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    Why Jack Grealish is Perfect for Pep Guardiola



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    Jack Grealish has been a polarising figure at Manchester City. Many don’t believe that he has lived up to the £100 million transfer from Aston Villa, with a poor return in terms of goal contributions since joining.

    However. the England international’s underlying numbers have been much stronger than his assists and goals would lead you to believe. Jon Mackenzie is here to explain just why Grealish is a perfect fit for Pep Guardiola and his philosophy.

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    4. WinterBird on

      He is perfect because he makes up their english quota while being satisfied to sit on the bench and play a minor role. And when he gets the chance he is not shite.

    8. Si Hi on

      It’s mad how often this happens, player is potentially overrated but either way almost everyone agrees he’s a very good player, player then gets a big move or more attention and then proceeds to get absolutely slated by about 50% of fans saying he’s awful, truth is he’s still a very good player he just gets used very differently by pep, their wingers never have scored loads of goals like they do at Liverpool, people just don’t have a clue unfortunately.

    9. FanofAslan on

      Grealish needs to be let off the positional leash to allow his flair and skill to thrive and to turn touches to assists and goals. Pep asks him to dwell in particular positions, rather like a set chess opening. This inhibits Jack's influence on the game. Look at Grealish for England vs Germany when he came on.

    10. BaconSnake Y on

      Always annoyed me how the average football fan (and alarmingly some pundits on tv) look at football stats of players like:

      ‘You weren’t the one who passed the ball for the assist, you’re rubbish’

      Such lazy analysis 🙄🤦🏽‍♂️

    16. Wai Yan Oo on

      Actually most people know that Grealish is the perfect player for Guardiola… the problem isn’t the style of play or abilities of the player… it’s his output

    25. Joe on

      This is a ridiculous and nonsensical analysis…even when the numbers are right in front of these clowns …they try to spin an obvious negative into something positive….. If the data is showing that he should be getting more assists but he is underperforming….why is this clown trying to use deluded arguments to change the conclusion of the data. Anyone understands football knows that Jack Grealish have been playing poorly…he also fails the eye test.

    26. SigmaGeek on

      Your analysts are on par with those working for the big 4 consulting firms! Insane quality and very well presented. Kudos to your team 👏

    28. msdm83 on

      At villa he liked to get the ball on the ring in the half way like and dribble in towards the centre. At City last year it crowded out the centre and reduced width in the left. This year he's much more discipline positionally and give and goes quicker. He's looking like a pep player now

    29. Richard Horrocks on

      Goals and assists tell a very limited story. How many times would Iniesta skip past three or four players, open up the defence, lay on a perfect pass for someone else to make the final 'assist' pass for the scorer? No assist or goal credited to Iniesta, but it was he who made the goal. Grealish has the potential to do something similar… to create chaos and space for others to benefit from. He just needs to do it whilst maintaining his tactical duties. I'm sure he is learning very quickly under Pep.

    35. Quesmora on

      thank you for this video , its so hard to explain this to non city fans . i feel like people should learn about tactics more than just judge players based on goals and assists .

    39. Yugam Jain on

      8:17 I think the increased chances from the right hand side of the pitch might have to do with KDB's positioning as well, as we see him time and time again in the right half space and sometimes right flank trying to curl balls to the back post for Haaland or a late runner into the box (mainly Gundogan)

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