One of the worst misses I have ever seen for us

[ForgeBlade]

Cannon will score the winning goal at Wembley.

YHIHF

That's reserved for Brewster, to complete the ultimate redemption arc. 5 years (nearly) mostly crap, comes good at the end, scores winners at Hillsborough and Wembley. Written in the stars I tell you

 

[Houston_Blade]

I'm hindsight I should probably have used the worst 'emphatic' rather than 'worst'.

No blame if he hit the woodwork but ballooning it over like that was embarrassing, like when Brewster nearly hit the corner flag a couple of years back.

You probably shouldn’t have suggested it was a bad miss at all!

 

[Bladesman]

 

[Tom Bott]

I bet 'the44' never mentioned his goal against Burnley though.

Not click-baity enough.

 

[Sean Thornton]

You forgot the apartment in Monaco, the superyacht in the Red Sea and the offshore trusts in Bermuda.

That’s the legal profession for you……..

 

[mattbianco1]

Well take your dark glasses off. He is so shit it's unbelievable. He is worse than Brewster. That was such a crap shot. He wanted the glory of hitting into the roof of the net instead of scoring. Absolute wanker of a player.

Just shows Wilder cant buy forwards.

Who knew we had so many professional strikers in our fan base.

Firstly, the pass into him was behind him. He had to pull that back and into his stride:



Then, due to it not being played in front of him, his control allowed the GK to close down the shot, making himself very big. This meant Cannon could only realistically score by striking high (or going for glory as you decided to put it )



The GK is about 3 yards in front of him and still rushing towards him. There are 2 players on the line. Tell me, where SHOULD he have tried to put it?

The still image shows the best option is to tap it left for Brewster to shoot. But Cannon doesn't get the benefit of pausing play. He had a split second to make a decision

 

[Jon Bon II]

Who knew we had so many professional strikers in our fan base.

Firstly, the pass into him was behind him. He had to pull that back and into his stride:

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Then, due to it not being played in front of him, his control allowed the GK to close down the shot, making himself very big. This meant Cannon could only realistically score by striking high (or going for glory as you decided to put it )

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The GK is about 3 yards in front of him and still rushing towards him. There are 2 players on the line. Tell me, where SHOULD he have tried to put it?

The still image shows the best option is to tap it left for Brewster to shoot. But Cannon doesn't get the benefit of pausing play. He had a split second to make a decision

Came on to say more or less the same thing. I've been one of Cannon's biggest critics but having had chance to watch it back on the highlights, I don't think it was as bad as I, and a lot of others, first thought. As you have pointed out, the keeper was bearing down on him and there were two defenders on the line, so the only place he could have scored was high up, just under the bar. If he had hammered it low, straight at the keeper, would folk be still saying bad miss or good save? Either way, it wouldn't have been a goal, so blast it high over the bar or low and straight into the keeper. A hiding to nothing.

 

[Tom Bott]

Cannon's chance had an xG of 0.61 - so a great chance; however Hamer's was a slightly better chance at 0.63,

xG's still have an element of subjectivity. I used the Footmob scoring. You are right that Opta has Cannon at 0.39, and Hamer at 0.63, with Anel at 0.71

Lies, damned lies and statistics - eh!

From Coolblade.

 

[The Bear]

Who knew we had so many professional strikers in our fan base.

Firstly, the pass into him was behind him. He had to pull that back and into his stride:

View attachment 210018

Then, due to it not being played in front of him, his control allowed the GK to close down the shot, making himself very big. This meant Cannon could only realistically score by striking high (or going for glory as you decided to put it )

View attachment 210019

The GK is about 3 yards in front of him and still rushing towards him. There are 2 players on the line. Tell me, where SHOULD he have tried to put it?

The still image shows the best option is to tap it left for Brewster to shoot. But Cannon doesn't get the benefit of pausing play. He had a split second to make a decision

Yep and what did they tell you at school? You forgot now haven't you?

K E E P Y O U R B O D Y L O W. So what does he do? Spoon the bastard onto the Midland main line. Fk me I couldve done that and it wouldnt have the cost the club £10m

 

[Harrisblade]

I get what you're saying and your approach but IMHO scrutinizing a players' performance in a match and saying that said player should be dropped for the next game(s) is a reasonable topic of conversation on a football forum.

We've got a problem then!
If I remember rightly our fans have found fault in pretty much every one of our current squad (except Cooper) at some time this season

 

[McGrath]

Take a bow Tom Cannon

Hope he is nowhere near the squad for the play-offs.

With that said nice to see him applauded off by our fans, very sporting.

Actually I think it was a difficult one to score. The pass was behind him by the time he'd controlled it and turned, the keeper had closed him down. He would have been better passing to Davies instead of shooting

Sorry

 

[utd4ever]

Reading into all these posts. The standout issues.

We need a director of football along data analysis team.

We need a new progressive manager.

If the Cannon signing are of things to come I’d me worried, really worried.

The only reservation I have with the “ it was a data analysis signing” is he was a British player so reckon it was definitely more a Wilder plug. The two foreigners who came in definitely were data analysis signings.

 

[Tom Bott]

We need a director of football along data analysis team.

But the data shows that Hamer missed an easier chance than Cannons was.

We need a new progressive manager.

Did Wilder miss a chance too.

 

[utd4ever]

But the data shows that Hamer missed an easier chance than Cannons was.



Did Wilder miss a chance too.

Hamer is and has been our best player. Leave him out of this.

 

[Tom Bott]

Data though innit.

 

[Frank the tank]

Yep and what did they tell you at school? You forgot now haven't you?

K E E P Y O U R B O D Y L O W. So what does he do? Spoon the bastard onto the Midland main line. Fk me I couldve done that and it wouldnt have the cost the club £10m

Think it's head over the ball and knee bent but then it would have probably just hit a defender or the keeper

 

[bakeblade]

Yep and what did they tell you at school? You forgot now haven't you?

K E E P Y O U R B O D Y L O W. So what does he do? Spoon the bastard onto the Midland main line. Fk me I couldve done that and it wouldnt have the cost the club £10m

The other thing that is pissing me off with Cannon is his reluctance to play other strikers in. I understand he's desperate to score but again yesterday he had opportunities to look up and pass to a colleague in a better position. But it just seems to be head down and blast it, usually straight at the opposition player.

 

[1889]

He should have put it on a plate for Davies who was stood immediately in front of him ready to hit it.
Just as Hamer should have tapped the ball into the net with the instep of his left foot. Instead of using the outside of his right foot to loft it over the bar? Which was by far the worst miss of the match, no contest

 

[The Bear]

Think it's head over the ball and knee bent but then it would have probably just hit a defender or the keeper

That would have been fine, because he would have got it on target.

 

[The Bear]

The other thing that is pissing me off with Cannon is his reluctance to play other strikers in. I understand he's desperate to score but again yesterday he had opportunities to look up and pass to a colleague in a better position. But it just seems to be head down and blast it, usually straight at the opposition player.

His goal at Turf Moor was really good mind and I was pleased for him.

 

[Tanny1889]

Geeyore man. He was poor and it was bad, despite being an absolute star, Didzy missed easier chances than that for fun

Maybe so but he could play, cannon can’t

 

[Keen Blade]

Have you ever tried complaining at the Crab Bistro?

Yeh , their gravy is Bisto

 

[Moan? Nope-I saw Longhorn]

Paul Williams in the play off semi-final against Bristol City.

Aye
Although to be fair I’m yet to see any sentence referencing Paul Williams that doesn’t included (at least) the word “worst”

 

[Moan? Nope-I saw Longhorn]

Who knew we had so many professional strikers in our fan base.

Firstly, the pass into him was behind him. He had to pull that back and into his stride:

View attachment 210018

Then, due to it not being played in front of him, his control allowed the GK to close down the shot, making himself very big. This meant Cannon could only realistically score by striking high (or going for glory as you decided to put it )

View attachment 210019

The GK is about 3 yards in front of him and still rushing towards him. There are 2 players on the line. Tell me, where SHOULD he have tried to put it?

The still image shows the best option is to tap it left for Brewster to shoot. But Cannon doesn't get the benefit of pausing play. He had a split second to make a decision

Aye
That would have been the perfect scenario for FMBlade1 (& his acolytes):
imagine their ecstasy in being able to create multiple threads:
worst pass ever;
why did he give it to that useless lump Brewster:
why didn’t Cannon shoot
supplemented by:
Brewster’’a (2nd) worst miss ever
Cannon AND Brewster are garbage (+ Wilder wouldn’t know how to spend £ on a forward
if he was sat on cow wielding a banjo)

NB for clarity: I am wholly unaware if Wilder possesses a banjo, or indeed if he has ever sat on a cow

 

[Moan? Nope-I saw Longhorn]

Is Tyrese starting in the playoffs even in doubt?
It’s hardly a hot take.

Aye
And he’s hardly been ‘setting the heather afire’ of late

 

[Bill puntin]

2 yards behind him !

Spot on the ball was behind thats why he had to lean back, dont think some fans have ever played game.

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

Aye
And he’s hardly been ‘setting the heather afire’ of late

Yet again it seems we go into the playoffs light up front, although this time is more form that fitness.

 

[Snowflake]

Spot on the ball was behind thats why he had to lean back, dont think some fans have ever played game.

Occasionally I wonder if our players have !

 

[Pedro's Winger]

TC's becoming one of those players who's entertainingly bad.
Will he fall over? Miscontrol the ball? Get his feet mixed up? Blast it over the bar from yards out? Lad's got it all.

 

[Wapping Blade]

Spot on the ball was behind thats why he had to lean back, dont think some fans have ever played game.

Agreed, thought from the BLUT that he should have left it for Brewster but it was behind both of them. He did well to control it but that gave the goalie time to close him down.