4 | Kalvin Phillips - 2022/23 Performances

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Hope he's not tired, he's not used to playing that many minutes :)

 

[Xhavenjoe]

I'd move him on now and try to convince Lavia to come back.

How would we convince Lavia to come back.
Other teams will be as intetested

 

[justsaying]

what a waste, worst buy than Mangala

 

[Legal Alien]

How would we convince Lavia to come back.
Other teams will be as intetested

Well we could start with "you'll be playing football in the best team in the world!"

I don't know really but maybe Kev can have a word.

He's still young and won't be playing every game but he would definitely get a lot of minutes and adding another young talent like him would be invaluable to our squad.

 

[GoatersLeftShin]

He really is a strange one as he looked promising for Leeds and certainly looked decent enough for England.

Rodri is the best defensive midfielder in the world I think and is probably the first name on the team sheet. It's almost impossible to drop him, but Phillips isn't even getting the odd game. There's things going on behind the scenes I suspect, probably attitude. There's no way that Pep wants to run Rodri into the ground given he is one of our most important players.

I just think he probably just needs to move on to a club where he will play. He's just not playing and to be honest, if Pep isn't playing him it's because he doesn't trust him.

Personally, I'd sell him in summer. He doesn't offer us anything and it's hard to see him improving. He should go to Everton/etc and play every week and charge about a lot.

 

[decmancity]

Well we could start with "you'll be playing football in the best team in the world!"

I don't know really but maybe Kev can have a word.

He's still young and won't be playing every game but he would definitely get a lot of minutes and adding another young talent like him would be invaluable to our squad.

Lavia would get not far off the amount of minutes Phillips has this season. Not happening when the rest of the top 6 can offer him a starting spot straight away.

The best we can hope for is that he goes for big money and our sell on fee helps towards one of our actual targets.

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

He really is a strange one as he looked promising for Leeds and certainly looked decent enough for England.

Rodri is the best defensive midfielder in the world I think and is probably the first name on the team sheet. It's almost impossible to drop him, but Phillips isn't even getting the odd game. There's things going on behind the scenes I suspect, probably attitude. There's no way that Pep wants to run Rodri into the ground given he is one of our most important players.

I just think he probably just needs to move on to a club where he will play. He's just not playing and to be honest, if Pep isn't playing him it's because he doesn't trust him.

Personally, I'd sell him in summer. He doesn't offer us anything and it's hard to see him improving. He should go to Everton/etc and play every week and charge about a lot.

Totally agree, that's a good summary, especially the lack of trust.

He's played 105 minutes of PL football for us with 3 games to go, an average of 3 minutes a game.

Of those 105 minutes, he got 35 at Bournemouth when we were 4-0 up, and 37 minutes at home to Leicester when we were 3-0 up, we conceded in both games after he came on.

So basically not trusted unless we already have the game won against a team near the bottom.

 

[Rascal]

He really is a strange one as he looked promising for Leeds and certainly looked decent enough for England.

Rodri is the best defensive midfielder in the world I think and is probably the first name on the team sheet. It's almost impossible to drop him, but Phillips isn't even getting the odd game. There's things going on behind the scenes I suspect, probably attitude. There's no way that Pep wants to run Rodri into the ground given he is one of our most important players.

I just think he probably just needs to move on to a club where he will play. He's just not playing and to be honest, if Pep isn't playing him it's because he doesn't trust him.

Personally, I'd sell him in summer. He doesn't offer us anything and it's hard to see him improving. He should go to Everton/etc and play every week and charge about a lot.

The vast majority of players who have signed for us under Pep have needed a season to adjust to the demands not only physically but technically. The lad is an England international who had a tough start to the season when he got injured and that has taken its toil, however he looks happy to be part of the squad, he is a superb passer of the ball, possibly got a better range than Rodri but not Rodri's instincts for for nullifying counter attacks. What he lacks is what Pep coaches, he makes very good players better. I hope he stays and proves the naysayers wrong, Mahrez did, Grealish did, Gundogan did, as have others.

He may move on, but he will be a better player for the experience of training with one of the best teams in the world.

Strange he is not, he has struggled like many before him when they join the best team in the world.

 

[GoatersLeftShin]

The vast majority of players who have signed for us under Pep have needed a season to adjust to the demands not only physically but technically. The lad is an England international who had a tough start to the season when he got injured and that has taken its toil, however he looks happy to be part of the squad, he is a superb passer of the ball, possibly got a better range than Rodri but not Rodri's instincts for for nullifying counter attacks. What he lacks is what Pep coaches, he makes very good players better. I hope he stays and proves the naysayers wrong, Mahrez did, Grealish did, Gundogan did, as have others.

He may move on, but he will be a better player for the experience of training with one of the best teams in the world.

Strange he is not, he has struggled like many before him when they join the best team in the world.

I hope you're right but I think he will be moved on. He's just not even being used to rest Rodri even when we've got big games where we absolutely need him.

Maybe it's much harder in his position, but I don't think he's in the same bracket as Grealish, Mahrez or Gundogan. All those players at least had glimpses of showing us what they could do but, apart from England, it's not clear what Phillips gives us that (for example) any other midfielder in the PL couldn't.

I like him for England as I've said but he's played so little that I can't help but feel that Pep has made his mind up and he will be moved on. I hope he can get his career back on track.

 

[FantasyIreland]

The vast majority of players who have signed for us under Pep have needed a season to adjust to the demands not only physically but technically. The lad is an England international who had a tough start to the season when he got injured and that has taken its toil, however he looks happy to be part of the squad, he is a superb passer of the ball, possibly got a better range than Rodri but not Rodri's instincts for for nullifying counter attacks. What he lacks is what Pep coaches, he makes very good players better. I hope he stays and proves the naysayers wrong, Mahrez did, Grealish did, Gundogan did, as have others.

He may move on, but he will be a better player for the experience of training with one of the best teams in the world.

Strange he is not, he has struggled like many before him when they join the best team in the world.

Idealistic and sentimental......but the reality is he hasnt shown up this season.It's only due to Rodri being a machine that our incredible challenge,and assault on this treble,hasn't derailed.

We have gotten a bit lucky in that respect,we cannot afford to hope for that or take that chance next season.

We need a top class alternative/replacement.