Bizzare hit piece on Grealish. Obviously never watched him week in week out for Villa- he was unbelievably good. His actions against Birmingham when he was attacked was inspiring for younger fans. Jack Grealish at Villa definitely was a maverick/magician.
Maverick is "an unorthodox or independent-minded person." End of story. Love what Souness said about half time talks. Makes total sense from a Psychological point of view. Lets players reflect for as long as you can after half time, let them workout themselves what they did wrong, this is part of how the brain grows. Then impart what you think, keep it short and never shout, quieter you speak, more people absorb what you say and then just give them a few mins to collect themselves before they go out.
Here we go, Grealish is different at city, he fits in tactically to the team like he should do, like Pep wants, like he's paid to do... so what's the problem? Souness said the worst thing pogba did was win the world cup, the pinnacle of his sport... make it make sense. He only praises liverpool players.
@@geraldbutler5484 He hasn't coached it out of him, it's still there he just doesn't use it because the team plays differently. He could of stayed at Villa getting 8-9 goals a season, I know which player I'd rather be
Have been watching Villa for over 50 years. JG easily one of the most gifted/talented ballers I’ve ever seen. Has been strangled at MC and unable to move freely and use the skills he used at VP in the same way. Have him back tomorrow. Trouble we’ve always had is Aston Villa are not a fashionable club. Had JG been at London club etc there would have been more coverage of him in a positive light. He’s never been a diver - he has a knack of drawing dopey tacklers then nipping the ball away as their foot/leg/body comes in “Thank you very much, I’ll have that foul…..again.” As far as Souness is concerned it’s just lazy punditry combined with my previous comment about Villa not being fashionable. I remember Souness saying (when JG was at Villa) that he thought JG being continuously fouled was due to his ‘lack of vision’. Do me a favour! Since then, Souness probably thinks he has to back up what he said then and is not professional enough to admit he might be wrong. It’s been tough being a Villa fan over the last 50 years - apart from a couple of purple patches we have been average to poor as a football club on and off the pitch, in other words, I’m not being biased just ‘cause JG was a Villian, I’ve simply been able to recognise (unfortunately only on one hand) when Villa have produced a gem. Thank you for reading this far, if you have!
yes brother definetively a great issue when you play for pep and you becoume integral part of a treble historic season, who wants to be in the history books when you can just play the way you love, grow up kid
Grealish is tailored to teams that play out. He offers the control needed so the game doesn't turn into a ping pong match like Chelsea. Doku is suited to teams that sit back in double banks. It's a tactical issue. He's not there for goals and assists.... looking at the right wingers number at City its not that high either. This narrative is ridiculous.
Props to Simon and Graeme for what they said about John Robertson “Now that’s a player” young fans won’t know. On Man City, Simon talking from a business point of view not actually from a “Fair Play” point of view. Maybe that’s why the Premier League changed the name of the regulations, because it’s certainly not being done fairly. It penalises a club that’s promoted to the Premier league because its owner has tried to invest and keep the club in the league. Basically making the league a closed shop, and the top 4 or 5 an exclusive club. That’s the real reason the ace I’ve eats of Clough and Taylor will never be repeated, it’s no longer possible to rise from modest backgrounds to the top. The top clubs used to have a few of the best players in the country, they now have a team full of the best players in the world.
@@tevildo45 lol 😂 yeah course in fact we have losing parties were we celebrate losing ... you should of seen the one when we got relegated a few years ago ... people were crying...(with happiness obviously)
Grealish : run, run, dribble, dribble - fall down........rinse and repeat...... the opposition know that if Grealish gets the ball they have time to reorganise the defence.....Doku is a different player....
To hear Souness say that clubs overspending is an unfair advantage is the highest hypocrisy. As Rangers manager, he overspent so scandalously and illegally that the club was terminated. 😂
He literally pulls about 3 defenders to him every time he gets the ball in the final third. Seriously watch him next time he plays. It'll show you he knows exactly what he's doing and why Pep puts so much trust in him in big games. Having said all that Doku's arrival is showing us that Grealish does need to work on some of his game.
I got to know David Needham who played in the great Forest team . I asked him who was the best player he'd played with and he said without doubt John Robertson .
I can actually imagine Gream sitting down with pep trying to explain how to be a REAL football manager. This dude litteraly has the opposite view to how football should be played. Gream is basically saying he is far greater than pep and pep is overated and a flop.
i think grealish has improved massively as a player,hes a cog in a well oiled machine,the way he can recieve the ball on the half turn and shield and keep it then move it on,or drop the shoulder and go past someone hes the perfect pep player,when he was at Villa he was relied upon to score and assist or they lost,hes just less selfish now and part of something bigger,one week or year i suppose graeme hypes up billy gilmour just for being regularly able to recieve the pass then find someone in the same jersey,grealish very rarely gives up possesion and when u watch him he regularly comes inside like hes gonna dribble or shoot then plays the reverse pass to a teamate on the run into the box it rarely goes wrong
Lets get it straight. The premier league is the super league of world football. It has the best of everything. Players, managers, fans, DOF etc etc. People this week and last were suggesting the champions league had turned boring. I agree. Due to the fact that the boys have stated. The premier league is just so entertaining with more drama, twist and turns and unpredicitablitiy. Its just so good!
I don't mind a maverick. The issue with Grealish is his lack of professionalism. After winning with City I'm sure a few players had a drink or two. Grealish though went on a bender lasting few days. His teammates even had to hold him to prevent him falling off the celebration bus. He's going to become another Gazza who never realises his full potential.
Grealish was brilliant for Villa. Almost single-handedly dragged them out of the Championship and then kept them in the EPL. He is suffering from exactly what they discuss re Owen’s opinions. He has been robotised to fit into a system and it stifles his natural game.
Agree. Even Knotts County feels the same about him during that loan spell. I am sad for him as an unfiltered transparant person who lives and plays (used to play) from his heart to be so restricted now
10:28 100%. Players like Zidane and Del Piero don’t / can’t exist anymore. They dictated and played the game. Too much robotics and sideways and safety. Too much control, not enough chaos.
Well done Simon for taking an unbiased view on Man City…Man city Exacutives have put in money that has generated a whole eastern part of a city..(manchester)…because they ialso invested in good footballers didn’t necessarily mean they would win anything …but yes,the system is out dated ,and if investing in a company (like a coffee shop if it need re-investment) then they can be blamed…As you say 115 allegations is stupid,lets bring it down to serious ones…(4 or 5,on a fraudulent level of investing money from various sources not allowed under the rules)
I work in advertising and I’m a big fan of Simon, so want him to succeed and want to watch more content from him - smartest football head around and often the only one worth listening to, so my recommendation for greater appeal is to please change that music upfront to something more upbeat and modern - it’s tough to listen to with black and white imagery in the previews, may not capture a wider/ new audience then your already invested/engaged talk sport listeners🙏
Cantona was a maverick, but he backed it up with goals, assists and success. He was a maverick personality, but a team player. The difference with Grealish is the lack of end product. He's picked for 'winning' free kicks and penalties
Mention of John Robertson i recall being at Old Trafford just before the season match Man utd v Notts F|orest in 1980 and game did end 0/0 but Robertson was best player on the park by a country mile . And as for Graeme Sounness although im a Celtic guy i felt Souness was a top class midfielder , a cracking player with the never say die attitude and top class footballer for both Liverpool , Rangers and Scotland .
Grealish was great at Villa, he's not a player that excels in a system. He has strengths, dribbling, balance and flair that are uncommon these days. Pep isnt going to play him in the same role that Smith did at Villa - he doesnt need to. Grealish is similar to Gascoigne this doesn't work at city a team full of stars but worked well at Villa were he was capable of taking the game by the scruff off the neck against the weaker teams in the prem, he also has the ability to rise when the pressures on a rare talent, he can win games on his own.
Talk of boxing. Ali was a maverick. He won things. Beckenbauer was a maverick, won things. Maradona was a Maverick and one things. Souness' football thinking is simply antiquated.
Grealish is one of the most talented English players in an age when they want players to score 20 a season and run 15 miles. I’d play him on the left for England, Foden and Bellingham Rice and Saka
Maverick? No. Not even close. Grealish is bang average and the only reason his price was £100m was the England tax. He plays in the same position as Vinicius Jr, Mbappe, Rafael Leao and he's not even close to any of these guys. When it comes to players in the premier league, I can immediately think of 5 that would be ahead of him - Doku (already is), Martinello, Mitoma, Trossard, Diaz. You could probably make an argument for others too (even Rashford but quite frankly he is equally as average). Lose the hype on Grealish, the best thing about him is his hair.
Gascoigne was a maverick. Shearer was a maverick.... Grealish won more than then and tbh if Grealish won the league for Man City against West Ham the season before last. Pep has changed his game he keeps the ball or gets a foul. Let's not forget his input against Liverpool last season one minute saving a goal scoring opportunity next setting up a goal down the other side of the pitch. Maybe talk about some other British players that aren't living up to the hype.
@@stevendurrant7523That's a stupid comment,he only played 4 times for Utd and not even the full 90mins.He was a 20yr old going into a club much bigger than Palace,that had just lost their iconic manager.
@@leepatrick9432 why you get my comment deleted you puff. More goals than Doku and same as Maddison with less games with grealish being on the bench for how many. Sausage
Maverick is someone who is celebrated for breaking the mould. They are succesful. Eg If a goalkeeper keeps running in with the ball way out into the outfield and launching succesful attacks, doing succesful scorpion kicks...thats a maverick. If the other team keep scoring while he did that...thats a liability
The term 'maverick' makes me think of the likes of Best, Garrincha, Maradona, Cantona, Gascoigne, Higuita, Merson, Le Tissier, Ibrahimovic and Di Canio.
City holding Greenlish back. If Greenlish played at Arsenal or Liverpool he would be amazing. Greenlish at Villa was quality to watch. At City Greenlish has to pass the ball and move. Doku has freedom to beat players and dribble past players Greenlish don't
I don't think every striker wants a cross. I think that's a very Engilish idea of football I'd rather have a Mane, Salah, Vinicius, player. Foden doesn't just take a touch and cross. That's an old antiquated way of playing football. He says mavericks don't win. They win at Madrid.
I remember a game where Graeme nearly cut Stan Bowles in half with a waist high tackle with homicidal intentions at Loftus road when Souness was still at Middlesboro...
So financial fair play should only apply to teams that cant afford to regenerate deprived areas of the country and be able to afford whatever fine is thrown in their direction. Got it 👍. Its sounds exactly the same as the judicial system in every country.
Maverick players like Tony Currie, Frank Worthington, Stan Bowles, Rodney Marsh had something special. Get you off your seat. Could Jack Grealish be in same class as Michel Platini?
When i saw grealish play for city, he has to play too safe, not encouraged to always take his man on, has an affect on his style. , so hes now more safe and patient and less effective in front of goal. He was best in a free role for a lesser quality team than city. He shouldn't be starting on the left for england with this form. However as a personality and character hes great. Good on him for enjoying the treble success and the work he does with disabled kids.
Errrm, why isn't Simon pulling Souness up on his B.S?? Last week it was Onana costing 80m Now Ange Postecoglou hasn't won anything? Excluding the elephant in the room which is Celtic, he won plenty of trophies elsewhere. So can you only be a world class manager by winning the Premier league?
@@Rain188 The worlds best club are clearly innocent of these malicious allegations unless you have any proof or evidence of their guilt in which case you should send it to the hapless Premier League because they are are absolutely desperate for some and are trying to find a way out of the mess that they have created for themselves.
@@robertmclellan3658you do know that they were found guilty for FFP once and paid fined, right? UEFA didn’t ban them due to status of limitations which was 3 years.
@@Rain188 That’s incorrect, City had no intention of engaging with the corrupt EUFA kangaroo court and always intended on legal advice to go to CAS who completely exonerated them and the fine was for not cooperating with EUFA. The statue of limitations is SIX years and is the same in the Premier League case where City could have everything prior to 2017 thrown out as time expired however City know just like last time they have the proof and evidence to clear themselves of these malicious allegations. The hapless Premier League is desperately trying to find a way out of the mess that they have created for themselves without losing to much face.
Veiwers and money brought into the premier league makes it the best league in the world and having some of the best managers in the world you will form great squads , However the pl doesnt hold a candle to when seria a was the best league , Forget the cash or veiwers at home , all the worlds best at the time wanted to challange themselvs in italy , We haven't seen the worlds greatiest at there pomp in the premier league infact some of best havent ever played a game in the league like a messi , neymar , lavandowski , r9 , kaka , zizu , neur , muller , poyal , ramos ect . If these players were around playing during seria a's pomp all would of gone there to challange themselvs
If Oil FC get to buy their way out of the 115 charges then it shows how corrupt football is and they are all in bed with the filthy money! So unfair on clubs like Everton and Forest.
Off the pitch grealish is a lovely lad, on the pitch i cabt stand watching him, he runs himself into a corner and throws himself on the floor, thats his whole game.
