Joao Cancelo

[Keeper!]

He is mega mate

Nice, right side looking sorted, now for the left.

 

[Fordyboy46]

Worse defensively, but much more effective than Walker in attack.

Fuck sake, oh for a defensively sound full back.

 

[SWP's back]

Cant see this happening just doesnt make sense.

How so?

 

[SWP's back]

I cant wait for mendy to be fit for a stretch so people can shit up about him not defending. Its horseshit.

If you play him like a LB he can defend brilliantly as seen in his 2 games vs Salah.

If you tell him to play as practically an extra LW then yes, he will leave space behind.

The only genuine problems Mendy had defensively was nailing down the transition from CM to LB in a few games when Pep wanted him to come inside - which all our fullbacks had problems with at first.

Yep it’s one of the modern myths that he can’t defend.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Fuck sake, oh for a defensively sound full back.

A perfect full back in both attack and defence is quite a rarity though. So when making a choice we should always lean towards a full back that’s better on the ball/in attack than one that’s solid going the other way. We are an elite team that focuses on possession. So much better to have an expansive full back. Any defensive lapses are more than cancelled out by the extra potency in attack, and the ability to let Bernardo come inside off the flank, knowing that there’s still proper width.

 

[HaalandEffect]

 

[razman]

Even Martin reporting it now

 

[mancityscot]

sees an awful lot of money for a rotation player

 

[thepolarbear]

sees an awful lot of money for a rotation player

Walkers successor, looks a good deal to me, Walker probably got 1 or 2 full season at the top left in those legs.

 

[waspish]

How so?

Still think its an agent getting a better contract for his play tactic! But hey could be completely wrong.