Todd Cantwell

[Mattyblue]

He’s playing for a club that in all likelihood will finish about 9th in the Championship for a reason.

[chaddyrovers]

Leeds at home, he was outstanding 

Last home game, he stepped up and played a major part in all 3 goals 

Edited Monday at 08:05 by chaddyrovers

[Tom]

9 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Leeds at home, he was outstanding 

Last home game, he stepped up and played a major part in all 3 goals 

But that is cherry picking - the full picture is more nuanced 

[chaddyrovers]

25 minutes ago, Tom said:

But that is cherry picking - the full picture is more nuanced 

In some games he has been poor granted. He drop far too deep leaving us just one player up front. I would like to see him higher up and closing to our number 9

[Upside Down]

He needs something decent for him to give some service to.

Also missing Trav so he has to go deeper to get the ball.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

He’s always liable to get caught in possession because he likes to dribble with the ball and he’s not quick. He needs to be further up the field. IE as far away from our goal as possible.

[roverblue]

He's been poor for an extended period now which at a normal club would see him dropped. We literally have nobody else to replace him with though so he just keeps playing.

Even when he has been poor some of his passing has led to goals like against Portsmouth though so you have to bear that in mind.

I think all the attacking players just look devoid of any form or confidence at the moment, needs a major refresh which a lot of us have been saying for years.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 minute ago, roverblue said:

He's been poor for an extended period now which at a normal club would see him dropped. We literally have nobody else to replace him with though so he just keeps playing.

Even when he has been poor some of his passing has led to goals like against Portsmouth though so you have to bear that in mind.

I think all the attacking players just look devoid of any form or confidence at the moment, needs a major refresh which a lot of us have been saying for years.

As I was saying earlier if we had all week to practise a new formation I’d be changing the way we play. I’d have Buckley playing in the Cantwell role and Cantwell on the bench. He’s a luxury we can’t afford at the moment.

[arbitro]

His ball retention is poor. I don't know the stats but I would hazard a guess that he has lost/given the ball away more than any other player (although Dolan might run him close). He is too much of a luxury player for me which would be acceptable if he was doing the business but he just hasn't delivered what he was brought in to do. I was amazed he played the full game on Saturday given the way the game was going.

[Lancaster Rover]

He's looking increasingly like the player who has spent the last few years on loan and Tik Tok than anything resembling the breakthrough player at Norwich. For the vast majority of this season he's looked like a bad Eyal Berkovic impersonator, dropping painfully deep, taking far too many touches and playing the ball backward, sidewards or a pointless crossfield pass. Gives the ball away so much it's painful. 

Perfect example on saturday, ball comes in to him in midfield with pressure behind instead of just setting the ball back to Beck or Hyam, turning and receiving it again on his back foot to play forward he takes 4 touches and starts dribbling backwards. This is Oxfords trigger to press, he then dribbles deeper and deeper to the point he's on the byline, at which point he skews a left footed clearance to their right back and they have us 6 v 5 because he's put everyone under pressure needlessly. 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 hour ago, arbitro said:

His ball retention is poor. I don't know the stats but I would hazard a guess that he has lost/given the ball away more than any other player (although Dolan might run him close). He is too much of a luxury player for me which would be acceptable if he was doing the business but he just hasn't delivered what he was brought in to do. I was amazed he played the full game on Saturday given the way the game was going.

ACD gives it away a lot too. He gave it away twice in about 2 minutes in the second half. So we sub him for Dolan - who promptly gave the ball away with his first touch ! I was pulling my hair out.

[Lancaster Rover]

Posted this in the transfer thread but thought it might be of interest to those in the debate

I've just looked it up the stats in terms of forward actions for Cantwell to run a statistical view against my own visual and personal opinion.

Cantwell is 19th in the league for shot creating actions per 90, virtually every club in the league has a more effective creator at this moment in time. In terms of actions that lead directly to a goal he's 51st with Dolan our highest ranked player at 15th and Gueye at 31st.

Hedges and Dolan have the most progressive carries at 41st and 49th respectively with Cantwell 68th.

Progressive passes wise we've got Tronstad and Travis at 31st and 47th with Cantwell at 62nd.

He is our highest ranked non penalty XG and assist XG ranked player at 6.7 over the season, made up of 1.9 non pen XG and 4.8 assist XG.

[K-Hod]

If he plays well with good players around him, then sign them.

Otherwise, it’s going to have been a completely pointless signing.

I’m rapidly running out of patience with his fancy flicks, ducking out of challenges and general nonchalance. Whether it’s the case or not, it certainly looks like there’s no graft whatsoever in the lad.

[roverblue]

He was abysmal tonight and his attempt at tracking back at the start of the move for their 2nd goal embarrassing. I hope his team mates dig him out afterwards as for me the lack of effort shown there is unacceptable.

[Tom]

He deserves dropping. I’d be all for it to send a message, problem being who comes in?