The Jack Grealish (and occasionally England) Thread: It's coming home attempt 5782570

[Heartwork]

Ben White to the rescue. Maybe he'll replace TAA.

Now who replaces Pickford?

[pearcey_90]

Lee Dixon a lip reader now? **** off ITV  

[sc91]

Time to get AWB on the blower.

[craigcwwe]

3 minutes ago, darren1983 said:

Nah it's Rhys James time to shine  

Never heard of him mate. 

[Andrew_]

It's pretty bad when even Dixon doesn't want to speculate given he named about 5 injuries TAA could have.

[ajw10]

DCL has just put in one of the worst performances I have ever seen  Incredible 

[aiston]

Austria could have had three easily

 

DCL offered absolutely nothing when he came on, may as well been down to 10 men.

Edited June 2, 2021 by aiston

[Butts]

As much as it's quite funny after all the Liverpool fans outrage you can't help but feel gutted for him.

[Marc Albrighton]

If Trent is gone then just put White in for him imo, looked better than Coady and Mings in the brief time he was on. If we have to rely on 1 of those 2 partnering Stones then our tournament will be very short.

[pearcey_90]

Not sure what we learned from that? Said ages ago these friendlies were pointless.

[craigcwwe]

All the furore over Trent, will he or won't he make the final squad and he might well be injured anyway. 

[grff]

1 minute ago, pearcey_90 said:

Lee Dixon a lip reader now? **** off ITV  

A lip reader of slow motion footage no less.

[AM99]

Wtf was that all about trying to lipread him ffs.

Bit of a meh performance, not awful but not particularly good either.

[craigcwwe]

1 minute ago, aiston said:

Austria could have had three easily

What about the first 75 minutes? 

[Heartwork]

Just now, pearcey_90 said:

Not sure what we learned from that? Said ages ago these friendlies were pointless.

We learned that Ben White did more to prove his worth in 5 minutes than Mings and Coady did in the rest of the 90.

[sc91]

1 minute ago, Marc Albrighton said:

If Trent is gone then just put White in for him imo, looked better than Coady and Mings in the brief time he was on. If we have to rely on 1 of those 2 partnering Stones then our tournament will be very short.

Coady is best in a 5, as part of a back 4... whoa, it's not pretty.

[The_jagster]

I didn't think Grealish had a great game tbh but the drop in quality when him and Kane were off was stark.

[Butts]

Roy Keane judging the severity of the injury on how much he was swearing

[SouthCoastRed]

8 minutes ago, pearcey_90 said:

Lee Dixon a lip reader now? **** off ITV  

God put Lee Dixon on the earth to make Jermaine Jenas look good

[metal_guitarist]

Making such a fuss over the 3rd (4th?) choice RB ffs  Just get one of the standby players in the squad and be done with. Not like it’s Kane or someone that’s actually important to the team 

[bigdunk]

Don’t think any of the fringe starter candidates did anything at all to improve their chances there.

[aiston]

On the bright side, at least that might solve the taking 90 RB's problem....unless we have a spare to bring in.

[pearcey_90]

Not having Grealish and Foden can't play together. 

[Baptista_8]

Keane actually gets why Grealish is so good

[Smallen]

Just now, pearcey_90 said:

Not having Grealish and Foden can't play together. 

I’d start them both but I wouldn’t want them both playing wide in the same team tbh. Probably play Grealish as a 10 with Foden wide. Mount in a 2 with Rice.

 I think we saw a lot of evidence tonight of why we need at least one of Sterling/Rashford/Sancho in the team. Absolutely no one was stretching Austria’s defence.

[ajw10]

4 minutes ago, pearcey_90 said:

Not having Grealish and Foden can't play together. 

I don't think they can. Neither are CM's, we don't play with a #10. If you play Grealish and Foden out wide then you've got no one to run in behind

[ajw10]

1 minute ago, Smallen said:

I’d start them both but I wouldn’t want them both playing wide in the same team tbh. Probably play Grealish as a 10 with Foden wide. Mount in a 2 with Rice.

 I think we saw a lot of evidence tonight of why we need at least one of Sterling/Rashford/Sancho in the team. Absolutely no one was stretching Austria’s defence.

Mount will get ruined in a 2

[EnterUsernameHere]

Just now, ajw10 said:

I don't think they can. Neither are CM's, we don't play with a #10. If you play Grealish and Foden out wide then you've got no one to run in behind

Surely you can play a #10? 

[Marc Albrighton]

Just now, ajw10 said:

I don't think they can. Neither are CM's, we don't play with a #10. If you play Grealish and Foden out wide then you've got no one to run in behind

Especially when Kane insists on being so deep. You need someone with pace up there definitely.

[XuluBak]

1 minute ago, Smallen said:

I’d start them both but I wouldn’t want them both playing wide in the same team tbh. Probably play Grealish as a 10 with Foden wide. Mount in a 2 with Rice.

 I think we saw a lot of evidence tonight of why we need at least one of Sterling/Rashford/Sancho in the team. Absolutely no one was stretching Austria’s defence.

4231 with Mount as one of the two? That'd be a fun watch, for people not rooting for England. 

[pearcey_90]

1 minute ago, ajw10 said:

I don't think they can. Neither are CM's, we don't play with a #10. If you play Grealish and Foden out wide then you've got no one to run in behind

Literally got two wing backs in Walker/Shaw that love running beyond. If Mahrez/Foden can play together, then those two can.

[ajw10]

Just now, EnterUsernameHere said:

Surely you can play a #10? 

Southgate doesn't. But also you then can't play a #10 and have Mount.

It's a bit like Gerrard and Lampard but instead people want to fit Mount, Grealish and Foden in a side that also has Kane. All ball players. 

[Rob1981]

Jesus, Gabriel Clarke is awful.

[Baptista_8]

2 minutes ago, ajw10 said:

I don't think they can. Neither are CM's, we don't play with a #10. If you play Grealish and Foden out wide then you've got no one to run in behind

I mean Grealish has shown several times he is quality in a central midfield position.

[ajw10]

Just now, pearcey_90 said:

Literally got two wing backs in Walker/Shaw that love running beyond. If Mahrez/Foden can play together, then those two can.

Right, but for starters Manchester City don't play with two full backs running beyond. Also, Manchester City are better than England and Pep is miles better than Southgate

[Baptista_8]

Grealish wins a surprising amount of duels, he is very tenacious, could easily play an 8, sure Foden could as well.

[ajw10]

1 minute ago, Baptista_8 said:

I mean Grealish has shown several times he is quality in a central midfield position.

For Villa? or for England?

Edited June 2, 2021 by ajw10

[EnterUsernameHere]

Just now, ajw10 said:

Southgate doesn't. But also you then can't play a #10 and have Mount.

It's a bit like Gerrard and Lampard but instead people want to fit Mount, Grealish and Foden in a side that also has Kane. All ball players. 

Agree Southgate doesn't, but again, that's more of a reason to get rid of him that defending the choice.

Agree you can't have all 3 of him, Mount and Foden though. No reason why you can't play two though.

[ajw10]

Just now, Baptista_8 said:

Grealish wins a surprising amount of duels, he is very tenacious, could easily play an 8, sure Foden could as well.

So you'd drop Mount?

[Baptista_8]

Just now, ajw10 said:

So you'd drop Mount?

Yes.

[XuluBak]

2 minutes ago, Baptista_8 said:

I mean Grealish has shown several times he is quality in a central midfield position.

He's fine in a 3, not in a 2. Same with Mount. 

[ajw10]

Just now, EnterUsernameHere said:

Agree Southgate doesn't, but again, that's more of a reason to get rid of him that defending the choice.

Agree you can't have all 3 of him, Mount and Foden though. No reason why you can't play two though.

Sure, I'd be more than happy to see Southgate go, but he won't so there's no point debating over a #10 when he never uses one

I'm sure Mount and Foden will play the first game

[ajw10]

Just now, Baptista_8 said:

Yes.

I know you adore Grealish but dropping Mount is insane

[Marc Albrighton]

1 minute ago, ajw10 said:

For Villa? or for England?

Neither, he doesnt ever play central mid for us, he sometimes played as the 10 slightly ahead of the 2 CM's but thats about it and you would certainly never put him in a 2 man central midfield.

[Baptista_8]

1 minute ago, XuluBak said:

He's fine in a 3, not in a 2. Same with Mount. 

Yeah I didn't mean in a two.

[EnterUsernameHere]

I think Grealish is the best of the 3 right now too. Not sure what formation/line-up I'd pick overall though.

[Smallen]

Maybe Chelsea fans could confirm/deny, but I’m pretty sure Mount has played well in a 2 plenty of times. 

[Barry Cartman]

8 minutes ago, ajw10 said:

I know you adore Grealish but dropping Mount is insane

He'd drop Kane if it meant Grealish starting 

[skybluedave]

When are the big boys joining up with the squad? Assume they will be involved in the Romania game?

[Klimowicz]

I'm confused...

 

81 minutes is currently being shown on BBC too. I didn't see the game but I've seen the goal.