2025/26 Jack Grealish

[Rita_Poon]

When he is so easily doubled up on, is only 20% as effective. If he was able to trounce two players repeatedly for 90 minutes he wouldn't be here.

 

[jceverton]

Unfortunately Dibling plays in the same way. And McNeil moves like a glacier.

Yep which is why it’s bizarre that we signed any of them. My view is Moyes knew he’d cocked up the window and Grealish was loaned to appease fans etc

 

[jceverton]

I'm not remotely bothered if he signs.

Give him the ball and 9/10 times he'll stop and wait for no apparent reason.

He's a ball hogger who slows the play down.

Yesterday we had our team attacking newcastle and just tapped it about like City with no one making any attempt to run with the ball or play a sexy pass bar Garner.

Yes, i do see one or two flashes of elite quality a game where he makes a super cross or pass.

In this team we need players who go at players not slow the play.

Thats not Everton.

Yep, didn’t want to loan him and haven’t seen anything to change my mind. A good manager, doesn’t change the successful system he had last season he just gets better players who suit that system. Sure if you can get players who can do this and are also adaptable then sign them.

 

[Zatara]

Unfortunately Dibling plays in the same way. And McNeil moves like a glacier.

Dibling is like Villa Grealish.

That player was attack minded and quick to play the ball. What we have after half a dozen games has been a slow down the play, Grealish.

 

[MACCA75]

Dibling is like Villa Grealish.

That player was attack minded and quick to play the ball. What we have after half a dozen games has been a slow down the play, Grealish.

Attack minded and quick to play the ball is NOT how anyone would describe Dibling so far, let’s be honest.

 

[Zatara]

Attack minded and quick to play the ball is NOT how anyone would describe Dibling so far, let’s be honest.

He certainly has been prior to signing for Everton and showed that with the nutmeg, run and cutback at the end yesterday.

 

[Lapeno77]

Noticeable how deep he was having to come yesterday to get the ball, at times in our 3rd. Reminiscent of Dyches' use of Ndiaye last season.

He's being isolated by the tactics and it needs Moyes to start changing things up. Get Ndiaye closer to him to enable more one-twos and more attacking intent.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Was usually involved in our best play yesterday. I don't think he's the problem.

 

[DOMNOLAN]

Noticeable how deep he was having to come yesterday to get the ball, at times in our 3rd. Reminiscent of Dyches' use of Ndiaye last season.

He's being isolated by the tactics and it needs Moyes to start changing things up. Get Ndiaye closer to him to enable more one-twos and more attacking intent.

It really doesn’t help that we have a left back behind him who has a complete inability to play attacking football.

 

[linnane666]

class act..unfortunately surrounded by complete and utter rubbish bar KDH and garner when hes on his day. he wont hang around here back at villa in june id say, theyll make use of him unlike us

 

[Bedfordblue]

When he is so easily doubled up on, is only 20% as effective. If he was able to trounce two players repeatedly for 90 minutes he wouldn't be here.

What I find most annoying is we have 2 wide players who the opposition are terrified of so throw players at them, yet we are incapable of exploiting the gaps that should create.

Do think Grealish should have a pop more often too. He came make a bit of space for himself on the edge of the box easy enough, but seems very reluctant to have a shot.

 

[Frenk]

He is great to have in the side but don’t want to pay £50 million for him. £25-30 million at the most even then I’m not sure.

 

[kiss the crest]

Grealish is not the problem, as its been said in this chat, when he looks up he has 2 sometimes 3 players in front of him, so he looks behind and he has Mykolenko behind him, not an option so he runs back and lays it inside to Garner or KDH.

Until we upgrade the fullbacks this is what we will see from Grealish and Ndiaye for the foreseeable future.

or Jan. over to you Moyes

 

[Rita_Poon]

What I find most annoying is we have 2 wide players who the opposition are terrified of so throw players at them, yet we are incapable of exploiting the gaps that should create.

Do think Grealish should have a pop more often too. He came make a bit of space for himself on the edge of the box easy enough, but seems very reluctant to have a shot.

I think it's why Moyes has pushed KDH on because he has that quality, needs to trust Alcaraz more because KDH has to help us further back. Garner can play forward, so can KDH. Defence is a quivering wreck.

 

[PercyPlant]

Grealish is not the problem, as its been said in this chat, when he looks up he has 2 sometimes 3 players in front of him, so he looks behind and he has Mykolenko behind him, not an option so he runs back and lays it inside to Garner or KDH.

Until we upgrade the fullbacks this is what we will see from Grealish and Ndiaye for the foreseeable future.

or Jan. over to you Moyes

For now, he is a problem, he isn’t (recently) used to playing with such rubbish around him, we need a left sided midfielder who will just get it in to box ASAP, at city he had that much talent around him he could slow it down, to the point the attack was restarting, but the quality could still pick a pass to a lethal striker who understood how to move around the box.

He’d possibly be better suited, for now, in the 10, because if we keep going on playing the way we are, where Ndaiye has dropped off a cliff since media attention and Grealish is nowhere near as influential as he was to start, then it’ll be more of the same.

We have to play faster, whether it be getting it in the mixer or our wide players shooting, but our two wingers are completely wasted with no full back support (in terms of attacking quality) and no strikers.