#47 | Phil Foden - 2020/21 Performances

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mccity said:
It looks like we arguably have both the future of English and Spanish football on our books.

It'll be interesting to see how they develop compare to each other. Maybe they can get the best out of each other with a friendly (and healthy) bit of rivalry and competition between them?
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Sometimes you get glimpses in training and at games that theyre very close mates already
 
BLUEMATT23 said:
Why has Foden not been playing like that for us?
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Against the Dippers last season he gave Robertson a torrid time and his performance was excellent. Also against Wolves this season he was very good perhaps not at the same level as last night, but nonetheless still excelled.
 
Foden has to go for it & 'do' stuff, in order to be worth selecting imo.

The Foden who stands in front of everybody asking for the ball, then, if they pass it to him, gives it back to them, is a waste of time. That's as if he's trying to impress football brains by being a Gundogan & prove how he doesn't waste the ball. Also he sometimes appears to want to be 'in between the lines', like DS but the huge difference is that DS has a reason for being there, where as Foden doesn't.

What he should be doing, imo, is just saying 'fuck all that' & being Foden. When he just plays football, he's a genius level player. Fuck doing all the tika taka shite just for the sake of it, run at people, play 1-2s pass & shoot, the aimless ball farting will come naturally anyhow, no need to manufacture it.

Try stuff & make things happen.
 
Neville Kneville said:
Foden has to go for it & 'do' stuff, in order to be worth selecting imo.

The Foden who stands in front of everybody asking for the ball, then, if they pass it to him, gives it back to them, is a waste of time. That's as if he's trying to impress football brains by being a Gundogan & prove how he doesn't waste the ball. Also he sometimes appears to want to be 'in between the lines', like DS but the huge difference is that DS has a reason for being there, where as Foden doesn't.

What he should be doing, imo, is just saying 'fuck all that' & being Foden. When he just plays football, he's a genius level player. Fuck doing all the tika taka shite just for the sake of it, run at people, play 1-2s pass & shoot, the aimless ball farting will come naturally anyhow, no need to manufacture it.

Try stuff & make things happen.
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Him and DeBruyne both?
I kind of agree but would probably need Phil to play wide forward rather than alongside Kev.
 
Saddleworth2 said:
Him and DeBruyne both?
I kind of agree but would probably need Phil to play wide forward rather than alongside Kev.
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KDB is just in need of a rest imo, which changes the thinking of what we can & can't do.

We are becoming too obsessed by 'taking care of the ball' first & foremost imo & Foden is being hampered by it. I think that's probably come about due to a year of dogshit defending, where we conceded chances whenever we lost it, plus lack of pace & fitness to win it back.

When we're at our best, it's when players are playing quickly & instinctively & that's how Foden should play.

He nearly caused a calamity recently by pinging a 20 yard backward pass into his own box, again trying to follow the program.
 
Neville Kneville said:
Foden has to go for it & 'do' stuff, in order to be worth selecting imo.

The Foden who stands in front of everybody asking for the ball, then, if they pass it to him, gives it back to them, is a waste of time. That's as if he's trying to impress football brains by being a Gundogan & prove how he doesn't waste the ball. Also he sometimes appears to want to be 'in between the lines', like DS but the huge difference is that DS has a reason for being there, where as Foden doesn't.

What he should be doing, imo, is just saying 'fuck all that' & being Foden. When he just plays football, he's a genius level player. Fuck doing all the tika taka shite just for the sake of it, run at people, play 1-2s pass & shoot, the aimless ball farting will come naturally anyhow, no need to manufacture it.

Try stuff & make things happen.
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If he tries something flash every time he gets the ball it won't work. It's about picking the right moments to do it which he is getting better at.
 
Glad grealish is getting the plaudits, foden can fly under the radar.

id go balls deep for grealish. The thought of him and foden as our midfield for years to come ... mmmm
 
Neville Kneville said:
Foden has to go for it & 'do' stuff, in order to be worth selecting imo.

The Foden who stands in front of everybody asking for the ball, then, if they pass it to him, gives it back to them, is a waste of time. That's as if he's trying to impress football brains by being a Gundogan & prove how he doesn't waste the ball. Also he sometimes appears to want to be 'in between the lines', like DS but the huge difference is that DS has a reason for being there, where as Foden doesn't.

What he should be doing, imo, is just saying 'fuck all that' & being Foden. When he just plays football, he's a genius level player. Fuck doing all the tika taka shite just for the sake of it, run at people, play 1-2s pass & shoot, the aimless ball farting will come naturally anyhow, no need to manufacture it.

Try stuff & make things happen.
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That won’t be what gets him in the team in his best position (central) under Pep. He’d be better playing it safe for the majority of games unlike the Leeds and Porto games otherwise Pep will think he’s not up to playing centrally yet. One of Silva’s greatest strengths was actually playing it safe the majority of games and was a reason he could dictate games so well. Prime Toure also rarely wasted the ball. KDB on the other hand rolls the dice most of the time he has it and will often give it away but will always produce great passes/assists to make it worth while. Big ask to have 2 centrally constantly doing that though especially for Pep.
 
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