4 | Kalvin Phillips - 2022/23 Performances

[It'sBlue93:20]

Personally for me - he haven’t seen enough of him to determine whether he is good enough or not. I’d give him this second half of the season to prove himself and if he doesn’t look up to scratch - I’d move him on. We shouldn’t lose too much on him as we only paid £42m and at least £30-35m is easily reachable. Perhaps we could even break-even. You could put his current form down to injuries and a lack of sharpness.

So for me - I’d get rid if we doesn’t perform well in the second half of the season. Bring in a solid defensive midfielder - I’d have someone with a bit of tenacity like Fernandinho who can stop counter-attacks.

 

[Keeper!]

Jesus fucking wept !

217 games in 8 years.

The physio is the one weeping along with his Bank manager.

 

[FantasyIreland]

I also thought Phillips would do well for us and would mop up some of the counter-attacks but what has shocked me so far in his brief appearances is his poor technique. It was eye-opening watching Lavia the other night, just back from injury. He looks miles better than Phillips. Lavia is one that got away from us.

I agree,other than in respect of Lavia's exit.....not so much 'got away' but more pushed him out the door.

 

[Keeper!]

I agree,other than in respect of Lavia's exit.....not so much 'got away' but more pushed him out the door.

Hindsight is a lovely thing but I would much have preferred Lavia to get Phillips minutes this season, all 18 of them!!

 

[Keeper!]

Prepare yourself for a shock mate; Pep gets things wrong. He's great, but he's not infallible. There will be blunders and the occasional oversight. He got it wrong in Porto, has got some things wrong this season, bought some absolute duds in his first season here. Phillips, it's looking increasingly likely, is one those mistakes.

And no, I'm not a football coach. I judge players with my eyes. Lets frame it like this:

Would he get into Madrid's midfield? No.
Would he get into Barca's? No.
Bayern's? No.
PSG's? No.
Arsenal's? No.
United's? No.
Napoli's? Inter's? No.
I would argue he wouldn't even get in Newcastle's current midfield. You can include Spurs and Brighton too.

If he's not good enough for any of the aforementioned midfields, he shouldn't be good enough for ours. Leeds was his level, and I'd stake good money on him being binned in the summer.

All clubs make mistakes on transfers and we are no exception.

Phillips last summer looked a sensible buy at sensible money, sadly for a number of reasons not just injury it's been a terrible deal.

Get rid in the summer and buy real, genuine quality, we need it badly in midfield, no more compromises, you get what you pay for!

 

[Keeper!]

Didn't think he was up to standard when we signed him but I'm happy to wait and see if he proves me wrong. Feel like some are becoming increasingly patient, whether that's with Phillips or anyone else. Maybe I'm just noticing it more.

Patience is all well and good for a couple of players in any squad but we have too many simply not producing enough, we have far too many passengers in this squad and it's puts enormous strain on our first choice players.

 

[Moggzy]

Atm he’s not good enough for the first 11. It may be injuries or settling in and the lad needs time.

Hope he gets it, but if it’s the same next season, he’ll be moved on I think

 

[Paul1970]

The guy has had a nightmare first half to the season and what with injuries and loss of form through playing time it’s not worked well but give the lad a chance as he has moved from a club we’re he was idolised and also he was torn with even thinking about leaving. He deserves the same as Everyone else .

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

Prepare yourself for a shock mate; Pep gets things wrong. He's great, but he's not infallible. There will be blunders and the occasional oversight. He got it wrong in Porto, has got some things wrong this season, bought some absolute duds in his first season here. Phillips, it's looking increasingly likely, is one those mistakes.

And no, I'm not a football coach. I judge players with my eyes. Lets frame it like this:

Would he get into Madrid's midfield? No.
Would he get into Barca's? No.
Bayern's? No.
PSG's? No.
Arsenal's? No.
United's? No.
Napoli's? Inter's? No.
I would argue he wouldn't even get in Newcastle's current midfield. You can include Spurs and Brighton too.

If he's not good enough for any of the aforementioned midfields, he shouldn't be good enough for ours. Leeds was his level, and I'd stake good money on him being binned in the summer.

Fake news

 

[youngbob]

Look, he either doesn't turn it around and we flog him, or he does turn it around and becomes a valuable member of the squad. Regardless of the outcome, let's at least get behind the lad, eh? It might work, it might not, but we could rest easy knowing we've done our bit.

 

[domalino]

217 games in 8 years.

The physio is the one weeping along with his Bank manager.

Or if you don’t try to deceitfully inflate the number of games he’s missed by including the seasons he was a teenager getting a few games here and there, 234 games for Leeds in 6 seasons - average 40.

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

Or if you don’t try to deceitfully inflate the number of games he’s missed by including the seasons he was a teenager getting a few games here and there, 234 games for Leeds in 6 seasons - average 40.

He is just the current whipping boy dom .

We,ve seen it all before and certain posters know eveything . Clearly no point wasting energy with them.

 

[Petethemancinleeds]

It's looking likely Moonchester will have more minutes this season than Kalvin.

Peps comments re fitness and current playing time he allocates are telling.

Hopefully he gets a full 90/45 mins at Bristol and shows us all that not only is he a nice guy but a very good footballer.

To me he has looked a little lost so far and it will be his biggest test to date to turn this round, i really hope he does

 

[come-on-barney]

So, the question needs to be asked. Was this a Pep or Txixi signing?

 

[Keeper!]

He is just the current whipping boy dom .

We,ve seen it all before and certain posters know eveything . Clearly no point wasting energy with them.

So your saying Phillips is more important than MCFC?

The only thing some of us care about is our club and it's continued success, Phillips has been a huge disaster of a signing...FACT

 

[come-on-barney]

So your saying Phillips is more important than MCFC?

The only thing some of us care about is our club and it's continued success, Phillips has been a huge disaster of a signing...FACT

Shopping in the bargain basement for Phillips and Gomez, (still not overly convinced with Akanji), was always going to come back and bite us.

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

So your saying Phillips is more important than MCFC?

The only thing some of us care about is our club and it's continued success, Phillips has been a huge disaster of a signing...FACT

Stop making shit up. FACT

 

[Keeper!]

Shopping in the bargain basement for Phillips and Gomez, (still not overly convinced with Akanji), was always going to come back and bite us.

Akanjii has more than proved himself. The other two are way off for me.

 

[come-on-barney]

Akanjii has more than proved himself. The other two are way off for me.

Akanji has been a decent purchase, just not top drawer. But overall agree he has covered well given our injuries and has been a decent purchase. The other two were strange decisions, when I think we had better at the club.

 

[Cambo]

Shopping in the bargain basement for Phillips and Gomez, (still not overly convinced with Akanji), was always going to come back and bite us.

Phillips is hardly bargain basement.

Having said that, agree that Phillips and Gomez purchases have not worked out for us. Combined they cost over 50m and replaced Fernandinho and Zincenko, both would have had significantly more match time for City this year than their replacements.