Quote Originally Posted by dml1954 View Post
I would really like to know how you think that Colwill could/should have made over 100 appearances for City by now, bearing in mind that he only made his debut in April 2021 as a nineteen year old, there have only been about 70 league games since then and for most of this season he has been out injured as well. I hardly think that nine minutes at the end of an already lost World Cup match counts as a meaningful contribution. If he was that fit and ready to play and the Wales manager thought he was that good, surely he would have started at least one of the other two games or been brought on sooner in others ? If you also look at photos of Colwill from 2019 and compare them with what he looks like now, there has been a dramatic change in his height and physique, something that a number of the contributors on this thread seem totally unable to grasp, in the quest to discredit everything the club does. Quelle surprise.
Colwill was 16 and 17 in 2019, there’s always going to be some changes in height and appearance with youngsters between those ages and twenty, but, to hear the club talk you’d think he’s grown another foot. I know you don’t like because it goes against your forelock tugging attitude when it comes to Cardiff City, but, as I said in another message, I’ve been watching Colwill play for a good few years before 2019 and I’ve yet to see a game in which he was not one of the tallest players on the pitch.

I also mentioned that having watched him play last season and this, I see no evidence of this apparent growth spurt.