Phil Foden - 2018/19 Performances

[jimmygrimblesboots]

Foden shouldnt be involved in the senior England team , he should be playing every U-21 game available and gaining experience with players of a similar age ,can you imagine Phil spending two weeks with the likes of Henderson , Jones , Dier , and others , it could set him back a couple of years and any contact with Lingard will have him coming back to the academy dabbing with his baseball cap on back to front.

 

[dennishasdoneit]

When does Mr Southgate name his squad for the Croatia game? I would actually be quite surprised if he wasnt in it. He is better than anything England have in midfield right now.

I was saying this 12 months ago.and i was right.

 

[Cobra]

Foden shouldnt be involved in the senior England team , he should be playing every U-21 game available and gaining experience with players of a similar age ,can you imagine Phil spending two weeks with the likes of Henderson , Jones , Dier , and others , it could set him back a couple of years and any contact with Lingard will have him coming back to the academy dabbing with his baseball cap on back to front.

The problem with the U21’s is that Aidy Boothroyd is the manager and he’s a proper fucking dinosaur. He got fired from his last club job at Northampton when they were bottom of league two, and then couldn’t get a job again until his best friend Dan Ashworth gave him the U21 job. We should be keeping Foden far away from him.

 

[domalino]

The problem with the U21’s is that Aidy Boothroyd is the manager and he’s a proper fucking dinosaur. He got fired from his last club job at Northampton when they were bottom of league two, and then couldn’t get a job again until his best friend Dan Ashworth gave him the U21 job. We should be keeping Foden far away from him.

I wonder what it would take to get Joe Edwards from Chelsea's u23s to take England's u21 job.

 

[willipp]

I was saying this 12 months ago.and i was right.

I could see Foden, Mount and Sancho all in and id be delighted.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Putting home in the England squad would be a huge mistake. We’ve seen it before with other players. The pressure that would put on him would be ridiculous

Also why does he deserve to be called up ? He’s barely played. Surely players like Maddison or Hughes should be called up

 

[TarnatsLeftPeg]

Arsenal fans called Ray Parlour the 'Romford Pele', so we're alright.

No way so is that where the Horse comes from ?

 

[kaz7]

Pep on Phil Foden's new contract talks: "I don't know. I haven't spoken about that with Txiki. I think Phil likes to be here, the club has no doubt, the manager has no doubt. Hopefully it's going to happen sooner or later."

 

[SebastianBlue]

From SSN’s PL Questions feature — they just won’t stop with the unnecessary and [potentially] destructive pressure for him to start “NOW”:

Will Phil Foden be given a Premier League chance? (Man City v Brighton, Saturday, 3pm)

Phil Foden scored his first senior goal for Manchester City in midweek
Pep Guardiola has always said he wanted to ease Phil Foden into the Manchester City first team, giving him 15 appearances, mainly off the bench. The teenage midfielder's performance against Oxford in midweek was a further sign of his development and why he now merits a chance to show what he can do in the Premier League. At the Kassam Stadium, he created two goals thanks to sublime passes and rounded off his efforts with a clinical finish in the closing stages.

From ESPN’s W2W4 feature — less foreceful, but the pressure is the same:

Might Phil Foden get a league start for Manchester City?

Your heart doesn't exactly bleed for Pep Guardiola. The Manchester City manager has been without Kevin De Bruyne since August, but happens to manage probably the only team in the Premier League who could lose their most influential player, and carry on without blinking. With David Silva, Bernardo Silva and Ilkay Gundogan, Guardiola has some pretty solid senior options to fill-in for De Bruyne -- but you can certainly add Phil Foden to that list now.

Of course, it was only against Oxford United, but Foden's performance in midweek earned further comparisons to Andres Iniesta, comparisons Guardiola was quick to avoid. Foden is clearly ready, even at 18, for the highest level, and it's only a matter of time before he starts a game in the Premier League. Could it be this weekend against Brighton?

 

[doobyedoobye]

I'm convinced he will become the poster boy for the academy and that we will see academy graduates blooded into the first team squad every season moving forward.