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Kevin phillips-The most under rated player ever to play the game

BoxFresh

04 May 12 21:21

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He could easily still be plying his trade in the prem if managers woke up and smelt the coffee!
one of the most natural finishers you will ever see.

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tobermory When: 04 May 12 21:23

just a goalhanger IMO, makes teams predictable

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morpteh mackem When: 04 May 12 21:25

absolute b ollocks that tobermory. watched him for sunderland for years, drops deep too and can start moves too. englands only golden boot winner too.

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BoxFresh When: 04 May 12 21:29

a Smashing player,as i said,a natural goalscorer who very rarely misses the target.when you look at some of the dirt that teams are forking out millions for you just have to laugh

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Solano1 When: 04 May 12 21:35

Name the five players to have scored more than 30 Premier League goals in a single season.

Nee googling !!

By:

kenilworth When: 04 May 12 21:37

Not under rated by anyone from what I can see.

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morpteh mackem When: 04 May 12 21:38

shearer
cole
fowler
owen
heskey

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Solano1 When: 04 May 12 21:40

2/5

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tenpins When: 04 May 12 21:41

Cole, Shearer, Henry, Berbatov, Wright

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Solano1 When: 04 May 12 21:41

3/5

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morpteh mackem When: 04 May 12 21:42

henry

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Ibrahima Sonko When: 04 May 12 21:42

Ruud Van nist

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morpteh mackem When: 04 May 12 21:42

sorry mentioned

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u want some When: 04 May 12 21:44

cole, shearer, henry, van nist, ronaldo

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Solano1 When: 04 May 12 21:45

4/5

RVN's highest was 25

By:

tobermory When: 04 May 12 21:46

Hasselbaink

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u want some When: 04 May 12 21:47

Cole, shearer, henry, RVP, ronaldo

By:

Solano1 When: 04 May 12 21:47

4/5

By:

sean-thornton When: 04 May 12 21:49

Phillips

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morpteh mackem When: 04 May 12 21:49

scored 30 sean.

By:

Solano1 When: 04 May 12 21:50

yep

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tobermory When: 04 May 12 21:50

that Ipswich guy

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Solano1 When: 04 May 12 21:51

no, the goalhanger

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u want some When: 04 May 12 21:51

Ha ha i guess the give away was in the thread title, silly me

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tobermory When: 04 May 12 21:51

i was ruling him out as the thread was about him

By:

Ibrahima Sonko When: 04 May 12 21:52

more than 30

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morpteh mackem When: 04 May 12 21:53

you said more than 30 ??

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tenpins When: 04 May 12 21:53

Was about to say Les Ferdinand.
Thought Phillips got 27/28.
Some going for a team finishing 7th.

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morpteh mackem When: 04 May 12 21:54

phillips hit 30 mark against west ham.

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Solano1 When: 04 May 12 21:55

Fair point.

I meant 30 or more.

He's in good company, and that for me (with all due respect to Sunderland) demonstrates his quality, given the quality forwards who have played in better sides and never managed it.

In fact, he was a pain in the arse.

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OnTheSnaff When: 04 May 12 21:57

Quinn and phillips were one of the best partnerships of the modern era

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Solano1 When: 04 May 12 21:59

What was his best goal Morps? Chelsea at home?

*Newcastle away excluded.

By:

tenpins When: 04 May 12 22:01

The Chelsea one for me.
4-0 up at half time

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Solano1 When: 04 May 12 22:02

Aye, it had the makings of a good side that one ten.

What went wrong? (Serious question).

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tenpins When: 04 May 12 22:07

Lack of ambition from the owner mainly, didn`t invest.
We were 2nd in the league at xmas, and we drew 2-2 with Man United without Phillips who was injured.
Went on a bad run after that and finished 7th.

By:

Crisp77 When: 04 May 12 22:07

Scott Parker?

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Solano1 When: 04 May 12 22:09

30 POTY's Crisp.

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NyronNosworthy When: 04 May 12 22:21

May 4, 2012 -- 10:02PM, Solano1 wrote:

Aye, it had the makings of a good side that one ten.What went wrong? (Serious question).

Lots of things really, but mainly a lack of investment and Reid dismantling the side.

Bob Murray wouldn't sanction the wages for the couple of players we needed to kick on. At the same time, Reid fell out with decent, if not key members of the squad and replaced them with dross, had no idea how to replace Quinn, who I actually think was more under rated than Phillips, and the team spirit gradually evaporated.

In each of the 7th seasons we were flying at Christmas, went on a bad run afterwards and never really recovered from the latter. You could see things weren't right at the time but they were neglected.

As for Phillips, he was a brilliant finisher, but he had so much more than that. The variety of goals he scored was unbelievable, he was capable of 6 yard poaches, 25 yard drives, delicate chips, and scored a lot of good headers for someone of his size. I don't think he'll ever get the credit he deserves because he never really did it for England, which is harsh as he had Shearer and Owen blocking his path at his peak, then changed his game and played much deeper afterwards and never really got the chance he deserved. Iirc he was man of the match in one game but missed a sitter, Darius Vassell came on and scored on his debut and was always picked ahead of him after that.

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icantbelieveyousaidthat When: 04 May 12 22:33

Remember Paul Walsh when he played for Charlton at Norwich. He was absolutely different class. Legendary Tottenham manager Bill Nicholson was at the match and said it was like watching Harry Houdini.

I can also remember Kevin Phillips giving a similar performance for Watford. Destined then for much better things but amazing he never reached international level.

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;[p When: 04 May 12 23:02

as a foreigner i was always amazed why he wasnt playing for England on regular basics. dont remember who else you had at his prime times on sheet but i also remember i was always picking him up in many of my computer games squads.
op is spot on.quality he represents even now at his age just shows how much pure talent he always was