It seems young Phils form has gone off the boil since Brendan made the comments about talking to "Big Phil" about the possibility of him being called up for Brazil.
He possibly is trying too hard to impress but he's still very young, something we all seem to forget, and as such he will have dips in form and consistency. The difference with Cou is he's already made an impression on the league so when he plays they need to plan how they'll contain him. That means one less player to deal with the threats of Luis, Studge and Raheem
Another thing in his favour is that in Brendan he has probably the best manager/coach to help him through this rough time and come back even better.
He's also probably knackered, physically and mentally, as he's played every game since he came back from injury and we've had some pretty intense games over the last few months.
He'll be fine, you'll see.
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