It was though wasn't it, he did the exact same thing when he scored against arsenal in koemans first season when he was playing terribly and people were rightly criticising him. Although his form did pick up after that match.
Coleman's 30 years old and unfortunately for him he the left hand side has drastically improved and that's has made the right our weak point. That's what other teams see and their going to keep targeting our right side. For me this will be his last season as first choice and I'm happy about that because I don't want it to become a issue where you look at the team sheet and see Coleman and think "ffs". He doesn't deserve that but that's what's going to happen. Walcott doesn't help and I'd want his replacement brought in in January if possible tbh. If the right wing did the same defensive duties as the left Coleman would have more protection.
He's said exactly what it was. I posted it earlier in the thread, but here goes again:
"We were a little bit disappointed after the United game and it was important to put it right. I thought we controlled most of the game.
"I was out for a year. That makes it [no goal since Jan 2017] sound a bit longer. I was a little bit disappointed with my last performance. Every time I score a goal I go a little bit mad.
"It was a frustrating time to be out and this season I've had a few niggles. The fitter I get the more chances I'm sure I'll get."
Coleman has had a massive injury. When he came back last year he came into a side that was geared ENTIRELY to defend. He also only played in runs of 3-4 games at a time as he continued his recovery from injury. By the time he got up to speed, the season was finishing and everyone wanted it over and done with.
This season he started fine. Not at his best but not bad. He played four games and in none of those games was he poor.
He then went away with Ireland and BROKE HIS FOOT.
He came back and relatively speaking did well against Zaha. He was drawn into a clumsy tackle for the pen but it has happened to better defenders than Seamus against Zaha.
He wasn't great at Utd, no. But he was once more up against one of the best wingers in the league and had no help from Walcott at all. And this is all while working his way back from injury.
So, we need to give it time. We need to learn and understand that the answer to a player's form not been at their best isn't to drop him, or that it means they're finished. Because it makes us look fools. Also, if people read quotes like I've posted above before making a sweeping judgement that the celebration was about one thing or the other (this isn't directed at you, i'm talking about our fanbase as a whole).
There's nothing wrong with criticism. I'm fully behind everybody's right to criticise, and you're probably right in that this could be one of his last seasons as being an automatic pick. But, let's just have some context, yeh? The guy has had a bad spate of injuries, and needs a run of games now in a settled side. Consistency is key.
I said last week that Coleman, since Jan 2017, has played just 18 games. That's now 19.
19 games in 20 months, split into runs of 4-6 at a time, is absolutely nothing.
