Kalvin Phillips

He definitely doesn't have the style of game suited for us but I still reckon he would have been a better option in the midfield than what we ended up playing! I feel for him as its not his fault he isn't good enough and he backed himself to show more this season but simply hasn't. Pointless him being in the squad to be honest.
Just completely odd him not playing last night. He would have been a much better option than defenders in midfield. Just don’t know who sanctioned the purchase. Mind you, think we could say that about a couple more.
 
Just completely odd him not playing last night. He would have been a much better option than defenders in midfield. Just don’t know who sanctioned the purchase. Mind you, think we could say that about a couple more.

We needed cover for Rodri, Pep wasn't convinced by throwing Lavia in and Bielsa clearly said he had the tools to make it. It hasn't worked. But I'm not willing to throw the other new signings in the bin just yet, they deserve time. Kalvin's had his and hasn't performed so we tried to sell in the summer. The jury is out on whether Kovacic and Nunes go the same way.
 
We needed cover for Rodri, Pep wasn't convinced by throwing Lavia in and Bielsa clearly said he had the tools to make it. It hasn't worked. But I'm not willing to throw the other new signings in the bin just yet, they deserve time. Kalvin's had his and hasn't performed so we tried to sell in the summer. The jury is out on whether Kovacic and Nunes go the same way.
Don’t think either are good enough but time will tell.
 
If he has England aspirations and any self-awareness and professional pride, he’s already looking for a place to live elsewhere.

Sad, but it’s clearly not worked.
 
Unfortunate. Phillips isn't a bad player, just someone who was never going to be able to replace Rodri directly. That's not necessarily his fault. When he leaves, which will hopefully be in January, we are still left with the same problem. Guardiola needs to find a midfield formation with the balance that can work as effectively when Rodri is unavailable, and the club needs to find him the right player. Time for them all to imagine harder.
 
Shame he didn't see this before making a move for him.
Yes, instead of allowing him to warm his backside on the bench. Oh well, his mantel piece full of trophies and medals is more than enough to make up for it.
 
Pep said Phillips can not fit into his plans, But you watch when somebody puts him into a team to face Pep and City he will look world-class, Maybe Pep can work on a new basic system (442) when Rodri is out or we play a team that does not need the system

At the moment Pep is hell-bent on making the system work with cover players who are running around puzzled or making the system look bad, Pep does not have a plan B and this is why we are struggling
 

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