jairzinho
Senior Member
People need to look at the state of top football. It should be an obvious fact that Spanish teams haven't been pushed enough on the physical side of the game. Top English teams are miles ahead and it's showing. Both on fitness but also on straight up pace and physicality.
I said in another thread, Foden represents the new style of Pep football and also some would say modern football. Technical and direct football mixed with athleticism. Utilizing, players who are good with the ball but also quick, athletic, direct, aggressive etc. Foden represents that style to a large degree. His play style is very vertical, completely opposite to players like Pedri and Puig who are more in the mould of ball playing Barca mids. Good with the ball yes but incredibly weak, one dimensional, cannot shoot etc. Would love to see us move completely away from fielding these type of players, even though i am big fan of Pedri for example. Hopefully he can adjust his playing style with time since he is still young.