Nat Phillips

[SB]

Which is the same amount to buy Kabak is it not?

[Buzzo]

Imagine someone had said we’d get £15m for Nat Phillips last summer!!!

[danperkins]

Yeah and with Kabak being three years younger than Philips it is hard to know how good or not Kabak will be with the three years experience he will have by the time he gets to the age Philips is now.

On paper you would think that Kabak is the safer bet as his value will probably not drop lower than it is now and in a few years he could be quite a useful player, still younger than Philips is now and probably easy to make our money back on.

Whereas Philips has never been worth more than he is now and if he goes back to being fifth or sixth choice again for the coming season then his value will drop and he becomes a player heading towards turning 25 next spring but with not too many games to his name for his age.



Said this some time back about him and is still what I think of Philips.

[The_weatherman]

He'll do very well at Burnley if it happens, good deal all round really, will always be fond of Nat.

[vlahka]

Wont be that good a deal when he goes off next season to play the entire season and get super points on fantasy football, and Gomez breaks down a couple times as is the usual.

[Norbs]

I'll be mighty pissed if we sell him instead of actually using him more often.

[Norbs]

But kabak is a **** version of Nat but slightly quicker.

Kabak was a **** version of all our centre backs

[Paul12]

Big mistake to sell before we have confirmed Gomez, Matip and VVD are fit fore the start of the season.

Konate has not been injury free either. And as much as I love the guy, Matip has zero reliability.

Bump his wages and put in a release clause that triggers in the new year. If he gets no games he can move on, and if we still struggle with injuries he can stay on.

[baitman]

Imagine someone had said we’d get £15m for Nat Phillips last summer!!!

Yeh, we'd have snatched their arm off.

But imagine if someone told you that vvd, gomez, matip, henderson and fabinho would all get crocked at CB and then in comes Matt Phillips to save our season.

15m is chickenfeed when you think what price we can put on a solid reliable CB.
We should be keeping him and offer him a realistic wage, and he will be ready to pull us out of the **** when any of our first 3/4 choices get broken, as they surely will...

[Charly]

Abso****inlutely.

I dont really give a **** if he slows play or makes us defend too deep. He can reliably head the ball out defence better than most centrebacks can. to me that is like gold dust. Only Hyppia and VVD have been really dominant in the air over the past couple of decades, and while Phillips is not in that class, I think he is better in the air than Matip and Gomez. I know that may not be a popular view, but I would not let him leave, regardless.

[vlahka]

He's stellar in the air, and thats a super rare thing. I never felt worried during corners when he was in the box. Can't say the same for Gomez thats for sure.

[baitman]

Abso****inlutely.

I dont really give a **** if he slows play or makes us defend too deep. He can reliably head the ball out defence better than most centrebacks can. to me that is like gold dust. Only Hyppia and VVD have been really dominant in the air over the past couple of decades, and while Phillips is not in that class, I think he is better in the air than Matip and Gomez. I know that may not be a popular view, but I would not let him leave, regardless.

[Norbs]

Yeh, we'd have snatched their arm off.

But imagine if someone told you that vvd, gomez, matip, henderson and fabinho would all get crocked at CB and then in comes Matt Phillips to save our season.

15m is chickenfeed when you think what price we can put on a solid reliable CB.
We should be keeping him and offer him a realistic wage, and he will be ready to pull us out of the **** when any of our first 3/4 choices get broken, as they surely will...

[Norbs]

Teams are more likely to need set pieces to score against us which makes a good headerererer of the ball even more important

[Fredo]

Nat Phillips

Can’t see him staying if he’s not going to play a lot of football. This is the crux of it, the club will go along with what is best for him.