padr81
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Fodens current wage is 60k a week and the new contract is 200k, I dunno where people are pulling the other figures from
You are sure he wouldn't join United for 150k a week and would choose City's 30k week before that?If he wanted a pay rise he would’ve got one, but he hasn’t signed a new contract since December 2018. I don’t understand what your point is.
Also, from what you said in your first post it sounds like you’re suggesting that Foden would’ve been happy joining United if they were offering him that money and City weren’t. I can assure you that that would never happen.
If I said the same thing about Scholes on here they would come for my head.You are sure he wouldn't join United for 150k a week and would choose City's 30k week before that?
I want to live in that world where you live.
I think you might be overestimating how much a club means to an athlete. Ultimately, these are humans trying to maximize their income (within reason) while accomplishing their dreams on the football pitch. There's a balance there as even the highest paid footballer would be miserable if he were in an environment that does not suit him. Having said that, Scholes would have absolutely considered joining City if they offered 5(!) times his wages; he'd be braindead not to. Foden would do the same if United offered him quintuple his wages.If I said the same thing about Scholes on here they would come for my head.
And rightly so. Because it never would've happened.
He is seriously greedy. It is becoming a problem. Phenomenal player even if he was poor today. But the greed is getting more noticeable. If he passed that ball today (which any of Sterling Sane, Bernardo, Grealish and even Mahrez would have, we go 2-0 up and win the game at a canter.People just can’t stop themselves overreacting to individual games can they
That last part is the worst... i can imagine that you go for your own chance if you have Timo Werner in your team but when you have Haaland? Maybe he thinks he needs to add to his stats otherwise he will lose his spot to Grealish? Or with all the compliments he has been receiving he thinks he needs to be the star and also add goals to his game?He is seriously greedy. It is becoming a problem. Phenomenal player even if he was poor today. But the greed is getting more noticeable. If he passed that ball today (which any of Sterling Sane, Bernardo, Grealish and even Mahrez would have, we go 2-0 up and win the game at a canter.
Two games in a row he shot from a stupid angle with a teammate (Haaland) waiting for a tap in.
He doesn’t want the new kid getting all the praise, he wants to be the star.That last part is the worst... i can imagine that you go for your own chance if you have Timo Werner in your team but when you have Haaland? Maybe he thinks he needs to add to his stats otherwise he will lose his spot to Grealish? Or with all the compliments he has been receiving he thinks he needs to be the star and also add goals to his game?
I dunno, it feels like he's not as selfless as before, he knows Pep doesn't care about stats in general (I mean he's happy enough with Grealish who's output is atrocious), its just slowly crept into his game. A bit like Mahrez can be at times but Foden wasn't like that till last season. Maybe he is worried about his stats but he got subbed at half time last week for doing it and then immediately does it again, it would have served him right if Pep hooked him there and then after 15 minutes of the game.That last part is the worst... i can imagine that you go for your own chance if you have Timo Werner in your team but when you have Haaland? Maybe he thinks he needs to add to his stats otherwise he will lose his spot to Grealish? Or with all the compliments he has been receiving he thinks he needs to be the star and also add goals to his game?
It was the savagely overrated post by @IrishRedDevil that prompted my response but also some of the responses in the Gallagher thread too.He is seriously greedy. It is becoming a problem. Phenomenal player even if he was poor today. But the greed is getting more noticeable. If he passed that ball today (which any of Sterling Sane, Bernardo, Grealish and even Mahrez would have, we go 2-0 up and win the game at a canter.
Two games in a row he shot from a stupid angle instead of making an easy pass with a teammate (Haaland) waiting for a tap in.
Yeah you do see some crazy one game reactions here for sure. Players go from world class to washed up in 90 minutes or vice versa.It was the savagely overrated post by @IrishRedDevil that prompted my response but also some of the responses in the Gallagher thread too.
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He played right wing.The way England play just doesn't suit him. I feel he's better as a wider player, and further forward.
He’s a decent player. You could argue that in the opposite way… England’s system make him look a lot poorer.I just don’t think he’s all that.
City make him look a lot better than he is due to their system and the players around him.
Agreed.Difficult for anyone to shine under that clown of an England manager.
This - 'classy' Tiago being a prime exampleThe propencity to squirt over players who are technical and tidy or look 'classy' on the ball is a strange phenomenon. People are easily manipulated.
Ah, the "you're only a great player if you've proven yourself in a dysfunctional system" tropeIs it fair to call him a 'system player', who can't excel outside of City's rigid possession game?
Ah, the smug pseudo-intellectual football fan trope!Ah, the "you're only a great player if you've proven yourself in a dysfunctional system" trope
Intellectual? Far from it (even pseudo)!Ah, the smug pseudo-intellectual football fan trope!
I said this during the Italy game. I think he's extremely talented, but he's never had to be the creative force in a team so has never had the chance to learn how to do that.I think he's been moulded into the perfect cog for a Guardiola team. But I don't think that's necessarily a great player outside of a Guardiola team.
The likes of Bernardo, KDB and David Silva developed into creative forces at other clubs and learned how to individually influence a game. I don't think Foden has ever had the opportunity to do that, because he's always been the support piece than a more decisive player.