Phil Foden to leave England camp

Fame Monster said:
Doesn't look good but not enough firm evidence to draw any conclusions on the infidelity aspect imo.

One aspect that hasn't really been explored in this thread is the impact that lockdown has had on young people's mental health.
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Yes I'm not young anymore but I've been signed off for 2 weeks with depression and anxiety.
Last week I felt suicidal and lockdown has had a profound affect on me.
 
Young lads who get paid a fortune to play football for a living. What do you expect? I think 90% of lads in their position would make mistakes like that too. I fact we all make stupid decisions.
 
Stockport Iceland special delivery for Phil Foden, shall I put it all in the Spare bedroom mate?
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ayrshire_blue said:
Irritating that he's now already had 1 more media scandal than Dave ever got involved in. If he's going to live up to him on the pitch, he'll need to learn to live up to him off it.
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Perhaps demanding that a 20 year old kid lives up to being City's greatest ever player on the pitch, and one of the least contentious players ever off the pitch is not a great way to go about things?

He already has the pressure of being England's great big hope to deal with on top of his club fans holding him up Silva every time he does something.

Lampard's one of the most respected English players of the last 30 years and he had a sex tape with Ferdinand and Dyer at 22 and was thrown out of a hotel for drunkenly abusing yanks after 9/11 at 23.

Gareth Barry, the most boring player in history got drunk and stole a taxi. When he was nearly 40.

God knows what other kind of stuff Barry, Lampard and even David Silva would have gotten up to as 20 year olds in the days before social media and everyone in the world having a cameraphone. No one is a saint.

Demanding absolute, whiter than white inhuman perfection from someone every day of their lives is a one way road to crushing them under an absurd, manufactured pressure.

He will make mistakes, this won't be the only one. You just have to trust the club/Pep and England/Southgate will discipline him when he needs it, keep his feet on the ground and try to keep him roughly on the straight and narrow.

Mostly Phil's dealt with an insane rise to fame really well so far, and unless he starts making a habit of off-pitch indiscretions then fans trying to add to the disciplinary measures dished out by England and City is unlikely to help IMO.
 
Fame Monster said:
Doesn't look good but not enough firm evidence to draw any conclusions on the infidelity aspect imo.

One aspect that hasn't really been explored in this thread is the impact that lockdown has had on young people's mental health.
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That's a bit of a reach really. I know the lack of freedom has been difficult for us all, but for young people a lot of the extra stress has come through being trapped inside in small households, the disruption to their education and the fact their future job prospects and financial stability might be shot to pieces. He hasn't had to worry about any of that. Young people make mistakes but he's acted like a massive berk here. On his first international call up and with the rules being more than clear, it's such poor judgement and incredibly unprofessional.
 
markbmcfc said:
Silly, silly boy.
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That should have ended the thread on a Page 1, as it covers the actions and attitude!

You can take the boy out of the estate, but you can’t take the estate out of the boy!

After all the talk, the hype, and the decent game, he goes and ruins it like this? I hope he gets a good hiding and learns his lesson the first time, because he might not get a second time with the vulture media and pilgrim England coach.
 
He’s made a mistake and in the current climate a big one, however, I don’t think it calls for any hysterical responses... We’ve all been there at some point in our lives... People in glass houses ..!
 
domalino said:
Perhaps demanding that a 20 year old kid lives up to being City's greatest ever player on the pitch, and one of the least contentious players ever off the pitch is not a great way to go about things?

He already has the pressure of being England's great big hope to deal with on top of his club fans holding him up Silva every time he does something.

Lampard's one of the most respected English players of the last 30 years and he had a sex tape with Ferdinand and Dyer at 22 and was thrown out of a hotel for drunkenly abusing yanks after 9/11 at 23.

Gareth Barry, the most boring player in history got drunk and stole a taxi.

And god knows what other kind of stuff Barry, Lampard and even David Silva would have gotten up to as 20 year olds in the days before social media and everyone in the world having a cameraphone.

Demanding absolute, whiter than white inhuman perfection from someone every day of their lives is a one way road to crushing them under an absurd, manufactured pressure.

He will make mistakes, this won't be the only one. You just have to trust the club/Pep and England/Southgate will discipline him when he needs it, keep his feet on the ground and try to keep him roughly on the straight and narrow.
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Great post. Spot on. Of course I'm disappointed, and everyone of course has the right to be, but as long as he learns from this then fair enough. Thankfully for us, our mistakes aren't played out in public, and I can guarantee you we all have something we regret in life.
 
BLUEMATT23 said:
Yes I'm not young anymore but I've been signed off for 2 weeks with depression and anxiety.
Last week I felt suicidal and lockdown has had a profound affect on me.
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Sorry to hear that pal and hope you get better.

I think it's had an effect on a lot of people's mental health and I think we need to be mindful of that before we throw anyone to the wolves.
 
FA on Foden/Greenwood: "The FA will be launching a full investigation into the circumstances leading up to this breach. We have spoken to the FA of Iceland to offer our apologies for this incident and to ensure them that we are taking appropriate steps." [via
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Bert Trautmann's Parachute said:
I thought he'd grow out of this big-time Charlie business. Looks like it could be a long wait.
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It was only a couple of weeks ago that he posted a picture of himself on Instagram in a £250 t-shirt. And then there was the Gucci birthday cake with all the £50 notes on it.
 
edinburgh123 said:
HEADLINE NEWS
pair of footballers turn out not to have high intellect
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While I agree, it’s more about just pure stupidity and lack of common sense.

They have shown themselves to NOT be the ultra-professional starlets we all thought them to be, being so good so young. Instead of buckling down after England debuts, they’ve acted stupidly, entitled, and like Billy Big Bollocks to a country that is sick and tired of being quarantined itself, but with no “sportsman exemptions” and living in the coddled world of “What can we do for you now Mr. Foden/Greenwood?”

Does he have to isolate at City now, too? It’s bad enough Mahrez and Laporte are going to be doing their pre-season at home, without pillocks like this fucking everyone over!
 
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Well with captain Rooney inspiring the next generation of players what did you all expect
 
Fame Monster said:
Sorry to hear that pal and hope you get better.

I think it's had an effect on a lot of people's mental health and I think we need to be mindful of that before we throw anyone to the wolves.
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Please don't use the mental health card,he has been back playing football for ages,he has a job he loves and can't get sacked from,a ban looks like but that was self inflicted
 
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