Bits and Pieces for this Summer

[Frank the tank]

In his defence the amount of runs he made just to watch a midfielder take a touch realise the moment had gone and turn and play a safe pass was beyond comprehension

Hopefully that shit has stopped now with vertical football ,although I did see it creeping in a bit pre season when we were pressed

 

[Weasel]

cannon will suprise a lot of doubters this season

I thought Cannon had a bit of a rough gig last season. Dropped into a team that was becoming more and more edgy in their play with the pressure on, and overly defensive. We hardly created anything and he was starved of the ball in dangerous areas. If you watched his game carefully you would see that he made many runs and spaces for himself that needed the ball to be played into, but he just wasnt getting the ball. Invariably, he stopped making those runs and why should he still do them if no git is passing to him at the right times. Starved of service and we had no width to provide crosses to him. The problem was the service not the centre forward. Of course he wasnt perfect (hes just come into a new club and is only a pup) but you had the usual numpties who just saw the fee of £10m, saw he wasnt scoring or even starting, and started the usual wailing about him being a waste of money.

I like him and think there is a decent player there, he just wasnt suited to Wilder's tactics. He might just be the biggest beneficiary of the managerial change and the change to front foot ball to feet football that Selles promises.

 

[blades_95]

I thought Cannon had a bit of a rough gig last season. Dropped into a team that was becoming more and more edgy in their play with the pressure on, and overly defensive. We hardly created anything and he was starved of the ball in dangerous areas. If you watched his game carefully you would see that he made many runs and spaces for himself that needed the ball to be played into, but he just wasnt getting the ball. Invariably, he stopped making those runs and why should he still do them if no git is passing to him at the right times. Starved of service and we had no width to provide crosses to him. The problem was the service not the centre forward. Of course he wasnt perfect (hes just come into a new club and is only a pup) but you had the usual numpties who just saw the fee of £10m, saw he wasnt scoring or even starting, and started the usual wailing about him being a waste of money.

I like him and think there is a decent player there, he just wasnt suited to Wilder's tactics. He might just be the biggest beneficiary of the managerial change and the change to front foot ball to feet football that Selles promises.

Spot on, the lack of chances we created last season considering we had Hamer, JRS, O’Hare, Brooks, Seriki, Burrows etc was really disappointing.

Cannon didn’t do enough overall but we didn’t play to his strengths (as you’ve highlighted much better than I could have!). I’d say the same with Moore and the lack of crosses into him in his defence.

Our pragmatic style meant the strikers were only getting one or two chances a game - only elite strikers will score consistently with so few chances.

 

[FenBlade]

What gives me hope for Cannon is the goal he scored at Burnley. A poor player wouldn’t be able to do that.

 

[Ldn_Rd_Blades]