Without comparing him to past players one thing he has achieved playing in a front 3 is he is ahead of Sterling, Mahrez, Jesus, Torres and Grealish in terms of automatic starter for the big games for City. That is some endorsement..
They all spend long periods on the bench. There is no long term plan, they’re easily replaceable for him. Look at Foden himself
Yeah Ok. Pep likes him. But where was he in the Euros for example, when he dyed his hair bleach blonde and was supposed to ‘Gazza-up’ the tournament? What happened to that?
I think it's very difficult to compare players, at a young age it's harder.
Yes 1783 minutes for 19/20 so 20/21 was really his "adult" breakout season. Another factor is he played another 650ish minutes or so in project restart so for a 12 month period his workload was heavy.
Not an impressive list.
This isn't true at all though, they all played a lot and they all had their best seasons with Pep.
I didn't say they were world-class players, but he made them play like world-class players.
My point is there is no long term plan for his wide players and they spend large periods of times in his bench. There’s nothing false about it.
I think he's bad at picking them, but yea he's good at getting more out of them and giving them chances.
Bernardo and Sané weren't playing the same position, and Sané didn't leave for free.
I’m not really arguing with you, I’m saying Pep hasn’t got long term plans for wide players since he signs so many and hordes them.
He got injured with England that's why he's hardly played this season
I don’t know enough about Greenwood to make an informed comment, but I will say that, from the little that I’ve seen of him, he looks to be a very special young player.
You rate Southgate that much?
Yeah that is true.
Agreed. It happens with every English player who shows even a modicum of out of the box skill because England doesn’t produce many players like that.
In fairness, Southgate is the first manager to lead England to a final in a major tournament since the 1960s. You could argue he is a once in a generation manager.
This is the main problem facing these younger player. The media hypes them up to crazy levels then the same media destroys them when they dont hit those same levels
I said the generations greatest manager not the English version of Ole
100%
Thats just the ‘white’ players, the black/coloured players dont stand a chance in the (English) media, as sad as that is to say.
What are you talking about! Sancho is regarded exceptionally highly world-wide. The guy has done it in the Bundesliga and the CL. Just because Southgate doesn't pick him, doesn't make him an unknown qty on the international stage.
Yeah true. If any English player has good skill and close control then they are overhyped. It happened for years. Josh McEachran was England's Pirlo and it was competition in the press, who can come up with more jizzworthy articles. Few years later, he is playing in lower leagues.
), Mount, Foden, Walker, Sterling, Reece James, Chilwell and other reserves to choose from. Then there is Grealish added again the following summer. Euro finals, CL finals, clubs and countries- if only thing that lacks and has been lacking is that managerial step to take everything or copy everything to the next level.So you’re saying that Sancho, who can’t get a game at his own club, because he can’t be trusted to not go missing, and who can’t get in his national side, is recognised as being fundamentally better than Foden, who is ripping it up for both club and country?
Think he's already shown that he's much better than the likes of Barkley, Wilshere and the other young English midfielders who never lived up to their potential. The level Foden is at now is basically already the player people thought Wilshere might become.
Absolute nonsense. Foden is nowhere near Wilshere at his best which was short lived unfortunately due to injury. The fact that you’re lumping Wilshere in with Barkley is also pretty bizarre. Foden has a long way to go yet.
Tbf your opinion is highly biased. He is a good player being coached by one of this generations best managers in Pep. We will wait to see how he fairs after Pep has left, to truly see how good he is.
Are you a troll, or just ignorant? What is your problem with Sancho? He's quite clearly a very talented player. Just as Foden is. Why is this so difficult to grasp?
Perhaps you were not following the fact the guy literally got transferred to his new club. Was not match fit for the first few games and is now slowly being integrated in the team. But carry on with your idea that Sancho has just started playing football completely ignoring his performances the last 2-3 seasons with Dortmund. Foden has had 1 decent/good season and the way you're talking him up while suggesting that Sancho has not progressed as much as him only shows me you do not follow anything outside EPL.
That's really not that contentious of an opinion. Foden has been better than Rashford for the last twelve months at least.
How can you be only a "promising talent" when you deliver performances week in and week out and perform against the best opposition?
in an absurdly stacked team. Again, what happened to him in the Euros?
What kind of ignorant troll are you spouting your twisted lies - I didn’t say that Sancho wasn’t very talented and if you could be arsed to read back through my conversation you’ll see that I’ve praised Sancho and expressed my wish that he develops to meet his full potential.
That’s a stupid argument.
This is the problem I have. Sancho has supposedly lost his powers based on a handful of games. Wise up!
