7 | Joao Cancelo - 2022/23 Performances

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I actually think that Pep will be interested in what he is doing. He compared him to Lahm before ... and today he was playing together on the wing with Müller and Sane - he all knows them very well - it was Lahm, Müller and Robben during his time!

Today Cancelo had an assist for the first goal, Müller for the second and in the third Müller had the preassist and Sane the goal.
 
TCIB said:
I have seen a few posts in this thread along the lines of "stupid decision". To those people let me ask you this...

If it was stupid then you are asserting this was done without a great deal of thought/on a whim due to Pep possibly seeing his arse? Could it not be Pep wanted to see the season out then clean house but has been left with no alternative than to act now due to issues getting so bad they threaten to derail our season and squad harmony?

My take is Pep thought he could manage us through to the end of the season but Cancelo has lost the plot and left him with absolutely no choice but to get him out asap. There were probably warnings about Cancelo's behaviour earlier but he has, in a very short time, gone nuclear to the point it was intolerable for him to stay.

I understand some people not happy he has gone to Bayern with no fee but equally that should tell you that it was very serious and such considerations were very very much secondary. The primary issue was getting him the hell out and quick, nevermind to who and for how much!
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What an awful precedent to set if that is the case, if you want to leave just kick off and we will help you go ASAP.

There are two sides to every story and doubt we will get to know the truth anytime soon, with gutter press and the pathetic spreading little more than rumours.
 
CC1 said:
Although he can play in the CL - can he play against us as he’s on loan?
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Didn't Coutinho score against Barcelona when Munich hammered them few years ago? Munich won it out, which led to Barcelona having to pay Liverpool for a clause in Coutinho contracts if he won the champions leauge
 
No one knows what has gone on, but Cancelo isn't bigger than the Manager let alone the club. Pep and the management at City are paid to make these difficult decisions. We have to trust that they have acted in the best interests of City.
 
TCIB said:
I have seen a few posts in this thread along the lines of "stupid decision". To those people let me ask you this...

If it was stupid then you are asserting this was done without a great deal of thought/on a whim due to Pep possibly seeing his arse? Could it not be Pep wanted to see the season out then clean house but has been left with no alternative than to act now due to issues getting so bad they threaten to derail our season and squad harmony?

My take is Pep thought he could manage us through to the end of the season but Cancelo has lost the plot and left him with absolutely no choice but to get him out asap. There were probably warnings about Cancelo's behaviour earlier but he has, in a very short time, gone nuclear to the point it was intolerable for him to stay.

I understand some people not happy he has gone to Bayern with no fee but equally that should tell you that it was very serious and such considerations were very very much secondary. The primary issue was getting him the hell out and quick, nevermind to who and for how much!
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That’s obviously what has happened. He clearly gave the manager no choice and I’m glad we’ve a manager and a board with the balls to take these decisions for the greater good. We are a well run club and we don’t get players whingeing in the media, undermining the manager and destabilizing the club. That’s why we have been England’s dominant club for so long.
 
ancoats said:
you see, I don't see like that because the room behind us, when better teams and players find a little bit of space to run in you can bet it comes from our so-called wing backs tuck in, so you're asking players to cover more ground when really you should be in a set back 4,

pep style is for players to pass and pass and move and move, never stand still, always look for space and look for taking the ball, that's why he likes the full back to tuck in so that he can take the ball from both midfield and centre of defence,

I like the old style wing backs when they overlap and help the likes of a Grealish or Foden by taking a player away, so they don't double up on them, I think if we had a world-class left back pep would revert to that style of play with Walker or Lewis at right wing back,

Cancelo is not a left wing back and the better teams and players quickly found that out
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So just to clarify about the "room behind" when the fullback inverts, you realize this room also exists when a fullback bombs forward?

Peps solution was simple distance, if we attack in a 325 in however he wants, then an inverted fullback has less space to run back to than a bombing fullback.

You can disagree with our personnel to do it, but your reasoning about space doesnt hold up.
 
TCIB said:
I have seen a few posts in this thread along the lines of "stupid decision". To those people let me ask you this...

If it was stupid then you are asserting this was done without a great deal of thought/on a whim due to Pep possibly seeing his arse? Could it not be Pep wanted to see the season out then clean house but has been left with no alternative than to act now due to issues getting so bad they threaten to derail our season and squad harmony?

My take is Pep thought he could manage us through to the end of the season but Cancelo has lost the plot and left him with absolutely no choice but to get him out asap. There were probably warnings about Cancelo's behaviour earlier but he has, in a very short time, gone nuclear to the point it was intolerable for him to stay.

I understand some people not happy he has gone to Bayern with no fee but equally that should tell you that it was very serious and such considerations were very very much secondary. The primary issue was getting him the hell out and quick, nevermind to who and for how much!
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Well said and I question anyone that doubts this was a decision made in the clubs best interests.

There is a weird fan boy obsession with players creeping in, the only thing we should all care about is the best interests of Manchester City FC.
 
Keeper! said:
Well said and I question anyone that doubts this was a decision made in the clubs best interests.

There is a weird fan boy obsession with players creeping in, the only thing we should all care about is the best interests of Manchester City FC.
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Whats stupid is saying its stupid, you only have to look at what's happened to us kver the last 10 years , we have the best owners and manager in the world and in the main have also played the best football, some decisions have not worked but in no shape or form have they been stupid..
This is not football manager or fifa smh

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eastmanc said:
What did you want City to do , let him get away with his bad behaviour towards the manager. Good riddance to him
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Bad behaviour towards manager? So bench him to next 5-7 games or fine him?!! Sending him out without a replacement in middle of season for free when we are short of fullbacks is beyond insane
 
Obviously he had to go and he did play well for us but i can't say we will miss him much, he's clearly a brilliant attacking full back but hes a liability at the back, ball watching, weak in the tackle, doesn't understand game management when were trying to protect the lead and hes trying to go on slalom runs or trying a stupid pass that leaves us exposed.

Ake may not be as good as him attacking wise, but I trust him to do a job there every time over him.
 
CityBluez said:
Bad behaviour towards manager? So bench him to next 5-7 games or fine him?!! Sending him out without a replacement in middle of season for free when we are short of fullbacks is beyond insane
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And in all that time he is making trouble with other players er like he already has been.

I guess the saying I'll trust Pep over a random bluemoon poster anyday could never be more true and I fucking hate that saying.
 
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CityBluez said:
Bad behaviour towards manager? So bench him to next 5-7 games or fine him?!! Sending him out without a replacement in middle of season for free when we are short of fullbacks is beyond insane
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Isn't that what started his behaviour being benched? I think he'd of just caused more chaos and it'd of got to a point were he'd no longer be turning up to train.
 
Seeing him assist on the tv last night was akin to seeing your ex on a date the day after you dumped her.
Even though you know it was the right thing to do.

However In about 4 weeks you realised why you binned her off and you don’t give a shit.
 
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