Kalvin Phillips

I haven't given up on him yet, he is a good player but seems to strive off confidence. If he can get this confidence back then we could have the player we hoped for.

Personally I think Pep would have been better giving him minutes from the bench when the games were secure and build that confidence back.
 
abu13 said:
I haven't given up on him yet, he is a good player but seems to strive off confidence. If he can get this confidence back then we could have the player we hoped for.

Personally I think Pep would have been better giving him minutes from the bench when the games were secure and build that confidence back.
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He’s not fit enough or fast enough for a Pep team mate, we got it wrong unfortunately and he just won’t play in our team at any point. We need a new player in there and in a year or two wouldn’t be surprised to see Perrone back at City as he looks better than Phillips
 
richards30 said:
He’s not fit enough or fast enough for a Pep team mate, we got it wrong unfortunately and he just won’t play in our team at any point. We need a new player in there and in a year or two wouldn’t be surprised to see Perrone back at City as he looks better than Phillips
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He is fit and fast enough the problem with him is his reaction are to slow he dwells on the ball far to long and is the reason he has no chance at city
 
waspish said:
That's where your reaction come from over thinking or not thinking what to do with the ball till it's to late
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Exactly. He doesn’t know where to be or what body shape to be in to receive a pass and can’t pass through the lines unless there is no pressure on him.

There’s no doubting he’s a lovely lad, but he’s never going to be good enough to play for us again.

It’s also doubtful if he has the desire to get back to what his best is as he’s getting paid handsomely and he’s won everything he’s ever likely to win.
 
Mon Autre said:
It's not like he was a £100m player. The amortisation on his fee is only like £1.5m a year less over 6 than it is over 5. Meanwhile we've committed to paying him £8.5m a year for an extra year. Completely stupid business.
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Thanks Captain Hindsight.
 
The more he plays the more apparent is the fact that we are going to take an enormous financial hit to get rid of him.

He is completely broken as a footballer and it will take an incredible personal effort to revive it and I am not sure he has the motivation to do just that.
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
Exactly. He doesn’t know where to be or what body shape to be in to receive a pass and can’t pass through the lines unless there is no pressure on him.

There’s no doubting he’s a lovely lad, but he’s never going to be good enough to play for us again.

It’s also doubtful if he has the desire to get back to what his best is as he’s getting paid handsomely and he’s won everything he’s ever likely to win.
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A free and a huge pay off is the only way we get rid.
 
just watched the extended highlights of the Milan friendly on the City web site and in a few seconds you see the problem straight away with Kalvin; receives the ball on the edge of our box, turns and loses it, appears to have no awareness and no speed of thought
 
Keeper! said:
The more he plays the more apparent is the fact that we are going to take an enormous financial hit to get rid of him.

He is completely broken as a footballer and it will take an incredible personal effort to revive it and I am not sure he has the motivation to do just that.
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Seriously odd piece of business for us, he was never good enough for us.
Seems a nice bloke but is a braindead footballer
 
His level is his level but, I'm amazed that while working with world class players, a fantastic training set up, Pep and some of the best coaches available that he's managed to get to a position that he's gone from an England International starter to ....well I don't know to what, could he realistically in his current state hold a position at Ipswich, Burnley, Sheffield Wednesday or do we need to look lower?
 
abu13 said:
I haven't given up on him yet, he is a good player but seems to strive off confidence. If he can get this confidence back then we could have the player we hoped for.

Personally I think Pep would have been better giving him minutes from the bench when the games were secure and build that confidence back.
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You obviously meant thrive although he's definitely striving, I'm just not sure what for.
 
markblue said:
just watched the extended highlights of the Milan friendly on the City web site and in a few seconds you see the problem straight away with Kalvin; receives the ball on the edge of our box, turns and loses it, appears to have no awareness and no speed of thought
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Watch it again, and look at his reaction to losing the ball! It’s non existent.
His speed of thought and awareness is shocking.
 
blue b4 the moon said:
His level is his level but, I'm amazed that while working with world class players, a fantastic training set up, Pep and some of the best coaches available that he's managed to get to a position that he's gone from an England International starter to ....well I don't know to what, could he realistically in his current state hold a position at Ipswich, Burnley, Sheffield Wednesday or do we need to look lower?
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Lower lower lower...
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