#47 | Phil Foden - 2020/21 Performances

[Claytop]

I have a bad feeling he’ll be behind Grealish, Sancho & even Rashford coming off the bench.

God knows why.

 

[Sir peace frog]

wont do him any harm not being the golden boy, hopefully it will make him kick on ,gets a rest , and gets valuable international experience.

 

[Dipsis_LTU_MC]

it's his first major international tournament. calm down.

 

[Blue Llama]

Hopefully his form next season rams the stupidity of Southgate's obsession with lesser players down his throat.

 

[Blumooniac]

Extra time sub, 1 all, Rabona, mayhem. We win. Delooney and Harris somehow claim he is "Sports washing personified."

 

[hammocity]

It's working for Southgate so far, hard to argue with any of his team selections given the results.

It works until it doesn't

 

[hammocity]

I love Phil, but some of what I read about how outrageous it is he's been dropped strikes me as very odd:

Might any of these have SOMETHING to do with Foden being dropped?

1) Did Foden have good, or poor performances against Scotland and Croatia (from my observation as he was taken off)? He was good in moments against Scotland but the team was overall poor. His showing against Croatia was hard to remember because he seemed not present.

2) Is Foden an experienced, highly relied upon senior player that the players in the team (especially those behind him in the squad) would be as unlikely to openly question Southgate compared to respected leaders in the team like Kane or even Raz?

3) The competition for places in attack: Raz performing well in the tournament and Kane being clearly undroppable whilst Foden is not exactly a senior player in the team with multiple years experience can easily mean his place was MOST up for grabs in attack.

4) On competition again: The reality that someone of Sancho's level didn't play 1 single minute before the last game whilst Foden started 2 and others were crying for he OR Grealish to start as well. How can that work with Kane and Sterling in the team and remain responsible defensively? Someone won't start.

5) On competition again: Grealish's form and the team's play improving after he came on against Scotland and then his performance next game against Czech Republic next game compared to Foden.

6) On how competition and tactical decisions based on opponent are at play: Even after Grealish had 2 strong performances in a row HE WAS DROPPED against Germany. Sancho also didn't play.

7) On competition again: Who else has more game time than Sancho? This lad called Saka, considered ANOTHER top attacking talent (I wonder if some of our fans even realise how good he is) started against Germany after a good performance against the Czech Republic. Dropped after a poor showing against Germany.

25 minutes against the Czechs

 

[Big-P]

His treatment by that charlatan is a joke. Doesn’t deserve players of Foden’s calibre and it will bite Southgate on the arse sooner rather than later.

 

[TFC]

It works until it doesn't

And it always eventually doesn't. Eez football.

 

[Goater=Legend]

Came on and suddenly we kept the ball far better