16 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

So what was the point in loaning him to Brighton if he isn’t going to play?

There have only been 2 matchdays and he wasn't with them for pre season... judge at the end of the season

12 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

So what was the point in loaning him to Brighton if he isn’t going to play?

He was never going to walk straight into the team, especially after not spending pre-season with them. He will get a lot of game time eventually, when rotation kicks in. Possible form drops off from their other CB. He will right now be getting to learn Potter's style of play. Broja took a while to get into Southampton's first team then look cemented himself as their main man.

Seems like a sale with buy back option would have been much smarter.

Brighton already have a very settled and experienced back three - what incentive do they have to take a risk by playing (thus developing) Colwill if they have to give him back to us at the end of the season anyway?

Hopefully we are able to recall him in January to either us him or loan him elsewhere. He is wasting his development at Brighton.

Maybe he's not as good as some people thought, if he can't get any game time.

8 hours ago, Zeta said:

Maybe he's not as good as some people thought, if he can't get any game time.

Wasn't even on the bench last night ... is he injured or ill ?

9 hours ago, Zeta said:

Maybe he's not as good as some people thought, if he can't get any game time.

Lol.. I don’t think it works that way to be honest. Other teams are not obligated to help us develop a player who will leave at the end of the season. You also need to factor in that they have a new manager.

3 hours ago, ducavis said:

Lol.. I don’t think it works that way to be honest. Other teams are not obligated to help us develop a player who will leave at the end of the season. You also need to factor in that they have a new manager.

That's always the argument when our loan players don't get time. "No obligation to develop our player". They have a squad of players. They want to win. If a player is good enough to improve their team, they will get played, it doesn't matter if they are on loan or not. We've had plenty of loans where our player played many games, but the other team were under no obligation to do so. Why? Because they showed they were good enough.

I don’t see him getting in the team here this season, maybe next year if Dave or Thiago (god forbid) moves on.

 

Finally gets a start for them and looks good. Shocker.

Oh if we had kept him around knowing Koulibaly is an injury magnet, he would have likely played more. Looking like a full season of wasted development opportunity.

1 hour ago, axman2526 said:

Finally gets a start for them and looks good. Shocker.

Oh if we had kept him around knowing Koulibaly is an injury magnet, he would have likely played more. Looking like a full season of wasted development opportunity.

We really need someone competent in charge of our loans/transfers

I'd have had Colwill in the first team THIS season ... haven't seen anything from Koulibaly or Cucurella that Colwill couldn't do better, and for a fraction of the wages, and no transfer fee of course. Boehly following Marina down the "how to make £100m disappear" path ... 

4 hours ago, Sexyfootball said:

I'd have had Colwill in the first team THIS season ... haven't seen anything from Koulibaly or Cucurella that Colwill couldn't do better, and for a fraction of the wages, and no transfer fee of course. Boehly following Marina down the "how to make £100m disappear" path ... 

More like £200m given our transfer window

Been rewarded for this Arsenal display with a start in the league.

5 hours ago, Argo said:

Been rewarded for this Arsenal display with a start in the league.

It was due to Webster being ill but either way, good to see him get a start. Mixed game. Missed a sitter at the end.

Ironically, Lamptey cannot get a start for love nor money. He hasn't started a league game this season and even put Gross at RB these days.

4 minutes ago, STATS said:

It was due to Webster being ill but either way, good to see him get a start. Mixed game. Missed a sitter at the end.

Ironically, Lamptey cannot get a start for love nor money. He hasn't started a league game this season and even put Gross at RB these days.

I don't think it was mixed atall, he missed the sitter but was quite easily their best player despite his partner Dunk having an absolute nightmare of a game.

After this and the Arsenal performance I'd go as far as saying we should immediately recall him if he returns to the bench after the world cup. It's one thing him struggling to find his way in over established players, it's another if he's benched after he comes in and outperforms them as he did Dunk today.

Good performance against Charlton. 

8 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Good performance against Charlton. 

He was excellent against Arsenal and Villa before the break aswell. As I said above we should immediately recall him if he's dropped again for Webster when the league restarts.

24 minutes ago, Argo said:

He was excellent against Arsenal and Villa before the break aswell. As I said above we should immediately recall him if he's dropped again for Webster when the league restarts.

The question is, can we? 

2 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

The question is, can we? 

I'm not sure but if Brighton don't intend to play him you'd hope they wouldn't put up too much of a fight.

19 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

The question is, can we? 

It all depends on the loan agreement we made, i suspect all loan agreements have the option for the loan club and parent club to end the agreement at any time.

On 15/10/2022 at 13:43, Zeta said:

That's always the argument when our loan players don't get time. "No obligation to develop our player". They have a squad of players. They want to win. If a player is good enough to improve their team, they will get played, it doesn't matter if they are on loan or not. We've had plenty of loans where our player played many games, but the other team were under no obligation to do so. Why? Because they showed they were good enough.

It's how Reece James got to make his position his own here, by doing it at Wigan.

https://www.football.london/international-football/england-u21-player-ratings-madueke-26559863

Levi Colwil - 7

Showed exactly why he's so highly rated at Cobham. The left-footed defender was composed in Lee Carsley's back four and was not shy of producing some tough challenges.

The lad has just turned 20 last month. I sometimes forget how young these lads are.