Kalvin Philips. Wortley. Leeds. England.

YoungParisian_inExile

My mum's from Armley. Spent loads of time there at my grandparents on the Edinburghs' ...
Used to be a decent 5 a side league at the leisure centre on a Sunday night.

MDF

Internet rumours saying Liverpool's interest is back after their recent failures to get Caicedo and Lavia.

As much as I would like to believe Guardiola hasn't given up on Phillips, their new signing Kovacic seems to be above KP on the depth chart after playing in both the community shield and against burnley. De Bruyne's injury might help Phillips' chances though.

Raposa

MDF
Seems Liverpool have gone with a safer bet of some 30 year old Japan player.

In other news , Phillips has picked up another winners medal whilst contributing the precise total of nil minutes again in doing so.

Placid

Djpekingman I was born in Armley St Marys. Things Armley is famous for:

Asbestos poisoning.
Charlie Cake Park
Prison
Industrial Museum
Navvy and locks.
Upstairs Downstairs and fighting.
A shit golf course.
Lots of closed down pubs.
Power station
Gyratory
Gas works
Mick McCann
Chumbawamba

king_of_the_slums

Raposa

Wataru Endo, like a mid-sized pitbull, with a killer pass, fit as a butchers dog and loves a tackle.

Liverpool fans seem nonplus but he's a great take for €18m fee, very much a Kalvin style player..

Sort it out, Leeds, where's us Japanese player!?!?

Placid

Phillips must be looking for a move. Hes a laughing stock just behind Carson

Raposa

Placid
If there was an award for the most unused sub in football he’d piss it.

MDF

Will start tonight for City, and will probably see important minutes in the next couple of games while Rodri is out. Most important games of his city career? I hope he does well.

Raposa

MDF
He played very well for England at Hampden the other week.

Mitaman

MDF Its now or never for him at City

CharlieG

Raposa I thought that, also.

Placid

Mitaman

Mitaman Its now or never for him at City

Looked like never based on that performance.

Ponderous, slow, couldnt time a tackle, bullied by joelinton and tonali. Was painful to see.

Mitaman

Placid oh dear, that bad?

Placid

Mitaman oh dear, that bad?

I mean he wasnt completely bad but when you compare that performance to Rodri you can see why he's so out of the running.

The play slowed down with him. He had 2 or 3 positive forward balls but the Croat next time him was more efective I thought. Seemed to beat a player and create things.

Just looking on Spotrac and KP is on 7.8million pounds a year. £150'000 per week. Seroiusly something wrong in the world.

Raposa

Mitaman
No he wasn’t actually,
Had a really good first half, probing, some lovely balls through to the front men.
But like the rest of the team faded badly as the game went on.
The reality though is that whilst Rodri is around he’ll always be a bench warmer and these opportunities will be scarce.
He needs a move .

Djpekingman

Placid Has he bought Beeston yet?

Placid

Raposa Had a really good first half, probing, some lovely balls through to the front men.

Mmm. Mixed Id say. He played 3 decent forward balls to the 10. He passed the ball away twice and got bumped off the ball 3 times by Joelinton and Tonali in 1st half. And that was there strong half. 2nd half they were all poor. In particular Grealish. The right back pocketed him. Very impressive

Anyhow.. he’sna great player just in the wrong team. Should have gone to Arsenal or Liverpool.

175 thousand pounds a week just let that sink in..

MDF

I don't get the Rodri comparison tbh. When he first moved, I actually thought KP could play alongside Rodri, as an 8, like he does for England. But to be honest, Rodri has been world class.

Pep just dont set up his midfield like Bielsa, where KP was the fulcrum.

doggybag

Bit harsh on Kalvin by Phil McNulty, BBC
Southgate stood firmly by Maguire even when he was marginalised by Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag and suffering the mockery of his own fans for club and country, while Phillips has been selected despite the fact that describing him as a bit-part player under Pep Guardiola would actually exaggerate his contribution on the field.

Placid

doggybag describing him as a bit-part player under Pep Guardiola would actually exaggerate his contribution on the field.

Completely agree. Phillips' career is dying a death the longer he stays at Man City.

Young_Marxist_at_Tescos

Placid Also agreed, but what do you do if you’re in his shoes? Tell your agent that you want a move to West Ham / Villa / Brighton for half the money you’re on now?

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