#47 | Phil Foden - 2019/20 Performances

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Get him in the team. Offers pace, creativity and energy. Something we lack

 

[jaiguruKun]

You can't say Pep's picking the side based on reputation as if he was Phil would be in the side.

 

[LWashington]

Get him in the team. Offers pace, creativity and energy. Something we lack

As soon as we made it 3-1 he should have been on. Another goal and for the last 10 mins the scousers would have been shitting themselves.

 

[Cobra]

Almost a third of the way through the season and he’s played 30 minutes of Premier League football. It just isn’t enough.

 

[super_city_si]

I’d be banging on peps door. If either Silva isn’t in the middle then it must be him. He has the energy and the talent. He needs to start getting serious minutes.

 

[jaiguruKun]

Almost a third of the way through the season and he’s played 30 minutes of Premier League football. It just isn’t enough.

That's a shocking stat when you consider how much time Gundogan has had.

I just think back to when we played Zagreb at home, he came on for 5 minutes, played well and scored. I really thought he would be high on confidence and start the next game v Wolves. It's hard to understand exactly what the plan is with him? Unless he starts playing him more often he won't be ready to replace Silva as Pep has suggested. Might it simply be that deep down he just doesn't rate him that highly?

 

[Deepest Blue]

When it was 3-0 and clear that we weren't winning the game he should have been straight on.

The experience would have done him the world of good.

He must be trusted soon.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Pep needs to trust him now. He hasn’t been given the opportunity this season and is basically wasting away on the bench.

I can see us buying an atrackinng midfielder and saying Phil doesn’t have the experience

The only way him or any youngster will get a proper chance is with a transfer ban like Chelsea ...

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Pep needs to trust him now. He hasn’t been given the opportunity this season and is basically wasting away on the bench.

I can see us buying an atrackinng midfielder and saying Phil doesn’t have the experience

The only way him or any youngster will get a proper chance is with a transfer ban like Chelsea ...

Might as well give him a go now. Nothing to lose.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

we're comfortably top 4 and won't win the league. Time to give the likes of Foden meaningful game time, should be starting over Gundogan in every game now Rodri is back. It's time, like Chelsea, to blood a few youngsters as the old guard, established stars and squad players aren't delivering to their usual levels and we need to put the squad in a much stronger position than it is now, and we need to do that by blooding Foden and Garcia as fully-fledged members of the first team, salvaging as much as we can for squad players and spending our budget on a couple of key, star signings that will reinvigorate the squad.

The last couple of years of Rodri aside, purchasing the odd squad player and relying on the same core of key players worked really well but now we need to add impetus as the squad has stagnated and is one-dimensional in terms of output. It's time for a smaller version of the 17/18 refresh but saving money by blooding Foden, Garcia and Doyle this season will allow us to target much better.