Rubin Colwill

[Harry Lime]

Re: Rubin Colwill

Collins is living off scraps and in the one chance he had he forced the keeper into the save of the game. Give the bloke a chance we're 6 games in.

[Whisperer]

Re: Rubin Colwill

Collins is living off scraps and in the one chance he had he forced the keeper into the save of the game. Give the bloke a chance we're 6 games in.

I think Collins really needs a goal to get that monkey off his back.

[Hilts]

Re: Rubin Colwill

Collins is living off scraps and in the one chance he had he forced the keeper into the save of the game. Give the bloke a chance we're 6 games in.

His worst play was not playing in Harris in the 1st minute.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

Re: Rubin Colwill

I recall Crewe fans saying they though Ng would eventually become a centre back, that could be worth trying. I think Bagan also played there at some point?

I was quite pleased when we put Pack at centre back against Birmingham last season. He's important to our midfield right now but he could well move back there at some point, it would really help us bringing the ball out from the back which is currently fairly poor. I'm not advocating what some here call "tippy tappy football" but it's important to have players comfortable on the ball and in possession all over the pitch.

Morrison has to play, it's doesn't suit him but he's our best centre back. Ng and Sang have both struggled (to say the least) this season.

[WJ99mobile]

Re: Rubin Colwill

Morrison has to play, it's doesn't suit him but he's our best centre back. Ng and Sang have both struggled (to say the least) this season.

Ng has not kicked on as I'd expect him to have done.

[surge]

Re: Rubin Colwill

Early part of this season, across every competition, is showing how valuable a goal-scorer is. It would be fantastic if Colwill becomes a player who consistently gets ball on target with enough power and luck to see it go in.

[Rjk]

Re: Rubin Colwill

Ng has not kicked on as I'd expect him to have done.

He's not been bad, I'd like to see him get forward a bit more, as he has a decent cross.

[dml1954]

Re: Rubin Colwell

That you don't understand the difference between opinions and facts explains a lot.

The facts were that it was a great goal, Vaulks cross was excellent and some people do continually say that we cant play good football. Those aren’t opinions, even you should be able to understand that.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Re: Rubin Colwill

The facts were that it was a great goal, Vaulks cross was excellent and some people do continually say that we cant play good football. Those aren’t opinions, even you should be able to understand that.

Who has said we can't play good football? I certainly haven't. Notice that I'm using the word 'can't' here. It has a different meaning to saying that we often don't play good football, preferring to hoof the thing up field and hope for the best.

I would like to see us play football like the goals we scored, which involved some passing along the deck, plus one good cross. Moments like those are sporadic to say the very least.

[Rjk]

Re: Rubin Colwill

Who has said we can't play good football? I certainly haven't. Notice that I'm using the word 'can't' here. It has a different meaning to saying that we often don't play good football, preferring to hoof the thing up field and hope for the best.

I would like to see us play football like the goals we scored, which involved some passing along the deck, plus one good cross. Moments like those are sporadic to say the very least.

well we played better football than Forest

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Re: Rubin Colwill

well we played better football than Forest

Debatable. While I know we won the game and had more attempts at goal than them, including having one more on target attempt, their passing was better, they kept the ball better than us and also created more chances from open play than we did. It was almost ironic that we scored two goals from open play given that our best chances had, once again, come from set pieces.

I do get the fact that we play to our strengths. I get the fact that McCarthy likes to grind things out. But it's not saying much for our footballing ability when there are few claims that we played better football than the side bottom of the division and have been void of confidence ever since they threw away a playoff spot in the last game of the 2019/20 season.

[J R Hartley]

Re: Rubin Colwill

The crux of the matter is we play with a back 3 who can’t pass the football. They have other strengths but passing isn’t one and they set the tone in the formation we play.

Yes the 2nd goal was a cracker but it wasn’t as a result of a period where we were playing good football. It was more down to individual skill from Moore to turn a basic pass into a defence splitting chance for Colwill and Colwill with a piece of magic. The ball into Moore was just a straight ball into feet from NG, it was hardly pulling forest all over the place with pass and move.

What was evident to me first half is we could not get our midfielders or forwards into the game because the centre half’s were just hoofing it. Sam Bowen was showing for the ball and was constantly ignored.

[surge]

Re: Rubin Colwill

I don't think we're ever going to step on the toes of the pretty sides but we were only one or two changes from being fully balanced between brutes and ball-players on the weekend.

The one or two changes left to make are introducing a ball-playing CB and probably a Wintle type coming in for Ralls/Vaulks - can't be expected to play pretty football if you're engine room still fully stocked by Warnock.

Still, we used our physicality to earn the right to play and then scored two different but beautiful goals, Collins had a chance created to add a third, while only conceding one and with three/four young players getting significant minutes. Majority of the league (all but four clubs?) would have taken our weekend if offered a swap.

[delmbox]

Re: Rubin Colwell

The facts were that it was a great goal

Actually that's an opinion

[FormerlyJohnnyBreadhead]

Re: Rubin Colwill

The crux of the matter is we play with a back 3 who can’t pass the football. They have other strengths but passing isn’t one and they set the tone in the formation we play.

What was evident to me first half is we could not get our midfielders or forwards into the game because the centre half’s were just hoofing it. Sam Bowen was showing for the ball and was constantly ignored.

100% agree with this. This is undoubtedly our single biggest problem.

Flint, especially, is extremely frustrating in this regard, smashing balls aimlessly into touch when there is a simple 10 yard pass on. People (rightly, at times) criticize the midfield, but when the ball is flying over their heads constantly, what real impact can they have with the ball?

As you say, there were so many times on Sunday when Bowen and Pack were showing and the centre backs would either shit themselves and hoof it or give it to the keeper who would then hoof it. And that's not me being a snob - there's a difference between a targeted long ball into Moore, for example, and an aimless hoof. We play far too many of the latter, and it takes all of our attacking threats out of the game.

I really liked the idea of Pack at CB for this reason and, as good as he's been in midfield this year, I think he'd solve a bigger problem playing in a back 3.

I don't really see Mick changing anything though. I just hope that the youngsters coming in can positively influence our style of play, rather than our style of play influencing them.