Tyrique George

[brap2]

Crazy comparison alert

Touch of the Neymars about him.

[Shogun]

He will obviously need to up the end product but everything else is magnificent. Pace, technical ability, weight of pass. He's got it all.

[Bluebridge]

A lot of good things to come from this boy, we just have to remember, as all wingers, he’ll have a few stinkers too.
We’ve got a few exciting kids to look forward to.

[Cods]

We don't need Grealish if Tyrique's doing this on Matchday 1.

Dibbers still to come.

[Cantoffee]

I like how he is willing to shoot with both feet from range. Will serve him well to keep defenders honest.

Very happy with the signing and could be a big season for him.

[Bob Sacamano]

Give him as many minutes as humanly possible.

[Surax]

I like how he is willing to shoot with both feet from range. Will serve him well to keep defenders honest.

Very happy with the signing and could be a big season for him.

Me too. It's a big plus, this. I feel like we don't have enough players who are willing to have a crack. Obviously it will be frustrating at times, but I think back to Rohl's goal against Sunderland...sometimes you just have to have a pop. You won't score otherwise. Many of our players, particularly towards the end of the season, seemed afraid to pull the trigger (KDH in particular). We need players like this that aren't afraid to have a go.

[kramer]

I thought it was telling that he ignored Mykolenko in loads of space a couple times to have a go himself.

The commentators weren’t impressed but anyone who watches us regularly understands that those aren’t necessarily bad decisions.

[sam of the south]

I thought it was telling that he ignored Mykolenko in loads of space a couple times to have a go himself.

The commentators weren’t impressed but anyone who watches us regularly understands that those aren’t necessarily bad decisions.

He linked up really well with Aznou in pre season, so I know who George would prefer to play alongside

[Audrey Horne]

Absolutely loved watching him. Got everyone off the feet constantly (I was stood all game anyway but you know what I mean)

I love that even when things dont come off or he loses the ball, he won't stop trying or go into his shell etc

[StirlingBlue]

He linked up really well with Aznou in pre season, so I know who George would prefer to play alongside

I thought he linked up well with Myko as well tbf, him ignoring the overlap to shoot at times doesn’t mean they’re not linking up well

[Shogun]

I thought he linked up well with Myko as well tbf, him ignoring the overlap to shoot at times doesn’t mean they’re not linking up well

It's funny in those situations most of the crowd would have been screaming at him to pass to the fullback and then shouted at him for messing up a long shot but the general vibe around me was just "Yeah, I wouldn't pass to Mykolenko either" which is both funny and also sad!

[AjaxAndy]

In a post match interview Everton's Tyrique George was asked if he'd learnt anything as Jack Grealish's understudy last season.

The young Everton winger replied simply with 'yeah I chatted to Jack a lot last season, and he gave me some really good advice. The main thing he tried to imprint on me was that if I'm in the attacking third, and I have the opportunity to play the ball out wide to an overlapping Mykolenko, is that in no way should I ever do this. He said that even if I have the entire team to dribble past, there's still an infinite greater possibility of it ending on a goal than if I passed to Myko'.

When pressed further on the issue George simply stated that Grealish hadn't given him any other advice, as that piece was very much the most important thing a left winger playing for Everton could learn.

Source - BBC / not really, totally made up

[kramer]

Also makes you wonder what the deal was at the end of last season.

Was it simply time to acclimate? Did we want to keep his price suppressed while getting a good look in training?

We were playing Röhl and McNeil on the right rather than what we saw Saturday.

I’m not dwelling on it, it’s the past, it’s just curious as to why he was bench-only when he might’ve given us some extra spark from wide with a chance to qualify for Europe.

[AjaxAndy]

Also makes you wonder what the deal was at the end of last season.

Was it simply time to acclimate? Did we want to keep his price suppressed while getting a good look in training?

We were playing Röhl and McNeil on the right rather than what we saw Saturday.

I’m not dwelling on it, it’s the past, it’s just curious as to why he was bench-only when he might’ve given us some extra spark from wide with a chance to qualify for Europe.

Yeah I think it's mainly price related.

I think Moyes does a lot of this kind of thing. Like refusing to play Patterson as he knows the board are less likely to give him funds for a new RB if he does so and Patto plays well.

He's quite happy to piss off the outside world if it means leverage to get what he wants down the line.

There's also the protecting McNeil's value to consider, and even though he was largely shit, playing regularly allowed us to then swap him for a £35m player. This probably wouldn't have been possible if we'd just dumped him in the reserves and failed to use him after the Palace move fell apart.

He's a stubborn dour Scotsman, but he's a wiley old fox too who largely knows what he's doing and is able to create situations that benefit what he wants and needs down the line.