Not to get carried away . . . 10:29 - Aug 15 with 1713 views | bsw72 | . . . but *if* we do land Phillips, he won't be available against City, and therefore could be the difference between us finishing as Champions and Runners Up. Let's try and stay grounded. |  | | |  |
Not to get carried away . . . on 10:30 - Aug 15 with 1682 views | _clive_baker_ | It's smart from City to be fair. They know we're likely to be their closest competition so they're making sure we're disrupted when we play them. Pep's not stupid. |  | |  |
Not to get carried away . . . on 10:31 - Aug 15 with 1609 views | J2BLUE |
Not to get carried away . . . on 10:30 - Aug 15 by _clive_baker_ | It's smart from City to be fair. They know we're likely to be their closest competition so they're making sure we're disrupted when we play them. Pep's not stupid. |
Even smarter to delay their financial punishment for a year and use McKenna's magic to sell Phillips next summer for £180m to pay the fine. |  |
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Not to get carried away . . . on 10:32 - Aug 15 with 1546 views | BiGDonnie | Agreed. Also, with Hirst missing the first few games he'll probably only score 25ish now. |  |
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Not to get carried away . . . on 10:45 - Aug 15 with 1314 views | FrimleyBlue |
Not to get carried away . . . on 10:30 - Aug 15 by _clive_baker_ | It's smart from City to be fair. They know we're likely to be their closest competition so they're making sure we're disrupted when we play them. Pep's not stupid. |
I give it a couple hours before this ends up on a Nodge forum |  |
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Not to get carried away . . . on 10:58 - Aug 15 with 1184 views | BlueBadger | 90 POINTS 90 GOALS |  |
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Not to get carried away . . . on 10:59 - Aug 15 with 1141 views | GavTWTD | He's only about three stone overweight, looked like one of the worst midfielders I have ever seen at West Ham and throws a hissy fit whenever he's not selected to play so I'm sure he will fit right in. According to an expert on Pink Un forum. |  |
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Not to get carried away . . . on 11:23 - Aug 15 with 890 views | OldFart71 | I always feel that when a club loans a player to another team that this silly business about them not being able to play against the club they are loaned from is stupid. The club loaning obviously don't think the player is good enough or doesn't fit in. So why are they afraid ? My only concern with Phillips is he needs to cut back on his rashness in the tackle. We already have Morsy who is prone to getting himself suspended so the last thing we need is the replacement or sub for Morsy being out more than in. Why I say he is the sub for Morsy as I see him more like Morsy than Loungo and really that makes me a little apprehensive that we don't have a playmaker in midfield unless KM is thinking of Taylor sitting in front of a defensive pairing. |  | |  |
Not to get carried away . . . on 11:26 - Aug 15 with 844 views | _clive_baker_ |
Not to get carried away . . . on 11:23 - Aug 15 by OldFart71 | I always feel that when a club loans a player to another team that this silly business about them not being able to play against the club they are loaned from is stupid. The club loaning obviously don't think the player is good enough or doesn't fit in. So why are they afraid ? My only concern with Phillips is he needs to cut back on his rashness in the tackle. We already have Morsy who is prone to getting himself suspended so the last thing we need is the replacement or sub for Morsy being out more than in. Why I say he is the sub for Morsy as I see him more like Morsy than Loungo and really that makes me a little apprehensive that we don't have a playmaker in midfield unless KM is thinking of Taylor sitting in front of a defensive pairing. |
Guess its to protect the integrity of the competition. What if we're mid table, we have Man City last game and they need to win and Phillips gives away a penalty or something. You can imagine the accusations that would fly about. Phillips isn't joining to be on the bench. He'll play alongside Morsy in the short term I think. |  | |  |
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