7 | Joao Cancelo - 2022/23 Performances

[Deleted member 77198]

One of the better performers yesterday.

 

[DenizCTID]

Looked fresh and motivated to proof the world it’s only one bad game after that brainfart against the dippers

 

[MarsLlama]

When he's bad, holy shit, he's really bad. Couldn't believe what I was seeing from either of the £60m wide men yesterday, I can't imagine Wilson-Esbrand and Palmer would've been downgrades.

 

[FantasyIreland]

When he's bad, holy shit, he's really bad. Couldn't believe what I was seeing from either of the £60m wide men yesterday, I can't imagine Wilson-Esbrand and Palmer would've been downgrades.

Agreed,he was utter wank last night.

Keeping things simple doesn't seem to exist in his world.

The perfect opportunity to play real fullbacks,in their natural habitat,and Pep decides to go down the 'centre halves can do a job' route.

 

[Shaffer92]

Every single attack came from his side. He's got the positional awareness of a blue moon poster.

 

[iTyler]

He's either wonderful or a car crash. There's little in-between with Cancelo.

 

[St.Pauli support]

Cancelo has started all 17 matches this season, also last night despite some fever. Pep was very grateful towards Joao post match.

We know his weak points but under those circumstances and all his effort we should swallow our moaning for a while til he has fully recharged his battery.

 

[Pedestrian]

He’s not a defender. Boulders is a better RB.

 

[Starr Gate Blue]

It annoys me that this guy has been licensed to give the ball away as much as he wants while Foden has been shackled into playing safe.

 

[Gabriel]

Keeping things simple doesn't seem to exist in his world.

Concur. Last night, he always seemed to want to do the elaborate and ambitious, be it in attack or defence, which rarely came off.

 

[Legal Alien]

He's definitely a team player and under orders to play left back, but in that position he just isn't at the level we need.

We need to buy a top left footed, left back, hopefully in January, then let Joao move back to his natural, right side and compete for a place with Walker.

 

[Manc in London]

His inconsistency is a tad frustrating. He can be our best player one game and our poorest the next.

 

[Josh_D]

Has he played every game this season? One or two off performances wouldn’t surprise me.

 

[mccity]

This thread is certainly the most erratic of the player treads!

I stand by this statement

 

[Saxmundham Blue]

Not his best 45 minutes but he was not helped by Foden giving the ball away constantly on the left hand side and then not tracking back.

Maldini would have struggled.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Did nothing spectacular but did nothing particularly wrong today. Maybe should have passed a few times when he didn’t and shouldn’t have passed a few times when he did.

He played with more energy than some others though and was much better than in Dortmund.

 

[FantasyIreland]

I know he is capable of magic,but equally i always feel he is capable of a fucking huge boo boo.

The positives outweigh the negatives though,just needs to be a little less careless.

 

[chris85mcfc]

I know he is capable of magic,but equally i always feel he is capable of a fucking huge boo boo.

The positives outweigh the negatives though,just needs to be a little less careless.

I think he takes too many risks, and turns possession over far too much

Dont get me wrong, he's capable of the sublime, but its odd that we ask our wide players to play 'in the system', and yet Cancelo seems to have a freebie to do as he pleases

 

[FantasyIreland]

I think he takes too many risks, and turns possession over far too much

Dont get me wrong, he's capable of the sublime, but its odd that we ask our wide players to play 'in the system', and yet Cancelo seems to have a freebie to do as he pleases

We are on the same page.

 

[Keeper!]

This thread is certainly the most erratic of the player treads!

And the most erratic of players, either a worldie performance or poor, still a player that is a huge part of our team.