Greenlizard0 PL & Championship Football Thread ** spoilers ** [26th - 28th December 2022]

Newcastle are doing fantastically well. They have spent money but Howe has worked wonders with the existing players too.

I think it’ll actually become more difficult for them as expectation builds, but they’re very much on the right track.
 
Robbo said:
Newcastle are doing fantastically well. They have spent money but Howe has worked wonders with the existing players too.

I think it’ll actually become more difficult for them as expectation builds, but they’re very much on the right track.
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It is amazing also what mentality can do to average players. Imagine having Ashley as your boss to a country knowing full well you will be challenging for titles and trophies in the next couple of years.

SAF in a way had that similar aura about him. It elevates players onto a different level.
 
Robbo said:
Newcastle are doing fantastically well. They have spent money but Howe has worked wonders with the existing players too.

I think it’ll actually become more difficult for them as expectation builds, but they’re very much on the right track.
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Yup, people who didn't watch us very often under Bruce won't actually remember how these players player within themselves and the negative projection he had on the team.

Howe has done so well and the time he spent with Simeone really has paid off.
 
Am I the only one who thinks Grealish is the most overrated player currently playing today? He doesn't actually beat anybody, he tries....but then falls over to get a free kick. His end product, either a pass or shot always gets blocked or misses.

For someone who's job is attacking midfield, he doesn't have the end product of stats to really back it up, it's worse than Miggy when Miggy was crap. I would've thought he would really level up and do some good stuff once he got to Man City but it seems the complete opposite has happened.
 
Raymond Lin said:
Am I the only one who thinks Grealish is the most overrated player currently playing today? He doesn't actually beat anybody, he tries....but then falls over to get a free kick. His end product, either a pass or shot always gets blocked or misses.

For someone who's job is attacking midfield, he doesn't have the end product of stats to really back it up, it's worse than Miggy when Miggy was crap. I would've thought he would really level up and do some good stuff once he got to Man City but it seems the complete opposite has happened.
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None of the players of his type who Pep has bought have immediately come in and looked at home. Mahrez, Bernardo, Sterling all took a long time to settle and learn under Pep. Grealish is having to change a huge amount of his game to adapt to the way City play, and he's clearly getting better. He was anonymous last season, whereas this time round he's affecting games. His confidence is completely shot at the moment though. If he can get that back he'll be a valuable player for them.
 
manic111 said:
None of the players of his type who Pep has bought have immediately come in and looked at home. Mahrez, Bernardo, Sterling all took a long time to settle and learn under Pep. Grealish is having to change a huge amount of his game to adapt to the way City play, and he's clearly getting better. He was anonymous last season, whereas this time round he's affecting games. His confidence is completely shot at the moment though. If he can get that back he'll be a valuable player for them.
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He is not getting better, by the evidence so far, last season and the current one, he has got worse compared to his Villa days.
 
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Raymond Lin said:
He is not getting better, by the evidence so far, last season and the current one, he has got worse compared to his Villa days.
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He's clearly getting better in respect of fitting into City's system, and is affecting games now which he was unable to do last season.

He's doing a completely different job in the City team to what he was being asked to do to Villa. He can't just hold the ball for City, whereas that was his whole game at Villa. Now he's required to move the ball fast, and go past people at the right moments.
 
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