Micah Richards the pundit

Didsbury Dave said:
Well we have to disagree, then. In my opinion you are partly right but only partly: I'd say that Mahrez, Streling and Foden have all been patchy (at best) all season. Certainly overall I don't believe Foden has outperformed either.

I'm happy with the way Pep manages all the players and I trust in his vision of the bigger picture.
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Happy to disagree but a bit baffled by some of your rational Dave. The stats from this season for those three players don't really back up your argument. They indicate that Foden is having a much better season despite playing less minutes.

A post back you said Mahrez and Sterling have played their way back into form? Are you sure you meant that?
 
Churchlawtonblue said:
Happy to disagree but a bit baffled by some of your rational Dave. The stats from this season for those three players don't really back up your argument. They indicate that Foden is having a much better season despite playing less minutes.

A post back you said Mahrez and Sterling have played their way back into form? Are you sure you meant that?
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I’m not interested in stats. I’ll judge the players with my own eyes.

In my opinion Foden has been very patchy, odd good games, odd good spells but nowhere near consistent enough or involved enough. Saturday was his best of the season.

Sterling has not been at his best all season either however he’s always a threat, despite patchy end product. The last couple of games have seen him looking better and a couple of decent goals should improve him even further. He’s had a couple of patches like this in his city career including a long one at the beginning of last season but every time he’s come out of it scoring prolifically.

Mahrez is a good footballer but has a tendency to be a one trick pony. It’s a good trick which gets him goals but he has to mix it up, and go outside players as well as inside, to be effective. He has been poor for much of this season but has looked better the last few times he’s played. He wouldn’t be in my best team.

I don’t know how many times I can say this: they are different players in different positions with different needs. Some players need the confidence of the manager, and dropping them for a spell can be counterproductive. No manager gets it right all the time but overall I’m happy with Pep’s decisions on all three.

I’d start Sterling and Foden but not Mahrez on Wednesday.
 
Didsbury Dave said:
If you mean what I think you mean, Kaz, then Foden handles the interviews well. He's media trained and just gives bland answers. The minute he starts an argument with an interviewer or contradicts the manager or in general expresses any emotion, you've got a live negative headline waiting to explode.
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Yeah phil is very impressive in interviews , shame he has to bat away another newspaper rumour picked up by sky after such a great win
 
Love Micah. I'd much rather listen to him than any of the other boring pundits. Quite like Souness too, but someone with micah's energy is needed.
 
Didsbury Dave said:
I’m not interested in stats. I’ll judge the players with my own eyes.

In my opinion Foden has been very patchy, odd good games, odd good spells but nowhere near consistent enough or involved enough. Saturday was his best of the season.

Sterling has not been at his best all season either however he’s always a threat, despite patchy end product. The last couple of games have seen him looking better and a couple of decent goals should improve him even further. He’s had a couple of patches like this in his city career including a long one at the beginning of last season but every time he’s come out of it scoring prolifically.

Mahrez is a good footballer but has a tendency to be a one trick pony. It’s a good trick which gets him goals but he has to mix it up, and go outside players as well as inside, to be effective. He has been poor for much of this season but has looked better the last few times he’s played. He wouldn’t be in my best team.

I don’t know how many times I can say this: they are different players in different positions with different needs. Some players need the confidence of the manager, and dropping them for a spell can be counterproductive. No manager gets it right all the time but overall I’m happy with Pep’s decisions on all three.

I’d start Sterling and Foden but not Mahrez on Wednesday.
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Fair enough, thanks for your response Dave. I would tend to agree with your assessment for Sterling, Im less enamoured with Mahrez. However I would like to see Foden given more playing time as I feel he has played better and with more energy and i feel that based on my own eyes and the stats back that up. Anyway a good debate, have a good evening.
 
Churchlawtonblue said:
Fair enough, thanks for your response Dave. I would tend to agree with your assessment for Sterling, Im less enamoured with Mahrez. However I would like to see Foden given more playing time as I feel he has played better and with more energy and i feel that based on my own eyes and the stats back that up. Anyway a good debate, have a good evening.
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i’m not sure i agree. Foden gets a free pass when he plays terribly, against Leeds he looked lost in the midfield. He has had good games and bad games and indifferent games.

Mahrez has won us some games with his goals but it all seems to get forgotten when he misses a chance by the people on here in particular. I think some city fans have had it in for Mahrez from the moment he missed the penalty at Anfield.
 
kaz7 said:
Yeah phil is very impressive in interviews , shame he has to bat away another newspaper rumour picked up by sky after such a great win
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He's confident and articulate. I don't think many people appreciate just how difficult it is to talk live on camera - it takes quite a bit of bottle.
 
hcblue95 said:
Love Micah. I'd much rather listen to him than any of the other boring pundits. Quite like Souness too, but someone with micah's energy is needed.
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Micah certainly brightens things up but I think is mouth goes into gear before his brain sometimes.
I agree about Souness he stood up for city after the ffp ban was turned over by the arbitration panel, I will always be grateful to him for sticking up for City.
 
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