7 | Joao Cancelo - 2022/23 Performances

[supercity88]

Looked the most likely to create something or score in the first half but the system wasn't working and it was right to take him off. I thought he was okay though.

 

[freshie]

Why didn't he start cancelo in his regular postion then???!!

Pep basically hung him out to dry

 

[B\connellblue]

The myth of him being a winger playing at full back was well and truly laid to rest last night.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Another one who looks rusty because he’s barely played football if late.

 

[mosssideblue]

Because he cannot defend and for half of last season this was masked by some great wing play, since then he is back to being the defensive liability he is, Ake or Laporte are better options at LB as Gomez does not seem to be trusted.

play him as a left back and we are weaker as a team (he has cost us at least 4 point this season defensively) play him as an attacking wing back and he may just do a job, also he is naturally a right sided player so made sense to try him there.

Personally he doesn't get in the starting 11 for me.

Agree with that

 

[DATOIA]

Come on guys :D

20 / 21, 21 / 22, 22 / 23 (Except maybe one month till World Cup, one month in May 2021) - he has been playing exceptional football as a LB..

What City has achieved during the last 3 seasons, would be impossible without Joao..

So, every player has his ups and downs, that's not a reason to forget - what he has done for the cub.

When he plays his football, Joao is best LB in PL without any doubt. Both defensively and offensively.

I'm sure he will come back.. He got overplayed due to Walker injury and that's the reason.. Sooner or later he will hit his best form..

 

[mosssideblue]

Come on guys :D

20 / 21, 21 / 22, 22 / 23 (Except maybe one month till World Cup, one month in May 2021) - he has been playing exceptional football as a LB..

What City has achieved during the last 3 seasons, would be impossible without Joao..

So, every player has his ups and downs, that's not a reason to forget - what he has done for the cub.

When he plays his football, Joao is best LB in PL without any doubt. Both defensively and offensively.

I'm sure he will come back.. He got overplayed due to Walker injury and that's the reason.. Sooner or later he will hit his best form..

I think you are being very generous to suggest he is (or has been) the best defensive LB in the PL.

Much stronger in attack, but not defensively great for me

 

[Gus Fring]

He’s a hybrid player like Trent, can at times defend okay especially 1 v 1 but in a system gets lost floating about, I know it’s a shitshow all round as a fixture but against the dippers in the charity shield he left Salah in space at least 5 times in the first half alone and they targeted him again in the league, he needs to be played LB with a licence to roam but Pep doesn’t want to do that of late it seems.

Same as Trent, everybody says ‘make him a winger’ he’d be the same as Cancelo last night, I think he’d be better playing inside personally but you can’t drop others to accomodate it, said last night I think his race is run I’d like him to stay personally but if it means a true LB comes in with quality then I’m all for it as it’s becoming a bit of a problem for the team dynamic.

 

[Deleted member 81382]

The myth of him being a winger playing at full back was well and truly laid to rest last night.

To be fair to him, he was dropped in to a very odd system in a position he's probably never played before on the back of barely playing any football the last few weeks.

I'm not saying he necessarily should be used as a winger but I think he could be very effective on the left wing where he can either cut in or go on the outside. I reckon he would be more adept at beating a full-back than Grealish which has been evident when he plays at left-back and goes forward.

 

[spacecadet]

I like Cancelo, very good footballer. However he doesn't do 6/10s too much. Either world beater or bloody awful. One extreme to another the lad.