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Mark Douglas running an article on him at the minute with one of those daft vote things the Chronicle do.

 

86% saying his signing has been a success.

 

Don't see it at all tbqh. He's totally ineffective.

 

That stat doesn't surprise me at all. I know that on any forum a certain momentum can build around particular opinions, but I'm baffled as to exactly why there's such a gap between the view on here and how Colback is assessed by the majority of supporters and by the professionals at the club.

 

I don't want to get into a pointless 'he's decent - no, he's not he's shite' type debate. I would agree though with tgarve that our main problems are elsewhere - particularly the defence.

 

He's nowhere near good enough for a starting spot in the middle of any top sides midfield imho. There's not a club above us where he'd get a regular game.

 

What I can say is that, given our other options in midfield, I'm not surprised that he's an automatic choice. This is why I find the targeting of him quite exasperating.

 

Of course, if you prefer to compare him to other players at other clubs, or some other player who we 'should' be going for, then you'll find better options.

 

He's the same as a lot of the current Sunderland side, unathletic and slow. There's a reason the game bypasses him most of the time.

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Mark Douglas running an article on him at the minute with one of those daft vote things the Chronicle do.

 

86% saying his signing has been a success.

 

Don't see it at all tbqh. He's totally ineffective.

 

That stat doesn't surprise me at all. I know that on any forum a certain momentum can build around particular opinions, but I'm baffled as to exactly why there's such a gap between the view on here and how Colback is assessed by the majority of supporters and by the professionals at the club.

 

I don't want to get into a pointless 'he's decent - no, he's not he's shite' type debate. I would agree though with tgarve that our main problems are elsewhere - particularly the defence.

 

He's nowhere near good enough for a starting spot in the middle of any top sides midfield imho. There's not a club above us where he'd get a regular game.

 

What I can say is that, given our other options in midfield, I'm not surprised that he's an automatic choice. This is why I find the targeting of him quite exasperating.

 

Of course, if you prefer to compare him to other players at other clubs, or some other player who we 'should' be going for, then you'll find better options.

 

You don't even have to look that far to compare him. He replaced Yohan Cabaye in our side.

 

That's not even talking about who we should be going for. That's who we had.

 

Fundamental downgrade.

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Mark Douglas running an article on him at the minute with one of those daft vote things the Chronicle do.

 

86% saying his signing has been a success.

 

Don't see it at all tbqh. He's totally ineffective.

 

That stat doesn't surprise me at all. I know that on any forum a certain momentum can build around particular opinions, but I'm baffled as to exactly why there's such a gap between the view on here and how Colback is assessed by the majority of supporters and by the professionals at the club.

 

I don't want to get into a pointless 'he's decent - no, he's not he's s****' type debate. I would agree though with tgarve that our main problems are elsewhere - particularly the defence.

 

Care to name these "profrssionals"?

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Let's be honest, as average as he is, he'll be captain one day. I couldn't care less. 'Fabricio Coloccini club captain next season' is a far worse proposition. At least Colback isn't at fault for conceding goals and awful on-field leadership every week.

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Let's be honest, as average as he is, he'll be captain one day. I couldn't care less. 'Fabricio Coloccini club captain' next season is a far worse proposition. At least Colback isn't at fault for conceding goals and awful on-field leadership every week.

 

Why didn't you tell us you felt this way?  It's a bit of a shock coming out of the blue like this.

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Let's be honest, as average as he is, he'll be captain one day. I couldn't care less. 'Fabricio Coloccini club captain next season' is a far worse proposition. At least Colback isn't at fault for conceding goals and awful on-field leadership every week.

 

An weird unhealthy obsession without a doubt

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