Yorkie Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Are you happy with the fact he's a mainstay in the site, Cronky? You always seem fairly contrary to popular opinion on here, but where do you actually see the club? What do you want to see from the club, and do you think it's anywhere close to achieving whatever that ambition is? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miercoles Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 He could be in a wheelchair and he'd still motor past Raylor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevo Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 He's done ok, and I'd be happy with him if he was our 3rd or 4th choice, but he seems to be our first choice Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 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. 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. There's not a will from our club to be better than we are though. He's not one of the players we'll be looking to sell, you're right. We'll be looking to flip Sissoko, Perez etc. Our transfer policy seems to be try and sign players we should look to move on for a profit. This will be a revolving door. The main stays will be bang average / relegation battle level PL players.. preferably English/Geordie.. to fill in the rest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 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. 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. There's not a will from our club to be better than we are though. He's not one of the players we'll be looking to sell, you're right. We'll be looking to flip Sissoko, Perez etc. Our transfer policy seems to be try and sign players we should look to move on for a profit. This will be a revolving door. The main stays will be bang average / relegation battle level PL players.. preferably English/Geordie.. to fill in the rest. Urgh. Leading, once again, to the question of 'whats the fucking point'? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickthemagpie Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 House he lives in in Darras Hall has a to let sign up. Free transfer sold for a canny profit after one season to help fund team building? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Club are building him a £25m underground lair in Cambois. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Probably just got a new eight year contract extension with an extra 20k pw. Darras Hall is beneath him now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickthemagpie Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Club are building him a £25m underground lair in Cambois. I've been to Cambois. Like the village of the damned, everyone looks the same. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 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"? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Club are building him a £25m underground lair in Cambois. I've been to Cambois. Like the village of the damned, everyone looks the same. Just Googled the place, the fucking images that come o man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Remember when many people were fooled into thinking that he was going to be a bit-part player and a replacement for Gosling! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 This is a Krul-april fools joke.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Must try harder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliottman Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 At least put up a fake article to go with it. Poor effort, 3/10. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KingShearer Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Scared me for a minute Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Not very convincing like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Heart skipped a beat to be honest. Good April Fool's to be honest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Fell for it completely. The thread titles on here are fucking dangerous, man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 I fell for the title for a second. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Fell for it completely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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