Kalvin Phillips | Joins City on a 6-year deal

[BillyShears]

I for one am shocked the poster that popped up out of nowhere and spent 99% of time on the transfer forum being an aggressive asshole to everyone is a closet Liverpool supporter. So unlike them.

I’m stunned. They’re normally so polite and rational.

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

what? Pep doesn't decide transfers, and again I reject the notion that there isn't any 2nd name on the list for if the 1st name on the list is unavailable.

So you really think Txiki and the gang are the ones making the decisions on the players we sign up and not Pep?

 

[samuelyeboah]

So you really think Txiki and the gang are the ones making the decisions on the players we sign up and not Pep?

they make the decisions together on the players that are on the list, but whether or not a transfer makes sense from a business side (i.e should we spend 200 million on kalvin philipps because pep wants him) is definitely not part of pep's job

 

[BringBackSwales]

OMG, I'm not sure what football you lot watch or whether you are youngsters playing FIFA. Kalvin Phillips is perhaps the most 1 dimensional centre midfielder I've seen since Nigel DeJong. Yes he could wear a number 8 shirt and run up and down the pitch but so could my wife. What he certainly couldn't do is what KDB or Gundogan does and that's pass accurately and create whilst running and score goals. He is nothing more than a stopper, disrupter, slower downer and sideways passer and if your eyes are seeing anything else then get them bloody tested before doing anything that might kill you because they are not working!

If he’s as good as NDJ that’ll do me

 

[BillyShears]

they make the decisions together on the players that are on the list, but whether or not a transfer makes sense from a business side (i.e should we spend 200 million on kalvin philipps because pep wants him) is definitely not part of pep's job

For sure. But what you and I think makes sense isn’t the same as what the club think makes sense. It’s important to have a more rational view of transfers than simply howling at the moon because you personally think a player is worth less than the club think he’s worth. I don’t think Grealish is worth 100 million but I accept happily that the club think he was worth it. I fucking love our set up though. I don’t think I know better than the people who are paid millions to get these things right.

 

[Jokithedruid]

Come on what? I hugely rate Phillips and I think most of the people slagging him off will be eating humble pie if we sign him. He's going to be a beast in our team. I've not got anything else to say as obviously people have different opinions. If we sign him and he fails, I'll also be here for the pie being served me!

You went hiding a few months after last summer to be fair. ;)

 

[Jokithedruid]

Anyway, this Kalvin Phillips lad. Any good?

Shite fashion sense.

 

[BillyShears]

You went hiding a few months after last summer to be fair. ;)

I run one of the biggest City podcasts on the planet mate. I couldn’t hide if I wanted to. I reply to faceless usernames whilst people refer to me by my first name!

 

[Deleted member 87819]

Depressing to think Rice could be done for around £75M if reports from today are to be believed

 

[samuelyeboah]

For sure. But what you and I think makes sense isn’t the same as what the club think makes sense. It’s important to have a more rational view of transfers than simply howling at the moon because you personally think a player is worth less than the club think he’s worth. I don’t think Grealish is worth 100 million but I accept happily that the club think he was worth it. I fucking love our set up though. I don’t think I know better than the people who are paid millions to get these things right.

I definitely don't know any better than the people currently managing the club to unbelievable heights, that's for sure. But if you ask me would I be happy with this player for the quoted price (which btw, I don't believe is true), then I am saying show me option #2 and #3.

and you know what, I think the people managing the club would eventually agree, as I said I don't believe this price at all.