Jack Grialish looks “a bit bigger” and, according to the former Aston Villa favorite, no longer has the “pace or faith” to pass players.
Despite her fights for a large part of the season in Manchester City, Geralish was a bit more independent player, even though he was called back against Real Madrid for the first leg of her playoff of the Champions League before falling off with a hip injury after half an hour.
As a result, the English international missed the 4-0 break from Newcastle on Saturday, but may be fit to return to the Santiago Bernabeu for the second leg tomorrow evening.
Jack Grialish from @Mancity warm up during the UEFA @Ccchampionslagueague 2024/25 training session in the Manchester City Football Academy in Manchester, England.
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Collymore has been disappointed by his performance recently and believes that Geralish could be on the way.
He said 101 great goals William Hill Vegas: “Jack was taken by Manchester City to go past a full -back, go to the Byline, turn and turn, put the ball over the box and someone like one (Erling) Haaland or an (Sergio) Aguero , to add the ball to the back of the network.
“Jack doesn’t do that anymore. There was a lot of garbage about how it was trained, but it didn’t. He looks a bit bigger for me, he doesn’t look motivated to pass people past, and he doesn’t look as if he has the pace or faith to pass people. “
Rashford’s early Villa displays
Geralish and Marcus Rashford previously fought the left-side role in the English team, and it remains to be seen how the new three Lions boss Thomas Tuchel sees the couple with Albania and Latvia in Wembley.
Collymore was impressed by Rashford’s first two displays since his signing for Villa, although he emphasizes that it is too early to say that he is the best again.
Marcus Rashford’s all-action @Avfcofficial Debut! 😅
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He added: “The signs are pretty good, there was a status yesterday that was absurd: in this calendar year he created the most income and great opportunities from Villa and he only played 45 minutes (in the Premier League). He recorded three full -backs and looked sharp.
“Marcus still has the pace of walking past people, but does he still have the belief to do this consistently? The early signs are good.
“A few times against Ipswich (on Saturday) he has the ball on the left wing, on the touch, and passed people. If he does this, he will return to something that approaches his best.
“When he comes past people and it is tricks, but not an end product, then he will have difficulty recognizing his ambition, namely either a permanent move to the villa or the dream is still to play for Barcelona.
“He started well, but let’s see how the diagnosis after 10 games is. Technically speaking, he is briefly in the villa, let’s say, 15 or 16 games are all good (and) at least, I want to see four or five templates and four or five goals. He is assessed at the pure issue. He started brightly, but that’s all that it is, a bright start. “
Rashford could stand in line for his first villa start when the men of Unai Emery compete against the leaders of the Premier League Liverpool in Villa Park tonight.
