Jack Colback (now a free agent)

[ExiledGeordie]

 

Sure the press might have made a bit too much of him but I think he's been decent so far. He's the least of our worries ffs

[WarrenBartonCentrePartin]

Fucking rubbish. Offers fuck all. Goes sideways more than a fucking crab and happily adheres to the Williamson back post routine.

 

Embarrassing that people were bigging him up after one game.

 

But he was canny at school so that's all that matters.

[toontownman]

Not sure what game you were watching.. was far from fucking rubbish. Certainly wasn't going to impress Hodgson, but was reasonably tidy, bar one silly foul, tackled well and filled the tiote role reasonably well. He actually spread the ball surprisingly accurately at time across the pitch too. Set pieces were hit and miss to be sure but for someone that was supposed to be playing from deep he did well IMO. Some people just want to hate regardless. (admittedly on the flipside people like to be optimistic to a fault)

[Tiotes Witch Doctor]

Hes exactly what we thought he would be just a "meh" player, comes on doesn't make any glaring mistakes but also contributes very little to anything.

 

The way fans are banging on about him you would think hes Roy Keane in his prime.

[Tiresias]

I don;t think he had such a bad game but he's a pretty ordinary player. To go go from Cabaye to him in that position is like trading in a Van Gogh painting for your some thick kid's stick figure drawing done in preschool.

[Deuce]

Hes exactly what we thought he would be just a "meh" player, comes on doesn't make any glaring mistakes but also contributes very little to anything.

 

The way fans are banging on about him you would think hes Roy Keane in his prime.

 

Who is doing this exactly? Certainly not anyone here.

[Interpolic]

Tell her to f***ing do one.

 

Odds on next to delete account:

 

Klaus 1/4

 

[Ronaldo]

I understand the general lack of acceptance towards Colback but too many on here have him marked down as ineffective before the game's even kicked off. Stop being such petty little men.

[Zero]

The problem is, he performed better than all other players, e.g. Moussa and Anita ytd.

[nufcjb]

Can't believe some are knocking him for being ordinary. What did you expect from someone who we signed on a free from the lot down the road?

 

For me, I said it last week, he reminds me a lot of David Batty and the role he used to play. Nothing flashy, nothing silky but just a simple, tidy battler whose job is to calm things down and sweep up.When we had Batty, we had Ginola, Rob Lee, Beardsley and Gillespie being the creative players. Now, it's Cabella, Sissoko, Gouff and De Jong. I would add Anita to that list but we know Pardew would drop him when Tiote is back. Tiote is sometimes a shambles on the ball and with his passing and very rash with his tackles though.

[Disco]

Please stop comparing him to David Batty. It offends me greatly.

[Guest]

Colback is never a Batty. He's better than Perch & Gosling and a bit of an upgrade on Guthrie, but nowhere near what we should be looking for.

[Minhosa]

Please stop comparing him to David Batty. It offends me greatly.

 

[Varadi]

Please stop comparing him to David Batty. It offends me greatly.

 

Aye. Batty could completely dominate the centre of midfield against top opposition, Colback will never be that player.

[Guest firetotheworks]

Please stop comparing him to David Batty. It offends me greatly.

 

Massive

 

[Guest firetotheworks]

Can't believe some are knocking him for being ordinary. What did you expect from someone who we signed on a free from the lot down the road?

 

For me, I said it last week, he reminds me a lot of David Batty and the role he used to play. Nothing flashy, nothing silky but just a simple, tidy battler whose job is to calm things down and sweep up.When we had Batty, we had Ginola, Rob Lee, Beardsley and Gillespie being the creative players. Now, it's Cabella, Sissoko, Gouff and De Jong. I would add Anita to that list but we know Pardew would drop him when Tiote is back. Tiote is sometimes a shambles on the ball and with his passing and very rash with his tackles though.

 

So because we expected it, we should shut up and accept it?

[Hanshithispantz]

Jack Colback is a guaranteed starter in our midfield and people are actually happy with that. The year is 2014.

[ponsaelius]

He had a good game yesterday in that his game suits Pardewball to a tee, lots of comfortable and safe passing in midfield. Perfect for a side with no movement or dynamism going forward like our lot. No surprise to see fans creaming themselves over his displays while the players entrusted to try to break the slow, tentative, static style of play on their own like Cabella and sometimes Sissoko are coming out with criticism for their obviously poor displays. 

 

Pretty sure it was the same when he was at Sunderland; lots of praise for him playing well then realising at the end of the game they'd scored no goals.

 

His set pieces are an improvement on what we had though, so that's a plus.

[NUFCDoog]

I think Colback is the sort of player every side in our sorta position needs, so around the top 8 mark.

 

He's nothing flashy but he's a good passer of the ball and will get stuck in when he needs do. He's solid and reliable. Aye in an ideal world he wouldnt be a guaranteed starter, but he's definately a player worth having.

 

In saying that I personally think he's been our best player first 2 games, whether that says more about the other players than him I dont know, but im certainly not devastated to see him starting.

 

It's just important that the players in front of him feed off him and ignite flair and creativity, but thats another discussion.

[Guest firetotheworks]

I've come to the conclusion that most of our fans are total mongs like, Ashley completely knew what he was doing when he started methodically lowering ambition.

 

Everything can be summed up with a Futurama image.

 

http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090602210843/en.futurama/images/4/44/Brain_Slug_Party.JPG

[Guest]

I think Colback is the sort of player every side in our sorta position needs, so around the top 8 mark.

 

He's nothing flashy but he's a good passer of the ball and will get stuck in when he needs do. He's solid and reliable. Aye in an ideal world he wouldnt be a guaranteed starter, but he's definately a player worth having.

 

In saying that I personally think he's been our best player first 2 games, whether that says more about the other players than him I dont know, but im certainly not devastated to see him starting.

 

It's just important that the players in front of him feed off him and ignite flair and creativity, but thats another discussion.

 

Agree with the first line if you consider him as nothing more than cover for Anita who is better. I think there are games where you can play the two but I'd sooner have Anita in his role with Sissoko & De Jong.

[Foluwashola]

I understand the general lack of acceptance towards Colback but too many on here have him marked down as ineffective before the game's even kicked off. Stop being such petty little men.

 

I see we're already migrating towards a 'he plays well because he's a Pardew player' stance.

 

Impressive how creative people can get when performances aren't as expected.

[Guest firetotheworks]

You're happy to swallow all of this though, or at least you're still paying for it anyway. If you think that he's been decent, let alone that it's acceptable to have him in our team then that's your choice, that's exactly what they want. Mint, we have a player that isn't s***, we're not worthy.

[Guest firetotheworks]

We're turning into a club that's being damned with faint praise by its own set of fans man. It's absolutely lifting.

[Hanshithispantz]

He'll start over Anita, which is fucking tragic.

 

He's an average to decent player and I was harsher on him than I needed to be because he seems like a bit of a prat, I'd certainly be happy with him in the squad, although players like him are 10 a penny he's here now and he's bedded in quick.

 

The problem is that not just a squad player, he's pretty much a guaranteed starter, and deciding not to purchase someone significantly better than him knowing this was utterly fucking breandead from everyone involved. We actually looked at our starting XI with the season ahead of us and decided "Aye, Jack Colback is the lad we want in that midfield, we also want Emmanuel Rivière leading the line." I despise every one of them.