#27 | João Cancelo - 2020/21 Performances

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Cancelo - is really good central - playing in essence as an attacking mid.

As a traditional left back - I really don't rate him at all. He's not very good on defense. And if you want him to play as a wingback... he really doesn't seem very good there at all either.

Pep invented a position - false back - and Cancelo is awesome there.

If the "false back" position is open then hell yes! I want Cancelo to start.

But if Cancelo is to play wing back or traditionally defensive left back, then I think we have a problem at that position. Cancelo isn't good there.
 
BlueMoonAcrossThePond said:
Cancelo - is really good central - playing in essence as an attacking mid.

As a traditional left back - I really don't rate him at all. He's not very good on defense. And if you want him to play as a wingback... he really doesn't seem very good there at all either.

Pep invented a position - false back - and Cancelo is awesome there.

If the "false back" position is open then hell yes! I want Cancelo to start.

But if Cancelo is to play wing back or traditionally defensive left back, then I think we have a problem at that position. Cancelo isn't good there.
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I believe Pep is the top coach in the world, currently, but he is humble and imo highly unlikely to claim that he "invented a position". He tweaks what came before, he might refer you to Cruyff or Rinus Michels concept of " Total Football" as a reference point and they, probably, if they were still alive, would refer you to coaches they admired. Cancelo wasn't bought as a traditional left back or wing back, he was bought for the positive attributes he displays when at his best, like most of our players.
 
BlueMoonAcrossThePond said:
Cancelo - is really good central - playing in essence as an attacking mid.

As a traditional left back - I really don't rate him at all. He's not very good on defense. And if you want him to play as a wingback... he really doesn't seem very good there at all either.

Pep invented a position - false back - and Cancelo is awesome there.

If the "false back" position is open then hell yes! I want Cancelo to start.

But if Cancelo is to play wing back or traditionally defensive left back, then I think we have a problem at that position. Cancelo isn't good there.
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The reason he isn't great at Left back might have something to do with the fact he's a Right back.
 
samarasra said:
I believe Pep is the top coach in the world, currently, but he is humble and imo highly unlikely to claim that he "invented a position". He tweaks what came before, he might refer you to Cruyff or Rinus Michels concept of " Total Football" as a reference point and they, probably, if they were still alive, would refer you to coaches they admired. Cancelo wasn't bought as a traditional left back or wing back, he was bought for the positive attributes he displays when at his best, like most of our players.
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Even before total football there was a player who played in a very attacking style from Left-back:

Facchetti

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There was a certain period in this season - when you could have played Cancelo as a False9 or a GK or a CB and you knew he would perform like a superstar there :D

I don't know when he was "lost" and what happened - but I wish I could see that Cancelo in the new season as well.
 
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