Cannon

[SouthStandGBlock]

I wondered about his stats originally, as most of his goals for Stoke came in one game.

Another Striker Wilder wasted big money on.

It's not working out - we ought to sell him whilst the window is still open.

I hear Leicester are looking for strikers, but have a glut of CBs on the books........

 

[IdLiketoRogerMoore]

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.

This.

His ability to run the channels, move defenders and create space for others, was probably better than his 'goal poaching '

My lad had just started playing CF to a decent level during this period so we used to watch the strikers off the ball, their movement, how they engaged with the game. Sharp ran the channels hard, worked defenders and was always an option for an out ball. Which meant CBs always had to drop a couple of yards and track his runs. This created space for first Duffy, and latterly McGoldrick.

We'd often comment compared to McBurnie, Mousett and Clarke before then - Sharp was much much better off the ball and you could see why the team was much better with him in it.

Campbell does similar things but gets disheartened and stops running much quicker than Sharp ever did. The games we've seen Cannon, he simply doesn't make those runs.

 

[IdLiketoRogerMoore]

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.

That guy was called out on the thread after the weekend and his defence was as weak as ours was on Saturday.

Cannon looked much better in a two towards the back end of last season but that isn't the modern way anymore so I'm not sure where we go with him.

 

[ATL Recs]

Billy Sharp made a career out of it

Much more to his game tbf

 

[DronnieBlade]

Complete Lemon in car terms. Genuinely looks like the lad off Concord Park on Sundays after a gallon and a half the night before.

Get rid now for the peanuts we will get or pitifully see his attempts to masquerade as a footballer for the next (4 ??) years ahead of a Brewster like exit for nowt.

Horrific signing.

UTB

 

[Blademan89]

Complete Lemon in car terms. Genuinely looks like the lad off Concord Park on Sundays after a gallon and a half the night before.

Get rid now for the peanuts we will get or pitifully see his attempts to masquerade as a footballer for the next (4 ??) years ahead of a Brewster like exit for nowt.

Horrific signing.

UTB

Lad off concord after a gallon would put more of an effort in and probably be invlovled more.

Lad needs a loan to be a regular starter whilst we bring in a all round striker. But that wont happen as we dont have money.

 

[metalblade]

I'm sorry but you don't pay £10m for a striker that needs to be loaned out to league one or two, you do that with academy kids.

 

[metalblade]

We need to sell the useless 2hat while he still might have a bit of value. It is clear to anyone he isn't and never will be Championship standard apart from a hard shot he has no other attributes to his game as others have listed in this thread. Get rid get him off the payroll any old journeyman would contribute more, what's Leon Clarke up to these days?