Quote Originally Posted by the other bob wilson View Post
I might be wrong, but it’s always seemed to me that being the size he was compared to others of his age played a big part in Colwill’s introduction to the first team squad by McCarthy. Thanks for posting that link to what Craig Bellamy said because it’s pertinent to the conversation we’ve been having about Colwill - I believe he turned twenty recently, or will do soon, so he’s reaching a stage now where it won’t be long before he, more or less, has the body and physiology he’ll have for the rest of his life. If the issue being talked about can be put down to a sort of growing pains, then you’d think that he would emerge from it in the next season or two, but I’m not sure he will.
Morison gets a lot of stick on here for not using Colwill properly and it gets used as evidence that he's no different to Warnock or McCarthy when it comes to creative players but, looking back, he hasn't used Colwill much differently to how Bellamy used him in the Academy team.

We didn't sit there saying Bellamy should be building a team around Colwill, or that he wasn't using him properly, but the narrative for some people is that we had a Gascoigne or a Grealish coming through the ranks back then and Morison is stifling his development. We used to joke about him being the next Jason Fowler and I never felt I was watching a potential superstar.

I agree with you about McCarthy fast tracking him because of his size but from what people are saying in this thread that's becoming a hindrance to him now and, as you say, it's something he needs to come to terms with in the next couple of seasons. Talented lad with an eye for goal, I hope he pushes on now.