Quote Originally Posted by Loramski View Post
Surely it's not the club's fault that King failed at Crewe though. Like I said earlier, we sent Ralls and King out on loan at the same age after a small number of league starts each. Ralls did well at Championship level but King dogged it in League 2. I don't see how you can then say we should've treated them both exactly the same on their return. You can hardly blame Lamouchi for not trusting King in a Championship relegation battle having failed at Crewe, King set back his own development there.

Bulut had sent King out last season well before Siopis arrived so he must have seen him well down the pecking order in central midfield and he obviously didn't see him getting past Siopis this season either.

I'm not sticking up for Bulut, I don't know if Siopis is better than King, but it's professional sport and it can be brutal at times. It's not under-8s or Britain's got Talent auditions where everyone can have a fair try. I've seen interviews with King, Fagan-Walcott and Evans. None of them are sulking, they're all looking to make the most of the chances they've been given this season, to become better players themselves and do what they can for their teams. Who knows where their careers will end up but I'm certain they'd all rather be playing than hanging around here going nowhere. They wouldn't have agreed to loan spells otherwise.
Agree with this. You bring up fairness,and you're correct, it isn't fair,some players are afforded more opportunity due to the position they play, their style, versatility etc. I'll mention Colwill for good measure. He's a player with vision, the ability to see a pass, plays with his head up. Most of his colleagues can't do that stuff, so there's always going to be more expectation on him to perform because he has those traits. People say, well what about the others, they're crap and not getting dropped. It's because the bar is set higher for good players, there's a different level of expectations involved. Fair or not, that's the reality. And if it does come off for a player like Colwill, then the rewards are much higher than for a performing Ryan Wintle or Perry Ng etc. Fairness doesn't come into it.