Jack Grealish | Set to join Everton on season-long loan

[Dr Jacoby]

Keep.

Swimming.

 

[krisblue]

Grealish didn't score or assist at Villa either, it's a myth

Exactly this. His stats are almost identical on a G/A PG ratio here to what they were at Villa… and those stats at Villa included time in the Championship.

 

[Gigant]

If there is any chance to swap him for Gordon + add ons , it would be a no brainer if we dont do it

Since Kyle is leaving, with possible Grealish exit we will be short with mandatory homegrown players

 

[mancityscot]

Hopefully that pen he scored has any potential suitors licking their lips

 

[Goldust]

He will be the next one out after Kyle. OK scored a pen, but never looked like scoring in open play.

 

[ninjamonkey]

To everyone who keeps mentioning the £100m price tag. Ask yourself, is it worth paying £100m to win the Champions League, because without Jack we wouldn’t have won it.
I can agree overall he’s been underwhelming and it’s probably time he moves on but me personally I thank our lucky stars we bought him. Not least because I get to sing to the dippers “Have you ever won a treble, have you fuck!”

Daft comment. We've no idea how things go without him, perhaps we lose a game along the way without him that costs us, but it's equally possible we could have bought somebody better instead and we still win the treble, maybe even a quad. Nobody knows.

But unproveable hypotheticals arent the reason for it being daft, The very reason we won the treble I would say is because there were multiple players in top form every single game, and those players were often different from game to game. The non-reliance on any one player is the main reason we won it, so to suggest we wouldn't have won it without one player contradicts that.

Grealish didn't turn up in the semi finals or finals of the cups but we still won them because we were never reliant on one player. This can be applied to anybody in that squad by the way, it's not just grealish, kdb was arguably our best player in that squad, went off in the c/l final and we still got the job done because others stepped up. The only exception is Rodri.

 

[bell_mcfc]

If there is any chance to swap him for Gordon + add ons , it would be a no brainer if we dont do it

Since Kyle is leaving, with possible Grealish exit we will be short with mandatory homegrown players

When Walker leaves will leave us with

Stones, Ake, Carson, Lewis, JWE, Grealish, Foden, McAtee, O’Reilly, Bobb, JSP, Mubama.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Since Kyle is leaving, with possible Grealish exit we will be short with mandatory homegrown players

Are home grown players mandatory?

 

[bell_mcfc]

Are home grown players mandatory?

Think we have to have 8?

 

[BLUEisville]

you can have 17 non-homegrown players, then 8 homegrown up to a squad of 25.

We have 13 non homegrown and 8 homegrown. So not an issue

 

[waspish]

I'd keep but will he be happy as not a regular at his age

 

[117 M34]

Think we have to have 8?

You can have 0 if you want. You'd have to have a small squad though

 

[Rammy Blue]

I’d move him on personally, as much as I like him, I think we need someone hungrier.

 

[bluemc]

I’d move him on personally, as much as I like him, I think we need someone hungrier.

Luke Shaw? He's always hungry.

 

[J.A.M]

Personally I wouldn’t be sad if he moved on, not sure what it is with him this season (and last if I’m honest) but his body language on the pitch just doesn’t seem right :(

Maybe it’s because of a lack of confidence and playing time, or something in his personal life making him unhappy, but something seems off.

Even when he is on the bench and we are playing shit and losing, I’m still not screaming to get him on, even yesterday when we were like 6 nil up, he looked frustrated and trying to drew a foul and have a punch up.

It’s ashamed because I really do like the lad, and I think he got a lot put on his shoulders because of the price tag, not just from us, but the English media and the England fans, and I think there was a hope he would fail because he joined City

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

I’d move him on personally, as much as I like him, I think we need someone hungrier.

No time for sentiment in elite sport. The end of this season is the right tme for Jack to move on. He has done his bit for City. We need younger and hungrier players moving forward..and more pace.

 

[Bellamy's Caddy]

No time for sentiment in elite sport. The end of this season is the right tme for Jack to move on. He has done his bit for City. We need younger and hungrier players moving forward..and more pace.

I really like Grealish and wanted it to work for him at City, and it did during the treble winning season. But, you can't talk about him without acknowledging the price tag and the expectation that comes with. Quite simply to go a calendar year without a goal in this City team, as a forward player is unacceptable. Now, he has had injuries and significant personal issues or circumstances. But there's only so far those considerations extend.

My biggest observation with Grealish is I question his mentality. For all he does give very good interviews, he always talks about wanting to take more responsibility and influencing games, but then doesn't do it often enough.

With the rebuild in progress, competition for places will be stronger than ever. Now Savinho is showing form, we will most likely see Bernardo back in the centre (I much prefer him there), so it's no given that Grealish will get game time in the centre, especially as he hadn't played there since the Forest game (shame as he played very well).

Sadly, I think this summer may be the end of his time at City, unless KDB does leave and he is given another season to prove himself. I would be surprised if he left in January, though.

 

[BlueRockape]

IMHO
I think we have tried to change his natural game to much play him more central let him do what he dose best instead of being drilled to pass back rather than lose the ball.
We have draind him of his natural game

 

[Keeper!]

IMHO
I think we have tried to change his natural game to much play him more central let him do what he dose best instead of being drilled to pass back rather than lose the ball.
We have draind him of his natural game

Who is "we"

I presume you mean Pep Guardiola?

And if that's true your talking out of your backside.

Sane, Sterling, Doku, Mahrez and now Silvinho don't seem to have been told to restrict their games, so why has Grealish?

 

[69FACUPfinal]

IMHO
I think we have tried to change his natural game to much play him more central let him do what he dose best instead of being drilled to pass back rather than lose the ball.
We have draind him of his natural game

I agree with this. He was mint at Villa. I think he was a big fish in a shallow pond at Villa and for the most has been completely overawed here - Pep type play etc, he's a lovely lad bit not the sharpest IQ and I think struggled with adapting to Pep ball. Got better when Erl joined in the Treble season.

Be sorry to see him go as he is a good club ambassador, very popular with younger ( and lots of females!), but we need attack and commitment on the pitch and not sure he has that mentality currently.