Been watching first half of Liverpool v Ipswich. In particular Kalvin Phillips. I’m not sure what the Ipswich fans will be saying about him after that first half but I don’t imagine it’ll be complimentary.
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Kalvin along with the majority of that Bielsa team cannot reach the levels that Bielsa got out of them!
Harrison, Bamford and Meslier are just the same. They have regressed back to average championship players
Sold him at the best time for us, once Bielsa went he'd have gone to shit again, as he has elsewhere. Lovely lad but him & his role under Bielsa were lightening in a bottle
Man City play tika taka football, Phillips strength was those long range passes from DCM, was never going to suit Man City and by the sounds of things Man City's coaches sussed this within a week of him being there
He was never going to work under any other coach, Bielsa's system was so unique & built around him. He was an average championship player before & in reality he always will be after
He played well for England, that may have been because it coincided with Bielsa being his boss. I think he went to City thinking he could expand his play but he went from a manager who put his arm around him to one who publicly slated him, man management can make or break the best players & teams.
He was a favourite for the boo boys before Bielsa, I remember him signing a new contract and people slagging it off, then Bielsa put him at DM and the Yorkshire Pirlo was born
I remember. Bielsa got him back for pre season early didn’t he. What he did with him was amazing really. Especially when you see the player he’s turned into since. A Shadow of his former self.
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Harrison, Bamford and Meslier are just the same. They have regressed back to average championship players
An average Championship player, really?
But yes, he very much was until Bielsa came along