Kalvin Phillips

This lad has been an utter disaster. Awful form and beset by injuries. Even on his loan spells he's been awful and ends up injured. Now by some strange quirk of fate he's back in our squad. We have Huddersfield away, the perfect opportunity surely for him to gain some minutes.....and his wife is giving birth! He's cursed.
 
Perhaps he'll get another crack in the next round providing we do beat Huddersfield (taking nothing for granted)
 
This lad has been an utter disaster. Awful form and beset by injuries. Even on his loan spells he's been awful and ends up injured. Now by some strange quirk of fate he's back in our squad. We have Huddersfield away, the perfect opportunity surely for him to gain some minutes.....and his wife is giving birth! He's cursed.
It's our lucky day! Had his wife not been expecting then there was a red card waiting to come out. Thank you, Mrs Phillips.
 
With hindsight definitely, however not at the time. He was Englands POTY and not many were against his signing. Horrendous acquisition as it turns out now.
Was he really England's POTY?

From memory, I thought there were a few dissenters tbh, but not that it matters really, as you say, a horrendous signing.

Edit FWIW this was my take on it

 
Was he really England's POTY?

From memory, I thought there were a few dissenters tbh, but not that it matters really, as you say, a horrendous signing.

Edit FWIW this was my take on it

Yes he was, hard to believe I know
 
While that's true.. he also did cost us the CL final in 2021 by not covering his man.

Pep did learn from this and went with 4 solid CB's in 2023 and even then we were lucky to nick the CL.

The old adage is true.. offense wins games but defense wins titles!
Lucky to nick the CL? Behave
 
Lucky to nick the CL? Behave

It's been 2 years and I still can't explain how Ruben didn't head the ball into his own net with zero reaction time or how Eddie saved it the first time with his knee..

20 years from now I'll still not be able to explain that.

We did a lot of things right that season but we needed luck there to nick it!
 
It's been 2 years and I still can't explain how Ruben didn't head the ball into his own net with zero reaction time or how Eddie saved it the first time with his knee..

20 years from now I'll still not be able to explain that.

We did a lot of things right that season but we needed luck there to nick it!
We smashed Bayern and Real Madrid to get to the final. We played poorly in the final by the standards we'd set that season. Phil should have put the game to bed. Ederson had to make a couple of saves and Ruben had to head one round the post. There was nothing lucky about it and we didn't nick it. I agree my nerves were shot, but there was only going to be one winner that night.
 
It's been 2 years and I still can't explain how Ruben didn't head the ball into his own net with zero reaction time or how Eddie saved it the first time with his knee..

20 years from now I'll still not be able to explain that.

We did a lot of things right that season but we needed luck there to nick it!
In the same way that we needed bad luck to lose it some other seasons. In a sense, that's why I'll never consider the Champions League the ultimate prize, because in any knockout tournament, luck plays a huge role. The fact that it's regularly won by teams that can't win their domestic league should tell us that. You can't fluke the league.
 

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