47 | Phil Foden - 2022/23

[davyhulme blue]

I thought KDBs shot straight at the keeper in similar circumstances where Haaland was coming in at the back post was very similar but I've not read post after post digging him out for it (which is good BTW)

Agreed And similar with gundogan , but that’s my views on Phil at the mo .

 

[Lauz9888]

Anyone sat there complaining Phil isn't Messi needs to have a word with themselves. Those kind of expectations are just setting him up to fail.

He's a talented young player who's still playing very well but not currently hitting quite the same heights he has in the past. We're right to hold him to high standards, but wrong to treat any one match or moment as any kind of harbinger of doom.

If Pep thinks he's making the wrong decisions in the box, he'll spend time working with him on that decision-making, and will drop him for someone who makes better decisions if he feels he has to.

The instances last week and this - if he shoots and scores, we hardly mention it. If he passes to Haaland and the defender or keeper intercepts, or Haaland misses, perhaps there's people here worried we're looking for Haaland too much and maybe Phil should have shot. The "right" choice is always clear in hindsight.

Phil's going to be fine. He's still learning, and maybe the Haaland relationship will take a little while to really get going. But at the end of the season we'll be looking at him again as a player without whom we simply couldn't achieve whatever success we manage.

 

[Saddleworth2]

I'm not sure Pep's views, 50 yards away, from a touchline angle, are anything other than frustration that we wasted an opportunity. I'm sure it doesn't mean that Foden got it absolutely wrong. Maybe he did, but even Pep would be the first to admit that he'd need to watch something back before judging something. It's only fair.

Maybe mate. Just having played football at a reasonable level, its my opinion. A pass with the inside of his left foot at that moment is a better bet than trying to beat Pope. Pope is ready to defend the shot so has no chance of intercepting a squarish pass. Its not a shoe in or inevitable, just that I believe in playing to probability and I believe the probability is higher if Phil plays a nice cushioned square pass into Haalands path.

 

[cookster]

I'm not sure Pep's views, 50 yards away, from a touchline angle, are anything other than frustration that we wasted an opportunity. I'm sure it doesn't mean that Foden got it absolutely wrong. Maybe he did, but even Pep would be the first to admit that he'd need to watch something back before judging something. It's only fair.

I agree with Steven he can "read people".

 

[twosips]

Maybe mate. Just having played football at a reasonable level, its my opinion. A pass with the inside of his left foot at that moment is a better bet than trying to beat Pope. Pope is ready to defend the shot so has no chance of intercepting a squarish pass. Its not a shoe in or inevitable, just that I believe in playing to probability and I believe the probability is higher if Phil plays a nice cushioned square pass into Haalands path.

Sure, though I posted this image a few pages back which is a lot closer to the ball being released, where the defender shows (IMO) that he could have gotten his foot to it if Foden had to wrap his boot around and pull it back, which is a slower action cos it requires a softer touch. Defender hasn't committed in that screenshot you shared, so he looks further away than he is.




guess none of us can fully prove it either way. Personally maintain that it isnt a big deal at all really and we're only all frustrated because of the bournemouth one and the fact we dropped points

 

[Brightwell Bros.]

Sure, though I posted this image a few pages back which is a lot closer to the ball being released, where the defender shows (IMO) that he could have gotten his foot to it if Foden had to wrap his boot around and pull it back, which is a slower action cos it requires a softer touch. Defender hasn't committed in that screenshot you shared, so he looks further away than he is.

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guess none of us can fully prove it either way. Personally maintain that it isnt a big deal at all really and we're only all frustrated because of the bournemouth one and the fact we dropped points

I think squaring the ball in a way that the keeper or defender doesn't cut out is harder to do than scoring, but I think the point is there isn't a clear and obvious decision and the chance is a half chance at best.

 

[Mancityus]

It is two games in a row now Foden has cost a goal opportunity by not passing and being selfish. He needs time on bench to get the message looks like.

 

[kaz7]

Poor yesterday

 

[Agueroooo9320]

Except that isn't the frame where the ball leaves his foot. Foden's walloped that, so imagine that backwards, slower and towards Haaland. It absolutely is likely to get cut out. Not sure why so many are refusing to see this...
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sorry you are wrong here. it is easier to square the ball here

 

[merz]

foden was offside anyway. not his best game but still involved