M_Afro Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Phillips is exactly what we need. He is a proven premier league and international defensive midfielder. He is clever, aggressive, consistent and very capable at playing the ball effectively from the back. Leeds are a totally different team when he plays and he is currently England’s player of the year. Having said all of that, I just can’t see him joining us. Leeds will be desperate to keep him. Will he be desperate to leave them for a mid table team? Unlikely. Whatever happens, I hope we are decisive. Get it done or move on to other targets. Another summer of will he/won’t he would not be welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 2 hours ago, gwi1890 said: Best he stays at Leeds I think. Probably to help him control the ball better since his 2nd touch is usually a tackle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 1 minute ago, M_Afro said: Phillips is exactly what we need. He is a proven premier league and international defensive midfielder. He is clever, aggressive, consistent and very capable at playing the ball effectively from the back. Leeds are a totally different team when he plays and he is currently England’s player of the year. Having said all of that, I just can’t see him joining us. Leeds will be desperate to keep him. Will he be desperate to leave them for a mid table team? Unlikely. Whatever happens, I hope we are decisive. Get it done or move on to other targets. Another summer of will he/won’t he would not be welcome. Is he a proven Premier League player? He has less Premier League appearances than Jacob Ramsey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Not sure blowing £60 million on Phillips is a great idea if he is consistently injured. I suppose we have Marvelous as a back-up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Afro Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 4 minutes ago, Zatman said: Is he a proven Premier League player? He has less Premier League appearances than Jacob Ramsey It’s not just about the number of appearances, although that does need to be factored in. It’s what he does when he plays that’s important. He has played enough games in the PL to make a fair judgment. Every time I have seen him play in the PL he has been dominant. Conversely, although I am a massive fan of his potential, I have never seen JJ dominate once. JJ has only played so many PL matches because our other options are so poor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 42 PL appearances, I suppose you could argue if he wasn't injured last season and this one he'd have more like 60. Ifs and buts though... I do think he's a good player and would definitely improve us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 1 minute ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: 42 PL appearances, I suppose you could argue if he wasn't injured last season and this one he'd have more like 60. Ifs and buts though... I do think he's a good player and would definitely improve us. He is 26 as well, he isn't some up and comer Grealish spent 3 seasons in the Championship is the same age and has 3 times that amount of top flight games 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 If Leeds want £60m for him, if we have that kind of money to spend, then I’m all for it. He’s an excellent player, he dictates the game from the middle of the park. It’s something that we have lacked for a number of years, a physical presence in the engine room. The only downside to this is that I think he is quite nasty on the pitch I think but I think that is needed to be a success in the division Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSmirch Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Hopefully his nan rises like Lazarus and puts a stop to this madness. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted April 3, 2022 Author Share Posted April 3, 2022 39 minutes ago, sir_gary_cahill said: If Leeds want £60m for him, if we have that kind of money to spend, then I’m all for it. He’s an excellent player, he dictates the game from the middle of the park. It’s something that we have lacked for a number of years, a physical presence in the engine room. The only downside to this is that I think he is quite nasty on the pitch I think but I think that is needed to be a success in the division Why is it a downside then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 1 minute ago, Delphinho123 said: Why is it a downside then? It’s the way the media construe it, I’m just copying them. I can’t think of another way to explain it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 (edited) 9 minutes ago, sir_gary_cahill said: It’s the way the media construe it, I’m just copying them. I can’t think of another way to explain it We need some of that nasty side in our team, our team is so soft. We should change our Holte End chant from "Get into them, f**k them up, get into them, f**k them up" to "Get into them, braid their hair, Get into them, dust them down" because it's basically how soft we are at the moment Edited April 3, 2022 by nick76 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaParkAvenue Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 He has said repeatedly he wants to stay at Leeds and I can’t see how Villa could change his mind. Hope they have other candidates. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Farlz Posted April 3, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2022 £60m you know. Jesus Christ. I hope he does want to stay at Leeds cause that is batshit crazy money for a player like him. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 1 minute ago, VillaParkAvenue said: He has said repeatedly he wants to stay at Leeds and I can’t see how Villa could change his mind. Hope they have other candidates. Probably just his agent trying to get a better deal for him like Smith-Rowe did. We would be interested if available and he wanted to come but I doubt he'd come here, I assume bigger clubs would be interested and I'm still not sure we are going to spend £60m or more on one player so I think his agent is just putting the chills up the Leeds board to get him a better deal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sulberto21 Posted April 3, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2022 Man City paid circa £60m for Rodri. I wouldn’t pay more than £30m for Phillips. There’s much better value to be had on the continent. For example we could have spent £60m on Guimaraes and Bentancur and our midfield improves instantly. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 (edited) I honestly think he'll be this summer's Smith Rowe. String us along and then either sign a new deal at Leeds or join someone like West Ham if they sell Rice as they'll have euro football on offer again. Unless he's a massive Gerrard fanboy of course which is possible given his age but I'd be very surprised if he was desperate to join us. 60m aswell, seems we're back in MON times tbh. As said above bentancur for 20m puts things in context. Edited April 3, 2022 by VillaChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 3 hours ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: Not sure blowing £60 million on Phillips is a great idea if he is consistently injured. I suppose we have Marvelous as a back-up. When he gets back from his injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 £60m is to much. Here is my prediction for the summer: We will lose another "best" player to a better team. Rinse and repeat We will sign mostly overhyped garbage and finish midtable at best. Villa seem to just throw money at a problem (but not enough to be certain it will work) expecting it to work. When did it last? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvonVillain Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 What has changed that Villa is suddenly a better prospect than Leeds. He plays for England and the club he adores. Do people think the temptation is Gerrard?? This isn't Jack Gresford, this is someone who seems to genuinely care about his boyhood club and wants to improve it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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