Cancelo doesn’t quite have Danilo’s impact going forward but he looks an alright second choice.[/QUOTE] ...Not quite sure if your serious!
Anyone else think we have missed Danilo
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Cancelo doesn’t quite have Danilo’s impact going forward but he looks an alright second choice.[/QUOTE] ...Not quite sure if your serious!
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Players always improve when you only have the memory.
Lovebitesandeveryfing
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Ain't that the truth, though? We'll even rate Spanish Dave once he's gone...
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We've not missed him but on current showing I wouldn't have rushed him out the door to buy Cancelo
quiet_riot
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Some very disrespectful comment here towards a man who was far and away our best fullback for large portions of the last 2 seasons. You remember, those seasons where we won everything?
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Decent squad player but he only played 11 PL games last season!!
I am a bit concerned about Cancelo though, so far he's looked very ordinary.
quiet_riot
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23 apps the Centurion season.
Seasons where Mendy has been wank/injured, Walker has had dips and troughs, Zin was bedding in...Danilo played on both sides and had been used in midfield IIRC?
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Why not Delph?
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Wouldn’t say we’ve missed him, but he could have been useful. Would it have made any impact on our season so far? Unlikely. If he wanted out as suggested then there’s little we could have done.
I said in the summer, Danilo’s issue wasn’t his ability it was that he wasn’t as quick as walker and we was asking an incredibly attacking fullback to play an unfamiliar role that goes against his strengths. I questioned whether that would be different with his replacement and so far you have to say no. Cancelo isn’t as quick as walker which means walker still gets the nod in most games and he’s not asked to play as an attacking fullback which is very clearly his natural game.
Given the fullbacks at our disposal and the lack of pace further up the pitch in wide areas I’m surprised Pep hasn’t changed the midfield and gone to his Barcelona days of overlapping fullbacks providing the width, the forwards playing more inside and dropping one of the 8’s back slightly to give them the space to operate and provide a more solid base we’ve got the players to make it work
I said in the summer, Danilo’s issue wasn’t his ability it was that he wasn’t as quick as walker and we was asking an incredibly attacking fullback to play an unfamiliar role that goes against his strengths. I questioned whether that would be different with his replacement and so far you have to say no. Cancelo isn’t as quick as walker which means walker still gets the nod in most games and he’s not asked to play as an attacking fullback which is very clearly his natural game.
Given the fullbacks at our disposal and the lack of pace further up the pitch in wide areas I’m surprised Pep hasn’t changed the midfield and gone to his Barcelona days of overlapping fullbacks providing the width, the forwards playing more inside and dropping one of the 8’s back slightly to give them the space to operate and provide a more solid base we’ve got the players to make it work