Kalvin Phillips

[LangleyBlue1970]

I still don't really understand how he come back from the world cup overweight.

I'm not saying he didn't. But it's not like he was on holiday, they were training throughout the world cup, he was used in some games and they have chefs in the camp to make sure they eat right. So you would assume he hadn't become overweight there.

Then they had about a week off before the season started again. Is he going to gain that much weight in that time? Its not like he looked overweight

I'm sure it's more that the club has a very strict weight limit for each player based on their body etc. And he possibly just strayed over it, rather than that he got fat in 1 week

I mean look at Mahrez at the start of last season coming into pre season, he had clearly put weight on but nothing was said in public.

From the player himself. Some are going on like he was a stone overweight with KFC round his trap when he turned up for training.

 

[DenisLawBackHeel74]

Good luck to the lad, hopefully we can get a decent fee for him when he scores the winner in the Euro’s final…..

 

[AshtonBlueMooner]

Sometimes in life things don’t work out, this is one of those occasions.
The lad has got a decent move and I for one, amongst many others on here, wish him all the luck in the world at a good team.
A goal or two against Utd, Liverpool and Arsenal would also come in handy too Kalvin :-)

 

[Blue Smarties]

Poor signing. Hope he does well there and earns a decent fee.

 

[bluenova]

From the player himself. Some are going on like he was a stone overweight with KFC round his trap when he turned up for training.

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A single day of eating?

3kg is half a stone, which is a significant amount for a professional athlete to put on, particularly in a short mid-season break.

 

[Dribble]

I still don't really understand how he come back from the world cup overweight.

I'm not saying he didn't. But it's not like he was on holiday, they were training throughout the world cup, he was used in some games and they have chefs in the camp to make sure they eat right. So you would assume he hadn't become overweight there.

Then they had about a week off before the season started again. Is he going to gain that much weight in that time? Its not like he looked overweight

I'm sure it's more that the club has a very strict weight limit for each player based on their body etc. And he possibly just strayed over it, rather than that he got fat in 1 week

I mean look at Mahrez at the start of last season coming into pre season, he had clearly put weight on but nothing was said in public.

Kalvin came back around 2kg over the ideal weight parameters as set out by the conditioning team.

To the average bloke that's fuck all, but for an elite sportsman mid-season, Pep evidently wasn't happy. It was lesson learned for Kalvin, & was never repeated.

 

[stonerblue]

Great in that Leeds team. Looked out of his depth whenever he played for us. Nowhere near quick enough. Hope he gets back on track.

 

[oakiecokie]

So much for being a good pro , coming back fat is not a go pro in my book . I have defended his injuries as shoulder operation and the recovery is difficult as i know first hand but whenever he did play he looked totally lost most of the time , wish him well but he was a bad signing

He was only a couple of kilos overweight so it only took him a week to get shut. Think you`re being a bit unkind to the lad Kaz. Since that so called "incident" he has behaved like a model pro, something that Pep has touched on, on more than one occasion.

 

[TinFoilHat]

Don't forget we currently play the Hammers on the last day of the season....hope we put a clause in to prevent the inevitable.

We'll have the won the league by then and he'll be back on the pitch to collect his medal.

:)

 

[TinFoilHat]

We'll be singing his name last game of the season when his goal against the dippers wins us the title.

:)