Cannon

[Vass Borbokis]

I'm still so fucking confused by this signing.
Nobody wanted him.
He's slow.
He's weak.
He's no footballing intelligence.
He's no positional sense.
He presses at completely the wrong time and then doesn't press when it's needed.
He cannot pass a ball.
He doesn't have the skill/pace to get past anyone.

I'm baffled.

 

[HarryHaslam]

A 10m striker shouldn't need to be fed sitters constantly to show signs of ability

Have to agree, some want him to be an old fashioned bog liner and everyone else just put tap ins on a plate for him, not being funny but even at my age I could do that and get a couple of goals a season. I’d have zero else to my game though and unfortunately Cannon looks to have also have zero else to his overall game.

 

[Nah den]

One of his main issues is he's always on his heels. If you watch him closely he's always a few tenths of a second slower to react then the defenders. And that means he's always second to the ball, doesn't have the pace to make up for it.

By comparison, watch Campbell and his movements are proactive. The defenders movements are dictated by his. Doesn't always work out, but Cannon's movements are reactive and never work out.

 

[diplomat]

Interestingly Ched got 9 in that relegation season, and I think 6/7 of those were when we had Andy Reid on loan, creating him the opportunities, if only that loan had been a bit longer…

Great little player Andy Reid. One of the most out of shape athletes I’ve ever seen but oozed quality.

 

[Captain Obvious]

It’s worrying that Cannon was moved to the wing again tonight when Campbell came on. Selles isn’t doing himself any favours with tactics like that. He’s clearly not a winger.

 

[Striker]

I'm still so fucking confused by this signing.
Nobody wanted him.
He's slow.
He's weak.
He's no footballing intelligence.
He's no positional sense.
He presses at completely the wrong time and then doesn't press when it's needed.
He cannot pass a ball.
He doesn't have the skill/pace to get past anyone.

I'm baffled.

And he's useless in the air

 

[3Cheers4Ramirez]

Most inexcusable is his absolutely pathetic body strength

 

[LBA_Blade]

Great stats tonight …. 1 game …. 1 shot….

 

[Gimli]

I don’t rate Cannon but he’s a poacher and as already pointed out tonight we had 1 (ONE) touch in Birmingham’s box today, you just knew people would watch the overall performance today and still find a way to single Cannon out.

 

[Tezza1889]

I don’t rate Cannon but he’s a poacher and as already pointed out tonight we had 1 (ONE) touch in Birmingham’s box today, you just knew people would watch the overall performance today and still find a way to single Cannon out.

Be careful stating the obvious these days, forum full of pigs who will disagree..

 

[Ant Climax]

I don’t rate Cannon but he’s a poacher and as already pointed out tonight we had 1 (ONE) touch in Birmingham’s box today, you just knew people would watch the overall performance today and still find a way to single Cannon out.

Where’s the evidence he’s a poacher?

He doesn’t demonstrate any instinct, has zero movement and as someone else pointed out, is always on his heels, a second behind the game

 

[Vass Borbokis]

I don’t rate Cannon but he’s a poacher and as already pointed out tonight we had 1 (ONE) touch in Birmingham’s box today, you just knew people would watch the overall performance today and still find a way to single Cannon out.

So what you're basically saying is that when Cannon is on the pitch, we may as well play with 10 players?
Glad we agree

 

[Gimli]

So what you're basically saying is that when Cannon is on the pitch, we may as well play with 10 players?
Glad we agree

I’m saying we need to create chances for him.

 

[Vass Borbokis]

I’m saying we need to create chances for him.

And if we don't put it on a plate for him 5 yards out, we should just get used to the 1/10 performances, because his game is so limited?

 

[Gimli]

And if we don't put it on a plate for him 5 yards out, we should just get used to the 1/10 performances, because his game is so limited?

Billy Sharp made a career out of it

 

[Tarqs]

Never seen a striker with so little fight im him.

 

[Russ]

Where’s the evidence he’s a poacher?

He doesn’t demonstrate any instinct, has zero movement and as someone else pointed out, is always on his heels, a second behind the game

It’s how he cooks his eggs.

 

[Tarqs]

Billy Sharp made a career out of it

Far more to sharps game. Hold.up play, nuisance factor. Lay offs.


You seriously comparing cannon to sharp lmfao.

 

[Vass Borbokis]

Billy Sharp made a career out of it

Okay sorry I didn't realise you were on the wind up until that one. Fair play, you got me

 

[raimond]

I'm still so fucking confused by this signing.
Nobody wanted him.
He's slow.
He's weak.
He's no footballing intelligence.
He's no positional sense.
He presses at completely the wrong time and then doesn't press when it's needed.
He cannot pass a ball.
He doesn't have the skill/pace to get past anyone.

I'm baffled.

Aye but he's good wi't kids

 

[Older Blade]

I'm still so fucking confused by this signing.
Nobody wanted him.
He's slow.
He's weak.
He's no footballing intelligence.
He's no positional sense.
He presses at completely the wrong time and then doesn't press when it's needed.
He cannot pass a ball.
He doesn't have the skill/pace to get past anyone.

I'm baffled.

You missed his appalling first touch,

 

[Bladepicker]

He’s clearly not a winger.

It's debatable to me whether he's actually a footballer at this stage...

 

[Shawy24]

You missed his appalling first touch,

Maybe Wilder saw in him the perfect replacement for Brewster?

 

[Bladepicker]

Billy Sharp made a career out of it

You've just compared Tom Cannon, That's Tom I'm not going to bother even challenging for this 50/50 Cannon and Billy Sharp? Really?

Not to sound mean but that's the worst take I've ever read on here.

 

[Gimli]

You've just compared Tom Cannon, That's Tom I'm not going to bother even challenging for this 50/50 Cannon and Billy Sharp? Really?

Not to sound mean but that's the worst take I've ever read on here.

I’ve not actually compared them like for like, what I said was that Billy Sharp made a career out of poaching, with a fairly limited all round game.

I already said earlier in the thread that I don’t rate Cannon but we aren’t playing to his strengths.

 

[Bladepicker]

fairly limited all round game.

This is one of the biggest myths perpetuated on this board.

Sharp offered so much more than just tap ins and was far from limited.

He:

Made intelligent runs in behind and to the channels.
Was very reactive to situations and able to often anticipate where the ball would be.
Had brilliant upper body strength and could hold the ball up well against much bigger defenders.
Often won a lot of 50/50s and put defenders u der intense amounts of physical pressure which allowed us to win the ball higher up the pitch.
Actually had a decent pass on him and could assist quite a bit too.
Was a pretty decent header of a football for his size.

None of which are qualities that Cannon posseses.

 

[Jon Bon II]

Can't run, don't score, what do you do?
Can't pass, don't head, what do you do?
Subtle movements never follow
There must be something, surely?

Is that Cannon and the Can'ts?

 

[Jon Bon II]

I'm still so fucking confused by this signing.
Nobody wanted him.
He's slow.
He's weak.
He's no footballing intelligence.
He's no positional sense.
He presses at completely the wrong time and then doesn't press when it's needed.
He cannot pass a ball.
He doesn't have the skill/pace to get past anyone.

I'm baffled.

I don't know that one. Is it The Manic Street Preachers?

 

[Bladepicker]

I don't know that one. Is it The Manic Street Preachers?

Think so. Called something like 'January Bankruptcy Incompetence' I think.

 

[Gimli]

This is one of the biggest myths perpetuated on this board.

Sharp offered so much more than just tap ins and was far from limited.

He:

Made intelligent runs in behind and to the channels.
Was very reactive to situations and able to often anticipate where the ball would be.
Had brilliant upper body strength and could hold the ball up well against much bigger defenders.
Often won a lot of 50/50s and put defenders u der intense amounts of physical pressure which allowed us to win the ball higher up the pitch.
Actually had a decent pass on him and could assist quite a bit too.
Was a pretty decent header of a football for his size.

None of which are qualities that Cannon posseses.

Yeah that’s fair, and I agree Sharp was a vastly superior player and a direct comparison is bordering on the ridiculous in the sense that Cannon essentially offers nothing on the pitch - which would be fine if he was scoring which clearly he isnt. Again I wasn’t trying to directly compare them, although yeah it probably looked like that.

It just annoys me that one of the first things that happens on here after a bad result is a pile on on Cannon - there’s a thread on him for ‘United’s form with Cannon on the pitch’ which I think is hugely unfair.

Yes he’s been massively disappointing, and in a way I don’t even know why I’m defending him but it just seems he’s the first person everyone jumps on and I don’t think all the criticism is warranted.