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It's Quiet 18 - Wanna ring the bell?
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zebbemacahan
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Didn’t Phillips say just the other week that he wants to stay and fight for his place?
blueparrot
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Reckon he will be £100, but whatever he is is the price, throwing out going sales in is liverpool style maths.He wont be 100, and we'll throw Phillips in the deal. prob looking at Kalvin & 30 at best
If we paid £100mill for rice and sold phillips to another club for £30 mill doesn’t make Rice £70 mill, neither does selling phillips to West Ham.
burning blue soul
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He's not going to say anything else at this point.Didn’t Phillips say just the other week that he wants to stay and fight for his place?
But I believe if West Ham want him, and we want Rice, it will have traction.
Dribble
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Mate, he's surrounded by highly successful & decorated players who've mostly all suffered from that first season syndrome at the Etihad. Philips isn't the first & won't be the last.He's not going to say anything else at this point.
But I believe if West Ham want him, and we want Rice, it will have traction.
He'll have this in the back of his mind & I bet he can't wait for this season to be over so he can have a break & return injury free to a full pre-season, where hopefully he can press the reset button, start again, but this time with a season's experience behind him.
It was only 6 months ago that everyone wanted Grealish sold because he was an expensive £100m flop. We can say the same about Rodri, Aké, Mahrez & several others.
If Philips has anything about him, he'll want to stay & prove himself to be the player which first attracted him to City's attention...
We're going to have to find a bigger bench!Didn’t Phillips say just the other week that he wants to stay and fight for his place?
At the dinner tableDidn’t Phillips say just the other week that he wants to stay and fight for his place?
burning blue soul
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I agree with everything you say. But this is the worst 1st season adaption of any of the players you mention.Mate, he's surrounded by highly successful & decorated players who've mostly all suffered from that first season syndrome at the Etihad. Philips isn't the first & won't be the last.
He'll have this in the back of his mind & I bet he can't wait for this season to be over so he can have a break & return injury free to a full pre-season, where hopefully he can press the reset button, start again, but this time with a season's experience behind him.
It was only 6 months ago that everyone wanted Grealish sold because he was an expensive £100m flop. We can say the same about Rodri, Aké, Mahrez & several others.
If Philips has anything about him, he'll want to stay & prove himself to be the player which first attracted him to City's attention...
Maybe he is wanting to fight for his place, maybe he wants out.
I'm saying that if he does want out, and WH want him, let's do a deal that (in theory) all parties are happy with.
Dribble
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But he was recovering from a serious injury when we first got him, & then he dislocated his shoulder twice. He had a World Cup & returned to a team who were out of form, with internal issues which we now know Cancelo was central to.I agree with everything you say. But this is the worst 1st season adaption of any of the players you mention.
Maybe he is wanting to fight for his place, maybe he wants out.
I'm saying that if he does want out, and WH want him, let's do a deal that (in theory) all parties are happy with.
It's easy supporting players when they're on top form, but it's when they're struggling that they need & deserve our support the most. We're City fans & Philips is one of us. If we don't back him, who will & what does that say about our increasingly Rag-like fan base?
burning blue soul
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I've been a positive voice for Kalvin this year. I hoped he would start to show his undoubted quality, because he is a good footballer.But he was recovering from a serious injury when we first got him, & then he dislocated his shoulder twice. He had a World Cup & returned to a team who were out of form, with internal issues which we now know Cancelo was central to.
It's easy supporting players when they're on top form, but it's when they're struggling that they need & deserve our support the most. We're City fans & Philips is one of us. If we don't back him, who will & what does that say about our increasingly Rag-like fan base?
But his playing time figures after the world Cup are no better than when he was injured.
My spider senses are telling me his shape doesn't fit in the hole we need filling. I hope I'm wrong.
Support of players doesn't not preclude the speculation on their futures, nor of replacements. This is, after all, the Transfer Forum :)