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Jack Grealish

worcestersauce

"I'm no optimist I'm just a prisoner of hope
Jan 23, 2006
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He's their player so they can play him and as he's a Villa boy he is unlikely to feign injury because he might be leaving.
 

yanno

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Aug 1, 2003
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Villa are set up exactly as they were for the second half of last season, in a 4-1-4-1, with Whelan as the DM and Grealish central next to Hourihane.

So, Grealish is playing as an attack-minded CM, with protection behind him, rather than a number 10.
 

ToDarrenIsToDo

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Aug 22, 2017
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Think you'll see a massive different when you;
a) put him around good players
b) put him with a good manager

He'll either look fantastic or he'll be completely out of his depth. Sometimes I really like him, other times I'm worried he's a bit of a playground footballer
 

George94

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Feb 1, 2015
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He'll either look fantastic or he'll be completely out of his depth. Sometimes I really like him, other times I'm worried he's a bit of a playground footballer

When you watch Villa play, absolutely everything creatively goes through him. Take him out of that side and they're a bottom half Championship team.

I think he's great, just playing in a very poor side where nobody else is on his wavelength.
 

Vwbottom

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Aug 2, 2012
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Bloody hell, that looked painful, hope he didn't break something. Plan C, where art thou?
 

rossdapep

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Villa are set up exactly as they were for the second half of last season, in a 4-1-4-1, with Whelan as the DM and Grealish central next to Hourihane.

So, Grealish is playing as an attack-minded CM, with protection behind him, rather than a number 10.
That's how I see him playing for us. I think he would be a great player in the transition as he has excellent awareness, technical ability and can skip past players.
 
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