Oh come on, Phillips literally never performed once for us. He was terrible and that's on him, not Pep. It's not as if he's left to go and prosper elsewhere.
The Nunes comment was harsh, but on other threads a few of us have been calling for us to be a bit more ruthless - being honest about Nunes not being good enough is part of that. He's also one who's probably out the door in the summer too, so if we can get a few decent games out of him at right back in the meantime then all the better.
The ruthlessness absolutely does have to extend to a fair proportion of the rest of the squad as well.