Kalvin Phillips | Joins City on a 6-year deal

[PragueBlue]

Would we rather have Phillips or DeJong

For DM, Phillips.

 

[blueparrot]

Would we rather have Phillips or DeJong

As a DM Phillips.

 

[zeven]

Lets be honest, only reason we are after him is because he is homegrown. Im fine with him being backup to Rodri. Is he good enough time Will tell.

 

[kaz7]

Yeah I probably could have worded my post a little differently. Firm but fair is right. He loves a solid tackle and will put his foot in where some of our midfield wouldn’t want to or actually do. He’s also someone who could get a flat atmosphere going with one of those types of challenges

There is a reason we dont do those sort of challenges , we dont play like that , he would be sent off every week

 

[Mr-Mertle]

Personal terms IS the easy bit, but it's also significant in that his head is now turned and he will push to make the move happen which should make things slightly easier with Leeds. Thankfully it's not Levy we're dealing with again.

 

[DeBlueLou]

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Don’t want Kalvin Phillips. Overrated. Mistakes in him. Pressing teams like Liverpool will kick the ball off him every time.

It’s not my money so go hell for leather for the Rolls Royce that is a Declan Rice. Absolutely the best CDM out there not playing Champions League.

He doesn’t play CDM for West Ham.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

There is a reason we dont do those sort of challenges , we dont play like that , he would be sent off every week

That’s just a conspiracy theory.

Our players don’t tackle much as a tackle means their positioning was wrong. We intercept, not tackle, as much as possible.

 

[freshie]

He's fucking useless.

Absolute hyperbole, and complete nonsense

 

[willipp]

That’s just a conspiracy theory.

Our players don’t tackle much as a tackle means their positioning was wrong. We intercept, not tackle, as much as possible.

They also don't tackle much as we have the ball for 70% of the game and we normally win it back by pressing and forcing the opposition to just give it us back with a rushed misplaced pass.

Playing the role he will is not about tackling, its being able to control the whole way we play and linking defense to attack. Fern was a master at it and Rodri has now developed over two seasons to be able to do it incredibly well. The big question is whether Phillips can do it.