4 | Kalvin Phillips - 2022/23 Performances

[domalino]

The club bosses have decided that the best way to counter the negativity in the media is to sign as many English star players as possible. This explains why we spent nearly 150m on Grealish and Phillips.

Yep. Nothing counters negativity like spending £100m on Jack Grealish and then having him start 1/3rd of our games.

 

[ford7]

Pep always picks his words very carefully.

His body language says it all. Hehe

 

[FantasyIreland]

Yet I seem to remember you where one of the most vocal posters saying we should sign Phillips and he will be brilliant for us. Hindsight is a wonderful thing

Not entirely.......I was a bigger advocate of keeping Lavia and not unnecessarily signing another DM.

However...when that became known it wasnt a consideration,i backed the signing of Philips,and Peps decision.....because when fit and at his best he is excellent at his job.Unfortunately it seems his fitness is and was still an issue.

 

[Keeper!]

This is a pretty stupid extension people are making.

Stop making up scenarios in your head when you dont really know, just wait until we know more.

Yeah it sucks he hasnt played for us much at all yet, but dont jump to conclusions and bastardize the player on inferences

LOL

The guy has been a sicknote since he walked through our door, why is anyone making things up when last nigh his own manager called him out?

Pep sounded like a man running out of patience, Phillips has so far contributed zero to the cause, that's just a fact.

 

[alexmcity]

Yep. Nothing counters negativity like spending £100m on Jack Grealish and then having him start 1/3rd of our games.

Guess the plan wasn't to sign Grealish as a squad player and start him in 1/3rd of the games. We expect(ed) more from him, say, to establish himself as a regular starter for club and country. We wouldn't have played 100m for a squad player, makes no sense, given our transfer policy of signing top players in the region of 50-60m.

 

[domalino]

Guess the plan wasn't to sign Grealish as a squad player and start him in 1/3rd of the games. We expect(ed) more from him, say, to establish himself as a regular starter for club and country. We wouldn't have played 100m for a squad player, makes no sense, given our transfer policy of signing top players in the region of 50-60m.

If the policy was to reduce animosity towards city, breaking the British transfer record on anyone doesn’t really make sense.

 

[shevtheblue]

He basically had a 2-3 week training camp, there was no reason other than getting injured in training, that he should be coming back out of shape. Something is off.

 

[alexmcity]

If the policy was to reduce animosity towards city, breaking the British transfer record on anyone doesn’t really make sense.

It made sense given the expectations about Grealish's development back then. He was brilliant for Villa and a highly popular English player, many expect(ed) big things from him. Having a big English star in your team helps. And it helps even more if you have several of them, say, Foden, Kane, Bellingham, Saka...Such a policy makes sense, for people love England's stars. Might be wrong, but our intention to sign top English internationals seems obvious to me. If we have the brightest English talents, it will make it a bit harder for the media to perpetuate the usual negative stories about us being state owned, sport washers etc.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

The guy has been a sicknote since he walked through our door, why is anyone making things up when last nigh his own manager called him out?

Correction.
I think he limped, not walked, through our door.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Just had another look at that press conference. Pep's now been around long enough to know the signs. He is well pissed off!