United's form with Cannon on the pitch.

[JohnDenver]

Zero minutes for Cannon just happens to coincide with the first home win of the season.

"It's a praise for Chris Wilder... "

He will probably start one of the next two.

 

[Bladesman101]

He needs to get out of the squad. He’s just cost us that goal from NOT LOOKING INTERESTED. This idiot has not looked one bit bothered for 1 second since joining this club. If he was from the youth he’d be GONE! He’s been here since January, it’s October! He’s the worst striker I have ever seen at a professional level. You look at Ings tonight and you can tell he’s frustrated with the game/he’s making runs forward/sniffing for chances/coming short. Then I look over at him and he’s just a sorry excuse of a footballer. Wilder, this is his Marvin Johnson v Bristol moment, it’s over for him.

 

[fifty shades of blade]

He needs to get out of the squad. He’s just cost us that goal from NOT LOOKING INTERESTED. This idiot has not looked one bit bothered for 1 second since joining this club. If he was from the youth he’d be GONE! He’s been here since January, it’s October! He’s the worst striker I have ever seen at a professional level. You look at Ings tonight and you can tell he’s frustrated with the game/he’s making runs forward/sniffing for chances/coming short. Then I look over at him and he’s just a sorry excuse of a footballer. Wilder, this is his Marvin Johnson v Bristol moment, it’s over for him.

Laurens Ten Cannon

 

[Chimpan-A]

He is deliberately slowing down so the defender can get between him and the ball. He is terrified of physical contact, of going shoulder to shoulder.

 

[Working Class Hero]

He gets a start in a two up top, against a team in the relegation zone and in even worse form than us, and puts in this "performance". There can't be any excuses any more.

 

[Dave9777]

Agreed, let him go for 50p and gerrim gone asap, He seemingly hates it here & we hate him.

 

[sufc323]

It’s never being more obvious that we need to sack him off for good now, we’re so much better when he’s not playing

 

[Badger Blade]

He's absolute garbage. No coincidence that as soon as he gets the hook, we go on to win the game.

New striker needs to be top of the shopping list in January.

 

[BouncinBlade]

The guys confidence is shot! Let's focus on the positives!!

 

[originaltrueblade]

Ten men with Cannon on pitch

 

[Dark muffy]

The guys confidence is shot! Let's focus on the positives!!

One positive i can think of is there are 91 other clubs in the English league system he could play for

 

[Gysbrechts_tash]

He hides. He gives advantage to the defender then looks busy like he tried. Absolute shirker who has never wanted to be here.

I mean £10m FFS...it makes Brewster look a bargain. At least he never hid.

 

[Fjortoft's Aeroplane]

In the 1230 minutes Tom Cannon has been on the pitch for us since he joined in January 2025, we've collectively scored 12 goals. That's 1 goal per 102.5 minutes.
In that same time period we have collectively conceded 23 (1 per 53.5 mins).
Blades Goal Difference with Cannon on the pitch = -11
Tom Cannon has contributed 1 goal and 1 assist in those 1230 minutes.

The uplift when he comes off is tremendous though. Perhaps we should just play him for 20 minutes at the start of games and then benefit from how galvanised the team is once we take him off?

 

[Houston_Blade]

He is deliberately slowing down so the defender can get between him and the ball. He is terrified of physical contact, of going shoulder to shoulder.

He sets off 10 yards in front and finishes 10 yards behind over 5 yards!

 

[Houston_Blade]

The uplift when he comes off is tremendous though. Perhaps we should just play him for 20 minutes at the start of games and then benefit from how galvanised the team is once we take him off?

I said the same, I think the oppo defenders are that comfortable by the time he comes off that they aren’t ready for an actual footballer coming on to replace him.

 

[Maurice Maurice]

Surely today was his last chance, and he failed to take it. Big game that one, even this early in the season and after the win at the weekend we should have gone into it a lot more positive than in recent weeks. What does Cannon do when given a chance to impress? Fuck all, nothing whatsoever that says there's a footballer in there, some grit and determination, some technical ability, absolutely nothing.

He really is a waste of a squad number, he shouldn't be at the club and if we lose cash on him so be it. We won't be paying the silly twats wages and we won't have to watch anymore non performances like every one so far. He's like Nick Montgomery without the splay feet and the running around.

UTBFTP

 

[GVBlade]

One positive i can think of is there are 91 other clubs in the English league system he could play for

Or - send him on loan in January - to Tesco’s or Sainsbury’s - shelf-stacking.

 

[Melbourne Blade]

Or - send him on loan in January - to Tesco’s or Sainsbury’s - shelf-stacking.

Oi I used to do that at tesco when I was a student - there's no way he'd be able to lift a carton of dog food. And he'd miss the shelf!

 

[unitedbhoy]

It’s never nice to see someone so clearly struggling like he is. It’s one of them moves that just hasn’t worked out. There’s got to be a player there, he’s scored goals elsewhere, we haven’t seen it but there must be!

He needs to go out on loan Jan 1st for his and ours sake! We can’t keep persisting like we did Brewster I hope we have learnt from that.

Like others have pointed out I get the feeling he never wanted to come in the first place and was pushed by Leicester.

 

[Edgar Allan Poo]

Stuck with Cannon till last night but now trying to work out whether he's a Brewster, a Lundstrum or a wickedly unfunny combo. A Lundster? Brewstrum?

 

[joe casey]

It’s never nice to see someone so clearly struggling like he is. It’s one of them moves that just hasn’t worked out. There’s got to be a player there, he’s scored goals elsewhere, we haven’t seen it but there must be!

He needs to go out on loan Jan 1st for his and ours sake! We can’t keep persisting like we did Brewster I hope we have learnt from that.

Like others have pointed out I get the feeling he never wanted to come in the first place and was pushed by Leicester.

Brewster was 10x the player Cannon is. His main issue was he was just injured all the time. He actually added something to the team when he did play last season and looked capable of doing the basics of a footballer.

 

[Fjortoft's Aeroplane]

In the 1246 minutes Tom Cannon has been on the pitch for us since he joined in January 2025, we've collectively scored 12 goals. That's 1 goal per 103.8 minutes.
In that same time period we have collectively conceded 23 (1 per 54.2 mins).
Blades Goal Difference with Cannon on the pitch = -11
Tom Cannon has contributed 1 goal and 1 assist in those 1246 minutes.

Given he was only on for 16 minutes after the damage was done , there's no blame on him for last night's result. But I think every Blade (watching & playing) lost all hope of rescuing a point once he came on.

 

[Blade56]

Was so chuffed with the result I forgot to update everyone's favourite stat thread. So here they are, the numbers you've all been waiting for:

In the 1136 minutes Tom Cannon has been on the pitch for us since he joined in January 2025, we've collectively scored 11 goals. That's 1 goal per 103.3 minutes.
In that same time period we have collectively conceded 22 (1 goal per 51.6 mins).
Blades Goal Difference with Cannon on the pitch = -11
Tom Cannon has contributed 1 goal and 1 assist in those 1136 minutes.

He’ll come good. With recycled players like Cannon, Ings, Davies, Shackleton maybe Reinwold now fully all fit and ready to rip the league a new one we will be int playoffs by Christmas.

Padawan sleighed the master tonight