Donut Posted 28 April 2014 Posted 28 April 2014 Absolutely fantastic striker and a model pro I think it would look neat to cheer his touches when he comes on. Hopefully not a tinpot gesture
Trav Le Bleu Posted 28 April 2014 Posted 28 April 2014 You should always finish your career at the pinnacle, and he has.
Buzzell Posted 28 April 2014 Posted 28 April 2014 He's done his bit here and played his part in this brilliant season, done what was asked and scored some important goals for us. Hope he gets a good run out on Saturday and scores for one last time. Great stuff about him becoming part of the coaching staff here. A legend of the game
DB11 Posted 28 April 2014 Posted 28 April 2014 I'm really proud that he is retiring as a City player, with yet another promotion under his belt. On the other hand, it would have been lovely for him to come on as a sub at the start of next season to give him a hat-trick of City records: oldest debutant and oldest goalscorer he already has; oldest player (Joe Calvert) was 40 years, 313 days, which Kev reaches in June. Top man, top professional, great that he is staying on a the club. Wish he had joined us five years ago - we'd be in Europe now! I disagree. A record shouldn't be given to someone just for the sake of it
21st Century Fox Posted 28 April 2014 Posted 28 April 2014 I remember being really jealous of my Sunderland supporting mate when Super Kev was at the Makems. It'll be an honour to have him hang up his boots here. Proper chuffed he'll be coaching next season! I'm sure he'll apply himself to coaching with the same verve and professionalism as he has his playing career and could prove to be the first part of a strong foundation for next season.
ADK Posted 28 April 2014 Posted 28 April 2014 My only misgiving is he seems to want to pursue a media career as well as coaching. Would be better if he was just dedicated to the coaching. Unless he's actually going to be Pearson's media coach.
LAprice_ Posted 28 April 2014 Posted 28 April 2014 Pearson evidently doesn't need a media coach... He's got the whole system wrapped around his little finger. As for KP, I wouldn't start him against Doncaster. I hate to sound harsh but I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't feature at all.
Mark_w Posted 28 April 2014 Posted 28 April 2014 Has he made enough appearances to get a medal? Almost certainly, he's featured in quite a lot of games.
Out Foxed Posted 29 April 2014 Posted 29 April 2014 http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/apr/28/kevin-phillips-size-retires-leicester-sunderland
Merging Cultures Posted 29 April 2014 Posted 29 April 2014 Great player, great career. Pleased he is staying on with us. I'm sure he had lots of clubs contacting him about coaching.
Thracian Posted 29 April 2014 Posted 29 April 2014 Shining example and I hope there's more success to come for him.
-blue- Posted 29 April 2014 Posted 29 April 2014 I know exactly what reaction this post will get but I'm glad he's retiring and hope his media work won't interfere with the role that city seem to have offered. I wish him good luck though.
KFS Posted 30 April 2014 Posted 30 April 2014 He's been on the PL podcast: https://audioboo.fm/boos/2115717-barclays-premier-league-podcast-episode-37 Starts at 32:00 where he answers my question
Xen Posted 30 April 2014 Posted 30 April 2014 I'm really proud that he is retiring as a City player, with yet another promotion under his belt. On the other hand, it would have been lovely for him to come on as a sub at the start of next season to give him a hat-trick of City records: oldest debutant and oldest goalscorer he already has; oldest player (Joe Calvert) was 40 years, 313 days, which Kev reaches in June. Top man, top professional, great that he is staying on a the club. Wish he had joined us five years ago - we'd be in Europe now! Do preseason friendlies count towards these records? If so, I can see him getting a run out in one of those. Can't see him ever playing competitively for us again however. Sent from my ST25i using Tapatalk 2
demon_dog Posted 4 May 2014 Posted 4 May 2014 Surprised no one has mentioned the possibility of a benefit match in order for fans to show their appreciation of a great player. Could be good if the club arranged something for pre season. Maybe play one of his old clubs?
-blue- Posted 4 May 2014 Posted 4 May 2014 Surprised no one has mentioned the possibility of a benefit match in order for fans to show their appreciation of a great player. Could be good if the club arranged something for pre season. Maybe play one of his old clubs? If you started a debate about City ' Greats' I doubt that he'd be in the top 50!!!!
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.