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[Rjk]

I dread the response on here when Rubin has a bad game this season, seems some people are missing having a moan about him lately so they're inventing hypothetical reasons to criticise him now

[Lord Worcester]

Cheers for this.

That's interesting as it suggests that Bellamy just either doesn't see RC fitting into one of his teams or doesn't just fancy him as a player?

Let's be fair, if true he's not alone there as to me it appears Riza and Bulut didn't fancy him either.

Bulut and riza know nothing about football, hence why we are in league 1. I’m a huge Bellamy fan. I wanted him as city boss on various occasions. I was more than happy to have him as wales boss. But not picking Rubin for this squad is not justifiable given the incredibly limited options we have for a squad, and this afternoon Bellamy did not justify it. He won’t pick him - does not fancy him or issue with him?

[Rjk]

Bulut and riza know nothing about football, hence why we are in league 1. I’m a huge Bellamy fan. I wanted him as city boss on various occasions. I was more than happy to have him as wales boss. But not picking Rubin for this squad is not justifiable given the incredibly limited options we have for a squad, and this afternoon Bellamy did not justify it. He won’t pick him - does not fancy him or issue with him?

we have players doing well at a higher level in Rubin's position, we don't have anyone at a higher level in central midfield.
it's as simple as that

[Tuerto]

I dread the response on here when Rubin has a bad game this season, seems some people are missing having a moan about him lately so they're inventing hypothetical reasons to criticise him now

Why do you have to post such nonsense? People are reacting to Bellamy not including Colwill in the Wales squad, and i think that nearly everyone in this thread disagrees with Bellamy, so we-they are trying to work out Bellamy's reasoning behind his decision. Nobody is being critical, this is a good thread, with some good theories.

[J R Hartley]

Wasn't Colwill the year below the likes of Bowen & Spence who made up the core of Bellamy's team?

Interesting to see where that team has ended up, there was plenty of hype around them

Bowen on the bench, mainly as an unused sub, for Solihull Moors of the National League who havenÂ’t won a game this season. He was playing well for them last year but change of manager who doesnÂ’t really fancy him. Dont think the manager will be there much longer mind they finished the season badly and started the new season even worse.

When he broke into the team under Mick, along with several others, Bellamy did an interview on the youngsters and he said of Bowen something along the lines of him operating on a high football level in how he reads the game and how he could go and train with Liverpool and he wouldnÂ’t look out of place.

LetÂ’s hope the likes of Kpakio and Lawler donÂ’t suffer the same fall after getting such high praise from Bellamy.

[Tuerto]

Bowen on the bench, mainly as an unused sub, for Solihull Moors of the National League who havenÂ’t won a game this season. He was playing well for them last year but change of manager who doesnÂ’t really fancy him.

When he broke into the team under Mick, along with several others, Bellamy did an interview on the youngsters and he said of Bowen something along the lines of him operating on a high football level in how he reads the game and how he could go and train with Liverpool and he wouldnÂ’t look out of place.

LetÂ’s hope the likes of Kpakio and Lawler donÂ’t suffer the same fall after getting such high praise from Bellamy.

I saw Bowen play twice, and although he wasn't stand out (that wasn't his game?) he looked like one of those players who could slow the game down to suit himself. I thought that he would go on to better things.

[J R Hartley]

I saw Bowen play twice, and although he wasn't stand out (that wasn't his game?) he looked like one of those players who could slow the game down to suit himself. I thought that he would go on to better things.

As he’s gone down the leagues he’s had to adapt his game and not really for the better to be honest. He was operating as an 8 and sometimes 10 last season rather than a deep lying midfielder who could control the game. He’d probably look better in this City team in League 1 than he does in the National League. He’d have more time on the ball.

[Tuerto]

As heÂ’s gone down the leagues heÂ’s had to adapt his game and not really for the better to be honest. He was operating as an 8 and sometimes 10 last season rather than a deep lying midfielder who could control the game.

His brother was at the club as well, or am i imagining that?

[J R Hartley]

His brother was at the club as well, or am i imagining that?

Yeah Jaye was a few years older. Same age group as Tommy O Sullivan and Oshilaja. Drifted out of the game and plays Welsh league now. His brother was more like Jason, skilful and creative. Neither had Jason’s pace though.

[Loramski]

Wasn't Colwill the year below the likes of Bowen & Spence who made up the core of Bellamy's team?

Interesting to see where that team has ended up, there was plenty of hype around them

Different year, yes, but while he was over a year younger than Bowen and Spence he's only a few months younger than lads like Isaak Davies, Kieron Evans and Joel Bagan, who were all regulars, and older than Mayembe and Eli King. He was older than Tankiewicz is now and he's playing u-21s so I wouldn't use it as an excuse for him not making a big impact but maybe that's unfair.

Here's a report from earlier in the year about where Bellamy's squad is now.

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/...youth-31267766

[The Lone Gunman]

I dread the response on here when Rubin has a bad game this season, seems some people are missing having a moan about him lately so they're inventing hypothetical reasons to criticise him now

What’s this bollocks all about?

[Tuerto]

Yeah Jaye was a few years older. Same age group as Tommy O Sullivan and Oshilaja. Drifted out of the game and plays Welsh league now. His brother was more like Jason, skilful and creative. Neither had JasonÂ’s pace though.

Yeah, jason was quick. He always caused me problems when he was at Swansea. There was another kid who went to Southampton (same age) Lee Powell, from Newport, I couldn't get near him for pace, so i'd just stay as close as possible to him, just spoil, not play.....

[J R Hartley]

Yeah, jason was quick. He always caused me problems when he was at Swansea. There was another kid who went to Southampton (same age) Lee Powell, from Newport, I couldn't get near him for pace, so i'd just stay as close as possible to him, just spoil, not play.....

[City123]

Different year, yes, but while he was over a year younger than Bowen and Spence he's only a few months younger than lads like Isaak Davies, Kieron Evans and Joel Bagan, who were all regulars, and older than Mayembe and Eli King. He was older than Tankiewicz is now and he's playing u-21s so I wouldn't use it as an excuse for him not making a big impact but maybe that's unfair.

Here's a report from earlier in the year about where Bellamy's squad is now.

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/...youth-31267766

Yeah but what I'm getting is he would've been in the age group below that lot coming through so a little later to the party so to speak when he reached the u18s

[Loramski]

Yeah but what I'm getting is he would've been in the age group below that lot coming through so a little later to the party so to speak when he reached the u18s

It's fair enough to assume there would be a significant difference between being a first or second year 'scholar' in that set-up, yes. As I've said though, he wasn't the youngest there by any means. Bellamy was throwing 15-year-olds in and even Ashford got on at 14 so Colwill needn't have felt intimidated in any way, I'd have thought.

The other thing is, regardless of his age, that he had the skill-set and physique that made you feel he should have been imposing himself on those games but it never quite happened. And that's something that's been said about him regularly ever since.

This season, at last, people are saying that the other team couldn't handle him and I said to my eldest on Tuesday night that he's finally turning into a Tomlin type maverick that's great to watch and almost unplayable.

But that was against Cheltenham. Bellamy has to decide whether Rubin has just found his level or has he turned the corner and is now developing into a top-class player that could be a real asset for Wales. I'd have thought it was a great chance to call him up, watch him train, talk with him etc and get a feel of where he's at but there you go. Surely it's only a matter of time.

[the other bob wilson]

I was confident SamBowen would make it all of the way into the first team on a regular basis. Mick McCarthy clearly rated him, but, he got an injury to his Meniscus around the time Mick was sacked and his career just stalled under Morison who I thought resented his injury for some reason (or at least that’s the impression I got). Morison’s attitude towards Bowen was strange given he was a mainstay of his under 21s when he would often control games, but you think of what he said about Isaak Davies at Bournemouth that night and the way he often used to talk about Rubin and wonder what he was doing in that job,. To be fair, Morison was probably good for the career of Bagan and King, but I’d never put him in charge of teenage footballers if I was his boss - in fact, I wouldn’t hire him full stop. I notice Sutton, run by that bloke who wants to take us over, are in the bottom four of the National League having lost three straight matches, so maybe Morison won’t be there much longer?

[splott parker]

Another interesting point.

I wonder about RC and where he could play in an environment where now most coaches have systems and philosophy about how they want to play?

RC appears to me to be a luxury player who you may build a team around to enable him to have space to get 'on the ball'. Problem there is you don't really see that these days and whether RC could ever be good enough to justify that is debatable.

I have wondered if RC was not taking on advice or instruction by coaches as consecutive City coaches didn't appear to rate him, granted they were Bulut and Riza?

Before anyone points out how well he's done this season, I know. Perhaps BBM has got the system for RC or he's working harder at his game?

Although there's always noise around RC in transfer windows I've never heard of any concrete offers for him or even continued interest?

Bulut & Riza not even having the compliment of being referred to as EB & OR, God they were shite and never, ever should their initials be used

[olderblue]

I was confident SamBowen would make it all of the way into the first team on a regular basis. Mick McCarthy clearly rated him, but, he got an injury to his Meniscus around the time Mick was sacked and his career just stalled under Morison who I thought resented his injury for some reason (or at least that’s the impression I got). Morison’s attitude towards Bowen was strange given he was a mainstay of his under 21s when he would often control games, but you think of what he said about Isaak Davies at Bournemouth that night and the way he often used to talk about Rubin and wonder what he was doing in that job,. To be fair, Morison was probably good for the career of Bagan and King, but I’d never put him in charge of teenage footballers if I was his boss - in fact, I wouldn’t hire him full stop. I notice Sutton, run by that bloke who wants to take us over, are in the bottom four of the National League having lost three straight matches, so maybe Morison won’t be there much longer?

Maybe the attraction of hiring someone like him was the 2 4 1 offer, as you have him and his
Massive Ego
I can’t see to many queuing up to sign him once he’s done at Sutton

[Jordi Culé]

Bulut & Riza not even having the compliment of being referred to as EB & OR, God they were shite and never, ever should their initials be used

I thought about referring to them as Dumb and Dumber but then thought 'be nice'.

[MOZZER2]

as we are playing Canada just remembered the talk back in May this year regarding Cardiff born Gabriele Biancheri who is eligible to play for Wales or Canada who as played at under 19 level for Wales already but accepted an invitation to join up with the Canadian team back then

Just looking at there squad announced a few days ago look like he's not involved . Was at Man Utd back then is he still now ?


https://news.canadasoccer.com/canmnt...er-fifa-window

[The Lone Gunman]

Interesting comments from Ryan Wintle yesterday about Colwill. This from the BBC:

One player who has been a big part of the new, youthful Cardiff City has been attacking midfielder Rubin Colwill.

The Wales international, 23, has - according to Wintle - been given more freedom by Brian Barry-Murphy.

"I spoke to the manager partly about him when he first came in and I said with Rubin, he's got all the ability in the world, he should be in the Premier League, but he's not quite had the right coaching to say, 'this is what you have to do'," Wintle said.

"With this manager, he's kind of given him a freedom, but he's said to him, 'this is what you've got to do and this is how you'll get good numbers and this is how you'll win games and you'll look even better'. And he's been doing it so far so, hopefully, it continues.

"He's 6ft 6in and probably the best mover on the ball I've ever seen. I always compare him to Morgan Rodgers [of Aston Villa] and people like that. He's got that ceiling and he's got to be looking at that now and especially with this coach, he's only going to take him higher and higher, hopefully with us. So hopefully, he can get there."

[Rjk]

as we are playing Canada just remembered the talk back in May this year regarding Cardiff born Gabriele Biancheri who is eligible to play for Wales or Canada who as played at under 19 level for Wales already but accepted an invitation to join up with the Canadian team back then

Just looking at there squad announced a few days ago look like he's not involved . Was at Man Utd back then is he still now ?


https://news.canadasoccer.com/canmnt...er-fifa-window

he's still at Man U,and doing very well apparently - wouldn't be surprised to see him get a loan move somewhere

[City123]

as we are playing Canada just remembered the talk back in May this year regarding Cardiff born Gabriele Biancheri who is eligible to play for Wales or Canada who as played at under 19 level for Wales already but accepted an invitation to join up with the Canadian team back then

Just looking at there squad announced a few days ago look like he's not involved . Was at Man Utd back then is he still now ?


https://news.canadasoccer.com/canmnt...er-fifa-window

He's still there

U21 squad should be announced today, let's see if he's in that

[MOZZER2]

He's still there

U21 squad should be announced today, let's see if he's in that

thanks for confirming that city123 and rjk

yes will be interesting to see if he features in the U-21's or not

[the other bob wilson]

Biancheri's in the Wales under 21 squad.

https://dragonsoccer.co.uk/newsite/index.php?id=1112