That's all Foden is at the moment because Pep is being so stubborn on holding him back. All that patronising bullshit bigging Phil up as the best talent he's managed at his age was bollocks.Simply a very promising youngster..?
Bizarre. What Pep says and what Pep does are 2 different things.
I don't think playing Phil in a dead rubber CL changes this fact.
It could hardly be worse in context to what we expected, there has been a marked drop off of energy and effort and the later the most disappointing, the game v Norwich, an injury hit Norwich at that, was the wake up call that went unheeded.If Foden had been given more time off the bench or even a run of league starts, does anyone really think that we would be any worse off than we are now?
It's been a huge missed opportunity.
Not one of those who cries "play the kids" like a Pavlovian expression after every setback, but genuinely felt he was hard done to on Saturday. the circumstances of the game and the opposition were crying out to try him.
It would have given the crowd a huge lift if he’d been given half an hour at 0-2 down on Saturday.Back in the 60/70's both City and the rags occasionally used the derby to give a debut to local youth players.
The game on Saturday was a perfect opportunity for Phil Foden to make his derby debut, he wouldn't have let the side down.
We’ve got the slowest midfield in the country. DSilva Gundogan and Rodri have played a lot of minutes this season and they are a problem when any more than one of them play together in midfield. In two games (Norwich and Wolves) all three of them made up our whole midfield.If Foden had been given more time off the bench or even a run of league starts, does anyone really think that we would be any worse off than we are now?
It's been a huge missed opportunity.
Not one of those who cries "play the kids" like a Pavlovian expression after every setback, but genuinely felt he was hard done to on Saturday. the circumstances of the game and the opposition were crying out to try him.