Dunno have a look on the Kdb threadIs anyone complaining that KDB did not play it square to Haaland either, when he took his shot, saved by Pope's legs? I thought there were similarities, other than the fact that it was incredible that Haaland had made it into th box, having ridden two fouls already to play the through ball to Kev.
I am convinced palmer will play midfield for pep before foden does, palmer has incredible poise and control to his game, foden plays in a single gear. the only time I will use foden in midfield is if KDB is unavailable and he can play as a AM and not as a CM.
foden plays in a single gear.
Well, then he needs to improve and up his game then. Foden may want to play in the middle as he's stated many times previously but as long as he is stuck in that single, high-tempo gear that he's always in, hell will freeze over before he gets a sniff of midfield.The issue with that is you run the risk of Foden stagnating as a player. He needs to play central sooner or later - his performances as a winger seem to be plateauing.
I don’t think Pep is going to play him centrally as some kind of present or gift to him. He’ll play there if he shows signs he’s picking up what Pep and his coaches are telling him he needs to do. So until Foden is played there, we have to assume that there are still things he isn’t doing that they want him to do. Pep has always mentioned that he only has one speed, that he needs to slow down. Even after Newcastle, Pep said that with both Phil and Haaland wanting to go forward, we didn’t make enough passes in the final third and were therefore unable to deal with counters as we were not in the right positions as a team to stop them due to us wanting to get forward too quickly. So it seems Phil still isn’t doing enough of what Grealish and Mahrez both offer the team. He needs to learn that side of his role to then be able to apply it centrally where it’s even more important.The issue with that is you run the risk of Foden stagnating as a player. He needs to play central sooner or later - his performances as a winger seem to be plateauing.
Its true Pep has said this so many times in previous press conferences. He wants him to learn to slow down and then speed up and then slow down. Vary his tempo which he for some reason cannot seem to grasp. "Pausa" which David Silva used to have and other world-class midfielders have is what Pep wants from Foden and so far he's not showing that. KDB is already a high-risk chance taker in midfield, you don't want another one in Foden that's why he plays Gundogan or Bernardo there.This is a hollow statement.
Its true Pep has said this so many times in previous press conferences. He wants him to learn to slow down and then speed up and then slow down. Vary his tempo which he for some reason cannot seem to grasp. "Pausa" which David Silva used to have and other world-class midfielders have is what Pep wants from Foden and so far he's not showing that. KDB is already a high-risk chance taker in midfield, you don't want another one in Foden that's why he plays Gundogan or Bernardo there.