Foden or Greenwood: who do you take?

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One's 20 the other 19. Two (imv) very talented English players. Which one would you have in your team/squad if you could choose right now.
For me I wouldn't have to choose as we already have him. Reckon Foden has come further in his development but Greenwood being an out and out goalscorer makes him more valuable. So it's Mason for me but not by much.
 

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Hardest thing in football is to score a goal, right. And Greenwood makes it look fairly easy.
 

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Foden looks like he could be an excellent midfielder. Actually, he already is and he could be a great. Greenwood is more versatile (in terms of playable positions) is naturally two footed and is one of the most natural finnishers I've seen, in a long time. Greenwood all day long, for me.
 

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United fans, like me, will say Greenwood. City fans will say Foden. Neither I believe will want an exchange. I myself very happy with Greenwood and don't want anyone beside him.

So it's better to direct this towards neutral, non biased fans and see what their opinions will be.
 

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Both fantastic players, but goalscoring is the most valuable trait in football. Greenwood has the potential to be one of the most natural goalscorers of his generation in an era where there don't seem to be many top class strikers coming through, so I'll take him.
 

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Honestly I don’t even see it as close. Mason.
 

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Both are very different players and look like great talents. Personally it would be Greenwood as his finishing is insane for such a young player. I really like Foden too though.
 

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Easily Greenwood. Foden is good but Greenwood is on another level with his potential, and being a complete striker like him who can score in so many ways, that potential is rare. Foden's type of player isn't as rare. Hes a top talent, but I don't think its that close between them and what most clubs would go for.
 

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If they go on to become the best midfielder and the best finisher in the world, I’d have the best finisher in the world. Goals can’t be replaced.
 

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As a neutral I'd go for Greenwood. Foden is great though and could easily turn out better if Greenwood doesn't fulfill his potential to the fullest.
 

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Bubz27 said:
Hardest thing in football is to score a goal, right. And Greenwood makes it look fairly easy.
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No it isn't. It's a hard skill but being able to create goals and dribble and shit... Is the hardest skill.

Not that Foden is that.

They're both on the same level right now. Don't think either team would exchange one for the other, for logical and sentimental reasons.
 

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adexkola said:
No it isn't. It's a hard skill but being able to create goals and dribble and shit... Is the hardest skill.

Not that Foden is that.

They're both on the same level right now. Don't think either team would exchange one for the other, for logical and sentimental reasons.
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I'm just going by the popular saying. Statistically, more chances are created than goals scored though.
 

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Greenwood. No player in world football who can finish on either foot as comfortable as him.

To me, he's generational. Foden, not so much. Still a top talent mind.
 

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duffer said:
I keep seeing on here that his eventual position for you will be centre forward and I'm really interested to see (as an England fan) if he can do it.

I've seen that he is an incredible finisher, not that he is an incredible centre forward.
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I think there's a split. Some want him upfront, some say he'll be perfectly fine as a wide forward through his career.

He played plenty of youth football as a wide forward too, I believe. His skills actually suit a wider position in my opinion. Dribbling and the ability to go either way make him a nightmare running in at an angle.
 

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Both are talented but Greenwood has the rarest of abilities. Both are in the position where they show their talent regularly but are not affecting games as much as they should. I‘d go for Greenwood because the number of players that can do what he can do is exceptionally rare.
 

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Easy take Foden, don't want Greenwood getting injured in some international.
 

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Greenwood and I don’t think it’s particularly close.
 

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duffer said:
I keep seeing on here that his eventual position for you will be centre forward and I'm really interested to see (as an England fan) if he can do it.

I've seen that he is an incredible finisher, not that he is an incredible centre forward.
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He’s only just turned 19, he’s still got a couple of years of body development to do before he’ll have physique to play as a number 9 effectively
 

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Foden's quite brilliant. I'd take him at United but not at the expense of Greenwood, I imagine the resident City fans feel the same.
 

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It will be seen as biased but Greenwood without it even being close
 

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City wouldn’t swap, we wouldn’t swap so it’s a close matchup. We need a Greenwood more now than a Foden so I would prefer him
 

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432JuanMata said:
City wouldn’t swap, we wouldn’t swap so it’s a close matchup. We need a Greenwood more now than a Foden so I would prefer him
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At this exact moment, they would give it a serious thought with both of their strikers out.
 

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Idxomer said:
At this exact moment, they would give it a serious thought with both of their strikers out.
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I don’t mean right now but I mean this season. This could be a hilarious thread in 2 years that’s football. Both will progress differently but right now they are on the same level in different positions. The one thing Mason has going for him is he is a natural finisher which is rare
 

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I feel Greenwood is better, but it's very difficult to compare a striker to a midfielder.
 

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Greenwood, and fecking easily.

Foden is quality, but Greenwood is one of our own.
 

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duffer said:
I keep seeing on here that his eventual position for you will be centre forward and I'm really interested to see (as an England fan) if he can do it.

I've seen that he is an incredible finisher, not that he is an incredible centre forward.
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We got a glimpse in midweek tbf, though he wasn't on his own and was in a front 2.

Think this is why many Utd fans want us to go with a formation that allows 2 up front, because Martial, Rashford and Greenwood are all better through the middle and lose something from their game when you put them out wide.
 

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adexkola said:
No it isn't. It's a hard skill but being able to create goals and dribble and shit... Is the hardest skill.

Not that Foden is that.

They're both on the same level right now. Don't think either team would exchange one for the other, for logical and sentimental reasons.
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Goal scorers will always cost more than goal creaters.
 

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adexkola said:
No it isn't. It's a hard skill but being able to create goals and dribble and shit... Is the hardest skill.

Not that Foden is that.

They're both on the same level right now. Don't think either team would exchange one for the other, for logical and sentimental reasons.
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if, and it’s an impossible if, you could put allegiances, rivalry and where players come from aside, then I bet city would swap Foden for Greenwood in a heartbeat. He’s clearly not the finished product, but he’s exactly what city need, and is a player that can take over from Aguero.
 

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Greenwood, obviously, as he is our man, and scoring goals is what football is all about. But Foden could be a cracking player too.
 

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Both are potential worldclass players but I think there are more promising midfielders than strikers so I would take Greenwood.
 

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Think it's more likely that this will end up like the iheanacho or rashford thread than anybody saying Greenwood being proven wrong.
 
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