#47 | Phil Foden - 2021/22 Performances

[jimmygrimblesboots]

Wasted in the first half and hardly got a kick , second half he dropped deeper and caused Palace problems , that's down to Pep , ten games into the season and we havent found a player who can lead our attack. Foden alongside Bernardo are our best players we need to play Phil in his best position , but i am not sure where that is.
He did fine last season on the left wing and coming inside but Grealish has taken that position and is less effective , its a dilemma , we appear to move Foden from his best position to accomodate Grealish.
Not a criticism of Grealish he's done OK adapting to our style , but we didnt need him , we needed a replacement for Aguero , another £50m to the Grealish money and maybe Haaland would have signed.

 

[01cravend]

Asked to play up top vs a very physical Palace side and unsurprisingly had a stinker. Lad is one of the best left wingers in the Europe and we are crowbarring him into other positions because we went and spent 100mil on an out and out left winger.

 

[Shaffer92]

Asked to play up top vs a very physical Palace side and unsurprisingly had a stinker. Lad is one of the best left wingers in the Europe and we are crowbarring him into other positions because we went and spent 100mil on an out and out left winger.

Even when he went to the left he struggled. He doesn't have the pace/strength YET to get past fullbacks consistently.

I like him as our 9 still even if he did struggle today. The only place for him is in/around the middle of the pitch.

 

[Craig]

Just completely wasted up top

 

[warringtonblue]

Wasted in the first half and hardly got a kick , second half he dropped deeper and caused Palace problems , that's down to Pep , ten games into the season and we havent found a player who can lead our attack. Foden alongside Bernardo are our best players we need to play Phil in his best position , but i am not sure where that is.
He did fine last season on the left wing and coming inside but Grealish has taken that position and is less effective , its a dilemma , we appear to move Foden from his best position to accomodate Grealish.
Not a criticism of Grealish he's done OK adapting to our style , but we didnt need him , we needed a replacement for Aguero , another £50m to the Grealish money and maybe Haaland would have signed.

Another £50m to the Grealish money and we would have ended up with Kane and he's hardly ripping up any trees

 

[DMA's]

Playing our best winger out of position to fit grealish on the left and jesus on the right utter madness.

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

Another £50m to the Grealish money and we would have ended up with Kane and he's hardly ripping up any trees

Never wanted Kane , overpriced and on the decline , £150m on Haalland would have been money well spent.

 

[wolviedinho]

Not the best week for Phil. He can play anywhere on the pitch but maybe asking him to change positions every match is impacting his decision making. Keep him left or deep. Wasted up top and on the right.

 

[cityboy1]

Not the best week for Phil. He can play anywhere on the pitch but maybe asking him to change positions every match is impacting his decision making. Keep him left or deep. Wasted up top and on the right.

i think he has the skillset to be great on the right wing i dont see him staying on the left wing long term.

 

[Radiohead1981]

Even when he went to the left he struggled. He doesn't have the pace/strength YET to get past fullbacks consistently.

I like him as our 9 still even if he did struggle today. The only place for him is in/around the middle of the pitch.

I don't think he will ever have the pace to get past full backs. He isnt that quick.