Match Thread | At. Madrid vs Man City (30/07/23) 12.40pm

[Tb1981]

Sorry but Kalvin simply is not good enough, even as a back up

He is awful
Nothing he does impresses me
No positives to outweigh the negatives
Just bang average

 

[SiMCFC]

He wouldn't even be good enough for a team coming up to the PL this season imo (Kalvin) feel sorry for him but he's just not got it.

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

It’s a shame really I had high hopes for Phillips but he’s not good enough for this team.

 

[footballmanager]

ok, we are probably not winning the league cup next season

 

[Coljj]

A wave from Haaland to the camera gets the loudest pop of the night.

 

[RayCTID]

Not good from Phillips but Dias wasn't great for their opener either. The only negative is the scoreline.

 

[kaz7]

One min lol

 

[CityForever45]

My god Phillips...

 

[Keeper!]

He is awful
Nothing he does impresses me
No positives to outweigh the negatives
Just bang average

That's the issue he is very average, the difference to Kovacic is night and day already

 

[jimharri]

I don't think it tells us anything of the sort - these games are, and always will be, glorified cardio. They never correlate with actual performance when the season starts.

I can tell you with 100% certainty, Pep won't be assessing the strength of his squad based on these games. He will already be acutely aware of any shortcomings.

Nailed it. Crazy to read too much into this game. It basically means nothing in the grand scheme of things, the same as the win against Bayern didn't mean anything. This is all about publicising "The Brand"™, and getting some mileage into their legs.