#27 | João Cancelo - 2021/22 Performances

[Galvanoth]

A brilliant contribution going forward tonigjt, we often forget he's a fullback. Should have squared it at the end, poor choice to shoot but I'm not keen on discouraging him from shooting, he's one of the few that does. Gave the ball away sloppily a few times but that's an accepted consequence now of what he offers going forward.

He's been clearly looking for the goal, and despite of his own fault for not getting it he's been kinda unlucky. As a FB, it's not what he should be mainly focused on(i don't think he is tbh) but as long as it doesn't really compromise the overall objectives of the team, he's fine on keep on trying because a goal always helps to boost a player's confidence even more.

 

[mccity]

He got forward really well tonight.

 

[FromPollockToSilva]

Foden looked ready to murder him on more than one occasion. Just pass the ball, João

 

[FantasyIreland]

A half decent game,but so wasteful and frustrating with some of his passing and shooting.

He needs to keep things a bit more simple and not allow himself to be so casual,he will make for a far more reliable and consistent player then.

 

[Hungarian blue]

A half decent game,but so wasteful and frustrating with some of his passing and shooting.

He needs to keep things a bit more simple and not allow himself to be so casual,he will make for a far more reliable and consistent player then.

His decision-making and execution was off, then again it's the end of the season and he's played already 50 games, no wonder. What I admired in him yesterday was his relentless work and engine even so late in the game. Whenever he had the chance to intercept or run into space, he did.

 

[WallyA]

I really hope next season Pep stops the Cancelo wide attacking fullback thing.

We've lately been going from a sort of 424 to a 325 with Cancelo joining the attack and he is my least liked forward. Sometimes it's Zinchenko, but most of the time its Joao.

I'd much rather we go back to pushing another midfield up front and having the fullback tuck in to allow that (Zinny or Cancelo). We have so many options in the squad (and in the academy) that this is approach makes sense for me.

 

[BlueMoonAcrossThePond]

Cancelo is obvious full of talent going forward. And his defense has improved tremendously.

Still, Cancelo is prone to avoidable mistakes, mostly due to lazy passing. Hopefully Pep will help this side of his game next season.

 

[Pablo ZZZ Peroni]

As a team we have had 650 shots/attempts in the league this season.

Individually Cancelo is responsible for 77 of them which is more than any other City player. In the league as a whole just 9 players have had more shots and they are the usual suspects - Salah, Mane, Jota, Kane, Ronaldo, Fernades etc.

The problem is Cancelo has scored just the 1 goal in the league.

 

[mccity]

As a team we have had 650 shots/attempts in the league this season.

Individually Cancelo is responsible for 77 of them which is more than any other City player. In the league as a whole just 9 players have had more shots and they are the usual suspects - Salah, Mane, Jota, Kane, Ronaldo, Fernades etc.

The problem is Cancelo has scored just the 1 goal in the league.

I'm hoping it's one of those Stones 2016 type situations, where the fact he's attempting so often is actually encouraged with the long term goal of it suddenly clicking.

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

As a team we have had 650 shots/attempts in the league this season.

Individually Cancelo is responsible for 77 of them which is more than any other City player. In the league as a whole just 9 players have had more shots and they are the usual suspects - Salah, Mane, Jota, Kane, Ronaldo, Fernades etc.

The problem is Cancelo has scored just the 1 goal in the league.

Very frustrating when he misses the obvious ball to a colleague and tries the shot.

His readiness to shoot whilst blinkered to the option of passing to a better placed colleague I find a very frustrasting trait.

But maybe Pep isn't too worried about it in view of his other attributes.