Cutch
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What a player. Absolutely outstanding again tonight. Is there a better fullback in the Premier League or around Europe at the minute?
I agree that it's a weird position. I think that very few fullbacks could play this position so well. The reason he can do it is because he is a very talented footballer and, amazingly, is one of the best dribblers on the team. This makes him look so comfortable on the ball in whichever part of the pitch he ends up in. He has brought an extra dimension to the team.He's playing this weird position where he's both right back and 8.5 in midfield. Very often found himself ahead of Mahrez who play #9 today and Bernardo. Our current tactics are giving him a lot of room to play and he's often the free man when we go forward. Delighted the lad has turned it around, was sure he was a goner before the first lockdown. He's completely sorted himself out and been excellent since.
Yeah, he fits Pep's system to a tee. He's obviously improved since his early performances where occasionally he had been getting caught out in exposed transitions, but it also seems like he has been enabled to play to his strengths more. And I agree with Cutch that he's the best right-back around this season.He's playing this weird position where he's both right back and 8.5 in midfield. Very often found himself ahead of Mahrez who play #9 today and Bernardo. Our current tactics are giving him a lot of room to play and he's often the free man when we go forward. Delighted the lad has turned it around, was sure he was a goner before the first lockdown. He's completely sorted himself out and been excellent since.
Was weird not to see Walker start as he is usually good against United's speedy wingers and kind of nullifies their threat on the counter. Then again Zinchenko has proven also great in big games due to his ball retention and passing, so it was a question of trade off I guess. Still not as bad of a choice as not to start Bernardo and Foden.Great season he's having (RB in team of the season), awful game. Walker was much better when he came in.
I can think of one...What a player. Absolutely outstanding again tonight. Is there a better fullback in the Premier League or around Europe at the minute?
It's an even contest judging on the entire seasonI can think of one...
Really? You couldn't tell this season, he mugged Traore a few games backFundamentally, he never was a defender, he just neither learnt the fundamentals as a youngster nor even tried while at Inter or Juventus, that’s why he lasted only a few months in Italy. Good he had a stinker in a game worth nothing for his side.
Has Cafu come out of retirement? Because if you say Luke Shaw I'm not having it, though Shaw has been fantastic and comfortably the best LB in the league this season but its fair to say Cancelo has been a key in City winning (practically) the title (Gundogan being the other key).I can think of one...
Guardiola has been extremely patient with him and his system surely fits Cancelo better than defense-minded Italian sides (that’s also why the much more technically limited Danilo has now found his way at Juve, as a back line specialist with the occasional run ahead). Traore’s bag of tricks as a winger is effective but pretty basic, maybe? A sort of Milos Krasic on steroids, he seems to me.Really? You couldn't tell this season, he mugged Traore a few games back
He is quite good at tackling one on one, to be fair to him. But he is suspect in other defensive aspects, yeah. Luckily Guardiola's system brings the best out of him mostly.Guardiola has been extremely patient with him and his system surely fits Cancelo better than defense-minded Italian sides (that’s also why the much more technically limited Danilo has now found his way at Juve, as a back line specialist with the occasional run ahead). Traore’s bag of tricks as a winger is effective but pretty basic, maybe? A sort of Milos Krasic on steroids, he seems to me.
Makes sense if his strength is one-on-one tackling.Guardiola has been extremely patient with him and his system surely fits Cancelo better than defense-minded Italian sides (that’s also why the much more technically limited Danilo has now found his way at Juve, as a back line specialist with the occasional run ahead). Traore’s bag of tricks as a winger is effective but pretty basic, maybe? A sort of Milos Krasic on steroids, he seems to me.
Cancelo's not really playing as a FB though is he, that's where he lines up on the team sheet but he spends most of his time in central midfield and that's where his impact has been so positive for CityHas Cafu come out of retirement? Because if you say Luke Shaw I'm not having it, though Shaw has been fantastic and comfortably the best LB in the league this season but its fair to say Cancelo has been a key in City winning (practically) the title (Gundogan being the other key).
He does and he doesn't, I mean even with his nightmare yesterday he still dispossessed Rashford and I think Martial a few time in the RB position. Sometimes he plays on the overlap, sometimes he drops into midfield dependant on opposition. With KDB in the team he's less likely to push into midfield in possession as they like to occupy the same spaces. He is at his best when coming inside though. He always defends as a fullback (cept yesterday where he defended at times as a clown).Cancelo's not really playing as a FB though is he, that's where he lines up on the team sheet but he spends most of his time in central midfield and that's where his impact has been so positive for City
Bloody hell.
Ugh, the world can be a horrible place.
Yes thankfully he said him and his family are safe which the most important thing after this horrible news.Is he safe?
Good to know, these fecking jobos.Yes thankfully he said him and his family are safe which the most important thing after this horrible news.
Very strange. He looked unbeatable last seasonApparently off to Bayern on a loan to buy deal. Best full back in the world last year. Quite a drop.
Eh? That's a bit out of nowhere.Apparently off to Bayern on a loan to buy deal. Best full back in the world last year. Quite a drop.
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