Yep, I was in favour of Walker, Stones, Sterling, Ake, I like Cucurella, but I'm disappointed that we had two years to prepare for Fernandinho's departure and the best we could come up with was Phillips. He's a decent but limited player, capable of doing a job, but represents a missed opportunity imo.
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It's Quiet 17 - Glory Thread
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uwe rosler 28
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Can't see Phillips happening Injury prone and a headless chicken that can't pass
bluebean
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Surely Rodri is the Ferna replacement so he was in affect replaced well before he left. The addition of KP is as a squad player??Yep, I was in favour of Walker, Stones, Sterling, Ake, I like Cucurella, but I'm disappointed that we had two years to prepare for Fernandinho's departure and the best we could come up with was Phillips. He's a decent but limited player, capable of doing a job, but represents a missed opportunity imo.
People also forget that it’s about adding qualities to the squad we don’t have so we can mix it upThere's a tendency to underrate players who are already in the league, and overrate foreign signings on Bluemoon. I'm not saying that this is what you're doing with Phillips and Cucurella, but I do think it's a touch unfair to say "no one wanted Phillips until the links started" and same with Cucurella. If you'd asked me a month ago who were the two players inside the league that I'd take this summer, those two would've been close to the top of my list.
Grealish was the exception that proves the rule last summer if I'm honest. Most people were dazzled by his profile and the fact he's a 'lad'. In general, from Walker to Stones to Raheem. Players we went after from inside the league have always underwhelmed Bluemoon. Just look at the absolute vitriol that Kane got from large swathes of this forum (some of still ongoing for some utterly bizarre reason).
Phillips and Cucurella will both turn out to be top signings IMO. I also think they won't need a season of transition as they're both coming from coaches who play very intense positional play football.
Haaland Is a killer and takes his chances when he gets them, pace, height
Phillip tackles tough, mobile, stamina, hungry for trophies
Cucurella is good moving forward, a good tackler, can go on the outside
Alvarez looks to be clinical in front of goal and a bit of a maverick
Add these to an already top class squad and we should be even better next year
did anyone want rodri, Dias, cancello before we were linked to them????
Pep andTxiki know what they are doing
Can't see Phillips happening Injury prone and a headless chicken that can't pass
1) It will happen
2) It wouldn’t happen if Pep Guardiola didn’t want him.
Sounds like a well rounded and fair assessment!Can't see Phillips happening Injury prone and a headless chicken that can't pass
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We have Sterling,Mahrez,Foden and Grealish who will expect to play a lot next season.As purely names and numbers, maybe. As actual players, I just can't see it no matter how hard I try.
People argue replacing a departed fernandinho and mendy with phillips and cucurella makes us weaker. I think the above weakens us more, at least for a season to begon with.
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I’d prefer a gravenberch signing to be honest, more pace and drive to go box to box but could be back up to rodders and also play along side from time to timeI'll be honest I still can't get on board with the Phillips signing. It's got nothing to do with him coming from Leeds. I appreciate we can't bring in another Rodri but the drop in quality from Rodders to Phillips is stark; he'd be a sufficient squad player but if he has to replace Rodri for any lengthy period of time that significantly weakens us in my opinion. By all accounts he won't come cheap now Leeds have avoided relegation, so I'd rather the club spend an additional £10-20mil on a midfielder with Pep DNA.
A poster previously stated there were zero recommendations for Phillips on this forum until we were linked, that sums it up for me.
BUT...it looks like it's happening so I hope Pep proves us wrong once again!
We have Sterling,Mahrez,Foden and Grealish who will expect to play a lot next season.
As we had last season
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I’m not the guy’s biggest fan but he certainly isn’t a headless chicken, and he most certainly can pass a ball.Can't see Phillips happening Injury prone and a headless chicken that can't pass