7 | Joao Cancelo - 2022/23 Performances

[domalino]

You really don’t rate him. He’s proven over the years how good a full back he can be

In the same way Zinchenko and Delph did.

He plays LB because he’s not even close to Walker at RB.

And Pep spent all summer chasing a £60m left back because he didn’t want to play Cancelo at LB.

There’s been a few spells where his attacking output has been incredible and made all the other problems worthwhile.

But they’re few and far between and he’s a MOTD highlights player 90% if the time with at least one massive rick in him per game.

It’s not a coincidence we got to the CL final when he was benched for bad form (after being hooked at half time in the quarterfinal for doing his best to cost us the game)

 

[OrigamiNinja]

There’s just the one catastrophic flaw in this.


Cancelo is worse at RB than LB.

But he is a million times better than Stones at RB. The make up of the defence is all over the show, it’s square pegs in round holes and has been for far too long. We get away with it most weeks because we are so far ahead of the opposition.

 

[WallyA]

The Gomez being better or worse talk shouldn’t even be a thing at this moment because they should both be playing. Cancelo at RB and Gomez at LB and fuck this CB at RB nonsense off once and for all.

We sold Zin (a player Pep trusted) at a time when we all said we needed another LB. We have “replaced” him with a guy that Pep clearly doesn’t trust. We were in the shit at LB before we sold Zin. Now it’s a fucking catastrophe, because we are now fucked at RB as well. Fucking braindead transfer moves.

I agree.

We need fullbacks holding the width, this current group of wingers is way better playing inside the half spaces.

Or at the very atleast get pacy wingers out wide frkm the academy.

 

[eastmanc]

You really don’t rate him. He’s proven over the years how good a full back he can be

His big problem is that he over plays when he really doesn't need to. Attempts this outside of the right foot pass too many times when he should be simplifying his game. He seems to be a bit of a show pony to me.

 

[Withnail]

Not having a great season and today he was really poor. Defensively he is vulnerable and he needs to step up his game.

 

[Stelea]

Was in a dream today. Thick as fuck

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Not having a great season and today he was really poor. Defensively he is vulnerable and he needs to step up his game.

He is shite this season. Completely Overrated on the back of a handful of decent performances. When did he last have a good one ? Been 5/10 this season.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

In the worst form of his City career. And he’s had his fair share of dips. But somebody at the club thought Gomez was good enough, and now everyone has realised he isn’t, so he doesn’t play. So we’ve been stuck with Cancelo as our only full back with Walker out, whilst he’s in dog shit form. Terrible planning in this area of the pitch.

 

[HypnoticBlue]

He is a defender who cannot defend and is a liability, he needs dropping its that simple, and Stones at right back is equally a joke. Its quite a worry that Pep can't see it. A very long 6 weeks in store.

 

[wolviedinho]

In the worst form of his City career. And he’s had his fair share of dips. But somebody at the club thought Gomez was good enough, and now everyone has realised he isn’t, so he doesn’t play. So we’ve been stuck with Cancelo as our only full back with Walker out, whilst he’s in dog shit form. Terrible planning in this area of the pitch.

The club tried to buy a lb but bulked at the fee.
Sometimes transfers like Gomez work and sometimes they don’t. We have weakness’s right up and down both flanks. No pace on either side is killing the creativity in the team.

Holding the ball and constantly recycling it to end up not making killer passes has become redundant. Time the boss modified our approach. Look like what we are, slow and out of ideas.