What does Maresca have to do with it?
I think grealish I just not that great a player. Mahrez Sterling Foden Robert Robben etc didn’t they all flourish under him.
It’s a fair point to be fair. Paez & Estevao are joining next season.
Pep’s style of football has evolved for the worst as the years have gone by to honest. A couple of seasons ago he placed an emphasis on width, and fullbacks like Cancelo & Walker were key to the system. You watch them now with the 3-4 CBs system and he is very pragmatic. The focus is now on interior creative players, and they try not to turnover possession.
Grealish at Villa, for all his diving and rolling around, was a free spirit, inventive, producing something out of nothing. Pep has turned him into a cog in the machine. Worst career move Grealish coud have made in terms of his potential.
Mahrez, Sterling, Robben all played with less flair than what we saw of them before Guardiola though. I don't think Grealish is anything great either, but he doesn't even attempt to dribble the ball like he used to do.
It's not about how good I thought he was. It's about the type of player he used to be before joining City. He was a flair player, and that has all but vanished since joining City.
Don’t know what he will do with the team, but if there is one thing we DO know about Maresca is his player development skills are off the charts. Even the average players coming out of City’s EDS from the period have excellent field awareness, near flawless technical skill, and an almost eerie mental toughness.
Tonight or tomorrow night?
The Euros have so far been far better spectator sport than the Copa. To start with the American commentators just aren't football commentators. I'm sure they know the game really well but they just don't quite get it commentary wise. Secondly the crowds seem a lot smaller. Thirdly the football seems heavily concentrated in midfield and despite many brilliant players the teams don't seem to play at quite the same level, generally speaking. Brazil v Colombia there was a huge range of talent on offer but it was a dull game.
