#27 | João Cancelo - 2021/22 Performances

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Started badly with that terrible error, but after that I thought he was very good his best game in some time.
 
Poor by his standards.The right does not suit his game,and he needs to stop trying to constantly overplay or take the extra touch,and keep things more simple.
Fortunately his poor decisions and casual play haven't led to us conceding.
 
We've got to be in for a right-back in the summer, right?

Walker's injury has meant that not only have we lost what he gives us on the right, we've also lost what Cancelo gives us on the left. And the whole situation makes Cancelo basically undroppable this season, which isn't good for his fitness or for any kind of healthy competition.

But if we had Cancelo as our number 1 LB, with Zinny as number 2 and cover available from Ake, and Walker as our number 1 RB, with someone new as number 2 and cover available from Stones, we'd have more freedom to rotate all the way across the back line. Having to regularly play 3 of our 4 CBs in any given match because we don't have the full-back cover leaves us looking short in the middle too.

All of which is but to say, I much prefer Cancelo on the left and it's frustrating me that we can't play him there at this very important part of the season.
 
Kinda wish we tried inverted fullbacks again, get control of the midfield, the midfield 2 can get outnumbered very easily if the #10 (KdB or Foden) pushes up to press with the striker.
 
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Great going forward. Shite defensively though
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I respect your opinion but he really isn't. He does tons of very good defensive work, including making the most tackles and interceptions; inclusing two superb defensive interventions yesterday. That goal line blcok was sensational because he read the play and put himself in the right place to make it.

What is the case is that he has room to improve his success rate in all things and his instinct for going-forward and his role in the team mean that he will get caught out of position at times.

He needs to do better with his decision making and is hopefully learning all the time on that. His level of involvement in games is very high so it is natural that he will be seen to make more mistakes than some of his team mates.

I think where he needs to improve most is his short pass accuracy and crossing accuracy.
 
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I respect your opinion but he really isn't. He does tons of very good defensive work, including making the most tackles and interceptions; inclusing two superb defensive interventions yesterday. That goal line blcok was sensational because he read the play and put himself in the right place to make it.

What is the case is that he has room to improve his success rate in all things and his instinct for going-forward and his role in the team mean that he will get caught out of position at times.

He needs to do better with his decision making and is hopefully learning all the time on that. His level of involvement in games is very high so it is natural that he will be seen to make more mistakes than some of his team mates.

I think where he needs to improve most is his short pass accuracy and crossing accuracy.
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I’ve always said he’s actually a pretty good defender when the play is in front of him. He really struggles with players running in behind though, which I think is a concentration thing like messing up simple passes more than a player of his technical ability should
 
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OB1 said:
I respect your opinion but he really isn't. He does tons of very good defensive work, including making the most tackles and interceptions; inclusing two superb defensive interventions yesterday. That goal line blcok was sensational because he read the play and put himself in the right place to make it.

What is the case is that he has room to improve his success rate in all things and his instinct for going-forward and his role in the team mean that he will get caught out of position at times.

He needs to do better with his decision making and is hopefully learning all the time on that. His level of involvement in games is very high so it is natural that he will be seen to make more mistakes than some of his team mates.

I think where he needs to improve most is his short pass accuracy and crossing accuracy.
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I can accept that some of his positional issues are born of being under instruction to push forward, but he always seem to have a gaffe in him IMO (yesterday’s was that sloppy 2nd half header to no-one that forced Eddie to come rushing out to rescue the situation), plus he overplays things too often coming out from the back, tackles with the wrong foot (a speciality of his predecessor in the left back slot as well), plays the occasional inaccurate high risk pass, and is just generally too easy to get the better of.
Obviously he’s not ‘shite’ - that’s just me blowing off for dramatic effect - and I’m probably guilty of confirmation bias like I am with Sterling’s finishing, but I just think he has a carelessness about him defensively at times.
More than makes up for it going forward of course and you’ve got to take the rough with the smooth. Not a bad ‘problem’ to have when all’s said and done!
 
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