Phil - Scapegoats and witch hunts

[TonyM]

The whole of the left side was wrong, both Foden and Trippier out of position. With an overlapping left back Foden would have looked ok. With a out and out left winger Trippier would have looked fine. The two together was the worst possible combination.

Southgate isn't the first England manager to try to play the best 11 players rather than the best players for the team. Think of the team with Scholes, Gerrard and Lampard three great players who all played similarly and should never have played together.

If that means Saka, Foden, Bellingham or Terence Trent Darby are dropped to the bench to create the correct balance then so be it.

Personally and for totally City reasons I want Foden on the bench. It'll mean he has a point to prove, he'll be more rested, and he won't be blamed when we crash out because Bellingcunt decides he wants all the glory and decides not to pass to anyone else.

He brought Shaw which is a joke. Surely there is a better LB in England?

England are the cults of Spurs Liverpool United rolled into one. All talk.

 

[give it to gordon]

Said it before Phil plays under the world's best coach, best team and best club. Our club doesn't do egos our team is about winning as a team and lose as a team.

England is full of individuals who want to be the hero. Bellingham is allowed to be the biggest knobhead because southgate is shit scared to stop him. Phil is a quite humble guy, that is what is required at City. Southgate uses this against Phil by playing him out of position and is prepared to knock his confidence and let the press/media make Phil the scapegoat to protect himself. Southgate is a fucking knobhead.

If Bellingham had done his beat the defender 3 times than crossed into the keepers hands Pep would have pulled bellend up. He had at least two unmarked players on the edge of the box.

Rice isn't anywhere near being a Rodri, taa is KDB, Phil isn't a park the bus type player nor a hoofball player.

The England players know Phil is the best in the squad,

Its a shame Phil has got any Spanish or Portuguese blood !

 

[Keeper!]

Phil will shine for England when Southgate fucks off.

 

[RobinHood]

Ha ha - no. But he'd play Phil in his best position.

 

[manimanc]

Bellingham playing for England is like Gordon out of There's only one Jimmy Grimble.

Southgate on the sidelines just telling everyone to give it to bloody Jude.

Pretty one dimensional how we play. Others in the team are just bit part players and the supporting cast.

 

[Keeper!]

Ha ha - no. But he'd play Phil in his best position.

You think?

He would make Rooney look competent.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

He brought Shaw which is a joke. Surely there is a better LB in England?

England are the cults of Spurs Liverpool United rolled into one. All talk.

Pep is the latest England whipping boy for our toxic media. There always has to be one in this country. Every story about him will be twisted and distorted from now on. It is an English disease to destroy people who have success. Perhaps Ben White has the right idea. He is also being pilloried in the press. I don’t blame him for quitting the Southgate circus. We have the most poisonous media in the world.

 

[give it to gordon]

Bellingham playing for England is like Gordon out of There's only one Jimmy Grimble.

Southgate on the sidelines just telling everyone to give it to bloody Jude.

Pretty one dimensional how we play. Others in the team are just bit part players and the supporting cast.

I like that !



Who would have thought 'jimmy Grimble would be the blue print for England in 2024.

Gordon = bellend
Jimmy = foden
Gordon dad = southgate

 

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

Not that I disagree with any post suggesting the ineptitude of Southgate, but I honestly think if they just leave Phil where he is, he’ll adapt and still make a good account of himself. Problem is, the aforementioned managerial abomination will likely give him an out 60 minutes more. Gordon or Eze will play half decent and that will be it. Rather than building towards the later stages.

Our only chance is due to a fair level of ineptitude amongst other nations.

Some numpty on the radio yesterday was saying give him 20 mins of the next game in that setup and then take a view.

And yet persist with combinations and setups that don't work for months!
Fucking imbeciles!

 

[Cellarite]

Phil sidelined is exactly what utd, lfc, ars fans and their media puntis want. They wanted a clickbait LFC player in the midfield, they wanted Bellingham (A talent thats nothing to do with City) as the headliner. Grealish out. Stones is lucky he is in but only due to no one else being available. Mainoo satisfies the utd fans.

Sorry to spoil your thread but really fucks me off that we shoot ourselves in the foot for the sake of clickbaiting journalists satisfying their fanbase.

But, Foden (Like City) has to do absolutely everything himself. He will get no lift up, no favourable coverage. Nothing. He needs to step up and prove himself the best.

Do you honestly believe that Southgate's selection is to satisfy Arsenal, United and Liverpool fans through clickbait, rather than the fact that he's simply incompetent? Why wouldn't he completely leave Foden out if that were the case?