He never really set the world a light when he was here, however, he may turn out to be a player that needed a push and the added responsibility. It could have been the best idea for us to have pushed him on into the first team, but we never and he started to rot away in the youth/reserve set up. I still to this day believe it was the wrong decision to throw him away. He was a local lad and the son of a player that played for us.
Gerardo Bruna was also a player that went to Blackpool at the same time. Both involved in some way with Charlie Adam coming to us. Gerardo Bruna had the name and the hype having played for Real Madrid, but he just didn't kick on either and looked very lightweight and lost, you cannot say the same about somebody like Suso though.
You have to have the mentality also.
That Phillips looks good for Blackpool though.
