Might Jack Grealish play for City again?

Metal Biker said:
Fiction can be fun, but I find the reference section much more enlightening.

He came with a massive weight expectation of a price tag he never asked for. Yet he knuckled down and found his place in the squad and regularly put in great performances. Few if anyone were calling him out for being the worst player on the pitch for us. That's a far cry from being 'majorily shite' as you put it.
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How many great performances, must of missed them games.
 
Under a new manager, perhaps. The way hes being encouraged to get to the byline feels like the Jack of old.The shackles are off at Everton.
 
He may feel less intensely pressured to perform at Everton than he did at City. Whatever the reason(s), it's great to see him doing well and enjoying his football.
 
Metal Biker said:
Yes, yes, denial is the first stage.

Fact is, Grealish is playing for Everton how he did for us when he first joined us; collecting the ball, roaming free, running out wide to cross the ball in, winning a few fouls.

He became a static, rigid, forced to play as a wait-for-the-ball-to-come-to-him-on-the-left winger, which isn't how he plays, isn't what he is best at and this has clearly been shown since he joined Everton. Talk of him being unfit, too drunk, not committed have shown to be bumpf in the space of just one month. He's earned the Player of the Month accolade for a reason. We're suffering for it, because he was one of the few who could get the ball to Haaland.
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This silly myth that he or any other player was "forced" to play a certain way which stifles them is just that, silly. He's only had a month there, I really do hope for his sake that he carries on his form but the reality of the last 2 or 3 seasons may come back to show your "bumbf" statement to be totally wrong as well.
 
Lavinda Past said:
Must have, not 'of'.  Those games, not 'them'.

"Academica"... How ironic.
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And the winner of this week's "most inappropriate username" award goes to... "

;-)

Seriously, though; it's staggering just how many people on here use "of" when it should be "have". It's defiantly a growing problem, and a problem we need to loose.
 
Centurions said:
This silly myth that he or any other player was "forced" to play a certain way which stifles them is just that, silly. He's only had a month there, I really do hope for his sake that he carries on his form but the reality of the last 2 or 3 seasons may come back to show your "bumbf" statement to be totally wrong as well.
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Silly myth?

Guardiola's risk averse 'possession at all costs' tactics sucked the life out of Jack Grealish They still do in respect of supply to Erling Haaland.

Retain and recycle... the last few seasons have had some of the most boring 'training session' football I've ever seen, trophies or not. All thanks to Guardiola's obsessive belief in his system.

Jack's got a chance to get his career back on track, and I for one would love to see him rub Pep's nose in it if/when he does. Obviously, Jack wouldn't do that, because he's a decent bloke.
 
Marvin. said:
Grealish joined Everton on loan this Summer and was voted the best Premier League player in August. He has 4 assists to his name. Everton drew 0-0 vs Villa yesterday but the MOTD highlights showed that he was very effective and created some big chances for Everton.

He seems to me to be playing in exactly the same role at Everton as he played at City but he is playing much better. Why is this? I can think of some reasons:

1) He knows this is a final chance and the move is a mental reset for him. He's trying harder.

2) He is enjoying positive comment from media and fans. Football journalists will speak of Grealish at Everton a lot more positively than they did when he was at City.

3) He is playing regularly for the first time in a while

4) The tactics of the opposing sides he's faced for Everton might be more progressive than what we would typically experience playing for City. I think this is true but unlikely to explain his pick-up in form.

5) It might be a blip.

6) Moyes has managed him better than Pep. Seems unlikely.

7) Everton games are not the Cup Finals that City face every week.

I don't think City can recall Grealish in Jan. but it will depend on the loan agreement.

Would you want Jack back? I would based on his current form. His record: goals and assists will be important but I think Jack is also one of those players who make teams and his team mates play better. His passes are usually perfectly weighted. I think a lot of City fans wrote Jack off and already he's proved this viewpoint wrong. I wondered if he still had it in him to be a top player. We need to see more, but it looks good so far. I can see him back in a City shirt again.
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As I understand it Everton have an option to buy him for 50m if he's a success there, so it might not be so easy to get him back .... and after a full season there he might NOT want to to come back anyway!
 
jimharri said:
And the winner of this week's "most inappropriate username" award goes to... "

;-)

Seriously, though; it's staggering just how many people on here use "of" when it should be "have". It's defiantly a growing problem, and a problem we need to loose.
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it's the 've issue; Should've, could've, would've is now should of, could of, would of.

And it's growing. Just like with 'you're joking me'. It's "you're joking" or "you're kidding me" How do you "joke" someone?
 
Centurions said:
This silly myth that he or any other player was "forced" to play a certain way which stifles them is just that, silly. He's only had a month there, I really do hope for his sake that he carries on his form but the reality of the last 2 or 3 seasons may come back to show your "bumbf" statement to be totally wrong as well.
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Hmm, yes the "myth" that he wasn't played out of position, when he's allowed to roam at Everton, was allowed to roam at Villa, was allowed to roam for us in the beginning, had a rocky first season, but came back with a vengeance in the treble winning one.

Is it the semantics of the phraseology that bothers you? Okay; Grealish wasn't played to his developmental strengths in the last two seasons as a winger when he should have been a roaming AM. That more accurate for you?

And it's 'bumpf' not 'bumbf'.
 
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