Kalvin Phillips

[dancity19]

Has Pep told you this

Still reckon Pep needed to tell us he didn’t rate Phillips for it to be true?

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Still reckon Pep needed to tell us he didn’t rate Phillips for it to be true?

It’s not that he can’t play. Its that the manner in which he has been effective in the past is very different to the manner in which he is being asked to play here!

If he was tasked with the role Tico Lewis has been tasked with recently, we might have seen a completely different player, but his lack of playing time is only exacerbating his lack of match fitness in a full strength team.

If asked to cover for Kovacic or Bernardo/Foden, we might see that he can play. However, if it’s Rodri Part Deux or nothing, then he is always going to suffer from the task and the comparison.

Given the purchase of Nunes & Kovacic, and the emergence of Lewis, plus the use of Stones and Bernardo in the DM role, it’s hard to see where, or how, Pep fits him into the team.

 

[Dazzle84]

The player who didn't get picked, the player who has been ok in previous, recent cameo appearances, the player who is one of the first choices for England, getting all the grief again.

Should have played yesterday.
Could have been his big turning point moment. The way Pep was approaching it - all was lost anyway.

The performance before this one was a fairly brief cameo against Wolves where he managed to make a lethargic & poor team performance look even worse.
Up until the last few weeks I have tried to avoid going too hard on any criticism of him because he's hardly had a chance, but when he has played this season it's clear he's nowhere near good enough. He's also wasted at least half a season of his career by not moving on in the summer. Hopefully he gets himself decent move in January and either one of our new guys is settled by then or we take another look at the market

 

[heslops barnet]

Bottom line…..who sanctioned his signing?

 

[Dazzle84]

Good post.

He may end up like Micah Richards at Villa. He was finally paid off after not playing a game for over two years and in that period he earned 3.3 mill. Phillips has nearly five years left on his contract....gulp

Micah's knee was pretty much done at that point though. Phillips is match fit, apparently.

 

[Invisible Man's Bandage]

Micah's knee was pretty much done at that point though. Phillips is match fit, apparently.

Obviously he'd had serious knee issues but it wasn't clear that he couldn't play at all. It was all very strange how it went for him at Villa as he seemed to be a mascot figure like Phillips has become.

 

[Dazzle84]

Obviously he'd had serious knee issues but it wasn't clear that he couldn't play at all. It was all very strange how it went for him at Villa as he seemed to be a mascot figure like Phillips has become.

He couldn't train because of the knee so that meant Bruce wouldn't play him. I think there was also a transfer clause in there where they'd have had to pay additional fees if he started any more games

 

[dhruvblue]

Bottom line…..who sanctioned his signing?

Pep Guardiola

 

[heslops barnet]

Pep Guardiola

On Bielsa recommendation?

 

[Sibierskii]

Pep Guardiola

Not a chance