47 | Phil Foden - 2025/26

[Macca77macca]

Phil Foden’s rocky road is proof that a prodigy’s promise is no guarantee of glory | Jonathan Wilson

The Manchester City midfielder is in sparkling club form but that doesn’t mean he is the right fit for Tuchel’s England

www.theguardian.com

I can not wait for Phil to shut these stupid f*****s up

 

[Silva2021]

Phil Foden’s rocky road is proof that a prodigy’s promise is no guarantee of glory | Jonathan Wilson

The Manchester City midfielder is in sparkling club form but that doesn’t mean he is the right fit for Tuchel’s England

www.theguardian.com

I can not wait for Phil to shut these stupid f*****s up

Have no issue not playing for them.

 

[Macca77macca]

Have no issue not playing for them.

I don’t get these types of comments

 

[noseve]

I don’t get these types of comments

Tbh, I can understand them - apart from giving him a rest and negating any injury risk, he never seems to benefit from spending time in the company of Bellingham, in particular, does he?

Phil is clearly enjoying himself again and whilst we'd all like to see him as the star of a winning England team, he obviously doesn't enjoy being surrounded by some of the brash, arsehole characters to be found in the national squad.

 

[CΛL]

I don’t get these types of comments

A lot aren’t really arsed about international football, myself included.

If he doesn’t play for England, he’s fresher in mind and body to play for us, and add to that they don’t appreciate him enough. If England were serious they’d build the team around him, that would be the case if he were any other nationality.

 

[Jonas.shaffer]

MUCH better second half after a very poor first one.

Opposition teams just can't give him a sniff around the box. He'll make you pay every time.

 

[Silva2021]

I don’t get these types of comments

He went away for Euro’s Prem player of the season.

Came back a different player.

Seems to be getting back to his best, so if England decided to go a different way, then I won’t be upset

 

[Blue Hefner]

Great to see him score but I don’t think he was man of the match as Sky awarded him

 

[yankblue]

He's found his shooting boots again. Clearly not all the way back to his player of the season form, but he's getting there

 

[bell_mcfc]

Think it took him a while to get in the game because of Doku not playing on the left and you could see how he wanted to come inside. Tijjani really didnt help with the midfield balance today in my opinion.

 

[OrigamiNinja]

I don’t think he played well but he still impacted the game. Last season he was playing shite and not scoring or assisting. If he gets 15+ goals, we will be right in the mix.

 

[The Blue Eh]

His goal redeemed an otherwise poor game performance until that point. He struggled with the press when taking balls on the half turn, and lost possession a number of times.

I thought he looked sharper after the goal — as if we needed more proof that it is as much a mental game as physical. I know he can improve over the season, just when we need his best.

 

[MCFC1993]

Thought he was fairly quiet, surprised Comms gave him motm, don't like him in the left.

He is deadly from 20 yards though.

 

[King Jay]

Scored but did nothing all game. Cherki was far better same for Nunes. Weird that he got MoTM.

 

[Withnail]

Lovely finish, but first half he was very quiet, but second half he certainly impressed.

 

[chris85mcfc]

Came alive once he scored, which is something I've seen before from him

I think sometimes he needs something to happen to get the confidence to take charge, once he scored he was popping up everywhere

 

[Jonas.shaffer]

Came alive once he scored, which is something I've seen before from him

Some of the long balls he hit after scoring were breathtaking.

 

[Goater=Legend]

Became a different player once he scored, he does need to put himself about more, players was just going past him like he wasn't even there.

 

[ninjamonkey]

Thought he was awful for the vast majority of the match but he got one opportunity and made it count. A lot brighter for the remainder of the match after his goal. Scoring crucial goals whilst not playing well is not a bad trait to have at all.

 

[WallyA]

His goal scoring form has come alive.

I agree that he was quite poor before that.

I think some of that can be contributed to being overplayed recently and playing inverted LW when he is better deeper in build up (which he started doing more of 2nd half)