Corluka in champions league v Barcelona

[badajozjim]

Just sat down to watch the game, has his work cut out tonight!

 

[jushin3]

Looks years younger. Good thing it's just Adriano, him vs David Villa would have been a massacre.

 

[kcmei]

charlie tackled messi!

 

[badajozjim]

He looks so slow compared to Walker, especially on the turn.

 

[RobinLeonard]

Having a pretty good game though. We won't have to give Charlie away, should be plenty of potential buyers.

 

[Dinpomp]

Some of you aren't giving him enough credit. He could more than hold his own, even at Tottenham. In came along a very good, young, English player in Walker, who is a more modern full back and one who fits in very well in the current setup. That's why he's not there anymore. Not because he "isn't good enough."

He's not as slow as he looks. If he was, he wouldn't be playing at the level he has all these years or participated in the tournaments he has. People forget that after Hutton was getting abused by Ashley Young in a game vs. Villa, it was Corluka who was brought on and who subsequently defended him very well. It's not like he gets beat for pace that often. He has good positional sense.

He looks lumbering (he runs on his heals) and he definitely isn't as fast as Walker. But he's not a clown either. He's a very good and capable player.

Some of you are making it out as if this is the first time he's played against top competition and/or top players. It certainly isn't.

 

[jushin3]

I can't forget his involvement for the Paok game. Sure Europa League was a waste, but still that was bad. Nice cross from Charlie though.

 

[spursontheloose]

Well done Charlie! :clap:

 

[Dare!]

Good cross in for the goal.

 

[Partizan]

Just assisted Kadlec with a decent cross and now it's 1-1

 

[kishman]

Beat me to it Partizan. He did well there, our Charlie boy.

 

[Gbspurs]

Some of you aren't giving him enough credit. He could more than hold his own, even at Tottenham. In came along a very good, young, English player in Walker, who is a more modern full back and one who fits in very well in the current setup. That's why he's not there anymore. Not because he "isn't good enough."

He's not as slow as he looks. If he was, he wouldn't be playing at the level he has all these years or participated in the tournaments he has. People forget that after Hutton was getting abused by Ashley Young in a game vs. Villa, it was Corluka who was brought on and who subsequently defended him very well. It's not like he gets beat for pace that often. He has good positional sense.

He looks lumbering (he runs on his heals) and he definitely isn't as fast as Walker. But he's not a clown either. He's a very good and capable player.

Some of you are making it out as if this is the first time he's played against top competition and/or top players. It certainly isn't.

People do forget, although it was Zokora who was taken off after 30 mins.

 

[AX-Spur]

Nice cross, has not really made any mistake, part from the yellow card... Seems a bit slow though...

 

[Dinpomp]

People do forget, although it was Zokora who was taken off after 30 mins.

Ah, could be. Apologies to Hutton.

 

[Tonio]

Only my isolated opinion but It makes my fkn teeth itch the way everyone calls him charlie it really does.

 

[radkovic]

People do forget, although it was Zokora who was taken off after 30 mins.

remember that too... he was amazing that day. chewing the gum and having young in his backpocket...

 

[jimmy_the_yid]

People do forget, although it was Zokora who was taken off after 30 mins.

No one seems to forgot, it gets brought up everytime someone is less than complimentary about Corluka. I really liked/like him, good one him for wanting to play more than 10 games a year, he's better than that.

 

[felmani26]

We can all eulogise over Corluka but the fact is that for a while now, he was cumbersome going forward, ponderous on the ball and invariably alot of our forays down the right hand side broke down due to his zero attacking intent quickly followed by the ball back to Dawson.

I wish him nothing but good luck in the future as he seems a good lad round the dressing room but I think his time is up with us.

 

[Partizan]

how the fuck was that a yellow card on Castro I'll never know

 

[SpurSince57]

Ah, could be. Apologies to Hutton.

That's very gracious but entirely unnecessary. The Scotch Thumb Impersonator (thanks to Dangerous Clive!) has been made to look a total idiot by far worse players than Young.