He seemed to be growing up finally at Villa under Dean Smith... I think the captaincy helped him, like he said he likes having people depend on him. And after years of managerial turbulence Smith was a steady hand on the tiller, almost a father-figure to support him, and he had other mentor type presences like John Terry too.
Then lockdown happened... no football and no socialising, the devil making work for idle hands etc.
I don't want to make excuses for him. He's a grown man and he makes his own decisions.
I just don't think anyone regularly and consistently makes such terrible decisions for themselves unless they're a little bit messed up.
I agree with the Dean and Terry comments, I do feel that Jack kind of needs to be mollycoddled and led tightly, like hes like a kid that will respond better to constant praise, being yelled at just sends him back out for more....
I also agree with the comments that at 26, he should be growing up a bit and with the world cup coming up and his weird relationship with Southgate, you'd think he'd be doing anything to stay relevant in the England team.
As it stands, I can see him being left out of the world cup squad.
I can see him doing a bit of a Dele Alli.
Jack's daft, he's realistically only got 5=6 good years left in him, he's on the cusp of being amazing..........he really needs to sort himself out.