7 | Joao Cancelo - 2022/23 Performances

[super_city_si]

What could possibly go wrong with an injury prone Ake and Laporte deputising at left back until the end of the season. You just know Gomez will be our only option in a few weeks time

Lewis will play there before him

 

[kupest]

I will never understand how the "option to buy" clause is good for the seller (us) unless it is linked to specific appearances.

 

[RayCTID]

Surprised I got a bite!

We are scraping the barrel but he was the slightly better option than Robinson and Chilwell

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

He's the type of slapped arse who will probably tick the entire City bingo card when he is totally free of our clutches, which will delight many.

I don't know what Portuguese players are drinking at the moment, but they have been moaning sods a lot of them.

Better than having a miserable moaning sod stinking the place out here,

Bayern as a club are cunts, so he will really feel at home there.

 

[bluealf]

Apparently happy with the cover we have. So no-one coming in... 1 senior fullback & 1 leftback who used to be a CAM. Who I feel if Pep thought was good enough would have been getting some minutes here and there since after the World Cup. Shambles

and Ake and Laporte who have both played LB, more so Ake atm, so they would be classed as cover

RB Walker, Rico, Stones, Akanji
LB Ake, Laporte, Gomez

Not ideal if we are playing Real Madrid but better than having a player causing trouble behind the scenes.

 

[flb]

If Phil has had to take it up the arse for a training ground disagreement, and the players are firmly on his side , then maybe this accounts for things , because let’s be right , there has never been a grumble from the dressing room since Pep arrived , which would also prove how strong the dressing room unit is along with Peps no nonsense approach to players not up for the cause ?

 

[RayCTID]

Keep him fully motivated and they do have a bargain

 

[Stoned Rose]

Don’t agree. Cancelo and Grealish on the left was a recipe for disaster. I will admit that he has provided some decent moves going forward, but defending is certainly not his strong point. The balance looks much better with Ake and Grealish. Their performances against Arsenal were outstanding considering that they were were up against an excellent player in Saka.

The Ake-Grealish partnership pisses all over the Cancelo-Grealish one, you’re spot on mate.

Still, a proper overlapping LB-Grealish would be even better.

Grealish draws the full back, the LB overlaps to the bye line and pulls them across the box for the Viking.

Good luck to any **** stopping that several times a half.

 

[FantasyIreland]

He's the type of slapped arse who will probably tick the entire City bingo card when he is totally free of our clutches, which will delight many.

I don't know what Portuguese players are drinking at the moment, but they have been moaning sods a lot of them.

What's the Dias situation? is it purely fitness? as,i might be wrong....but i cant imagine he has an attitude issue.

 

[Fordyboy46]

I will never understand how the "option to buy" clause is good for the seller (us) unless it is linked to specific appearances.

25m then it is

 

[jonah62]

Fucking hell. When's Mendy's trial? We might end up that desperate.

Mendy’s good at putting’em in the box!!

 

[journolud]

And Ake is having a stellar season but he offers fuck all in terms of creative play upfront, this affects our overall play on the left side which can be better (yes I know he scored last game).

Disagree. Not in Cancelo’s class creatively but improving in that respect. Seem to recall him scoring a goal recently as well. And he can defend which seems important

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

Keep him fully motivated and they do have a bargain

Perhaps kiss his ego regularly and he might perform ?

 

[Centurions]

So you're going to hold one half season against him? Despite all our squad bar Haaland looking insipid thus far?

Form is temporary...

You said he's our best LB, he's clearly not as we can only go off this season. What anyone did last season or the season before or when Paul Power or Willie Donachie were our LBs is immaterial. Only here and now counts.

 

[ONTHERUNWITHTHAKSIN]

Mandy’s good at putting’em in the box!!

Yes she certainly is but what about Mendy

 

[WesthoughtonJohn]

tbh hes been off form since he was assaulted in his home

I think people should take more notice of that to be honest.
It's possible we're doing the usual, letting the lad leave because of outside issues (doesn't want to be here). Maybe his family want out after what happened.
Limited options for him to move to given his level and the funds required.

 

[bluealf]

where was this reported?

on here the day after the game

 

[RayCTID]

Perhaps kiss his ego regularly and he might perform ?

He performed in last seasons title run in

 

[super_city_si]

He's the type of slapped arse who will probably tick the entire City bingo card when he is totally free of our clutches, which will delight many.

I don't know what Portuguese players are drinking at the moment, but they have been moaning sods a lot of them.

Wonder what Bernardo's thinking? Probably ruing the fact he wasn't a disruptive twat and got a loan. Mind you, Bernardo isn't that character. Mind you, he is tight with cancelo.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

It has to be a fall out, he is one of our most creative players, its bizarre, we get possibly the best striker in the world and start playing defensive, the last 3 or 4 years we would creative a minimum of 6/7 genuine chances, and I mean chances, in every game, now we are picking off scraps...

Cancelo tried to take out a few players in training with some stupid fucking tackles, all because his bottom lip was quivering.

He's got an opinion that everyone in the dressing room needs to hear, it brings down the entire mood in the dressing room.

He was the most passive-aggressive person at the club, all dazzling white teeth but the first to talk shit.