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• would love some help in trying to remember who he used to play as a striker with while at Baldock Town, and Watford.

i remember with BTFC he must have played with Glen Russell, and Gary Roberts. who else was on the books?

was it Nathan Lowdes at Watford?

• I think the following sentence is not NPOV:

Unfairly, it seems, he was never given a full ninety minutes for his country. I am going to remove the 'Unfairy, it seems' part --cheungie 08:23, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

• Didn't his missus have an affair with Chris Makin at Sunderland, and then cheat on him with a bloke in southampton as well? I seem to remember it being a big deal in the papers. Should his personal life not egt a mention, as it would perhaps explain his two significant dips in goalscoring form after excellent starts at two clubs. 212.219.154.45 14:17, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

it was never well documented, so i doubt it was true --Krist69 00:36, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

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Just lately, this section has developed from a reasonably balanced summary of his career to virtual hero-worship. Expressions such as "most feared", "ill-fated", "more than likely", "scored a beauty", "predicted to struggle", "free-scoring goal machine", "opened the floodgates", "rightfully cemented his place", "proven Premiership class", "rumoured to have asked for a transfer", "a total disaster", "Southampton capitalised on Sunderland's need...", "paltry return", "full possession of unbelievable talent", "Phillips revealed that 3 transfer requests..."etc. all fail the NPOV test or need backing up with verifiable citations. Daemonic Kangaroo 13:48, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

• a lot of the material above has now been removed. Seeing as Sunderland fans know a lot about Phillips' time at Sunderland, a little bit of bias would be expected. If anything else remaining is too biased please say :)

I've removed some of the PoV but there is still a bit of work to be done. We need some evidence... who says that Phillips was a hero at Sunderland? What club/fan awards did he win? Who says that his partnership with Niall Quinn was one of the most feared? Who feared them? Is it relevant that a Newcastle fanzine predicted Sunderland would struggle in the top-flight - are they really likely to say anything else? Rodney Marsh may be more neutral but we need a reference for his opinion. Can we get some more references for the various aspects of Phillip's game that are being waxed lyrical about? --Jameboy (talk) 19:10, 25 April 2008 (UTC)