I think he's a tidy player with a football brain. Having better players to link up with hopefully will let us see how good he really is.

Hopefully he'll be a regular in our midfield now, and not left-back, and give him a new contract now.

A superb future for him and us is unfolding at resurgent Everton on the banks of the Royal Blue Mersey.

However, I would be delighted to be wrong.

He's responded very well to playing in a better team, with better players around him. Hopefully he does get England recognition. He's never going to be flashy but he does the simple things well (which sounds like a put down but is not intended to be).

I bet Man Utd are wondering why they let him go - with a succession of expensive crap coming in as supposed upgrades.

I'd be willing to bet that he's been overlooked by England for the same reason. And unfortunately for him, he doesn't qualify to play for any other country. English through and through.

As for our club, as I've said before, I view him as a foundational piece of the Everton of the future, and no matter how glamorous we get in the coming years, I believe there will always be a place for him.

Just stay healthy, young man.

He just does the basics so well and consistently.

Garner and Dewsbury-Hall are just the type of players needed for Everton's revival. Modest, no-nonsense footballers who could make this their platform for stardom, if Tuchel figures it out.

Maybe Tuchel is gradually building up, he definitely needs a lot of building. He didn't even select Branthwaite when fit. Maybe something was spotted in the way he was training. It will be interesting to see if Grealish gets a call-up.

Garner is playing well. He has footballers around him now who can progress the ball. Grealish was given special attention by Villa but still managed to put in a consistent performance.

I think he had a good relationship with Moyes, maybe he could come back here and make up for Moyes’s appointment of Charlie Adams.

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Imagine England having Pickford, Branthwaite, Garner and Grealish in it's squad. The '86 England squad might be the one with the most Everton players and this would be a close second.

Mike Gaynes might give us the information, he reads that paper.

He links play, brings others into the game by giving them room to show the flashier skills. But ignore them at your peril. Both Garner and Osman are (were) capable of producing great goals alongside the more prosaic play that every team needs.

I see him as a rock to build the side around. He'll never be noticed by other teams' fans. But we know.

Think Noble at West Ham. I am sure there are others, but as I said, other teams' fans don't notice them.

Deschamps inclusion in the French team was significantly influential to their success. Cantona, despite his brilliance, was a bit part player.

James Garner is Everton’s ‘Water Carrier’.