rumourville mentioning that this deal will involve Dom Telford joining us from Newport county
source - newport county forums via twitter
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I don’t think anything he does next season is likely to change my opinion of the job he’s done this season and I’ll be amazed if he becomes more likeable. That would require some sort of a personality transplant.
Let me flip the question your way: what is it about Morison that you like?
rumourville mentioning that this deal will involve Dom Telford joining us from Newport county
source - newport county forums via twitter
Backs up what claim? This is what Bellamy said:
I love Sam as a player and he was my captain. You realise how good he is when you’re with him. The little movements he makes, he plays on a very high wavelength. He could go and train at a club like Liverpool and would have no problems. The better players he plays with, the better he is. The one thing I will say is that I think he’s playing too safe at the moment and I’ve told him that. Take the responsibility and stop relying on other players because you’ve got too much ability. What you’re seeing from him at the moment is only a fraction of his ability. He can control games, he can see passes and balls around corners, he can see the big picture and gets everything tactically. He needs to take responsibility, but that’s normal for a young kid. It took me seven or eight games. I was just keeping it simple and that’s not me. When he gets rid of this injury, he’ll be fine because his football IQ is very high.
Nowhere in there does he claim to "always take the easy option" just that hes playing too safe (for the first team), which is normal for a young kid breaking into the first team, something that Bellamy himself admits to doing when he broke through.
Unless there was more to the interview that wasnt published, but it seems to me a little bit of word twisting to suit a narrative.
It seems to me that the Mick McCarthy “criticism” of Bellamy was along the same lines - he’s under selling himself. All I’ve heard about Bowen from Steve Morison is a line about him needing to work hard to get back into the first team squad after recovering from his injury.
I’ll not jump to conclusions yet, but, based on what we’ve seen so far, Tuerto’s vision of a Morison side being a workaholic team very much concerned with what it does when not in possession of the ball seems realistic. I’d accept that if, unlike the last few years, we had around seven or eight who knew what to do with the ball when they get it - pretty sure Bowen would have fallen into that category if he had stayed, but, just like his dad, some managers probably consider him a luxury player.
I haven't got a narrative. I was one of the ones pissed off when we were linked to Doyle as I thought it might block Bowens path.
I vaguely remembered the interview, and when another posted about him taking the easy route it rang a bell (or so I thought) with what I'd read previously.
it's disappointing to lose a talented player, but at least he's stayed at a decent level and he's young enough to rise back up the leagues. it's on him now to do it.
in the past the players we've released have usually ended up at a lot lower level
Yes, this is true, its on him to perform and get back up the levels now and hopefully channel his experience under Morison into a positive.
He had a year left with Cardiff so could have taken the easy option and let it ride out, maybe Morison would get sacked next season and then he could come back into the fold.
For the sake of his career I think hes made the right choice, and as someone mentioned earlier in thread follow Josh Sheehan in working his way back up to League one first and then hopefully back in the Championship at some point.
It will be very interesting to see how Morison lines up his Midfield, what type of player he brings in. Like i said in a previous post, i'm certain that he is after energy, but we need that creative spark, the kind of player who can slow the game down, see a pass a couple of seconds before the others, create things in pockets of space in the final third. Is he likely to go that way-is Colwill being lined up for that position? He might well be if Morison decides to bring in players who can do Colwill's defensive work for him and the stuff where he isn't facing the opposition goal, or having to worry that much when we are out of possession, because from what i have seen of Colwill, that just isn't his game, he really struggles with it.
If he does bring someone in who can pick a pass then it may suit watters more than what he has generally had when given a chance
On that note I felt for zimba at Preston whne he got pulled at half time - number of times he made intelligent runs but noone from the mifldfield played with their head up and picked the run or pass - Morison right to take him off but not through zimbas lack of talent more the lack of nous of our midfield
On the subject of Zimba, his loan spell at Northampton doesn't appear to have gone brilliantly - just two starts since joining them in January and he was hooked on 58 minutes and 71 minutes in those games.
His stats at Northampton are: 2 (+10) appearances, 1 goal.
Still time to be a hero, though. The second leg of their play-off semi against Mansfield is on Wednesday.
Logical analysis of the detailed stats for ZImba ths season indicates that TLG is bang on the mark, despite others wishng to spin it differently.
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/chan...on/2021/plus/1
It would appear he's had minimal starting opportunities, not lasting a full game once. Sub appearances have been brief and uneventful,with a few late sub apearances to ether waste tme or chase the game.
He's certanly been on the bench more times after injury then the number of games missed due to injury.
Watch us get some money and buy Bowen back for £10 million! 😂