#47 | Phil Foden - 2021/22 Performances

[ninjamonkey]

He was great, you certainly aren't getting anywhere near that level of performance from Grealish or Sterling. Big hand in the second, scored himself, put in a mammoth shift on top of that, should have scored another but it doesn't mean he was shit.

The dragging of his shots is definitely a thing. It's more to do with his stance than technique in my view though. He doesn't set himself well before striking the ball and so catches it poorly far too many times. the good thing is, it's something he can very easily rectify. It's important to remember his age, he will work on that and get it out of his game soon enough.

 

[Metalartin]

Yes first half. Second half one was harder as he along with 90% of the crowd probably thought that Mahrez couldn’t possibly miss from there!

I might need to look at it again tomorrow but thinking back, it was his first touch that made the angle tighter than it needed to be. It took him a little wide, then he still tried to hit it early regardless and dragged it wide. He seems to catch keepers out a lot by hitting them early but I think it was a mistake in that instance.

He only had one defender on him if I remember right, sometimes it's better to take another touch to give yourself a better angle/more to aim at.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

I might need to look at it again tomorrow but thinking back, it was his first touch that made the angle tighter than it needed to be. It took him a little wide, then he still tried to hit it early regardless and dragged it wide. He seems to catch keepers out a lot by hitting them early but I think it was a mistake in that instance.

He only had one defender on him if I remember right, sometimes it's better to take another touch to give yourself a better angle/more to aim at.

Yes his first touch made the chance more difficult

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

You're big, he's small, he'll rob yer fuckin' ball, Phil Foden, Phil Foden.

 

[WallyA]

Could have scored more, but his overall game was tremendous.

 

[applejuice]

I thought he played well and will give him a 8 out of 10. But I watched the game with a Barca+ManCity fan who watched La Liga a lot. He was not satisfied by Foden's performance because he did not get enough from Carvajal. In his words - Carvajal is a piece of cake to almost every La Liga left wingers and Foden "did not get enough from him". His careless flick pass gifted them a set piece at a good location and it resulted in the penalty.

I am thinking that maybe next week we should go with Sterling (if in form) on left winger with more pace attacking Carvajal and Foden false 9, Jesus right winger. Foden has some success on getting the header from their CBs. Jesus is good at his feet but not his header. Surely we should drop Mahrez after today's performance.

 

[kunaguero10]

He was pretty good, great in spells, should have been more clinical.

Shame he fucked up just before the free kick that led to the penalty, got a bit carried away and overplayed. He knew it as well in the post game interview.

 

[vmsuhail]

Happy with his performance today. We cannot expect every chance to be scored by a 21 year old. We'll be in for a surprise if that is the expectation we have of Haaland.

 

[shemnel]

bit of a game of 2 halves for Phil, i thought from kick off to his goal on 53' he had a really great game, but after that he retreated into his own head. He misplaced a number of simple passes and to try and make up for it he tried flicks which weren't coming off. At one point he had a long slow walk with his head down along the touchline and I think he should have been subbed. High pressure on this young man.

 

[christened at st marks]