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Grealish

Haven't watched a second of his season so far, but AV have been utterly mediocre and got pumped 3-0 today at Mighty Wigan. Hard to see them going up and that will put downward pressure on his transfer fee. Assuming we're still interested. Anyone with any insight on him this year?
 
MKSpur said:
Fair enough. It was enough to suck Man U into buying him and he wouldn’t be the first to choke after moving there - his Everton form has been bad though, not sure if that’s confidence, injury, his role or as you as say his true level being found if he flattered to deceive at SCBC.
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A cheeky 6-month loan bid with option to buy? Especially if Dembele moves east?
 
greatwhitenorf said:
Haven't watched a second of his season so far, but AV have been utterly mediocre and got pumped 3-0 today at Mighty Wigan. Hard to see them going up and that will put downward pressure on his transfer fee. Assuming we're still interested. Anyone with any insight on him this year?
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Been out for a month and has another 4 weeks on the sidelines...
 
Thanks for that. I see that he was wearing a protective boot, which implies a fracture of some sort. I've had to wear one twice, now have a matching pair.
 
Watched him closely against the baggies in the play off.

Had a LOT of the ball. Wanted yet more. Did next to nothing creative to get through a packed defence.

Wil draw a lot of fouls and his retention looked great.

It’s a no. Must be better value elsewhere.
 
johnola said:
Watched him closely against the baggies in the play off.

Had a LOT of the ball. Wanted yet more. Did next to nothing creative to get through a packed defence.

Wil draw a lot of fouls and his retention looked great.

It’s a no. Must be better value elsewhere.
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Also the worst kind of diving, cheating little clam. Far more suited to Chelsea or Victimpool.
 
LemonadeMoney said:
Wouldn't bother me if we bought Grealish, think there's a decent player there.
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Agreed, especially if he isn't the one expected to fix our midfield right away. However, it looks like he's going to cost about 40 million, and I don't think he's worth anything like that. Would much rather push the boat out on Ndombele or Wan-Bissaka and take a bit of a speculative punt on a creative midfielder who is more in that 15-20 range.
 
johnola said:
Watched him closely against the baggies in the play off.

Had a LOT of the ball. Wanted yet more. Did next to nothing creative to get through a packed defence.

Wil draw a lot of fouls and his retention looked great.

It’s a no. Must be better value elsewhere.
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Did you watch the first leg? Sky did a piece before the second leg and pulled up the stats on how he was ranked 1st for all midfield related things from the 1st leg - takeons, assists etc etc Just checked on whoscored and he got rating of 8.33 and star player. But hey, when it comes to someone like him people are always going to see what they want to see.....
 
First leg I thought he was much more #10 than midfield, played a lot like Erkisen.

Though that was probably down to WBA showing no signs of leaving their box.

Thought he was decent, if unspectacular. Weird game to try and judge though.
 
SpurSF said:
Agreed, especially if he isn't the one expected to fix our midfield right away. However, it looks like he's going to cost about 40 million, and I don't think he's worth anything like that. Would much rather push the boat out on Ndombele or Wan-Bissaka and take a bit of a speculative punt on a creative midfielder who is more in that 15-20 range.
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This is where are am on the signing as well. I’d be happy enough with the punt, but the prices quoted in the region of 40m would mean we are spending a large chunk of our transfer budget on him and it is no longer a punt at those prices.

I, like you, would prefer these funds to be added to a bid for Ndombele or one of the up and coming RB’s to secure those signings.
 
harr1984 said:
Did you watch the first leg? Sky did a piece before the second leg and pulled up the stats on how he was ranked 1st for all midfield related things from the 1st leg - takeons, assists etc etc Just checked on whoscored and he got rating of 8.33 and star player. But hey, when it comes to someone like him people are always going to see what they want to see.....
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Whenever I watch him I always think it is clear that he is a very good player in a reasonably average team. Good, close control, two footed, moves well, nice balance, passes well, carries the ball well, works pretty hard, always wants the ball, rarely gives the ball away. I find it a bit strange that people can watch him and not think he is a good player who should be able to play at a higher level.
 
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