Phil Foden - 2017/18 performances

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Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
he looks like a special talent. we have to not put too much pressure on him though. he has everything. he looks like a younger version of david silva. we have been crying out for a local lad for years now and I think he has everything to make it at the top level.

also for a small player he looks very strong and hard to get the ball off.
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His naturally low center of gravity helps quite a lot, but he also has an instinct for how to position his body (and the ball) to make it difficult for the opposition to get sight of the ball. It's very Iniesta/Silva-esque and will serve him well in his career.
 
SebastianBlue said:
His naturally low center of gravity helps quite a lot, but he also has an instinct for how to position his body (and the ball) to make it difficult for the opposition to get sight of the ball. It's very Iniesta/Silva-esque and will serve him well in his career.
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yea his low centre of gravity does help him. even so he was pushing the united players off him at times and didn't struggle at all with the physical side. often tackling or closing people down. I think as a club we've needed a player like him to get into the first team and show that there is a path. very encouraging game, hopefully he starts against madrid.
 
I think that Pep will give Foden time in the first team this season. His project if you like.

Delighted for the lad who has been at City since 8. Composed, skilful and prepared to shoot. Onwards & upwards.
 
arfurclue said:
I hear where you're coming from but, at the same time, wouldn't it be great if we had a player that learned to 'grow' when the pressure is on,
rather than shrink away from it?
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@Cheadle_hulmeBlue Not to mention the old how diamonds are made cliche.

In all seriousness, though, the best players in the world weren't coddled at a young age—they were thrown into the deep end (sometimes with weights around their ankles) and made to tread water, even hold up a few other swimmers, as well. It is a cruciable, and some youngsters will fail (if at least initially), but the gifted players become truly special along that development path (much like other professions).
 
On a somewhat related note, did anyone else see Diaz make an astounding tackle from behind when tracking back at one point? He came in from an angle and appeared to stop the ball dead with his heel as the Rag player thought he was dribbling away from him. I remember thinking "don't dive in there lad!" Before he emerged with the ball and calmly sauntered off
 
SebastianBlue said:
@Cheadle_hulmeBlue Not to mention the old how diamonds are made cliche.

In all seriousness, though, the best players in the world weren't coddled at a young age—they were thrown into the deep end (sometimes with weights around their ankles) and made to tread water, even hold up a few other swimmers, as well. It is a cruciable, and some youngsters will fail (if at least initially), but the gifted players become truly special along that development path (much like other professions).
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Yes! Add to this a slightly different analogy. That of a fire. If I have a small fire and put a large piece of wood on it, it may extinguish the flames. Yet if I have a larger fire and put the same piece of wood on it, then it will feed the flames.
 
oakiecokie said:
Thank you Professor Brian Cox.
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lol...is not much different from a boxer growing by having someone try and hit them - but if they only experience someone beating the shit out of them
each time they come to practice, well maybe that's not so helpful either :)
 
arfurclue said:
I hear where you're coming from but, at the same time, wouldn't it be great if we had a player that learned to 'grow' when the pressure is on,
rather than shrink away from it?
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I agree. It's like someone mocking your analogies versus just patronizingly agreeing with you.
 
TonyM said:
I agree. It's like someone mocking your analogies versus just patronizingly agreeing with you.
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lol. Nice one :) But, back to Foden, from what little I have seen and read of him, I reckon he has the talent AND attitude to take the premier league by storm. Whether
now or in a couple or years, who knows. Pep can be a bit hyperbolic but still the way he spoke of Foden was mighty interesting. From how Kun was with him, when he was being interviewed, then maybe the players see this too?
 
Slightly different players. But I wonder if Foden can become the player that Joe Cole 'should' have become?
 
I'm fucking desperate for one of our youngsters to break through into a regular first team player. In fact, not just that, into the starting 11.
 
He's very similar to Wilshere in terms of his movement with the ball, passing etc. His attitude is a key attribute that can and will take him to the top unlike Wilshere. And obviously he has to stay injury free.
 
I know I have said this many times but to me he looks more like Iniesta than anyone else mentioned.
 
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