2025/26 Jack Grealish

[PITA]

They’re football players. Not made of glass. Injuries happen. This is not the fault of David Moyes.

Sorry, I think that you're wrong but only because @davek is never wrong.

 

[blulouie]

I thought this, who is it who has said it’s 3 months and why? If it is then so be it. Where have Everton refuted it?

Romano posted it earlier ( about the lay off )

 

[Marcus Kendall]

But also it’s likely this is an accumulation of the amount of minutes he’s played and the amount of strain his body takes from being volleyed every match

Sadly we’re not killing off some games (not including villa in this that was massively hard fought with a bare bones side) but thinking to earlier in the season when there were games we could have killed off earlier and allowed likes of Grealish and kdh to come off earlier

It’s also Moyes who does not trust anyone outside the first Xi and makes far less subs than anyone in the league, even dyche is starting to mix things up more now knowing that every other side will make 5 subs

This isn’t something he could have done from Burnley onwards but previous to this he has flogged the likes of Grealish, Ndiaye , kdh to the bone, whereas every other player in those positions in the league bar maybe salah is getting subbed regularly to lessen their workload in what is becoming a much more physically demanding game than it was when Moyes first managed us

This could be true yes and you have to factor in the modern football boots which offer less protection than the old leather ones. It's probably a myriad of reasons why this injury has happened so pointing fingers of blame isn't really appropriate

 

[Groucho]

But they're not all the same. I doubt too many people would agree that if you have a player of Grealish's quality who is so important to us but has had a year of dodgy injuries, joining in every training session and playing every game is the right way to make good use of him.

Yes, injuries happen. But with a player who has a recent record of long lay offs you surely must cut your cloth accordingly and play him more sparingly than Everton have?

No because what’s the point in having them if you’re not gonna play them?

Balls are hairy, not made of crystal. Nothing is risk free.

 

[COYBL25]

This could be true yes and you have to factor in the modern football boots which offer less protection than the old leather ones. It's probably a myriad of reasons why this injury has happened so pointing fingers of blame isn't really appropriate

Remember when loads of players seemed to get when they switched to the new boots - Rooney and Beckham being two of the high profile ones I remember.

I had a mate who swam to a high level and she sustained a stress fracture in a foot from swimming, which she didn’t even know she had, until one of her trainers picked up something funny with her swimming gait.

 

[davek]

No because what’s the point in having them if you’re not gonna play them?

Balls are hairy, not made of crystal. Nothing is risk free.

I wasn't suggesting not play him. I said above that we should've seen a player who had played 3 times since December 2024 rested maybe 1 every 4 games.

Everyone could see he wasn't the same player by late November that he was back in August/September. He was flagging. Loads of us noted how knackered he looked and some of us said he was in dire need of a rest. That's not hindsight, that's what fans on a forum could seee, so why didn't Moyes?

 

[Marcus Kendall]

No because what’s the point in having them if you’re not gonna play them?

Balls are hairy, not made of crystal. Nothing is risk free.

My balls are hairy too ☺ and I don't think they're made of crystal either but I'd have to book an appointment with my GP to validate that

 

[HKContractDave]

Grealish injury latest after 'tests' on Everton star following three month claim

Everton are still waiting to fully assess the extent of Jack Grealish's foot injury

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk

Surprised they haven't used the word stance here

 

[matty1878]

the echo is days behind anything

oh jacky baby please recover quick

and i’m sure we will sign you x

 

[PercyPlant]

Romano posted it earlier ( about the lay off )

Only one I could find is him saying 3 months out, where’s the bit where Everton rebuffed it?

 

[matty1878]

No because what’s the point in having them if you’re not gonna play them?

Balls are hairy, not made of crystal. Nothing is risk free.

can’t you use your powers an let him just use the liverpool thread?

 

[matty1878]

Only one I could find is him saying 3 months out, where’s the bit where Everton rebuffed it?

i’m sure it’s true mate if ornstein said it

everton will say we hope he’s back for the last game

he said the other day he wants to stay

then gets a season ending injury

 

[Swartzy]

Embarrassing shock to the twerps on here tossing themselves off at an alleged 3 month layoff. Everton have just refuted any such baseless rumours saying he has not even been assessed yet.

It's just another "Tactical Genius" approach from us to make it look like a New Signing along with Garner..

We roamed the earth, searching far and wide, and realised we have the 2 best Values under our noses all along..

 

[Furey1878]

Well, they defo can! But I get your point.

Do we see an ageing and injury prone Grealish as a good investment at any price though? If City cut him loose a year early and we could get him on a free that's a no brainer for us. However, any fee into the £20Ms is not wise IMO - with high wages thrown in.

I think it'll be a bigger than normal loan fee, say 10 mil ish maybe with some clauses, then he joins us on a free the following summer.

I'd take that, there is no other way we could get finished article talent like that.

 

[SteStocksDJ]

Is having him for 8.5 more games to be sniffed at? Better than having him for 20 games where he's maybe also fatigued or carrying knocks too, isn't it?

But he could have broken his leg in the first week and missed the entire season. Would Moyes be to blame then.

Yes another 8 games of Jack would be fantastic. But there’s no guarantee this would have happened.

Your argument is based on hypothetical what ifs.

What if he did ACL in October. Would you then send the dogs for Moyes then?

he’s averaged 77mins per appearance in the league this season. So it’s not like he’s not getting rest at the end of games.