kaz7
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I choose to believe it until/if i am proved wrong,we buy squad players all the time,it doesn't have to be a starter
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#47 | Phil Foden - 2019/20 Performances
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We are bringing in extra quality for next season but it will block Foden's path as he isn't getting many starts as it is. With Dave not being the same player Phil should be getting more starts or meaningful games (especially if he is meant to be the heir apparent).
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I choose to believe it until/if i am proved wrong,we buy squad players all the time,it doesn't have to be a starter
We don't buy squad players all the time certainly no one who would play as few minutes as Foden. Our youth policy should have told you everything about Phil's chances to begin with.
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If we lose David AND Sane, then I'd like another speed player, who can also rotate with Sterling more, and let Foden play midfield and not the wings anymore.
It all kind of depends on who is leaving at the end of the season, and how Pep shuffles things about.
Difficult to definitively say Foden is screwed if we buy one attacker.
If we buy a winger then that's not a problem. Issue is Silva hasn't played wing for about 4/5 years meaning Pep is referring to a player that will directly block Foden's pathway.
kaz7
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We will seeWe don't buy squad players all the time certainly no one who would play as few minutes as Foden. Our youth policy should have told you everything about Phil's chances to begin with.
True, but Pep has played Foden on the wings many times this year in the LW position.If we buy a winger then that's not a problem. Issue is Silva hasn't played wing for about 4/5 years meaning Pep is referring to a player that will directly block Foden's pathway.
So if his plan is to have Foden replace Sane's "winger" time and bring in another attacking midfielder, I would understand, although I wouldn't like things to go that way.
That being said, I still think your right, and as others said, I don't think Pep trusts Phil anymore. He can say all the words he wants but his actions show otherwise, and I have lost faith in him to continue Phil's development.
dennishasdoneit
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Exactly.Hi, outsider looking in I don't understand why Foden doesn't play more. I know he's really young but he's very talented. Also I'd have thought with the stars City has in the ranks it wouldn't be a big risk playing him.
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Sometimes, people forget Foden is STILL a kid, and he is playing in a world class squad run by the supposed best coach in the world. He is being nurtured so that he never looks out of place and develops the football brain needed to walk in the shoes he is being tasked to fill.We don't buy squad players all the time certainly no one who would play as few minutes as Foden. Our youth policy should have told you everything about Phil's chances to begin with.
Lest anyone forget, Sheikh Mansour bought City to create a global football empire that is both successful and self-sustaining. The CFA is an integral part of that empire, in that it is designed to contribute to the bottom line, by developing talent that can be brought through to the first team squad OR sold on to recoup investment and provide the profits that help us both meet FFP and pay for the world class talent we “import” into CFG.
Today, we believe Phil Foden should be the former, and a regular first team player, but his story is still to be written. He may become the next Colin Bell, but he may not. He is young and his talent is still to mature.pep has made clear he believes in his talent, but Pep also has a full squad of players and he clearly TRUSTS a smaller cadre than the 21-25 players on the list, which is why he has always sought a tight squad of about 16 players whom he can utilize in the ways he needs them to perform for him. Fernandinho is the perfect example.
We will discover if Foden is the “real deal” when he starts to win MOTM awards, can come on and change a game, and can start and not look out of place REGULARLY. IMHO, he isn’t there yet. I hope this last section of the season allows him the opportunity to further develop ON THE FIELD, so that we can all see whether he really can fill what is about to become a ridiculously large hole in our midfield when The Magician finally hangs it up.
How is he meant to prove this if he doesn't play?Sometimes, people forget Foden is STILL a kid, and he is playing in a world class squad run by the supposed best coach in the world. He is being nurtured so that he never looks out of place and develops the football brain needed to walk in the shoes he is being tasked to fill.
Lest anyone forget, Sheikh Mansour bought City to create a global football empire that is both successful and self-sustaining. The CFA is an integral part of that empire, in that it is designed to contribute to the bottom line, by developing talent that can be brought through to the first team squad OR sold on to recoup investment and provide the profits that help us both meet FFP and pay for the world class talent we “import” into CFG.
Today, we believe Phil Foden should be the former, and a regular first team player, but his story is still to be written. He may become the next Colin Bell, but he may not. He is young and his talent is still to mature.pep has made clear he believes in his talent, but Pep also has a full squad of players and he clearly TRUSTS a smaller cadre than the 21-25 players on the list, which is why he has always sought a tight squad of about 16 players whom he can utilize in the ways he needs them to perform for him. Fernandinho is the perfect example.
We will discover if Foden is the “real deal” when he starts to win MOTM awards, can come on and change a game, and can start and not look out of place REGULARLY. IMHO, he isn’t there yet. I hope this last section of the season allows him the opportunity to further develop ON THE FIELD, so that we can all see whether he really can fill what is about to become a ridiculously large hole in our midfield when The Magician finally hangs it up.
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