#47 | Phil Foden - 2019/20 Performances

[vincent]

Does he really need to play week in, week out to develop?

I’d say he does now yes. Or at least every other week.

 

[Cobra]

The downside of having one of the best teams in the world and competing with another such team for the league is that you can't give much time to youngsters. How many top 6 teams in England have a 19 y.o. midfielder in their starting XI? None. Not even those not competing for the title.

But if any of those top 6 clubs had a 19 year old midfielder as good as Foden then he’d be playing every week.

 

[BosnianBlue]

But if any of those top 6 clubs had a 19 year old midfielder as good as Foden then he’d be playing every week.

None of them have midfield of De Bruyne, David Silva, Gundogan, Fernandinho, Rodri and occasional Bernardo Silva though. He is coming through at tricky time, he has the best midfield in the world to fight for place with.

 

[alexmcity]

But if any of those top 6 clubs had a 19 year old midfielder as good as Foden then he’d be playing every week.

Not Liverpool. The other don't hope to win the title and don't need to win 90+ pts. Would City fans be happier if Foden started more games last season but we lost the title to Liverpool? Very much doubt it.

I'm sure Foden will have enough games. One couldn't repeat often enough that he has played more than Iniesta and Scholes did at that age. It didn't harm Iniesta that he wasn't loaned out, did it?

 

[Cobra]

Not Liverpool. The other don't hope to win the title and don't need to win 90+ pts. Would City fans be happier if Foden started more games last season but we lost the title to Liverpool? Very much doubt it.

I'm sure Foden will have enough games. One couldn't repeat often enough that he has played more than Iniesta and Scholes did at that age. It didn't harm Iniesta that he wasn't loaned out, did it?

Iniesta played over 50 times for Barcelona B so he didn’t need to be loaned out.

 

[moomba]

I’d say he does now yes. Or at least every other week.

Needing to play week in, week out as a young kid in order to develop would have ended the careers of some all time greats.

 

[kaz7]

He is staying because playing in a pep team is very different from anywhere else,unless we loan him to barca he is not going anywhere

 

[Cobra]

Needing to play week in, week out as a young kid in order to develop would have ended the careers of some all time greats.

Didn’t do De Bruyne, Silva and Aguero any harm.

 

[Cobra]

He is staying because playing in a pep team is very different from anywhere else,unless we loan him to barca he is not going anywhere

Just meaningless tosh based on absolutely nothing.

 

[vincent]

Will be interesting to see if he features tomorrow. He’s fit apparently and a home game against watford is exactly the type of game he should be featuring in.