Kalvin Phillips

[citizen_maine]

What I don't understand is why we don't force Phillips out when a legend like Joe Hart was forced to leave when Pep came because he doesn't play the way Pep wants? We could've got Rice if Phillips agreed to go to west ham but he thinks they're below him. Txiki should tell him that he has to go or we'll put him with the u23s. Not only has he been completely useless for us but poor Rodri is suffering as a result from being overplayed!

I don't remember us 'forcing' Joe to leave.
Like Kalvin, he was benched
Unlike Kalvin, he chose to leave
I suspect Kalvin will make a similar decision soon

 

[asgoodasitgets]

He’s fucking wank.

Didn’t you once offer to drive Gundog back to Germany ?

 

[yankblue]

I genuinely thinks he’s going to leave without ever playing a good game for the club, which puts him in a completely different tier of failure compared to Mendy, Mangala, Nastasic, Bony, Rodwell etc the other commonly listed transfer flops.

The dreaded Scott Sinclair tier

 

[AshtonBlueMooner]

Club sign player.
Player doesn’t reach standard expected by manager.
Player trains hard to reach standard.
Manager doesn’t believe player can reach required standard.
Player is allowed to leave on loan/potential transfer.
This isn’t unique to City. It’s every football club, at every level across the world.
Let the lad move on. Not his fault. Not Pep’s fault. These things happen.
Wish the lad luck and move on.

 

[journolud]

What I don't understand is why we don't force Phillips out when a legend like Joe Hart was forced to leave when Pep came because he doesn't play the way Pep wants? We could've got Rice if Phillips agreed to go to west ham but he thinks they're below him. Txiki should tell him that he has to go or we'll put him with the u23s. Not only has he been completely useless for us but poor Rodri is suffering as a result from being overplayed!

Terrible take

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

What I don't understand is why we don't force Phillips out when a legend like Joe Hart was forced to leave when Pep came because he doesn't play the way Pep wants? We could've got Rice if Phillips agreed to go to west ham but he thinks they're below him. Txiki should tell him that he has to go or we'll put him with the u23s. Not only has he been completely useless for us but poor Rodri is suffering as a result from being overplayed!

Hart was told he could stay but wouldn't be first choice keeper, so he decided to leave.

 

[Paul1970]

I don’t think being so shit you can’t even get on the pitch is an excuse!

He isn’t shit he is just not cut out for Man City . The job he does for England and did for Leeds is not what we were looking for and tbh it’s 50/50 on both sides why it didn’t work out .

 

[Roachy]

Club sign player.
Player doesn’t reach standard expected by manager.
Player trains hard to reach standard.
Manager doesn’t believe player can reach required standard.
Player is allowed to leave on loan/potential transfer.
This isn’t unique to City. It’s every football club, at every level across the world.
Let the lad move on. Not his fault. Not Pep’s fault. These things happen.
Wish the lad luck and move on.

Good take on the situation tbh. Club got it wrong along with a few posters on here who claimed he'd turn it around.

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

What I don't understand is why we don't force Phillips out when a legend like Joe Hart was forced to leave when Pep came because he doesn't play the way Pep wants? We could've got Rice if Phillips agreed to go to west ham but he thinks they're below him. Txiki should tell him that he has to go or we'll put him with the u23s. Not only has he been completely useless for us but poor Rodri is suffering as a result from being overplayed!

Your first 3 words were right

 

[WNRH]

Player trains hard to reach standard.

This is the reason why he hasn’t played much for us. You don’t do what he did in December 2022 and expect to get a second chance.