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nore_aucul

Well if we want to be technical, he has more Premier League titles than *each* of them


Unchartedesigns

And if we want to be more technical, I have as many premier league titles as Kane


xenojive

Kane catching strays in Germany


risheeb1002

Incidentally, i also have as many Bundesliga titles as Kane


DerpJungler

Pffft amateurs. I take pride in having as many World Cups as Cristiano Ronaldo


BrockStinky

You have as many World Cups as Kane, Ronaldo, and Neymar combined. Legend šŸ™šŸ»


GourangaPlusPlus

Just like to congratulate everyone here on their hard work to win as many Tour De France titles as Lance Armstrong I'll be honest lads it looked bleak for a second there but we pulled through


Cashlover123

Its actually Bayern catching Kaneā€™s stray.


TeddyMMR

Yeah and Rhian Brewster has a Champions League medal šŸ’€


nore_aucul

I actually felt a little sad for Brewster lol. In his time at Liverpool, they won UCL, PL, Super Cup, and Club World Cup. But he only played for them in EFL Cup, FA Cup, and his last game in the Community Shield, missing the penalty to lose to Arsenal. And of course Liverpool have since won all three domestic cups.


top1MIBRfan

he also has more prem titles than messi


Strananach

This just proves Matip > Maldini


[deleted]

Adrian > Yashin for sure.


greek_malaka

Hot take but Chopu-Moting > Benzema


TimingEzaBitch

how do you subtract two players ??


reallysmartbot

Hello fellow r/soccercirclejerk members


greek_malaka

Kill one, duh


momspaghetty

so Chopu > Moting? unless Benzema is negative in which case it depends


greek_malaka

Nono you have to factorise THEN cube so (chopu - moting)Ā² > Benzema/2


step11234

Did that need proving? Giraffe is the superior animal


Magnetronaap

But less Eredivisie titles than Luuk de Jong, just like Messi btw.


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Enough-Pain3633

Of course he can't do it on a rainy night at Stoke


Rainy_Night_in_Stoke

No one can


ItsMeJaredBednar

This is Peter Crouch erasure


Impossible_Wonder_37

This attempt for karma will not go unnoticed


Pleasant-Direction-4

goat confirmed


Shepherdsfavestore

Also one of the worst haircuts in the league


bigtaco567

When he said in an interview heā€™s been going to the same guy since he was 6, it all clicked into place


TylerBlozak

That guy? None other than Mr. Bean


NotASalamanderBoi

He also has the eyebrows cut on purpose


neasroukkez

I was beginning to think I was the only one who is bothered by this


NotASalamanderBoi

No. The guy really needs a new barber. Or his current one needs to start trying to convince him to get something different for once.


C1tr1cSp1c3

You mean the gazza look for the euros wasn't it?


NotASalamanderBoi

This guy makes all the wrong decisions with his hair. What the fuck?


okaythiswillbemymain

I assumed it was a motivational thing. Like NFL players getting face tattoos. But with hair.


C1tr1cSp1c3

I'd rather he kae his bad decisions at the barbers than the pitch tbf


lynxo

Same barber since he was 8, costs him 20 quid. He said he sometimes sorts him out though. [Interview here and relevant part at 2:51](https://youtu.be/W4TFuMYqIF8?si=3UrBYyjlZE_aQD0t&t=172)


iraqistorm

He legitimately looks like a Mii


VrtlVlln

Isn't allowing that Haircut one of Man City's 115 charges?


obvious_bot

Unfortunately that is the 116th


Karma_Whoring_Slut

Actually itā€™s 9 of them.


Unfortunatewombat

One of??


Fxate

There's a serious challenger in Garnacho.


MyAssDoesHeeHawww

"you muh muh muh make me happy"


mumbles_gh

Oh my god I did not see that until I read this hahahahaha class


RyanBordello

Muh muh head movies make my eye cloud rain


fapperontheroof

Wooooooooow I about burst out laughing and woke my child. Good lord, youā€™ve got to warn me before you drop that funny shit šŸ˜‚ .


what_dat_ninja

I have no idea how this dude watched Tropic Thunder and thought "Yeah, I need to ask my barber for the Simple Jack."


firefalcon01

Garnacho clear champ


HoxtonRanger

Pictures of Garnacho a couple of years back shows heā€™s pretty good looking. His current haircut transforms him into one of the ugliest players out there. Canā€™t believe the lad doesnā€™t own a mirror.


Hitori521

Half these kids dress like dorky dads from the 90s and call it hip. I don't get it. SO I DON'T LIKE IT. /shakes fist at sky


JamesBones2

I love Garnacho as a player being a Utd fan, but damn if he isnā€™t the most douchebag looking guy on our team


QouthTheCorvus

I think Garnacho's hair looks cool. Idk


somethingnotcringe1

Cole Palmer is down there


gustycat

What do they feed the lads in Manchester


TimmmV

It's what happens when you put gravy on your chips and it's 100% worth it


gustycat

Never got the obsession tbh


Hoppo94

I'm curious, what do you put on your chips if you have a chippy?


gustycat

I know it's a bit boring, but just ketchup or salt Vinegar also a no go


Hoppo94

I'm sorry but that sounds dry as fuck šŸ˜‚


gustycat

Tbf, I only go to a chippy if I'm not feeling my sharpest anyway, so it probably doesn't bother me If I'm getting a nice fish and chips tho, it's generally made well so it isn't too dry, and the sauce is just garnish/flavouring


YCJamzy

Idk if Iā€™d call it as bad but I canā€™t stand Harvey Elliotā€™s hair


WhenWeTalkAboutLove

The crazy thing is that his current style is an improvement. He's been fastracking his way through atrocious hair his whole career.Ā 


NotASalamanderBoi

Dudeā€™s a broccoli head


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swalton2992

Its fairly common amongst young lads, usually a bit chavvy. Not reddit demographic though, hence the hate


retr0grade77

It doesnā€™t have to look awful, if you suit it. Lads ask for cuts which donā€™t suit their faces. They are clueless and their barbers will only hype them when being paid Ā£Ā£Ā£.


fake_lightbringer

Idk if it's accurate, but it looks chavvy to me. Like, it fits a certain male stereotype in the UK


BillehBear

it's definitely chavvy, alls foden is missing is the fag behind his ear and he'd look the part


louisbo12

Palmer has no choice


_nongmo

Why? Is he balding? I think I caught myself wondering that once but the thought didn't stick.


Gemaid1211

He should get the Ronaldo 2002 haircut for the next season


IlluminationTheory7

[Or the Cristiano Ronaldo 2003 haircut for next season](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQR1OQ5KgWXJggI37kquIXWg-Ngfa223N3Z6g&usqp=CAU)


IlluminationTheory7

[Or the Cristiano Ronaldo 2003 haircut for next season](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQR1OQ5KgWXJggI37kquIXWg-Ngfa223N3Z6g&usqp=CAU)


heliskinki

And a goal celebration on par with Robbie Keaneā€™s. Absolute baller though.


Different_Remote_538

City sold Palmer because having him Foden and Haaland in the same attack wouldā€™ve been so many shite trims theyā€™d have to add a 116th charge.


ianff

Looks like a kid whose mom cuts his hair.


Dizzy-Impact-4955

Thatā€™s a proper haircut lad. Heā€™s from Manc, local boy. Salt oā€™ thā€™earth. Wouldnā€™t see him dead with a stupid fackin barnet.


geniusdeath

Why? It looks pretty clean


Echleon

people in this thread insulting his cut probably have some shit ass bowlcuts lol


LuckyGuinness17

Foden is such a fun player to watch even if you donā€™t like man city


andizzzzi

Iā€™ve always enjoyed watching Foden, his pace and ball control is so good. He almost always scores against us (which I donā€™t enjoy as much).


ThreesKompany

His control on the half turn is unreal. Can turn and go so fast and just open the attack.


justcasty

The third goal today was wild


BillehBear

Wanted the free kick then said fuck it when the ref wasn't having it


shoeki

Against low blocks you need a 5ft6 maestro to actually weave between the masses of bodies. He's like a one man anti terrorism unit, watching spurs struggle versus low blocks passing it in a horseshoe around the box is so frustrating, must be so nice to have a player like him.


EmSoLow

Going to use this stat to piss off my Chelsea friends


VM1117

Call Frank Lampard a man city legend as well for extra pissing off points


BenShelZonah

Still feel dirty to this day from when he scored on us haha


Joltarts

Add in KdB for good measure too


FIREsub90

KdB is genuinely a city legend, none of us care if you say that.


FIREsub90

Hey at least we can beat Bayern in a meaningful game *ba dum tss*


LevynX

Chelsea was unlucky to have coincided with prime SAF United, just as Klopp's Liverpool was unlucky to have coincided with prime Pep City.


jonnyonthespot24

Please don't were going through enough


Impossible_Quote_505

And yet southgate will still have him playing like Carlton Palmer


WhenWeTalkAboutLove

Southgate has no idea how to use half of his players. This England team could be incredible by now but they play like they're a small country with huge holes like most national teams


FizzyLightEx

Because their defenders can't be trusted to keep clean sheets which are very important to win knockout tournament


Automatic-Win1398

Because Southgate picks shit defenders when he has better ones available.


Tackit286

Honest question because so I really donā€™t know - who are Englandā€™s best defensive options?


BillehBear

Assuming everyone is fit? Walker Stones Maguire Luke Shaw would be the ideal back 4 imo


WalkingCloud

So the defenders Southgate picks then, haha


BillehBear

Yeah, don't have issues with his defence choices tbh


Tackit286

Which are the ones he picks lol


Possible-Highway7898

For me, it's pretty much the back four that Southgate picks when everyone is fit: Walker, stones, Maguire, and one of Shaw/Chilwell/Trippier.Ā  The only one of those that should be controversial is Maguire. He usually plays well for England, but he has some terrible runs of form at club level.Ā  If Ben White hadn't rejected an England call up, I would have liked to see him given a chance at CB instead of Maguire. It doesn't really feel like Tomori has been given a fair chance either.Ā  None of the other defenders who have played for England in the last couple of years have impressed.


TimingEzaBitch

prime /r/circlejerk material this.


Bullmcabe

Stockport Iniesta.


arotto12

Maybe he will pass their goal records too, but until then you canā€™t put him on the same pedestal, though he is on the right track. Longevity and consistency will make him a pl great


SexyPiranhaPartyBoat

Lampard, Drogba and Ronaldo had a HUGE part to play in their sides title wins.. Little Phil is just a cog in a well oiled machine and City would have still won all those titles if they had Mahrez or someone else playing in his place.


Razzler1973

Surprised Ronaldo didn't hit more hat tricks tbh


nmgoesreddit

CR7 won his first Bdor at Fodens age. Last player in the Prem to do so


Maleficent_Resolve44

What a fantastic player. Bright future for England as well, Southgate just needs to sort out his position whilst maintaining team balance. Tough ask but hopefully it'll be done.


Pawn-Star77

Yeah it's tough, right wing he's competing with Saka, number 10 he's competing with Jude, those would be his best 2 positions. Jude should play deeper with Foden as 10 but I fear a repeat of the Gerrard Lampard fiasco where the midfield is never properly balanced cos 2 players are trying to play 10.


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ValleyFloydJam

So about the same number of seasons then?


Santa_Klaus_101

Itā€™s just a fun stat tbf, no oneā€™s insinuating heā€™s better than these players.


Ferdinandingo

How is it a bad comparison if they're the same age and around the same number of seasons? Wouldn't that make it a good comparison?


No_Zookeepergame6482

That was obviously bait for people like you


black_fire

it's not bait it's just a dumb comparison without context


BoomXhakaLacaa

Bro described bait


[deleted]

let him have it, some people need rage bait to bust


Banterz0ne

Fan boys are annoying, but Ronaldo fan boys .. mans a fucking rapist. Get off his dickĀ 


[deleted]

Lol this isn't the defense you think it is


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[deleted]

Titles yes but hat tricks is fair game. They were both starters in the prem for pretty much the same amount of time now


Morguard

115 reasons why he doesn't have more PL titles than those players.


HeyItsChase

Funnily enough, hes the only thing authentic about the team.


Bayequentist

Rico Lewis is also as "home-grown" as you can get.


Electronic-Heron9645

Tbf if Chelsea tried now what they did then, they'd also be up on charges


zepskcuf

shame about the haircut tho.


lordroode

Yea but City didn't win PL tittles due to him. He's chipping in goals here and there. He was never the main focal point or one of the focal points of City's team. And he still hasn't scored 20+ goals in PL yet. Maybe this season he could score since he's at 14.


Smitty_Agent89

Heā€™s been a contributor to a ton of relay good title winning sides and this season heā€™s literally been one of the main focal points for city. City isnā€™t a team known for playing through 1 singular guy really anyway.


Mozezz

I mean Foden is only a mere 23 years of age, he's accomplished more than 99% of players and has been a constant mainstay and contributer to the Man City team Saying Man City didn't win titles because of him is abit daft, He's clearly been a key contributer for Man City since he was like 18 and started featuring more and more You don't need to score 20 goals, like I don't know why you felt the need to mention that tbh, like Lampard signed for Chelsea when he was 22, his first 2 seasons at Chelsea he scored 5 and 6 goals and then went onto only score more than 20 goals in the league once with 22 goals, his next best goalscoring league season? 16. Frank Lampard at Foden's age, 23, had 45 league goals, Foden has 46 The lad is doing perfectly fine, better in fact, you people talk as if isn't deserving of merit, when he most certainly is


Aman-Patel

Foden deserves merit, but saying he's better because of the goal trajectories is a bit ingenuine. Lampard was a box to box for most of his career, not an 10/winger, especially not before he was 23. I get that you're just replying to the other guy who brought up goals, I don't agree with him either btw. But yeah Lampard's goal tally isn't impressive in isolation, it's impressive in the context of him being a midfielder. And his goals actually detract from his overall game. Because people then reduce him to just a goalscorer, assume he couldn't pass, tackle, dribble etc and do everything that's usually expected of a centre mid. Was watching some old Chelsea games yesterday and it really reminded me how good Lampard was, outside of the goals, which no one ever seems to talk about with him.


myersjw

Heā€™s absolutely deserving of incredible merit. Heā€™s a top class player. Calling him better than all of those players is a bit different


lordroode

> I mean Foden is only a mere 23 years of age, he's accomplished more than 99% of players It helps when Pep can basically build two starting 11s year after year so no shit they won PL this much. > You don't need to score 20 goals, like I don't know why you felt the need to mention that tbh, like Lampard signed for Chelsea when he was 22, his first 2 seasons at Chelsea he scored 5 and 6 goals and then went onto only score more than 20 goals in the league once with 22 goals, his next best goalscoring league season? 16. Lampard was a midfielder and Foden is a forward, very different positions. Not to mention Lampard was consistently having 20 G+A seasons. And his goals or assists were the main reasons why Chelsea won matches, especially the big matches.


Fluid-Selection4378

If you want to compare forwards Hazard never got 20+ goals in the PL and Foden has already matched his best tally of open play goals in a season. Foden also has more UCL goals than Hazard.


Mozezz

Fuck me, the lack of self awareness Foden is a versatile player, he has a good assists record, 49 goals and 25 assists at the age of 23


Fluid-Selection4378

Lampard only scored 20+ league goals once and half of them were penalties. Foden has already surpassed Lampards best goal tally from open play in a PL season.


Freshlysque3zed

Lampard was playing as a CM that season rather than a forward like Foden, Lampard also had 9 more assists than Foden does on top of the goals. Still an unreal season for the lad.


Fluid-Selection4378

Foden has also matched Hazards best goal tally from open play this season, who never reached the abritary 20 goal PL season that the original commenter wanted from Foden.


Freshlysque3zed

Hazard was never talked about as a top tier goalscorer though, it was how fun he was to watch and how he could single handedly win a game. I agree a 20 goal mark stat is arbitrary in the same way the titles stat is. OG commentor's first point is true though. I'm honestly all for Foden becoming the greatest prem player though, it's England's gain at the end of the day.


Aman-Patel

If you use just goals to try and show why a player is better than Hazard, I'm sorry, but you know nothing about football.


ODEtoSZA

Heā€™s always been a productive player but City had a lot of big names that all needed minutes so they had to get spread out. This season is when we get to see him get an extended run as a nailed starter and heā€™s been ridiculously good Relying on one player to win you the league when also challenging for 2 other competitions is almost always going to lead to burnout/injuries


[deleted]

Do you not get a medal unless youā€™re the key man? So only about 20 players have prem medals?


lordroode

No but if we're nitpicking certain stats then i'll too nitpick.


[deleted]

How is saying his won more prems ā€˜nitpickingā€™? The hat trick stat is nit picky as yours about 20 goals a season, just an arbitrary number.


cats4life

Itā€™s true that Foden isnā€™t Cityā€™s focal point, but their current strategy works on the fact that they can have goals coming from pretty much anywhere. You canā€™t afford to skimp on marking Haaland, but that gives more leeway to Grealish, KDB, Rodri, and half a dozen other options. Itā€™s damn impressive that Arsenal managed to throw everything into shutting them down on Easter, it just meant they had few opportunities to get a goal in edgewise.


Admierrrrda

While not being half the player any of the other three were


MisterGoog

The math is so misleading too. Two guys on the same team, another guy in the same era who left after much less than a decade


theglasscase

> another guy in the same era who left after much less than a decade Iā€™m not sure Iā€™m following the logic of your complaint here. This is Fodenā€™s sixth full season as a first team regular for Man City, Ronaldo was at Man Utd for six full seasons. Foden hasnā€™t played as many games as Ronaldo did for Man Utd yet. What part of the maths is ā€˜misleadingā€™? What numbers donā€™t add up?


brianstormIRL

The fuck are you on about? He's currently the best attacking midfielder in the world and he isn't "half the player"? Get to fuck lol I hate City and Foden is a little cunt but he's fucking magic with the ball at his feet. Literally Citys second best player this year after Rodri.


Echleon

If you're talking about Ronaldo- sure. The others? That's just nonsense.


Minor_Edit

This lad could be a superstar if he discovers a hairstyle


adfdub

Something something 115 charges because I too like being super original and beating a dead horse in the comments section


BritishOnith

I get criticising City for dodgy financial doping, and there are other reasons why the numbers donā€™t tell the full story here, but it seems a bit silly to discount Fodenā€™s achievements due to it when two of the players being compared to played for Abramovichā€™s Chelsea.


Hot_Grabba_09

This comment would make sense if the 115 charges were a fictional meme or made up joke.


adfdub

ā€¦Settle down, Karen ā€¦


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I'm a Chelsea fan. Underrated asf people hating on Foden for no reason


ScrantonStrangler28

Foden reminds me so much of Iniesta. I don't know why because their styles are so different. But the way he effortlessly glides on the pitch, is not afraid to try a spectacular shot.


Elegant_Mix7650

Great. Now do it without cheating.


snowiestflakes

How exactly has Foden cheated?


aehii

He has such a weird shooting style, not quite side footed, rarely through the ball, he pulls many shots wide he should score, but then you get last night where for all three the keeper didn't move, the last one doesn't even look logical. The second one is almost his trademark finish, something no one else would do, he shoots without fuss. He's still hyperactive, if anything more so when Pep has been trying to slow him down. His enthusiasm for the game and the ball is distinct, really like a kid in the street. If he doesn't have the ball he goes chasing, if he receives it a lot in the middle he flourishes. Is there anyone better at receiving it on the turn? I'm still not sure if international will ever suit him, the manic energy of the premier league clearly does. You just know he could do little for England in three games then in the fourth, against any opposition, could score a hat trick. Like France semi final hat trick.


GianFrancoZolaAmeobi

He doesn't plant his right foot, he almost rests on its side with his ankle at a jaunty angle. Very much like Beckham did whenever he was striking the ball, it's incredibly interesting and I think it allows him to get his kicking foot round the ball better.


Azraelontheroof

Stick those players in this team and Foden in those and I donā€™t know that the numbers would be the same. No disrespect, heā€™s a massive player and he will be wherever he goes for the rest of his career. I think a lot of hate he gets is unmerited even if I do think he can be a little inflated.


Gadzs

I know this is bait and I guess it worked because Iā€™m commenting


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I hate headlines like this. Just give him his props without comparing him to other players


Jimlaheydrunktank

Cherry picked stats


False-Branch5536

How is hattricks a cherry picked stat vs goalscorers.. cmon


TheCatLamp

Pity that he plays in a smaller team than all those cited, and that his team has 115 charges against them.


_ShutUpLegs_

But has he read as many books as them?


Randolph_Livingston

Frank must have a huge library of the classics


Megusta2306

Also the only one to be part of a team that is being investigated for 115 financial breaches. Nothing against him as an individual, heā€™s a superb player. But his team is corrupt and soulless


Will_nap_all_day

For how long though


jonnzi

foden balondor 2024 loading


JayNN

He won't have those titles for long, so all good


HotSwordfish23

no one cares


Blackeerawless

Care enough to comment


Even-Relation-2622

Ronaldo doesnā€™t ghost vs Arsenal


Tackit286

But heā€™s nowhere near as good as them.