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Levi Colwill

Scott said:
I just discovered this thread was started by a Huddersfield fan 4 years ago.

Thank you @Samhudds
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Good Spot @Scott

I remember watching him at Huddersfield and thinking he looked decent. Huddersfield fans raved about him and then when he went to Brighton and again played well, I think we all thought we might have another JT.

I really did have big hopes for Colwill but whether it is the injury, complete loss of confidence, or just getting found out and not being the player we hoped - who knows? But right now we don't appear to have one single CB of any real quality.
 
Sconnie Blue said:
A CB getting yanked at halftime because they spent 45 minutes getting manhandled is downright humiliating. Let alone the captain as well.
Big Colwill supporter, but he's been on my sh*t list for the past few weeks. Two years ago, I pointed out a few things he needed to sort out if he ever wanted to be a top Premier League CB.

Still weak as piss.
Still gets turned easily.
Still poor in the air.

Some like to point out Palmer's ego, but I think Colwill is worse. Feel like we've given him the armband far too early, and it reflects his poor attitude on the pitch.
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Pretty clear based on Alonso's comments post match that he blamed Colwill for the penalty rather than poor reffing. Most likely because he saw that Colwill was getting outmuscled every time by Brobbey.
 
Nibs said:
Good Spot @Scott

I remember watching him at Huddersfield and thinking he looked decent. Huddersfield fans raved about him and then when he went to Brighton and again played well, I think we all thought we might have another JT.

I really did have big hopes for Colwill but whether it is the injury, complete loss of confidence, or just getting found out and not being the player we hoped - who knows? But right now we don't appear to have one single CB of any real quality.
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At Brighton he was playing alongside a solid, experienced defender in Dunk and seemed to work well with him.
 
Sconnie Blue said:
The issue is that it's our entire defence.

Fofana is horrible in the air and gets turned easily.
Anselmino, much like Sarr, is a pony and will get destroyed in this league.
Acheampong I want to stay at RB because we saw similar issues when he played CB.

Lacroix, physical as he is, has just been a bozo akin to Koulibaly.

We are absolutely justified in questioning the move at the time, given everything going on, but I still think we whiffed hard by not pushing for Jacquet last January. He looks like an absolute unit at Liverpool now.
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He's playing next to VVD and Araujo and is LFC's worst defender most games. Stick him in our back line and we'd be having the same complaints about him.
 
Colwill needs to man up.. the chasting he got in the media and in Pvt I assume would hurt his ego and he actually decides to show some balls.. he seems to have spent too much time with Tosin I think- never seems to tackle or block.. seems to lack elite mentality..
how he got dragged by a simple ball over the top which he should have just headed worse come given a foul - to conceding a penalty is beyond me..
 
I had high hopes as well, but I do not think he is anything near what we have imagined he would turn into.

At the same time I believe he would be perfect as a left back in Arteta's defence. As a matter of fact I believe Arteta has unlocked the modern setup to a PL defence - two right footed center backs and two left footed center backs. Gabriel and Saliba would not be able to play full backs, but Timber was a center back at A**x, Hincapie a center back at Leverkusen, Calafiori a center back for all his life and Ben White a center back as well. They are all doing a perfect job at full backs and also look natural doing it. Hats off to Arteta for finding this perfect balance.

Colwill and Acheampong are better suited to those "Timber and Hincapie/Calafiori" roles IMHO.
 
I have just read that Levi Colwill is being offered a new contract to supposedly fend off interest!!!
What are the Management not seeing. He cannot defend. He doesn't win tackles, his tackling is abysmal as he is unable to dispossess players, he can't head the ball, he doesn't know how to track a player, but worse of all, his positional sense is diabolical. Fofana is getting a lot of stick and quite rightly so, but Colwill is actually worse. I think he has got away with it for so long as we all dearly want to see players coming through the system and succeeding, but the time has surely come to draw a line under that. He shows absolutely no promise and is not anywhere near good enough for a team of our perceived stature, which funnily enough is being dragged down to Colwill's level.
 
petre ispirescu said:
I had high hopes as well, but I do not think he is anything near what we have imagined he would turn into.

At the same time I believe he would be perfect as a left back in Arteta's defence. As a matter of fact I believe Arteta has unlocked the modern setup to a PL defence - two right footed center backs and two left footed center backs. Gabriel and Saliba would not be able to play full backs, but Timber was a center back at A**x, Hincapie a center back at Leverkusen, Calafiori a center back for all his life and Ben White a center back as well. They are all doing a perfect job at full backs and also look natural doing it. Hats off to Arteta for finding this perfect balance.

Colwill and Acheampong are better suited to those "Timber and Hincapie/Calafiori" roles IMHO.
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I wouldn't call Arsenal the perfect balance. They can't create from open play to save their life, and a lot of that is down to playing 6 CB's
 
Valerie said:
Anyone French then?
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Oh God no! Preferably a couple of tough Jocks like Richard Gough and Colin Hendry. Centre-halves who don't mind losing a body part so long as they win the tackle, and won't be seen wearing Alice bands for their hair or gloves in September. Also happy to kick their own team mates in the gonads if they bottle out of challenges.

This guy would also do.

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Garryf said:
I have just read that Levi Colwill is being offered a new contract to supposedly fend off interest!!!
What are the Management not seeing. He cannot defend. He doesn't win tackles, his tackling is abysmal as he is unable to dispossess players, he can't head the ball, he doesn't know how to track a player, but worse of all, his positional sense is diabolical. Fofana is getting a lot of stick and quite rightly so, but Colwill is actually worse. I think he has got away with it for so long as we all dearly want to see players coming through the system and succeeding, but the time has surely come to draw a line under that. He shows absolutely no promise and is not anywhere near good enough for a team of our perceived stature, which funnily enough is being dragged down to Colwill's level.
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Second post. Welcome

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Oh God no! Preferably a couple of tough Jocks like Richard Gough and Colin Hendry. Centre-halves who don't mind losing a body part so long as they win the tackle, and won't be seen wearing Alice bands for their hair or gloves in September. Also happy to kick their own team mates in the gonads if they bottle out of challenges.

This guy would also do.

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Nothing wrong with the occasional brick sh*thouse Viking as well

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Colwill is merely performing exactly as it is expected after the horrific injury he had.

VVD first season after recovering from the same injury was pretty much just as bad.
 
I think people are being brutally harsh on a young player who's only 23...

JT had some poor games as he went on to become one of our all time greats.

Not saying Colwill is going to reincarnate JT on the pitch, but like JT at this age, he's making mistakes and like any young player is inconsistent. Difference being JT had Jose as manager and was in a star studded team packed full of internationals and had won a title at the same age.

Looking at our team today, who would have got into that side?

More than happy for him to carry on in the side.

Hato, Cowill, Lacroix, Achempong, Palestra

That's what I would go with every time when theyre all fit and firing.
 
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