He never found a way to win without Grealish, that was the problem.
We've had similar issues under Bielsa.
First with Hernandez.
Now with KP.
And probably with Raph id imagine.
He never found a way to win without Grealish, that was the problem.
I think it did. The stats for the previous couple of years seemed to suggest how overly reliant they were on Grealish. A bit like Norwich selling Buendia, Villa sold their best player, and didn't really replace him - although weirdly coincidental that Buendia was really the Grealish replacement. The boards cashed in and neither club benefitted.
You are greatly underestimating Raph I think.
Take Raph out of this side and we should be about £80m richer... the rest is your opinion.
Part of me would love to see Raph play just one U23 game just to see all his tricks and show how much of a cut-above he is.
Well f**king duh !!!
1. I didn't compare Raph with Summerville I said Summerville could become a very good right winger in his own right given game time.
1) You said that Summerville "wasnt that far away from being that quality (meaning Raph level) right winger". That is a comparison in my book.faaip wrote: ↑Wed Nov 10, 2021 8:36 pm 1. I didn't compare Raph with Summerville I said Summerville could become a very good right winger in his own right given game time.
2. "would score and create " is remarkably accurate. Is that would score 5 goals and create 5 more or score one and create 5? ...
3. God forbid anyone say anything positive about Leeds and try to counter the awful negative vibe of the doom laden forum
Careful Faaip, active player/manager/ownership support or encouragement on here can lead to practically universal dismissal as unenlightened and naive.
Realism is relative Cjay.
When you say take Raph out of this side we would be ok in the long run... What exactly do you mean? I was implying take Raph out of this side now and we would be playing Championship football next season. Summerville or no Jimmy.