47 | Phil Foden - 2022/23

[Churchlawtonblue]

For two or three years I have been purring about the way Mahrez brings a 40 yard pass under his control in an instant.

Phil yesterday was as good as anything I've seen Mahrez do, and that's a very high bar.

Agree Mahrez is brilliant at that aswell. Not many PL can do it routinely tho.

 

[domalino]

Said by who? I've not seen many making such a statement.

Go back 50 pages and it was all over the place.

 

[Brightwell Bros.]

Think the Grealish - Haaland - Foden is our best front three.

The problem is where does Mahrez come in..hes our best player in the champions league and the one that steps up the most.

I'd be perfectly happy if Mahrez played CL away games and Phil came in for the return legs/second half.

 

[Shaffer92]

I assume this is the same foot injury that caused him to miss the later stages of the Euros?

If so, it's pretty concerning that it's still lingering.

 

[Deleted member 81382]

Grealish Haaland Foden for PL. Mahrez comes in for one of Foden/Grealish in CL games. Rotation and keeps them relatively happy. Easy :)

I'd be perfectly happy if Mahrez played CL away games and Phil came in for the return legs/second half.

There's always the option of playing Foden on the left in some games. Grealish can't start every single game and if we want to chase down Arsenal we're going to need all three of them.

 

[Brightwell Bros.]

How's his foot? Have a feeling the success of our season probably depends on it now.

 

[Irishblue93]

Agree Mahrez is brilliant at that aswell. Not many PL can do it routinely tho.

Actually, Grealish has impressed me this year with his first touch from high crossfield balls

 

[Shaffer92]

Slow start with a couple of bad turnovers but I still thought he was lively and was harsh to pull him.

I said it in the match thread but a huge majority of our fanbase peddling this 'Foden doesn't pass to Haaland' crap clearly has an impact. He had no business passing that chance in the first half but almost immediately tried to get it across the box to Haaland instead of letting it rip.

 

[DWIFF]

I thought he struggled tonight.
Hope his foot/ankle hasn’t flared up again.

 

[RayCTID]

It probably explains the earlier substitution from Pep as he wasn't doing too badly.