Everton complete the loan signing of Tyrique George

Everton Seal Loan Deal For Forward George

Quite a slender lad. Weight room buddy for Barry!

I will be amazed if the kid starts from the off in the next game.

Anyone else coming in?

Can you loan out a player that you've loaned in? 🤔

Palace did emergency due diligence by checking the ToffeeWebbers and thought it best to steer clear?

Still sounds silly, though?

Being an optimist, I had this wild thought about having two 20-year-old England Under-21 wingers tearing it up on each side of the pitch and Ndiaye roaming between them with Garner and Dewsbury-Hall sitting in behind them – and four "players" behind them.

Will Moysey adopt my idea for the Fulham game? That would give Marco Silva something to think about. I'll put it on the pre-match thread -- you never know. No robbing my ideas!

So anything done close to the deadline hour will take a bit of time to review and ratify so the respective club can announce it?

Perhaps the plan is to give Dibling a fellow ‘student' to associate and compete with?

Would be great for the club for Dibling, George, Armstrong and Aznou to gel as a ‘young guns' group and flourish.

Welcome young man. I wish you great success.

Standard press conference jargon, no doubt pre-planned for him, but I'm looking forŵard to him playing in a Royal Blue shirt.

At 19 years old, let's not overwhelm him by expectation and ruin him, Evertonians.

Let's see if he plays regularly.

Harry Wilson may consider us now.

With the window closed now, we concentrate on what we have, and see how our manager gets the best outcome he is able.

The guy on Sky said he is surprised by the amount Chelsea are asking for this to become a permanent deal, he wouldn't disclose the figure but said it's a lot more than the £20M Fulham offered for him in the summer.

I have not seen the kid play but just hope he is first-team ready; otherwise, what's the point of bringing him in?

I am sure when Dibling heard of another wide player coming in and the McNeil deal falling through, it means he slips further down the pecking order. Only Everton could pay £42M for a benchwarmer.

There was talk of Aznou going out on loan but obviously that didn't happen — yet another youngster we bought who isn't ready to play Premier League football.

I don't mind that at all. Try before you buy, is a sensible transfer strategy.

Some will be hits some will be misses when you buy young players.

I like the overall plan, if that's what it is, of buying young players and letting them develop. Build a team and build a team spirit as they grow together.

It will take a few years to happen, we will need patience from the fans to allow the young players to make their mistakes and hopefully learn from them.

A young, vibrant manager will be needed to guide them. We can't compete with the big money clubs to buy our way back.

He would prefer he had stayed at Chelsea and played for them.

We don't have the buying power of the likes of Chelsea, who can take risks buying younger players. Dibling £42M, Aznou £12M, Barry £27M and now this kid who could cost another £25M if we make the deal permanent.

Dibling and Aznou aren't ready, so that's £54M which has been wasted and I am far from convinced that Barry for £27M is a good buy. Yes, he has scored 4 goals in his last 6 games, which is a very good return, but his general play is awful and I don't see any improvement.

Now I am sure many will blame Moyes for not giving them a chance, maybe because what he sees every day in training tells him these kids aren't ready.

But don't let ToffeeWebers hear you say that Moyes is a great manager!

COYBs

Did Moyes say recently he has full control over who comes in and who leaves?

"I have got the final say if we want to buy a player or if we don't want to buy a player. I get told by my superiors how much we have got to spend and what we have available. I have to work off those thoughts. We're in there trying, it doesn't mean we're going to take any player for the sake of it."

David Moyes in a BBC interview a couple of weeks back
BBC

Great talk there, Georgie Boy now let your feet do the talking, starting at Fulham on Saturday.

Chelsea didn't buy George, he's been at their academy since the Under-8s. And he's way down the pecking order for the first-team squad behind the likes of Gittens, Garnacho, Pedro Neto.

He was considered highly enough by Chelsea to start in Conference League games and the odd substitute appearance here and there. I could be wrong, but sounds to me he's further down the development line than Dibling.

It will be interesting to see when Moyes will throw him on. I wouldn't mind seeing him replacing McNeil against Fulham.

I don't buy the "George in for Grealish" explanation. I think George is a replacement for the McNeil move that didn't happen.

That's part of the reason why I think the Chelsea lad will drop behind McNeil in the pecking order. That and Moyes values Premier League appearances over talent.

Clearly tricky.

I didn't say Chelsea bought George, I said their policy is to buy the very best youngsters around; were quite obviously we are not buying the best youngsters.

As for those quoting Moyes saying he has the final say on who comes and who goes, well he has either changed his philosophy completely or he is saying what the owners want him to say.

Before buying Lescott, he went to watch him 27 times -- how often has he watched George or Barry or Aznou before buying them? Moyes has usually gone for tried and trusted players who he knew would settle into the side.

I think he came back with the promise of money to spend and he wanted to win a trophy -- something he didn't do first time around. Now, given managers get changed around every 18 months, does anybody really believe he would be buying players that may come good in 2 or 3 seasons' time?

Are you saying Moyes is a puppet?

I imagine Everton will have first dibs on the lad and, at 20 years old, he will cost a bit.

Next season could be exceptional for the Blues if these younger players make their mark.

We have a tonne of midfielders, so a few won't even make the match day squad. Ndiaye, Dewsbury-Hall, Gueye and Garner are shoo-ins for Moyes. Meaning one spot open for Iroegbunam, George, Rohl, Alcaraz, Dibling, Armstrong, and McNeil. 2 or 3 of these won't even make the bench.

If we had a manager who was more open to giving youth a chance, it would make sense... but we seem over loaded with players Moyes doesn't trust. Not to mention Aznou, Patterson, the entire academy.

Read an article two weeks back where Moyes claimed he has the final say on every transfer, in and out? Begs the question: Why did he buy kids when he won't use them?

The alternative interpretation is the owners are buying them with a view to appointing a manager who will use them.

Have a listen to this terrific young fella. Full of ideas.

Young Tactition

Young Tactition

I'd say that isn't right. You will always need players for tomorrow, just don't overpay for them, as the disappointment is huge on the missed chance for the player in the here and now... Currently Dibling; previously Kean, early days Fellaini, Onana.

But look at the young players we have brought in with no expectation; young and not that expensive:

Branthwaite
Stones
Coleman
Calvert-Lewin

Plenty of others, I am sure. Southall, Sharp perhaps.

George is a low-risk deal. If he's good, we have an option to buy. If he isn't, then he goes back like Harrison, Lindstrom & Co.

This is sensible policy. And I think most of the new signings have been decent. I was against Dibling, as I couldn't square the price with what he'd done. I always felt we needed a right winger with more immediate productivity.

I hope he does turn it around. But it has to come from him when he crosses the white line.