Phil Foden re-vote

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Foden - get rid or keep?

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Phil Foden re-vote

Postby john@staustell » Sat Sep 05, 2026 5:58 pm

I can't see that the old thread reflects current views and I don't think votes can be altered. So maybe there should be another vote. Should we:
a) get rid at the first opportunity
b) hang on and keep hoping

Votes can be changed later
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Re: Phil Foden re-vote

Postby Sparklehorse » Sat Sep 05, 2026 9:15 pm

I’m basing my vote on the fact that class is permanent form is temporary. I don’t know how much longer I can hold out though, like most of the team he was abysmal today. I suspect his wealthy but poor lifestyle has taken its toll. I’ll give him this season to pull it together otherwise off you pop.
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Re: Phil Foden re-vote

Postby Scatman » Sat Sep 05, 2026 9:44 pm

Sparklehorse wrote:I’m basing my vote on the fact that class is permanent form is temporary. I don’t know how much longer I can hold out though, like most of the team he was abysmal today. I suspect his wealthy but poor lifestyle has taken its toll. I’ll give him this season to pull it together otherwise off you pop.


Another full season? That will be 3 years of shite.
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Re: Phil Foden re-vote

Postby Sparklehorse » Sun Sep 06, 2026 9:24 am

Scatman wrote:
Sparklehorse wrote:I’m basing my vote on the fact that class is permanent form is temporary. I don’t know how much longer I can hold out though, like most of the team he was abysmal today. I suspect his wealthy but poor lifestyle has taken its toll. I’ll give him this season to pull it together otherwise off you pop.


Another full season? That will be 3 years of shite.

Well, one would hope that the return to form would reveal itself over the next few games, the only way he’s going to be a regular starter is by playing the way we know he can, and if he doesn’t, like yesterday, he’ll be playing a bit part and will never get it back. This is the make or break season for Foden and he’s going to have to make it very soon. There are odd glimpses, but he looks like a broken man to me on the pitch.
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Re: Phil Foden re-vote

Postby CBEM » Sun Sep 06, 2026 9:47 am

Phil's contract runs until 2030 he'll probably sit pretty until then. Someone at the club should have had the courage to pass him forward before he signed a new contract, waiting for him to get better is going to be a long fruitless wait.
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Re: Phil Foden re-vote

Postby nottsblue » Sun Sep 06, 2026 10:38 am

I can see him being our version of Gashford
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Re: Phil Foden re-vote

Postby john@staustell » Sun Sep 06, 2026 12:44 pm

nottsblue wrote:I can see him being our version of Gashford


There are certainly similarities
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Re: Phil Foden re-vote

Postby TrueBlue4610 » Sun Sep 06, 2026 3:05 pm

Sparklehorse wrote:
Scatman wrote:
Sparklehorse wrote:I’m basing my vote on the fact that class is permanent form is temporary. I don’t know how much longer I can hold out though, like most of the team he was abysmal today. I suspect his wealthy but poor lifestyle has taken its toll. I’ll give him this season to pull it together otherwise off you pop.


Another full season? That will be 3 years of shite.

Well, one would hope that the return to form would reveal itself over the next few games, the only way he’s going to be a regular starter is by playing the way we know he can, and if he doesn’t, like yesterday, he’ll be playing a bit part and will never get it back. This is the make or break season for Foden and he’s going to have to make it very soon. There are odd glimpses, but he looks like a broken man to me on the pitch.


He had the whole summer off to relax, clear his head and return refreshed and ready to go. His performance yesterday was nothing short of shocking. It's no coincidence, in my mind, that Coventry came back into that game the moment Foden replaced Cherki. We had no cohesion or creativity in midfield and started getting outplayed by a bang average side. I have loved Phil as one of our own, and in the past he's rewarded us with some magnificent football. Unfortunately I no longer think his form is a blip - I now think he's past his best and will never recover what he had. I'd so, so love for him to prove me wrong, though...
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Re: Phil Foden re-vote

Postby KinkyKinkladze » Sun Sep 06, 2026 3:09 pm

Third iteration of this thread will be titled "Foden: Edghill reincarnate?"

Let the man breathe. 3 games in ffs.
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Re: Phil Foden re-vote

Postby carl_feedthegoat » Sun Sep 06, 2026 3:15 pm

KinkyKinkladze wrote:Third iteration of this thread will be titled "Foden: Edghill reincarnate?"

Let the man breathe. 3 games in ffs.


He's had 3 seasons to breathe mate.
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Re: Phil Foden re-vote

Postby CBEM » Sun Sep 06, 2026 3:19 pm

carl_feedthegoat wrote:
KinkyKinkladze wrote:Third iteration of this thread will be titled "Foden: Edghill reincarnate?"

Let the man breathe. 3 games in ffs.


He's had 3 seasons to breathe mate.


But

But

But

He's one of our own ;-)
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Re: Phil Foden re-vote

Postby carl_feedthegoat » Sun Sep 06, 2026 4:06 pm

CBEM wrote:
carl_feedthegoat wrote:
KinkyKinkladze wrote:Third iteration of this thread will be titled "Foden: Edghill reincarnate?"

Let the man breathe. 3 games in ffs.


He's had 3 seasons to breathe mate.


But

But

But

He's one of our own ;-)


I swear some of our fans have blinkers the size of Viking shields !!

He’s paid a million quid plus to perform and you have fans who feel sorry for him and want to give him more fucking time !!!

Fuck sentiment - your paid to do a job ffs and if you can’t then get sold or dropped.
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Re: Phil Foden re-vote

Postby zabbadabbado » Sun Sep 06, 2026 6:10 pm

Sparklehorse wrote:I’m basing my vote on the fact that class is permanent form is temporary. I don’t know how much longer I can hold out though, like most of the team he was abysmal today. I suspect his wealthy but poor lifestyle has taken its toll. I’ll give him this season to pull it together otherwise off you pop.
Where i am at with Foden.

I feel like his game has evolved in to coasting through them, hiding in plain sight. Playing safe side and to the back passes not really creating anything. When he should be aspiring to be more like KDB. Trying to affect the game at every opportunity. Instead we get magnolia displays that are becoming the new normal and have been the normal with only the occasional exception. Time running out for him now. He is now not even a guaranteed starter,
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Re: Phil Foden re-vote

Postby Wonderwall » Sun Sep 06, 2026 7:14 pm

carl_feedthegoat wrote:
KinkyKinkladze wrote:Third iteration of this thread will be titled "Foden: Edghill reincarnate?"

Let the man breathe. 3 games in ffs.


He's had 3 seasons to breathe mate.


Foden has everything. Let's give Maresca time to see if he can get that fire in him again and recapture his form.

If he has another season like the last two, at least we won't lose him on a free.

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Re: Phil Foden re-vote

Postby Nickyboy » Sun Sep 06, 2026 9:07 pm

There's been decent glimpses in the 3 games this season. It's the same old story of everything having to be totally amazing or totally disastrous with some people. Let's just get a few games into the season to give the whole squad time to gel before we start digging out our own players all the time.
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