Jadon Sancho

[London Villan]

In hindsight (not signing Asensio) signing Grealish would have been a sensible option for on and off-pitch reasons.

But he's definitely not an Emery player - Unai doesn't even want players to shoot from outside the box, let alone do the stuff Grealish can do.

[Somniloquism]

Sancho isn’t a bad player. He’s got a lot to prove at PL level however. We can only hope we are getting the Dortmund version.

I admire your optimism but that is 4 years ago. Like when Stoke beat us to the Michael Owen signature I thought he won't play a dozen games

Sancho is 25. A bit of difference than getting the broken down end of career Michael Owen Stoke got.

Sancho reminds me more of Dele Ali. Burst onto the scene at a young age and then didn't progress and actually started going backwards.

[rob_bridge]

Let's be honest the expectations are low so worse he can do is be as bad as we think he will be.

Shame we couldn't Mainoo instead

[aj2k77]

This is not a guy you need when the chips are down along with morale.

[VILLA MOLE]

This is not a guy you need when the chips are down along with morale.

on the face of it no . but you hope that these guys will know what to do with him

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

In hindsight (not signing Asensio) signing Grealish would have been a sensible option for on and off-pitch reasons.

But he's definitely not an Emery player - Unai doesn't even want players to shoot from outside the box, let alone do the stuff Grealish can do.

If the salaries/costs are in the same ballpark, we should have definitely got Grealish back.  The shirt sales, publicity and vibes would be a lot better, especially as it looks like Grealish has still got it.

The positive with Sancho is that he has appeared in European finals in the last 2 seasons.

[cdbearsfan]

I'm assuming zero fee for Sancho while Everton have paid a significant loan fee for Grealish.

[brontebilly]

Grealish would have given the entire club, including the dressing room, a lift when we badly needed it. It's not even about the assists. Everton were so bad v Leeds, like way worse than even us v Brentford. He starts the next day and gives every other player around him a lift from his first touch. He has a presence about him. He's like the player Sancho think he is, if you separate heart, courage etc

It's an act of self sabotage not to have brought him back and instead piss away money on this clown.

He hadn't "left" Everton players several seasons earlier. We have seen this week that our players don't seem to like players who seem to be abandoning them.

But I was mainly picking up that Moyes is given him
 freedom of play AND telling other players to make runs when he has the ball and he is not in a rigid style of play like under Pep. Which managers style do you think Emery is closer too?

Grealish was a very popular player when at the club. He went with the best wishes of the likes of McGinn and Mings and banked the club 100m. It isn't comparable in the slightest to Martinez.

Emery has given Rogers a similar license in the first few games. Grealish is the perfect fit for our system under Emery. His ability to keep the ball high up the pitch is helping Everton no end and would have done the same for Watkins and Rogers neither of whom could trap a bag of sand currently. Monumental fuck up not to have brought him back.

[john e]

Grealish would have given the entire club, including the dressing room, a lift when we badly needed it. It's not even about the assists. Everton were so bad v Leeds, like way worse than even us v Brentford. He starts the next day and gives every other player around him a lift from his first touch. He has a presence about him. He's like the player Sancho think he is, if you separate heart, courage etc

It's an act of self sabotage not to have brought him back and instead piss away money on this clown.

He hadn't "left" Everton players several seasons earlier. We have seen this week that our players don't seem to like players who seem to be abandoning them.

But I was mainly picking up that Moyes is given him
 freedom of play AND telling other players to make runs when he has the ball and he is not in a rigid style of play like under Pep. Which managers style do you think Emery is closer too?

Grealish was a very popular player when at the club. He went with the best wishes of the likes of McGinn and Mings and banked the club 100m. It isn't comparable in the slightest to Martinez.

Emery has given Rogers a similar license in the first few games. Grealish is the perfect fit for our system under Emery. His ability to keep the ball high up the pitch is helping Everton no end and would have done the same for Watkins and Rogers neither of whom could trap a bag of sand currently. Monumental fuck up not to have brought him back.

Have to agree but I’ve never carried the hatred for Grealish that some others do

[Somniloquism]

Monumental fuck up not to have brought him back.

So you keep on saying even though I can't see Grealish being used any differently under Emery then he was at Citeh under Pep. To compare him to Rogers who Emery dotes on and seems to see no wrong in at all no matter how poor he plays (I wonder how much that is pissing off other squad players) also seems off.

[London Villan]

Not sure what thread - but if Emi was going to man city, it wouldn't be as bad (and understandable) as heading off to the mess that is man utd... it's money, not football driving his decision.

[eamonn]

Did we pay a loan fee for Rashford? You can see why Yanited would want all wages covered for their wantaways if clubs are spooked by how high they are plus having to pay a loan fee on top.

[brontebilly]

Monumental fuck up not to have brought him back.

So you keep on saying even though I can't see Grealish being used any differently under Emery then he was at Citeh under Pep. To compare him to Rogers who Emery dotes on and seems to see no wrong in at all no matter how poor he plays (I wonder how much that is pissing off other squad players) also seems off.

There's a big difference as Guardiola wanted his wingers to hug the touchline. Emery doesn't even play with wingers most of the time! Grealish could easily do that role Ramsey did for us on the left or closer to Watkins where Buendia came on last night.

Agreed on the Emery/Rogers dynamic. Every manager has a favourite or two but Emery isnt doing Rogers any favours of late. Subbing Buendia off again before Rogers at Brentford was piss poor.

[chrisw1]

I'm in the Grealish > Sancho camp too.

By a million fucking miles.

[Ian.]

I'd have loved Grealish back. Bronte's right, the players and the atmosphere would never have been that flat with him in the side. There would have been a fraction of some never forgiving but he'd have won them over once he was flying past players and assists would have been happening.