47 | Phil Foden - 2025/26
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SamBlue
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Brilliant compilation. And people are still arguing if he should be utilised more like Merlin or our Kev or whoever?!?!?!?!
The lad is a pure sniper, just get him into zone 14 (or zone 47) and let him shoot. And never seen somebody "passing" the ball from ~20 yards into the net, by all laws of gravity thos balls should fly but he is somehow keeping them skimming on the top of grass blades. Only when they smash into the net, you realise how fast they are by the sound of swooshing net.
Think you misunderstand Pep.
Working with Foden is a joy and a gift, says Guardiola
Pep Guardiola says it’s a joy, pleasure and a gift to have a rejuvenated Phil Foden back to his scintillating best for Manchester City.www.mancity.com
Pep Guardiola: “Absolutely [more to come from Phil Foden]. He has a lot of margin to understand the game. He will not improve his incredible quality, because it’s top. But understanding the game, in certain moments the way you have to play, the way you have to accelerate or decelerate the game. The timing, the tempo. He will get it. Everyone has margin to improve. Everyone.”
Well that was the crux of my post, understanding the game; intelligence to be dominant in that position
Sundays first half was same, Foden didn't know how to get in the game.
We weren't getting our attacking playmakers in the game, period. We were rushing our build-up.
Foden sat a lot deeper in the 2nd and it made us more comfortable in build-up and we were getting better connectivity over the pitch.
You were pretty damming. Pep clearly has great faith in Phil.
But your post was not referring to his recent dip in form (which has been caused by several reasons) - it implied he was not good enough : which is ridiculous
I quote from your initial post:
He lacks the intelligence to be our main playmaker.
The real problem is his speed of thought and the execution passing and shooting, which just aren’t at the level the greats in that position have.
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it was. I couldn’t let it go without challenging it. Phil is one of the best players in the PL and for city fan to under- appreciate him to that extent, is bewildering.
Foden was invisible the whole game until he scored. Guess I watched a different game
Agree. Any City fan who downplays Phil has to be looked at with a side eye. Critiquing a performance is one thing. Trying to insist he's not a great player is another matter altogether. Not only is that objectively wrong, but it warrants a swift dismissal and a nice dose of ridicule.
pride in battle
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He's definitely a 'confidence' player, once he scored he looked a different player.
supercity88
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The biggest issue with Phil is physicality. He tends to struggle against more physical, combative midfields. He's struggling more in that regard at the moment because he's got Bernie alongside him who is also not the most physical player. With Rodri back in there he'd have more freedom in the attacking third. He was poor first half on Sunday, even when he had more time he managed to misplace passes. But he got the crucial second goal and his form overall at the moment is superb.
I can't tell right now if he's lost something physically or it's purely because he doesn't have Rodri behind him and is having to work harder off the ball than he used to.
What slump are we talking about?! I keep seeing bits about poor performance in this theead. Last season I am presuming? Surely not this season? 14 g/a in December??
Last season.
All of our attacking playmakers were invisible in the 1st half because we had no connectivity.
Foden dropped deeper in the 2nd and it opened our attack.
Yeah it was pretty obvious we looked better once he dropped more.
But this has been a pretty obvious theme this season and last few seasons, we ALWAYS look better when we get Phil on the ball more.
I get why Pep doesnt do it, he likes Phil close to Haaland to RECEIVE the pass from a builder like Gundogan, because then he can do damage in the final 3rd.
But the problem Pep has is he is the best player at the team at both things (sadly tbh), and so needs to let Foden deep in build up, and then let him catch up to try to be on the end of things in the final 3rd.
Foden is too good, he needs to be doing both, Prime Gundogan did, and Foden can be better.
But this has been a pretty obvious theme this season and last few seasons, we ALWAYS look better when we get Phil on the ball more.
I get why Pep doesnt do it, he likes Phil close to Haaland to RECEIVE the pass from a builder like Gundogan, because then he can do damage in the final 3rd.
But the problem Pep has is he is the best player at the team at both things (sadly tbh), and so needs to let Foden deep in build up, and then let him catch up to try to be on the end of things in the final 3rd.
Foden is too good, he needs to be doing both, Prime Gundogan did, and Foden can be better.
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I thought he played great overall for Fulham just a few games ago, and he bagged two in the process.