You said they aren’t fit to lace Rodri’s boots and called them both ‘fillers’. Anyone with half a brain cell knows they’re very good players and a much higher standard than anyone currently playing in our academy.
Rodri is a great player but also a great example of a footballer who has come on leaps and bounds under Pep. His first season was very uninspiring, but he’s come good this season. The same can be said about most of Pep’s signings.
That’s my point about Phillips and Rice. Clearly Pep would take them to another level. That’s not to say they aren’t already very good. I think Declan Rice in particular could exceed Fernandinho/Rodri if he was coached by Pep for a few seasons.
Your OP was overly critical.
All this is very off topic so I’ll leave it there.