Remember the FA Cup semi-final last year when Jack Grealish ran the show against Liverpool?
Well he’s pretty much been on a steady decline ever since the final whistle blew last April.
Grealish, once touted as a future superstar, has had a nightmare season for Aston Villa and it’s not all to do with that night of partying which saw him banished to the Under-21s.
In fact, the 20-year-old has endured what is being called the worst individual season of any player in Premier League history.
Coming off the bench against Arsenal on Sunday was Grealish’s 16th league appearance for Villa this season.
How many points did Villa pick up in games when the winger played? That would be precisely zero.
All 17 points picked up by Villa en route to their relegation were earned without Grealish on the pitch which won’t make for pleasant reading for the player who officially rejected Ireland’s advances last November.
The played 16/lost 16 record put forward by Grealish means he has far surpassed what was previously thought to be the worst individual performance of a Premier League player, surpassing Sean Thornton’s 2002/03 season for Sunderland when the Black Cats lost all of the 11 games featuring Thornton.
In the kind of form that Grealish is in, Martin O’Neill will probably be counting his blessings that he picked England.
