Might be a purple patch in terms of scoring, time will tell, but what I cant get my head round is people claiming he’s not playing well this season even when he doesn’t score or assist. He’s been playing deeper and crucial in the build up and pre assists. It’s night and day from last season where he was often anonymous. If you look at MOTM threads you see he’s high up in the votes for practically every game.
Newcastle was a bad one but can’t think of many of other poor performances since he started in September
Very well said.
I missed this post.
Basically Foden on form can do anything on a football pitch. I've said this since he 16 years of age. I stand by that now. Anyone who watched his debut v utd in USA pre season could see what he was capable of. Pep himself said ..it was the best debut he'd ever seen of any player.
His proper first team debut ,he scored with a header in front of the South stand against our hated rivals Spurs,in a critical league title winning match. What more evidence do people want that we have ..Utopia. a true blue ,gifted goal scoring ,midfield diamond.
I've said this from day one. Some laughed....I said he was better than David Silva, who didn't have a right foot...folk laughed again. The truth is... after all these years we are beginning to see how incredible a talent we have in our team.
Some folk just don't understand football,how injuries ,off the field issues,etc can effect a players game...what we,ve seen ,imo ,is a dip in form( perfectly understandable) a return to form..but with the caveat..he plays just to the managers instructions.
I'd love Foden to go out on that pitch and boss the game with freedom to do what ever he wants,entertain us with his bag of tricks. However , Pep has strict instructions,so on Phil's return to form he has played different positions to suit/ help the team.....this season looks like a slow burner....which playing in different positions can do that to a player...
I made the point.earlier this week that Declan rice had prob had a better season to date than Phil.
Folk got confused. I wasn't saying Rice was a better ,just that he had played more consistently this season.Fodens form has been patchy imo due to the. different roles demanded of him,fitting in with new players and getting the balance right.
Foden s class will tell by the end of the season ,once more,because it's pretty clear,as I did say ,that him and cherki ,being both two footed are going to terrorize teams this season as the oppenent will not know which way either player is gonna go..
Thats a real problem for our oppenent,this season is ls gonna be interesting.......
Very Interesting !
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