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His tricking of the Bristol City defenders before banging in that goal to win the home game this season showed what he can do
He's obviously got talent
What does this mean?
"Average City wage is 880 euros , Rubin allegedly on half of that 446 ???"
He’s probably not as good or as bad as people make out but the truth is usually somewhere in between.
Problem is people over hype him and then on messages boards people feel like they have to retaliate and be overall negative because others are overall positive (I think that’s similar to Bulut debates).
For me I’ve never thought he was as good as others said but I wished him well, he clearly has talent. I think he’s benefited working under just one manager this season, I think his overall game is now much better than it was. The lack of assists is dissapointing but as people point out we aren’t a very good attacking team in open play generally, so it’s hard to expect a player like him to do it all especially when most of the forward play seems to come out wide.
When he’s played I generally think he’s done more than most, he keen to take the ball and will always try a pass even if it’s not the easy option. Personally think he’s done more the Turnbull, maybe bother together might work although not sure Bulut would consider it.
I did say on here at the start of the season I thought he should have gone on loan to a league 2 club and to play every game and to then come back hopefully full of confidence in January or to even move up to a league 1 club. That got shot down but I still think it would have benefited him long term.
He needs to play now until the end of the season and push on.
The game he is playing under Bulut isn't his game. He isn't a 'Workmanlike' midfielder, closing down and pressuring opponents isn't natural to him, he's a player with the ball, without it he's limited. That's not his fault, that's his shape and height, Although he's worked really hard at it, He deserves credit.
But then some people say that we should build a team around him, bring players in to compliment his ability, let others do his running etc. That all sounds great, but for that to happen you have to be a really good player, special, and you would have had to show on a consistent basis why all of those things should apply, and wait for it, even in a team that doesn't put emphasis on front foot football, because that's the situation he's in, and he has to make the most of it. In fairness, he does try, but it rarely comes off.
I hate the constant excuses on here for players. It's lazy, and some people use it as a way of attacking the club, when what they really ought to do is just attack the club! Nobody can criticise a player when they try creative stuff and it doesn't come off, or another player isn't on their wave length. But when a player is in a good position to make something happen and they don't, or take the wrong option, they it's on them, nobody else, it's their responsibility.
Thing is, i'd bet that most Professional people at the top of their tree take responsibility for their own performance, even when things are against them, because good people find a way to succeed, there's going to be adversity, things aren't going to go a footballers way, they have to work it out themselves, that's why they're out there doing something they love and are rewarded handsomely for it. That's the level of responsibility they have, They need to find a way. And that's why me and the rest of us are posting shit on here and aren't rewarded for something that we love doing, because we just have to turn up and put half a shift in, and nobody wants to pay to watch us.
And Koumas wasn't that committed by all accounts. Steven Gerrard said that Koumas was a much better player than he was as a youth player. It goes to show that ability alone isn't always enough. Determination and sacrifice with the ability to adapt to circumstances are as much an essential as natural ability.
What skilful footballer that can create something out of nothing? Get you off your seat, it’s not that big a leap
I don’t remember Koumas tracking back and tackling, I do remember being at Luton on a Valentines night and watching Koumas get us the 3 3 draw,
I can remember Koumas scoring 2 away at Doncaster or Rotherham one sunny April and winning the game
Skilful creative players are often stifled and yet, like Tomlin they create the parts of the game you remember
We’re not exactly blessed with players that can turn something out of nothing at the moment, but I’ll bet you remember the way Colwill scored the goal against the Wurzels and created the winner against Ipswich.
He’s a talent, personally I’d treat him like a thorough bred, we’ve got enough cart horses there already
Best player ever in a City shirt, for me. I totally agree. People used to coo over Mc Phail, Richard Langey or Jason Fowler but these were showponies who ponced around the park producing little or disappearing too often.
Koumas delivered in nearly every game. Cracking goals, set piece goals, skinning his marker for fun, assists or a flurry of key passes for strikers. He was outstanding.
He will always be, as long as he’s badly coached and not encouraged to play a real number 10 role
Let’s put it another way, would you rather see Wintle trying to play that role?
Of course not, and yet we have a manager that persisted in trying to make that happen???
I like Ralls, I like watching Siopis and on Monday they were an effective partnership away from home, but from what we have seen at home matches most of the season two DM either doesn’t work, or bores the pants off fans and in some cases like Friday,both.
We play a ridged boring, risk adverse system under Bulut most of the time, I’d rather play Colwill and Ramsey together and create a system where that can happen, it’s the only way Colwill will really develop, and you never know, we might score some goals from open play?
Colwill might have "had his chances" but in really poor teams that play equally dire football. Just look at what he does for Wales u21s.
Colwill’s issue is the lack of willing runners behind the lines, mostly centrally. His touch and vision will suit a higher standard. With Brennan Jonson at 9 for Wales Colwill’s passes will find him time and time again. Equally, if we played Grant at 9 (as he did for WBA), instead of slow 9s, you will see a Colwill that will find his runs time and time again. This has happened to players who leave top clubs for lower clubs, or when Giggs played in Wales teams with weaker players - the lower grade players aren’t
good enough to read his balls and patterns of player.
Colwill’s footwork and vision is superb. Etete and Diedhou just won’t make those central sprint ls beyond the centre backs that will exploit Colwill’s skill. Watch him flourish for Wales in the next 12 months or at a better club.
Koumas is actually a good comparison. But Koumas was 5 years older and had played 250 league games before he signed for us. The difference between the two when comparing is that Koumas was a player with considerably more experience when he played for us.
He was also given a consistent run in what was an attack minded team.
During Colwill's short run in the team, his performances were vastly superior to anything Robinson, Wintle or Turnbull have produced playing in the same position.
I really don't understand the negativity toward him, he's the best young player we've produced since Ramsay.