No.4 and 8 were midfielders not holding not box to box, just midfielders. They were expected to do it all. When one attacked the other held or vice versa. Although at Liverpool, Stevie Nicol usually wore 4 and he was a right back

Phillips only played due to the lack of experienced cbs. At every opportunity that there was experienced available he was dropped. Wharton's long term injury gave Phillips a boost up the pecking order. JDT's first game Phillips wasnt even the first choice Academy player to come on with Barnes coming on ahead of him. Barnes' long term injury gave him another boost up the pecking order. If those two hadnt been injured Phillips COULD have been even lower down the pecking order and so his first team playing time was limited. Phil Jones one the other hand held onto his first team place when circumstances prevailed because he looked comfortable in the first team where as Phillips sometimes looked uncomfortable at times so I think Phillips wouldnt have got as much championship experience now if he had stayed at Rovers

There are other factors but I agree money was probably the driving force. But joining Spurs opens other doors to career progression. Even at Under 21 level being at a London or a big 6 club increases the chance of International recognition. You ask why top championship clubs havent signed him, that is sample. They want proven talent as they want promotion not somebody else's project. Time will tell if he has chosen the correct path but I agree with RF99 in that if he had stayed here he wouldn't have played the number of games in the championship that he already has. JDT played him only because he had to, if we had signed Batth the season before, like we supposed to, then he wouldn't have played that number.

When we play Shrewsbury in a cup?

IMO it is bloody awful. I hope we use the third kit rather than that turd kit

So our away kits are Macron's prototypes for Plymouth and Wolves. All I can say is that its no wonder that Macron didnt get the contracts!

touchy aren't you? Only having a laugh!!! The last one you posted it after I seen it on Twitter, this one I'd seen it on Twitter then I saw your post and I couldn't resist.

It is surely another coincidence that you are quoting the same as Twitter which you dont read.

Must be Coincidence then....you mention this a couple of hours it appears on a platform you dont use 😄

Brockhall or Twitter? Someone has posted this on Twitter earlier today

As proved by his former manager who knew his weaknesses

Like Rashford at Utd sometimes players are on easy street when they sign long term contracts. They know they can be injured or drift out of form so they dont have to play. Then out of nowhere come the last year of their contract they rediscover their form and fitness to earn their mega buck new deal or move....any thoughts about Dolan playing well at the end of last year purely coincidental. The only players who differ are those who have already got their new deals sorted such as Brereton or Rothwell as they dont need to. Mowbray just kept his favourites sweet

Not really going to hamper. Isn't the same as Kaminski being shifted out by JDT?

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There are two players between Glenn Keeley and Paul Round but only Tim Parkin is named, who is the missing player?