#47 | Phil Foden - 2021/22 Performances

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If he doesn’t have a long successful career, it’ll be because of injury. He’s already a marked man at his age, which means years of getting hacked, stood on, ankle tapped and worse.

Hopefully, he has the nous and guile to avoid most, if not all, of it.
Lets hope David taught him well, because he got that same treatment.
 
Gazza would find it much harder playing today.
Would Foden be capable of scoring a goal like this . I am not too sure.

 
Would Foden be capable of scoring a goal like this . I am not too sure.

Looked like he was playing against accountants.. still a nice goal though.
 
Gazza liked to carry the ball and was not known for passing to team mates unless as a last resort.

The modern pressing game is not just about allowing less time on the ball but swarming making it harder to carry the ball and and closing down passing options. Space is at a premium and teams set traps to restrict supply and options.

No doubt Gazza would always show flashes of brilliance but the game has changed and he would need more awareness and discipline as well as work harder to fit in a Pep side.

Much as I appreciated Gazza as a player, equally there are now times I just marvel at watching City play. Phil Foden has it all. Gazza was of a different era so comparisons are difficult.
 
Would Foden be capable of scoring a goal like this . I am not too sure.

The real question is Gazza will be able to score a goal like that now. i bet you he would not get past the first defender
 
So what stopped him from ever playing for a top club?
According to Gazza . Liverpool were in for them but he turned them down because
he couldn't understand a word Dalglish was saying when they when he was talking
to him on the phone .

He agreed with Ferguson to go to Man United but Tottenham came in with
an offer of buying his family a house and car and his sister a sun bed. So
he ended up at Tottenham.


 
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According to Gazza . Liverpool were in for them but he turned them down because
he couldn't understand a word Dalglish was saying when they when he was talking
to him on the phone .

He agreed with Ferguson to go to Man United but Tottenham came in with
an offer of buying his family a house and car and his sister a sun bed. So
he ended up at Tottenham.


Whereas Gazza was so eloquent himself, of course.
 
According to Gazza . Liverpool were in for them but he turned them down because
he couldn't understand a word Dalglish was saying when they when he was talking
to him on the phone .

He agreed with Ferguson to go to Man United but Tottenham came in with
an offer of buying his family a house and car and his sister a sun bed. So
he ended up at Tottenham.



If any of that's true it only proves that the bloke was a phenomenal idiot.
 
He played in the middle for 5 minutes and played a great ball to Riyad and Raz.. As fantastic he is on the wing, I still can't help but feel he's being wasted out there.
 
He played in the middle for 5 minutes and played a great ball to Riyad and Raz.. As fantastic he is on the wing, I still can't help but feel he's being wasted out there.
Didn't you see the first 20 mins of this game?

Phil was on fire on the LW. Pinpoint crosses, drifts in and takes on his man, almost scored, has it all.

The problem is that he can play anywhere and be amazing, but he is our best on the LW so he will play there, we have others who can only play in the midfield.
 
Didn't you see the first 20 mins of this game?

Phil was on fire on the LW. Pinpoint crosses, drifts in and takes on his man, almost scored, has it all.

The problem is that he can play anywhere and be amazing, but he is our best on the LW so he will play there, we have others who can only play in the midfield.
Yeah no doubt he started brilliantly then got a bit quiet. Should have had a goal and assist on top of his assist to Raz.

how about his delivery from corners though? He puts a beautiful ball in.
 
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