Don’t think there’s anything about age, Ledley and Gunter both seemed more physical than Colwill, however Colwill is more talented and I’d hope to see him more. I just don’t know where and when anymore.
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I'm undecided about Colwill - he hasn't got the quickest pair of feet and doesn't seem too keen to do the boring stuff - chasing back, tackling, etc. He's good footballer but whether he's good enough to be in a Championship starting line up is another thing.
The attitude of the clubs or is it the attitude of the respective managers?
I don't imagine Steve Cooper not utilising Colwill into a side that sometimes seems bereft of any footballing talent or ability to pass the ball if he was at City?
A bit unfair on Morison perhaps?
Shades of John Swift here. Swift didn’t like to tackle or track back and it is noticeable how much more physical we now look in midfield. Yet he could create something out of nothing with a pass.
One thing that does strike me is Colwill is a big lad so he isn’t going to be quick. Does he need to shed some pounds? For the sake of Cardiff and Wales I hope he gets regular game time because he is a natural talent. Colwill was picked out by some of our older and wiser fans as impressive in the April fixture.
I think Morison subscribes to the Mourinho style of reverse psychology, tough love when it comes to praising his players.
He seems to be more likely to point out the negative, believing this to be more in line with the demands of this league, than encourage with positives.
It was quite like he is now, he’d play out wide sometimes and central midfield others, but probably it was mostly in the number ten type position. I’m beginning to think he might end up playing in a position I never saw him in as a youth and under 21/23 player - striker.
Hugely gifted but badly underachieves. We bought him for around £3 million from Liverpool a couple of years ago having spent 1:5 seasons on loan. Great feet but tends to slow the game down or try and do too much but highly talented and when he gets it right he is a joy to watch.
I think Colwill will be a good indication of how much we've actually changed as a club. The football is better and I think Morison's done well with the signings, but there seems to be an idea amongst some of our fanbase that we've changed completely, I really don't think that's the case. The emphasis is still on physicality and athleticism before technical ability, particularly in midfield.
Colwill isn’t quick but his feet are lightening fast. That’s how he walked past Dutch players in the summer.
Re the stuff on Morison not rating him, he was going to get released before Mick came in. Colwill might solve a few of our problems, I would play him as a ten. We don’t have any forward runners in our midfield and we don’t get enough numbers in the box. We play decent football but are relying on a different type of physicality than previously but physicality it still is. We don’t have enough creativity or vision in the final third and we aren’t creating chances. Colwill naturally arrives late into the box and none of the first choice 4 midfielders do that at all. Rather than focus on what he can’t do, and he will get better at that if Morison if half as good a coach as he tells us he is, let’s focus on what he can do.
Most of the ‘persistent rumours’ about the club are started by people like you, who post things like the first sentence above which is utter drivel in my opinion and most likely inserted to give yourself publicity for the the blogs about the club that you do, which are similarly based on supposition, rumour and innuendo most of the time.