Phil Foden - 2018/19 Performances

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karen7 said:
He is not as good as raz,ali is overated in my opinion
He is a city fan being managed by pep,training and get some minutes with some of the worlds best players,he won't be leaving anytime soon if ever,he is part of the group who got 100pts,who do you leave out for him to start games? we don't know why he didn't make the squad yesterday but people are having a fit over it anyway,when he is fit i would like to see him on the bench for prem games if there is space,pep and the team seem to trust him,he is being managed and mentored by the best who know much better than we fans do,i expect the inj to kev has affected things for phil,dave was due to play less which would have opened up a place for him but we have to play dave,lets see what happens when kev returns
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Would you like him to start some PL games this season and if so how many?
 
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karen7 said:
As many as pep thinks he can as he is the expert and knows if he is carrying an inj etc, we know nothing
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If you can't offer even an opinion on a subject you are so vocal in criticising others for then perhaps you shouldn't offer an opinion at all.!
 
Newcastle were abysmal today, there’s no reason Foden couldn’t start against them next week. And if he struggles with the physicality of it (which I don’t think he will at all), just take him off. Newcastle will have 10 behind the ball for 95% of the game and I’d fancy Foden to unlock their defence more than I would Gundogan.
 
karen7 said:
Well considering i wrote a long post to you and you addressed none of it you should take your own advice
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You didnt ask me a question, aside from who do you leave out. That's easy the least effective midfielder Gundogwan. You, avoided mine. This isnt difficult Karen unless you make it so. Try and form your own opinion and answer the question? It's not a trick.

Cheers CLB
 
karen7 said:
As many as pep thinks he can as he is the expert and knows if he is carrying an inj etc, we know nothing
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Pep is the expert yes, doesn't mean he can't be wrong and maybe just maybe he doesn't actually care. Pep is unfortunately not gonna be here for 10 years (I assume). He probably will be here for another 3 years and therefor won't prefer to develop our Academy kids. In an "easy" home game like Huddersfield last week or Newcastle next week I'd say its at least 90-95% chance we'd win playing our strongest available side. Playing Foden instead of a Gundogan wouldn't mean we'd be down on 60% chance of winning the game. More like 85-95%.
He's very young but a fact is that you can count his appearances that actually is good for his development on one hand. Community Shield, Leicester in the CC, Southampton (10mins), CL against Basel, CL against Shakhtar. Coming on to play 10-15mins when we lead 3-0 is great fun of course but he doesn't learn much really as the opponents have given up and just wants the game to end.

Foden is right now one of the biggest talents in the world. I'm too young to remember how big hype our players had when they were 18 (I know Aguero and Kompany were seen as huge talents) but the fact is that almost all of our outfield players played a lot of senior football the season they turned 18/after they turned 18 (like Foden going into this season).
Bernardo, Gundogan, Otamendi and Delph are the only players that barely played senior league football that season. All of them but Otamendi were a certain starter for their teams the season after that. Apart from those guys Zinchenko, Walker and Sane didnt play much (Sane did only 7 starts and 6 sub appearances in the league). The rest of our squad played a lot of league games that season.

It's a long season and a lot can obviously happen but I doubt that Foden will get more than 200-250mins in the league this season and then it actually becomes a problem (unless he starts 10 cup games). At his age they need competitive senior football to take the next step. Of course he'll receive a brilliant football education training with world class players everyday and having Pep as his coach. But to develop he needs to get minutes when the opposing team are still fighting for the game.

I probably (cant promise you though) will stop moaning about Fodens lack of opportunities for some months to see how much game time he actually gets but history shows that a big majority of our squad today played a lot of league games at his age right now and if he doesn't get his chances he needs to get a loan.
 
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