Frank Leboeuf and Craig Burley join Dan Thomas on ESPN FC Extra Time to answer fans’ questions and discuss:
0:00 It’s the Little League World Series not the World Cup!
0:55 Is Craig feeling positive?
1:27 Chelsea’s transfer strategy
2:27 Can Grealish get back on as a starter?
7:10 Should Sterling reduce his salary?
8:18 Does Ancelotti have to drop one of the front three?
10:18 Opening week has been subpar
15:58 Being beaten in home openers
17:03 Craig’s holiday
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30 Comments
Grealish does not get in over Doku for me. First game of the season a bit overboard on Doku criticism he was arguably Belgiums best player in the Euros. Direct brave fast explosive beats opponents. His end product will get better far prefer watching him
Regarding injuries because of excessive playing time…… I think one main issue is that these players are playing well below their natural body weight which will make them more susceptible….???
Grealish has what he deserves for his greed. He would have been captain and a legit superstar if he had had a little patience and stayed at Villa. Now he's pre-season captain and jumping up and down at the end of every season for warming the bench.
Freakish is in the exit lounge as sterling was moved out
Savio needs to play on the left. Doku needs to play with way less touches
That's why teams need big squads and rotate players. Those which don't balance that well get many injuries.
When other team sign player after first season these people call them flop but in grealish and in nunez case 3rd season nobody calling them flop coz pep and klopp sign them for tons of money eventually any good player will come good after 2 seasons in team like city and Liverpool . Give every player fair chance
So help me understand this. Lamenting the lack of rest time for players with too many games and competitions while at the same time always criticize Chelsea for having a big squad to try and cope with the demanding schedule?
Grealish who???
Oo please. Doku is way better than grealish. The English media just want to hype this Grealish guy. An average player
No mention of stupid friendlies in the USA…
Grealish needs to lay off the booze 🍻🍺 🍷 🥃🥂🍹
No
Grealish was snatched by City basically for snubbing villa
Lol this kovavic 25mil retoric is so funny.
Do u the number of times sterling scored against city!?
Grealish are fantastisk diver its good for pgmol and city.
There are too many games how?Couldn’t teams just use more players? Why is player management a discussion between players and organizations and not players and clubs? You all mentioned NBA. In the NBA players partake in “load management”. Sounds like the problem is the big clubs may punish players who consider this, I think that is the problem. Why would a player playing too many games be a FIFA problem or a UEFA problem?
Don't rate him, didn't want us to sign him. In his defence I can say he's not a winger, if we played him in attacking midfield behind Haaland I think he'd do really well and get a lot of assists. Grealish, Phillips & Nunes were all a waste of money and bad signings.
Mbappe will absolutely struggle this season.
Jack has been given many opportunities to show why Pep and City payed that massive sum to acquire him. He has on many occassions shown that he was worth it BUT these are now becoming few and far between. You earn your spot in the starting 11 by having tremendous practices and it would appear that Pep feels that Jack is not doing that. Has he simply peaked and isn't going to raise his game any further? Does he need to change teams and start fresh? Only Pep and Jack himself know the answer.
City will play about 70 games this year. the squad will rotate. Happens every year.
grealish is a Westhampton player not a world class
That background music is so annoying
Grealish is redundant and overpaid. City should get rid of him, don't waste time of his and other players'. 🤭
Jack does something that no other City winger does. He holds onto the ball. That second half against Chelsea when we're just keeping posession and not chasing a goal, winning free kicks, winding the clock down, that's when he shines the most. He's still my first-choice LW.
Pep should finally free Jack Grealish and give him a start
Dan is lucky Franck is such an easy going and happy guy. Telling a world cup winner and former premier leaguer a joyful 'shut up' while your own accomplishments in the sport are null takes.. I don't know what.
Anything is possible
There is more chance of it raining frogs than Grealish making a success in City. Just another English working class player: lazy, incredibly stupid, limited talent and spends too much time drunk.
Look at how they talk about Grealish who has never come close to replacing Sterlings production. Hes lucky hes on a team that doesnt need him. Hes bang average player