Cardiff City star Rubin Colwill emerges as transfer target for 'many Premier League clubs'

[Nobody's Rep]

Just because someone is tall it doesn't mean they're good in the air or have the potential to be. They can improve, but if it doesn't come naturally then so be it I suppose. Heading a ball with power and accuracy is quite technical. A player is using nearly all major body parts, legs for Spring, arms for lift, shoulders to centre themselves, neck and head. Height helps,but the other stuff is way more important. Standing position as well. Colwill just doesn't have those things going for him when it comes to heading a ball.

You have also got to be "brave" knowing that a challenge is likely so prone to being bumped and knocked as is a difficult landing on occasions

I'm not convinced how "brave" he is and etete for me is another example of this and don't get me started on bowler 😂😂

[Tuerto]

You have also got to be "brave" knowing that a challenge is likely so prone to being bumped and knocked as is a difficult landing on occasions

I'm not convinced how "brave" he is and etete for me is another example of this and don't get me started on bowler 😂😂

Yup, there's bravery as well. Putting your head in isn't really natural I suppose. The brain wants us to protect it! Ken zohore couldn't head a ball, he was like Lionel Blair after 6 cans of special brew when the ball came to him on the old swede. Colwill is a footballer anyway. That's where he'll excellent if his game develops, that's where he'll be effective. All this shit about him playing higher doesn't add up either. He likes to pick the ball up deep and penetrate the opposition while carrying on his run after he's released the ball. He's no back to goal player. Back to the heading, well Colwill is just ahead of the curve, Heading will be banned soon enough anyway!

[Rjk]

Yup, there's bravery as well. Putting your head in isn't really natural I suppose. The brain wants us to protect it! Ken zohore couldn't head a ball, he was like Lionel Blair after 6 cans of special brew when the ball came to him on the old swede. Colwill is a footballer anyway. That's where he'll excellent if his game develops, that's where he'll be effective. All this shit about him playing higher doesn't add up either. He likes to pick the ball up deep and penetrate the opposition while carrying on his run after he's released the ball. He's no back to goal player. Back to the heading, well Colwill is just ahead of the curve, Heading will be banned soon enough anyway!

For what it's worth, Colwill's aerial duel's win % for the past 4 seasons:

23, 27, 33, 30

but also the number of duels he's been involved in is dropping per season as well, from 10 per game in his first season to 4 and now just over 2 duels a game, so at least we've worked out not to play it to him that way

[splott parker]

Yup, there's bravery as well. Putting your head in isn't really natural I suppose. The brain wants us to protect it! Ken zohore couldn't head a ball, he was like Lionel Blair after 6 cans of special brew when the ball came to him on the old swede. Colwill is a footballer anyway. That's where he'll excellent if his game develops, that's where he'll be effective. All this shit about him playing higher doesn't add up either. He likes to pick the ball up deep and penetrate the opposition while carrying on his run after he's released the ball. He's no back to goal player. Back to the heading, well Colwill is just ahead of the curve, Heading will be banned soon enough anyway!

Tackling was, more or less, banned a while back so you may be right. I used to love a full on, blood and guts tackle, hard but fair. A player would be shot at dawn for one now. Aerial challenges the same, not the run of the mill set piece but a 5ft 7 tough midfielder aggressively winning a heading duel, letting his marker know he’s not going to be f*cked about with. Things of the past, by the looks, but those incidents didn’t half get the crowd going.

[Citizen's Nephew]

Tackling was, more or less, banned a while back so you may be right. I used to love a full on, blood and guts tackle, hard but fair. A player would be shot at dawn for one now. Aerial challenges the same, not the run of the mill set piece but a 5ft 7 tough midfielder aggressively winning a heading duel, letting his marker know he’s not going to be f*cked about with. Things of the past, by the looks, but those incidents didn’t half get the crowd going.

With some badger-baiting at half time too back then! 😜

[splott parker]

With some badger-baiting at half time too back then! ��

I’ll bet my bollocks you’ve roared as a City full back took the ball, the winger, his mother, his father etc, put them on their arse and emerged triumphant with the round bit of leather