47 | Phil Foden - 2022/23

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gaz76 said:
scapegoat
noun
1.
a person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, especially for reasons of expediency.

Yep truly amazing that our players have risen to a place where criticism is banished for fear of pissing people off, its a forum ffs the clue is in the name
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Criticism is fine, he’s not firing on all cylinders and definitely needs to up his game but posters on here have a habit of going way overboard and don’t seem capable of a bit of constructive criticism instead going straight to the twilight zone and making up weird shit like he doesn’t like Haaland or is jealous of him? I mean, there’s crazy then there’s batshit crazy.
We had somebody calling him a prick and another saying he’s no business playing for City.
That’s what needs to stop, not the general comments about him not being at his best.
I’ll never stop defending a lad who’s as blue as they come playing for us and having the potential to be one of our very best.
I suppose we all see our roles differently when it comes to supporting the club
 
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Churchlawtonblue said:
The instant unjustified criticism of Phil by some on this forum is bizarre and frankly embarrassing. The best young talent in English football who is a blue playing in the best team in England and still they are not happy. Shakes head in bewilderment.
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It's not bewildering - we want Foden to be the best player he can be and so he will be criticised if people don't feel he's maximising his talent. He's a guy that could be our greatest ever player but we've seen so many young players plateau and none of us want that to happen. When Foden makes errors, he'll get called out. We can't just give him special treatment because he's a blue.
 
itisrising said:
It's not bewildering - we want Foden to be the best player he can be and so he will be criticised if people don't feel he's maximising his talent. He's a guy that could be our greatest ever player but we've seen so many young players plateau and none of us want that to happen. When Foden makes errors, he'll get called out. We can't just give him special treatment because he's a blue.
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Needs to be constructive. Sometimes it's OTT, very OTT
 
itisrising said:
Ofcourse but I don't think that's different for any player. Could you imagine if Mahrez or Sterling didn't square that pass? We love Phil but I think we all want to see him take that next step this season.
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If people were capable of posting that without the added hyperbole then this thread would be about 25 pages less.
 
Phil1 said:
If people were capable of posting that without the added hyperbole then this thread would be about 25 pages less.
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He's 22 and that's right about the age where a lot of good players think they've succeeded and stop doing what's needed to stay at the top and on TV they always hear (the instant football experts just add water) talk about what could have been with Balotelli, Dele Alli, Jack Wilshere, Michael Owen etc.

I don't think there is a person here who would like Foden to fail.. we're all City fans after all!
 
Phil1 said:
Criticism is fine, he’s not firing on all cylinders and definitely needs to up his game but posters on here have a habit of going way overboard and don’t seem capable of a bit of constructive criticism instead going straight to the twilight zone and making up weird shit like he doesn’t like Haaland or is jealous of him? I mean, there’s crazy then there’s batshit crazy.
We had somebody calling him a prick and another saying he’s no business playing for City.
That’s what needs to stop, not the general comments about him not being at his best.
I’ll never stop defending a lad who’s as blue as they come playing for us and having the potential to be one of our very best.
I suppose we all see our roles differently when it comes to supporting the club
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The TalkSport effect. Perspective and measured takes are boring now apparently. Vitriol or immense praise. Nothing in between.
 
Phil1 said:
If people were capable of posting that without the added hyperbole then this thread would be about 25 pages less.
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Without hyperbole, arguments going round in circles, and repetitive dumb jokes this forum would have 500,000 posts, not 13,500,000
 
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