Phillips’ early performances for England were very impressive , particularly his first one .
After that , they went steadily downhill to the point where he often became anonymous and / or prone to making simple mistakes .
Southgate seemed to have a greatly exaggerated opinion as to his ability and positive influence on the team
claiming after one shabby England performance that this was due almost entirely to him not being on the pitch , which was complete nonsense .
I sincerely hope that he can perform for us in the way that he did in his early years in which case it would be a brilliant signing but am far from sure that this will be the case .
I hope I am wrong .