Kalvin Phillips

[NikT]

He might get some game time in the CL as we have an easy group.

 

[Bill Walker]

If he gets a start in a PL game for us, the matchday thread meltdown will be epic!

Flags will be raised across the nation.

 

[bumbleblue]

I don’t know what people want really… “sad faces” who kick off every time they don’t play like the yapping twat that’s gone to Barca, and cost us Christ knows what in lost fees and whatever. Then there’s young lads who think they are better than they are walking rather than fighting for a spot Alternatively an England international signed on a 6 (six) year deal as back up to a player who is THE definition of the role he plays and virtually undroppable in key/must win games ( ie most of them) who is a happy smiling part of a winning squad, staff like him, team mates like him , doesn’t cause a shit storm and may well take his chances with us in the future..? Get behind him support the team - all of it.

 

[Invisible Man's Bandage]

Gone on loan by the end of the January window after a maximum of 10 minutes playing time by then.

He won't be getting any opportunities as the signings of Kovacic and Nunes have seen to that.

 

[Legal Alien]

We can only look at ourselves really as we shouldn't have handed such a big contract to someone who was clearly only being brought in as a back-up. However, it's worth saying that it's impossible to get the recruitment right every single time and the Phillips signing is somewhat of an anomaly in the Pep era.

I agree, we handled the whole situation badly.
The problem with this signing was, it cost us £40+m and we lost Lavia.
We should've told Lavia what he wanted to hear, that he would get more playing time etc and i think that wouldn't be a stretch, as we all noticed very early on that the lad could play!

We're stuck with Phillips now though, so hopefully the light goes on and he steps his game and helps this team on the pitch.

 

[pauls]

I agree, we handled the whole situation badly.
The problem with this signing was, it cost us £40+m and we lost Lavia.
We should've told Lavia what he wanted to hear, that he would get more playing time etc and i think that wouldn't be a stretch, as we all noticed very early on that the lad could play!

We're stuck with Phillips now though, so hopefully the light goes on and he steps his game and helps this team on the pitch.

Iiíú⁶8

 

[Ardnaree]

It's not beyond the realms of possibility that the midfield suffers injuries, and you'd rather have an England international step in, than have to play an academy player or someone out of position, to cover. Kalvin Phillips could be the player that steady's the ship, keeps the team ticking over during a bad spate of injuries.

 

[CWMCFC]

It's not beyond the realms of possibility that the midfield suffers injuries, and you'd rather have an England international step in, than have to play an academy player or someone out of position, to cover. Kalvin Phillips could be the player that steady's the ship, keeps the team ticking over during a bad spate of injuries.

The problem with this situation is, I think Pep will player an academy player or someone out of position to cover - it's what he did last season.

 

[Keeper!]

I agree, we handled the whole situation badly.
The problem with this signing was, it cost us £40+m and we lost Lavia.
We should've told Lavia what he wanted to hear, that he would get more playing time etc and i think that wouldn't be a stretch, as we all noticed very early on that the lad could play!

We're stuck with Phillips now though, so hopefully the light goes on and he steps his game and helps this team on the pitch.

Lavia for far too many on here has become some sort of footballing god for some reason.

He was allowed to leave without much of a fight to Southampton, did well but he was relegated in one of the poorest teams seen in the PL.

Time will tell if he makes it to elite level, but let's get his present ability into some sort of prospective and reality.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Football's a funny old game, he's chosen to coast through the season picking up his cash/fight to get in the team* who knows what the end game will be?

We could be singing his name from the rooftops next May.

*Delete as appropriate