League cup is owned by city. FA cup is a lottery. CL - other teams are much stronger than us and our record of getting out of the group stage is awful. I was elated when we signed sancho and varane but City just seem to keep moving the goal posts to an unattainable level.
Sorry for the misery guts over here!
Sorry for the misery guts over here!
Quite the opposite. The better city get the better we get. The reason we won the CL in 99 & 08 was because we were forced into becoming the best team in the world by Arsenal & Chelsea in order to win the premier league. If we still have the same ambition we did then, history should repeat its self.
I'm really confused by it. I've never seen this supposed mercurial player they're talking about, this (26-year-old) generational talent.
Jack a Titanic level signing? He'll sink in a big pond.
I'll get my coat.
I'll get my coat.
I still don't get the hype, good player yes... Ballon d'Or? Based on what exactly.
I think his wages are fine, at least consequential. If you pay 100m for him, you expect him to be one of the highest earners in the league as well.
Just stay where you are mate. We have enough wums in our main forum.
I said this in the transfer thread but he gives vibes of Berbatov joining us. An obviously talented player that the club can afford to have but doesn’t elevate the team to a new level. Never really stands out or gets better but still churns out performances you’d expect and therefore it’s technically a good transfer but not a mind blowing transfer.
The hype is also partially because he is the next Beckham and saviour, at least going by the media and general public, combined with his good looks, you get hype and hysteria everywhere. Kane going to City wont be half as much
Not buying this 'dream' move nonsense. I can't imagine anyone who has dreamed of playing for City.
If Villa had crept into champions League last season he'd still be there.
If Villa had crept into champions League last season he'd still be there.
Posted a tit pic like a tit
Has a shit hairstyle
Smiles like he's high on drugs
Shit socks
Drinking while driving
A diver
Chooses both money and Pep
Any reason to like him now?
Has a shit hairstyle
Smiles like he's high on drugs
Shit socks
Drinking while driving
A diver
Chooses both money and Pep
Any reason to like him now?
For a £100m signing there’s literally zero hype and I bet there will be little to no noise if he has a bad spell because absolutely no one outside of City cares.
Well yea, but Villa is not good enough currently. They are ambitious and may be in the CL in a couple of years, but Grealish has outgrown them currently. I also feel him playing at City improves his chances to start for England considerably.
I think the Messi news killed the hype.
Just feel in my bones that Sir Alex would have lapped up Grealish some years ago and its clear that Grealish himself would have preferred United to City if he had the option.
Really hope Donny van de Beek can start to show that we got a good alternative.
Really hope Donny van de Beek can start to show that we got a good alternative.
Absolutely nothing. He doesn’t suit the way City play in my opinion.
£100m on him is a gross misuse of money.
this is an example of a lot of the problems we have here in the UK, looking at stats and thinking they mean much.
He’s not winning the balon d’or . We’ve just bought Sancho who’s younger, has produced better stats and actually highly rated across Europe not just England.
We can’t buy every player and besides there’s no space for Grealish in this team not now and not in 2016. Also five years ago, Grealish was nowhere near the player he is now both physically and performance wise.
Grealish is no Ronaldo nor Messi. Let’s be reasonable please.
I guess Maguire and Sancho are French. Rubbish post.
It's nice to dream big, but he'll do well to cement himself a first team spot ahead or alongside Foden in the next few years
Better not have any “off games”. City havs 6-7 international players that can play in his favourite position. Could find himself on the bench.
Now that he's there I hope he fails a lot
Jadon Sancho - Not top footballer
Harry Maguire - Not top footballer (Literally ditched City to come play for us, he even had conersations with Pep before the transfer happened)
I don't get this post, do you think we were going to buy Jack Grealish as well after spending £110m so far in the transfer window?
As much as I like him, I was always against him at United. Signing him would create the same problems as for City, multiple players with the same favorite position. Sancho is less sexy signing but fits us more.
I am also happy City didn't get a striker for that money.
I am also happy City didn't get a striker for that money.
I am sure he will be really good for City, but I can't imagine he will deliver enough to justify the price tag. He is not a Ronaldo, Mbappe, Haaland type player that will get +40 goals during a season. Granted he has played for Aston Villa, but he hasn't topped 10 goals in a season yet - not even in the Championship.
Could you imagine any other club spending that amount on Grealish? I don't see anything in him that City couldn't have gotten for £60m from a player outside the PL. Aston Villa are the true winners here.
Could you imagine any other club spending that amount on Grealish? I don't see anything in him that City couldn't have gotten for £60m from a player outside the PL. Aston Villa are the true winners here.
Wifes a Villa fan. She’s reading this as him coming back to Villa to end his career. Trying to have a positive slant on the sale bless her
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So youre telling me that City spent £100m on one decent player (so over hyped on here because hes English-seems the English tax applies to potential aswell 
) just so they can maybe get 2 shots on target if they reach another CL final?
) just so they can maybe get 2 shots on target if they reach another CL final?Maybe I'm getting old (relatively) but I just can't be bothered to watch many of Aston Villa's matches.
He's not a world record fee. And he's definitely not as good as Eden Hazard despite the overrating on the caf