Warnock can’t rate Coulson

He said before the match that he still wasn’t right. He had a virus which seems to have taken the edge off him at the minute.
 
I'm a bit disappointed he's not been more involved. At times under Woodgate he looked like our most dangerous player as he would just run at people and cause panic.

However the difficulty seems to be fitting him into a formation, Warnock seems to think we're just too open with Spence and Coulson down either flank, and I think most fans agree with that. I would like to see him given more of a chance though as his pace and directness can make things happen.

It's a shame to see him permanently bench warming without a chance of getting on. Last season he excited me more than Spence to be honest.
 
Here is my two penneth. Coulson offers raw pace. He burst on the scene after years of having no controlled pace down that left hand side. We were crying out for excitement after relegation, Monk and Pulis. It lit a spark in us. Unfortunately, for reasons I am still not sure he has failed to kick on. Injury, opportunity, ability are all issues in the mix as to why. Is he a full back? Not for me, Is he a winger? Not for me, not yet. He has something, pace, but what else? Not the best tackler, ball carrier, dribbler or crosser. His product is raw pace with work to do on his game.

I understand why he is not quite nailing down a place. I think he needs game time but on loan at a club at our level where he is an almost guaranteed starter, but with a manager who is happy to provide the opportunity and coaching whilst allowing him the chance to make mistakes and learn without fear of being benched. He is in danger of being a nearly man, an impact player when chasing a game. I would not start him on what I have seen of him, but he has pace which hurts teams, but is not properly harnessed. Spence is another.

I want us to play 4 at the back, the wing back system leaves us too open in midfield and vulnerable to pace down the flanks for me, but given our current squad make up we have little choice. The squad is disjointed and in need of more reinforcements than some think if we want promotion. Yesterday is early days, but emphasised our lack of a ball carrier, pace and creativity in midfield and the final 3rd. Defensively at set pieces we were still a work in progress and in open play letting too many crosses come from wide, yet we played with promise and hope and did not deserve to lose. Luck coupled with mistakes at both ends of the pitch cost us.

Still, at least the Sky team could salivate over poor relegated Watford whilst these Northern upstarts were neatly dispatched. Watford got away with one and purely on that basis will not be top 2. Equally we looked a mid table outfit based on one game alone.
 
I like Coulson and would suggest he's still learning his trade and will improve under the leadership of a good coach. Last season though Coulson was caught out of position on several occasions or failed to react to the movement of the man he was marking and on each of these occasions it cost us a goal.

I would say Warnock's spotted this floor in his play and will want to work on this on the training ground.
 
Tbf I'm not convinced by Coulson, not as a player but his mentality and injury record. Hes a bit part player so far.... Plus his tattoos are awful.
 
There will be players that managers don't fancy of course there are.
I don’t think Coulson is in that category.

However, I noted a couple of days ago that Warnock mentioned that Coulson had been ill.

There’s a lot of it about.

I don’t think there is any other reason fo his absence from the first team.

He will almost certainly be involved on tuesday against Barnsley so he will get his chance to shine.
There are others too, who might be feeling sorry for themselves who will be given a game.

Warnock has stated he will use the full squad against Barnsley.
 
Warnock clearly rates Coulson as he has described him already as a real talent and also the fact he suspected he was under the weather in Devon ahead of his virus diagnosis shows he was looking out for him. Once he like Dael Fry is fully match fit then they will surley be challenging again for a start - and I expect that will come v Barnsley in the Carabao Cup this week, don't you?
 
rob_fmttm said:
Warnock clearly rates Coulson as he has described him already as a real talent and also the fact he suspected he was under the weather in Devon ahead of his virus diagnosis shows he was looking out for him. Once he like Dael Fry is fully match fit then they will surley be challenging again for a start - and I expect that will come v Barnsley in the Carabao Cup this week, don't you?
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I'm thinking more to the end of last season when Johnson got in ahead of him and he was used less and less. You just get a vibe sometimes that certain managers just don't fancy certain players. Hope I'm wrong!
 
Coulson seems to get sick a lot.

Personally I don't think Warnock rates him either, but I hope he'll still play his part.
 
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