I haven’t seen enough of him to form an opinion on where he’d get regular playing time. But if he’s supposed to replace Silva in the summer, then surely he’d be a starter at almost every other club?
That's what he is and I feel informed about him. You can disagree with it but you can't say I'm not informed enough about it. After all, it's a matter of personnal appreciation and rating. I'd never tell you that you know feck all about a player even if I completely think your rating of him is wrong.
You admitted you had not. You said you'd watched him several times. Maybe this is a semantic issue but typically several means a low amount, like 3/4/5 times. You can believe Foden is very overrated, but I dispute that watching him play several times gives you an adequate basis on which to reach that judgement.
I didn't really or at least I didn't mean it, I've watched him enough to make my assessment.
To be fair the term several is an unspecified amount that generally means more then 4, so let's assume @kouroux has actually watched him seven times, that's actually a fair amount considering Foden has only played circa 30 first team games? You can't expect a United fan to watch every City game on the off chance Foden gets an outing to be able to have an opinion, he's just watched enough to form his opinion.
So you’ve seen him as often as Pep then
Pep is overly enthusiastic and a tad bit biasedSo you’ve seen him as often as Pep then
Thank you, this is a very good post. I'm not arrogant enough to think my opinion trumps others, I just simply shared it.
One day he might actually get a run in the team but until he does there's just no knowing if he's good or not. He has a direct reference point in Sancho now - of seeing how important first team football is (I mean regular first team football) - and he's hardly that young by football standards now. Maybe we'll see him much more now in the PL, albeit in non pressure games, when Pep throws everything at the CL.
He has the strength and physicality that those two players didn't have, especially at their respective age that Foden is now. He's a really, really good talent and his technical skills and ability are very clear.
He also has better ball striking than Bernando and Bernado doesn't have the level of vision David Silva had to compensate for that.
They need a boost in their midfield talent (not attacking midfielders). A player who can run the show will be vital. If you go back and watch the 2000 generation in underage tournaments/friendlies, they were loaded with attacking midfielders and wingers. It was in midfield where there wasn't a standout talent. In that sense I think 2001 had Garner and Doyle.
Yeah Garner needs a loan next year to get some regular minutes.
He's played over 1100 mins so far this season, not bad for a player who has just turned 20 a few weeks ago in a squad that is stacked with talent.
Different players. Bernardo has never played the David Silva role in a City shirt. They’re not in direct competition to replace Silva, it will be Foden or someone else, not Bernardo.
Thats terrible!
They are as KDB is what he is. Neither is all that comfortable wide.
Bernardo won City’s Player of the Year in 2019 in a season where he played almost exclusively as a right-winger
Agreed. I still have high hopes Garner will come good if he can get some regular minutes at a decent level next year and as you say, Bellingham looks a talent out of this latest generation, which if the last few years are anything to go by, seems we are improving technically as a nation.
TAA?
Not really though, he played a lot in the midfield alongside David Silva. Only played RW when KDB was available, which wasn't often last season. I think he also works very well with KDB in the midfield.
He must be in the squad regardless of his playing time because he is the last missing piece of the puzzle.......but of course it would be better if he would play much more.
He might have played a bit more centrally last season than I suggested but throughout his time at City he has mostly been used as a RW (and often hugging the touchline to stretch the pitch as much as possible). He even said last season that’s his preferred position.
I was mostly referring to last season. Yeah in general (including at Monaco), he's often played as a RW playmaker.
