Might Jack Grealish play for City again?

Gorton_Tubster said:
He was shite for City for the majority of the time. I am a big fan of his, instrumental in the treble. He declined since that for City. Same player, same static stuff, doing what Pep wanted and what the team needed. Not seen that since from him... Until he moved.
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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.
 
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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How many goals did he create for Haaland.
The main reason he left was loss of form.
 
bennyboy said:
So you do not know.
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Because you're a stat-fuck who cares about shit like assists, pitch coverage and xG.

Fact is Haaland played better with Grealish in the side and Grealish was part of the build up to many of his goals. And they don't count those in 'stats' do they.
 
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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No. He’s done at City.
 
Lavinda Past said:
Not a chance while Guardiola is still around.

Unfortunately.
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I do wish Pep would abandon these current, stifling tactics and allow players to roam free and have us playign attacking free-flowing passing football again.

Feels like i'm watching netball players these days.
 
As long as Pep is here he won’t no matter how well he plays anywhere
 
If Kalvin has a chance then so does the PL player of the month.

Grealish lost his 2023 form. If he got that back and Everton don't pay £50 million, there is a chance…even if it’s slim.
 
Metal Biker said:
I do wish Pep would abandon these current, stifling tactics and allow players to roam free and have us playign attacking free-flowing passing football again.

Feels like i'm watching netball players these days.
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Guardiola is totally risk averse. Reached the point where he's scared of losing the ball.

When I gave up my season card a few years ago, my reasons were partly due to cost, long distance travel and poor health, but my final decision was down to being tired of watching invariably boring games that, thanks entirely to Pep's tactics, had become little more than glorified training sessions.

If we'd been playing better football, I'd ptobably have retained my SC for at least another year ir two, but once Pep signed an extension, I was glad I hadn't wasted my tine and money. I still see every game on TV/Internet streams and thankfully, don't have to tolerate the 'fan experience'. I know that I'm not the only supporter/fan who has made that decision.

IMO, Jack Grealish is living proof that Guardiola's obsessive tactics have stifled entertaining football.
 
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