CONFIRMED Kalvin Phillips

[wavy-blade]

Tbf Soumare's first instinct is usually to go forward because he's chasing his first touch

lol this is so true , I do I like Soumare tho when he does play well we look fantastic, he spreads the ball so well in mostly forward passes , lovely to watch, but he needs to work on control and consistency !!

 

[SwitchBLADE Smiles]

You can tell he’s still a very good footballer btw. Should be in our starting 11 for Portsmouth IMO.

 

[FriethBlade]

You can tell he’s still a very good footballer btw. Should be in our starting 11 for Portsmouth IMO.

For sure, him and Peck in CM with Brooks and Hamer right and left.

 

[SELondon_Bladette]

You can tell he’s still a very good footballer btw. Should be in our starting 11 for Portsmouth IMO.

Looked really calm on the ball and picked some good passes out. Get arblaster rested and get him on

 

[CPB]

He looked better than I expected him to be.
Don't know how many minutes he can do yet. Once he gets to be able to do 70mins wanna see him starting.

 

[Stretch]

It shows how much I know. I was convinced he wouldn't be anywhere near the squad for a couple of weeks or so.

Even half fit he looked a class above. Super pass for the first goal and very calm under pressure from 2 Boro players at times. If he or Jairo starts that game fully fit, I think we win.

Could be a very clever signing.

 

[Nedski]

For sure, him and Peck in CM with Brooks and Hamer right and left.

And Rothwell in Glasgow.

 

[Half Bond Jls]

He give us a lift when he come on. We started to get on front foot again until Rothwells red. So frustrating.

 

[Ukkonen]

In that short space of time he looked every bit a premier player that he is.

 

[Half Bond Jls]

In that short space of time he looked every bit a premier player that he is.

Bossed it didn't he.

 

[ancientblade]

boro were brilliant but we lost that game because we didnt have a genuine defensive midfielder on the pitch till phillips came on thought he did well but i was really dissapointed with rothwells challenge i had great hopes for him

 

[ReeceofBDTBL]

That 13 minutes when we had Kalvin Phillips AND eleven men though

 

[bakeblade]

boro were brilliant but we lost that game because we didnt have a genuine defensive midfielder on the pitch till phillips came on thought he did well but i was really dissapointed with rothwells challenge i had great hopes for him

Boro a bit fortunate to face a midfield today with only one match fit midfielder.
Different story when Jairo is back and Phillips up to speed.

 

[ATL Recs]

For sure, him and Peck in CM with Brooks and Hamer right and left.

Him n Rothwell peck from the bench he was poor tonight once we had rothwell ( for a bit ) n Phillips it changed the flow of the game if not for the sending off we could very easily have
scored again
And yes Boro best team in the division reminded me of Leeds n Sunderland here last season

 

[Russ]

He was our shining light tonight. Hope he can continue like that and be an inspiration to our younger players. I had my doubts about him but he quickly made them disappear. Let’s think about the positives tonight.

 

[The Vicar]

He showed up how poor Arblaster was and has been. It’s hard to judge Peck when playing alongside a liability that is OA at the moment.

 

[mattbianco1]

6mins interview on SKY:

 

[s20Blade]

6mins interview on SKY:

Love the honesty. We aren't Barcelona so no need for the "oh when this massive club came knocking I couldn't turn it down when saturday comes is my favourate fil-m"

 

[elgoog44]

Seems like a very Genuine honest chap, glad he came to us however brief it might be.

 

[Berkshire Blade]

I do hate this idea.

He wants to come back

It's gone about as badly as I expected

 

[SwissBlade]

He wants to come back

It's gone about as badly as I expected

Started well, looked decent in his debut. Shocker of a red, really no idea what he was thinking.

Not been seen since - served his ban and presumably now he's injured.

I like the way he plays, but, like with Tom Davies, if he can't stay fit or can't avoid getting red cards, then he's no use to us.

If we could get him playing 75% of 75% of games then he'd be a cracking player to bring back. Otherwise he's a waste of a signing

 

[IdLiketoRogerMoore]

Started well, looked decent in his debut. Shocker of a red, really no idea what he was thinking.

Not been seen since - served his ban and presumably now he's injured.

I like the way he plays, but, like with Tom Davies, if he can't stay fit or can't avoid getting red cards, then he's no use to us.

If we could get him playing 75% of 75% of games then he'd be a cracking player to bring back. Otherwise he's a waste of a signing

Absolutely. If we could get Phillips and Davies available for 75% of 75% games, we'd be promoted by Christmas.

However, top level sport is defined by the best type of ability is availa- bility just as the best predictor of future behaviour is past behaviour...

So we can sit back and wax lyrical about what ifs and 92 points....

 

[SwissBlade]

Absolutely. If we could get Phillips and Davies available for 75% of 75% games, we'd be promoted by Christmas.

However, top level sport is defined by the best type of ability is availa- bility just as the best predictor of future behaviour is past behaviour...

So we can sit back and wax lyrical about what ifs and 92 points....

It’s the old adage that if they could both keep themselves fit they wouldn’t be playing for us.

Davies I think we know is never going to be fit for more than a handful of games. So I think it’s certainly time to move him along.

Can Philips keep himself available? Huge question mark for me. He certainly did it at Leeds a long time ago. He’s managed to play 46 games since signing for city in 2022. Admittedly this was partly due to him never being good enough for city but at Ipswich, West Ham and now with us, he’s been not had a great record

 

[JohnDenver]

He wants to come back

It's gone about as badly as I expected

The only way this happens is if he accepts a median championship salary. It’d be an astonishing drop from where he is now.

 

[CaptainMorgans]

Phillips would be a waste of time.
I didn't mind the January punt when we had to try and pull a rabbit out of a hat to go on crazy form to challenge for the play-offs... but as a Summer signing to be relied upon over a full season? The proof was in the pudding from the loan wasn't it?

Played a couple of OK games (not outstanding), stupid suspension, long term injured...

 

[Torrix1889]

Taking a fit Kalvin Phillips on a season long loan with City paying the lions share of his wages would be a no-brainer.

 

[The Crab]

He wants to come back

It's gone about as badly as I expected

Of course he wants to come back, he’s done at top level.

Problem is he will want top level wages

 

[mattbianco1]

I'd take him.

He looked great in the 165mins so far

 

[Sheffsteel]

Taking a fit Kalvin Phillips on a season long loan with City paying the lions share of his wages would be a no-brainer.

Google searches show he’s currrently on £150,000 a week.

Next season we have none of the £45 million (2025 rate) or £35 million (2026 rate) parachute payments……on a financial level we’ll become a mid table club.
What’s an average Championship wage…would you say £12,000 a week?

I would suggest the highest we can afford for a loan player is about £25,000 a week.
Really doubt Man City would let him join us where we pay £25K an week and they pay £125K a week.

No club will offer him anywhere near £150K a week.

It’s an interesting one.

He’s under contract at Man City until 2028 (until he’s 32), so he can either choose to rot in the reserves picking up £7 million a season gross
Or he can turn his back on millions and choose to play in the Championship on about £20K a week.

To be fair can anyone blame him staying at City…..he’s kind of trapped.

 

[Torrix1889]

Google searches show he’s currrently on £150,000 a week.

Next season we have none of the £45 million (2025 rate) or £35 million (2026 rate) parachute payments……on a financial level we’ll become a mid table club.
What’s an average Championship wage…would you say £12,000 a week?

I would suggest the highest we can afford for a loan player is about £25,000 a week.

Really doubt Man City would let him join us where we pay £25K an week and they pay £125K a week.

Probably very true but they are stuck with him until 2028. He will go on loan somewhere next season so I suppose it depends who pays the most of his wages...