LewChatterley'sLover
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Jack is making an absolute mug of Southgate. Must be hard to show him respect though when his praise is through gritted teeth. Shit manager, been lucky so far.
Best player on the pitch from what I saw.
Got to love how Southgate sets up with two negative midfielders who cannot pass the ball forward. Just absolute dross.He was despite not being given the ball for the first 20 mins, then he started to go and look for it.
Obviously, he'll be on the bench for the real games as Southgate doesn't do skill
Players like Philips and Rice seem to be his sort converted CB's playing in midfield.
Got to love how Southgate sets up with two negative midfielders who cannot pass the ball forward. Just absolute dross.
For all the hype about Philips he just appears to be a steady no frills central midfielder.
His face just doesn't fit for one reason or another. Wouldn't be the first England manager to feel this way toward a talented player. Simple fact is that Southgate just doesn't know what to do with a player of Grealish's talent.
Grealish basically offers something no one else does and that scares Southgate. Southgate wants a team of robots.
I've no doubt just by Southgate's lack of praise for Jack that he won't play in the real games unless England don't score then he might get 15 mins at the end.
He didn't play him for the u21 team that much, so has obviously never known how to play him.
Got to love how Southgate sets up with two negative midfielders who cannot pass the ball forward. Just absolute dross.
For all the hype about Philips he just appears to be a steady no frills central midfielder.
Isn't that the difference between a good forward player and a world class player though, the ability to involve yourself in the game if you're not getting the service in the final third?From that Independent report, cheers for that @Heartofthelion
This is exactly what I've been banging on about. Merson used to stay in the attacking positions, always looking to get forward. The coaches last season should have been showing Jack where they wanted him. I dare say Shakespeare has shown him AND we have a few players to match him now (nearly match him?!) quality wise, so he won't have to try to do 'everything'.
You want, surely, Jack to keep the oppo guessing, float around a little, and as Southgate says:
“The area he got into for the goal he created is where he should aim to be more and more regularly,” Southgate said. “You want a player with his ability around that final third as much as you can. He’s good at receiving deep but I keep stressing to him that they’re the areas of the game where he can make a difference and he did that tonight.”
I'm also not convinced it has taken that long to get Jack in, the silly recent stuff aside. He wasn't quite ready before, now he is.
Isn't that the difference between a good forward player and a world class player though, the ability to involve yourself in the game if you're not getting the service in the final third?
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From that Independent report, cheers for that @Heartofthelion
This is exactly what I've been banging on about. Merson used to stay in the attacking positions, always looking to get forward. The coaches last season should have been showing Jack where they wanted him. I dare say Shakespeare has shown him AND we have a few players to match him now (nearly match him?!) quality wise, so he won't have to try to do 'everything'.
You want, surely, Jack to keep the oppo guessing, float around a little, and as Southgate says:
“The area he got into for the goal he created is where he should aim to be more and more regularly,” Southgate said. “You want a player with his ability around that final third as much as you can. He’s good at receiving deep but I keep stressing to him that they’re the areas of the game where he can make a difference and he did that tonight.”
I'm also not convinced it has taken that long to get Jack in, the silly recent stuff aside. He wasn't quite ready before, now he is.
From that Independent report, cheers for that @Heartofthelion
This is exactly what I've been banging on about. Merson used to stay in the attacking positions, always looking to get forward. The coaches last season should have been showing Jack where they wanted him. I dare say Shakespeare has shown him AND we have a few players to match him now (nearly match him?!) quality wise, so he won't have to try to do 'everything'.
You want, surely, Jack to keep the oppo guessing, float around a little, and as Southgate says:
“The area he got into for the goal he created is where he should aim to be more and more regularly,” Southgate said. “You want a player with his ability around that final third as much as you can. He’s good at receiving deep but I keep stressing to him that they’re the areas of the game where he can make a difference and he did that tonight.”
I'm also not convinced it has taken that long to get Jack in, the silly recent stuff aside. He wasn't quite ready before, now he is.
I agree in the case of Villa this season. I think he will be able to stay forward with Barkley and McGinn behind him creating chances and good footballers in Douglas, Mings, Cash and Konsa able to build attacks at the back too.Yes, but with better around you, you don't have to cover every blade of grass, you have faith in your team members that they will do their job, in Jack's case, that frees him up to do what he is best at, causing havoc amongst the oppo defences. He is there to get the ball and provide the service after-all, as well as shooting and scoring himself. He's doing that very nicely now btw, not saying he isn't.
If you try to cover the entire pitch, especially when fouled as much as Jack, the risk of injury is far greater, or just exhaustion.