4 | Kalvin Phillips - 2022/23 Performances

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shevtheblue said:
I think at this point it's pretty well known what the requirements are, weight-wise, for each player coming into training. By all accounts they are weighed religiously and they know that they have to be within that guideline. The guys know when they are due back, they know their numbers so if they're not personally putting in the work before coming back to hit that number they are accountable personally. I feel a bit disappointed in Kalvin on this one, he has missed so much football at a new club, he played pretty much fuck all while away with England. If there was any player that should have been motivated to do that extra work and get back before he had to, surely it was him. Imagine he came back early, in shape and trained his arse off, played against Girona and then started against Liverpool as well? That's what he should have been aiming for.
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I'm not making excuses for him really, just trying to understand the wider context. I don't think they are weighed religiously in the England camp, so doesn't do the extra cycling, and it's something that happened when he went away on international break with Leeds that annoyed Bielsa. So yeah he should know better, but I think keeping the weight off during five weeks off is harder than it sounds. Maybe I'm just extra empathetic cos I have a body that puts on half a stone if I even glance at a cake.
 
Brightwell Bros. said:
I'm not making excuses for him really, just trying to understand the wider context. I don't think they are weighed religiously in the England camp, so doesn't do the extra cycling, and it's something that happened when he went away on international break with Leeds that annoyed Bielsa. So yeah he should know better, but I think keeping the weight off during five weeks off is harder than it sounds. Maybe I'm just extra empathetic cos I have a body that puts on half a stone if I even glance at a cake.
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I don't think players are weighed as religiously at any other English club or the national team, it's def something Pep has brought over from Barca. But my point is it is a personal responsibility for the players, more so when you have been struggling and are in a fight to impress your club coach for a title winning team. As an assumption it does seem like Kalvin is naturally a big lad, another reason he should have been more diligent in monitoring his weight, something i believe Pep is having a dig about.
 
shevtheblue said:
I don't think players are weighed as religiously at any other English club or the national team, it's def something Pep has brought over from Barca. But my point is it is a personal responsibility for the players, more so when you have been struggling and are in a fight to impress your club coach for a title winning team. As an assumption it does seem like Kalvin is naturally a big lad, another reason he should have been more diligent in monitoring his weight, something i believe Pep is having a dig about.
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Great post on the matter shev, I agree with all of that and also think that Pep has taken it personally because he needs him with the run of games coming up as he said and I’m sure Kalvin has enough intelligence to look at those games and understand it’s a great opportunity to get some minutes.

Too many excuses get made for players in instances like this and Pep has been made out to be a demon by some, but and I hate using this stick to beat players with he’s on £85k a week and it’s his job to stay within a range he should do that.

I really want to see him thriving for us, seems like a great lad and I think he can be a great addition on the pitch too but he has to start realising where he is now and what is expected.
 
kaz7 said:
He has had a dislocated shoulder problem and an operation but lets trash the boy
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True but sadly it appears he has not got an elite player attitude that Pep requires.

Hopefully Pep's words last week will do the trick, if not he will be off in the summer.
 
I’ve seen some pictures of him on social media and can’t decide if they’re real or not. Anyone know how much overweight he actually is??!..
 
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