Cantwell with assist of the (pre) season

[cambridgeshire canary 5,834]

Oh my word. How's about that then? Just deciding to play keepy ups and then bicycle kicking it!

 

Hopefully Villa were not watching..

[Jklivie 0]

Won't be just villa watching apparently...

https://www.facebook.com/46146721777/posts/10158276597081778/?sfnsn=scwshm

I feel that Give Me Sport comparing him with prime ronaldinho isn't going to help us keep hold of him 

 

 

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[horsefly 4,056]

There isn't a club in Europe that are not well aware of Todd's talents. I hope they are all watching, because every moment of individual excellence like last night's adds another million+ to his value. Let's hope he stays at least another season, adds millions more to his value, and gets a move to a genuine top 6 team.  That would be the best message to send to our future top talent not to abandon ship too early for parvenus like Villa. Imagine the possibility that Todd stays another year, performs fabulously, gets bought by Liverpool for £50m+ and goes on to win a PL champions medal. What better way to emerge from the shadow cast by Buendia.

[lake district canary 4,284]

When I saw the op, I must admit I thought he was talking about the 5th goal.  A glorious cross field free kick on to Sorensen's head.  Both were fantastic assists but that was as special as the first one imo. 

Also the first free kick I have ever seen him take. It is another step up in his career to show he can take free kicks - a new responsibility if you like.  If his dead ball kicking is as good as that this season, the free kick quality in the team will be up there with the best. 

 

[rock bus 759]

25 minutes ago, lake district canary said:

When I saw the op, I must admit I thought he was talking about the 5th goal.  A glorious cross field free kick on to Sorensen's head.  Both were fantastic assists but that was as special as the first one imo. 

Also the first free kick I have ever seen him take. It is another step up in his career to show he can take free kicks - a new responsibility if you like.  If his dead ball kicking is as good as that this season, the free kick quality in the team will be up there with the best. 

 

I hope you are right with this...the one thing I wont miss about Buendia is his set pieces. I've never been able to work out how a player with such incredible talent is so incapable of hitting a static ball where it needs to go!!

[AJ 1,193]

It was a good cross (and I still don't know why Emi took them all before as he very rarely put in a good delivery) but the defending for Sorensens goal was shocking, it's unlikely you'll get a similar chance in the PL. The first one though, caught everyone out and had that been in the PL you'd be hearing about it for weeks!

[lake district canary 4,284]

1 hour ago, rock bus said:

1 hour ago, lake district canary said:

When I saw the op, I must admit I thought he was talking about the 5th goal.  A glorious cross field free kick on to Sorensen's head.  Both were fantastic assists but that was as special as the first one imo. 

Also the first free kick I have ever seen him take. It is another step up in his career to show he can take free kicks - a new responsibility if you like.  If his dead ball kicking is as good as that this season, the free kick quality in the team will be up there with the best. 

 

I hope you are right with this...the one thing I wont miss about Buendia is his set pieces. I've never been able to work out how a player with such incredible talent is so incapable of hitting a static ball where it needs to go!!

One of my doubts about Cantwell two years ago was that although he was good to watch, if you compared him to say Grealish (rightly or wrongly), that he lacked parts to his game that Grealish and players like him have - and free kicks was one of them.  Usually, players like that have everything in their locker from great passing, dribbling, shooting - and good at dead ball situations.

He proved last night that he can take a great free kick - and I challenge anyone to tell me that they have seen him take an offensive free kick before (apart from penalty shoot outs). The first of many, I hope.

[Badger 2,328]

I posted on an earlier thread that although I rate Cantwell highly, if we were offered £40 million for Cantwell, we should grab it with both hands - I'm beginning to revise this opinion.

He played last night as if he thought he was "the main man" and looked like all his talent is coming to fruition. 

[Bill 1,788]

looked like an attempted pass, without knowing who was there

so although an excellent piece of ball control/play

it was fortunate that Idah was where he was

 

[AJ 1,193]

1 hour ago, Bill said:

looked like an attempted pass, without knowing who was there

so although an excellent piece of ball control/play

it was fortunate that Idah was where he was

 

Or, it's almost like they've trained regularly on the football pitch together and might have an idea of where their fellow players around them would be. 

Y'know, maybe.

Great initiative to get the ball towards the back post

[curious yellow 184]

31 minutes ago, AJ said:

Or, it's almost like they've trained regularly on the football pitch together and might have an idea of where their fellow players around them would be. 

Y'know, maybe.

Great initiative to get the ball towards the back post

Most of Idah's recent goals have been set up by Todd- Barnsley, Kings Lynn and last night. Not Prem teams but the vision and awareness is developing. 

[wcorkcanary 4,283]

1 hour ago, AJ said:

Or, it's almost like they've trained regularly on the football pitch together and might have an idea of where their fellow players around them would be. 

Y'know, maybe.

Great initiative to get the ball towards the back post

Yep it's amazing no one thought of that before.....space created, ball delivered,  player arrives to finish. If they'd stuck to formation,  no one would have made that run...formations out, lobbing aimless balls into the box just in case someone's there, in. 

I think there is some undiscovered  footy genius on this board.

[AJ 1,193]

18 minutes ago, wcorkcanary said:

Yep it's amazing no one thought of that before.....space created, ball delivered,  player arrives to finish. If they'd stuck to formation,  no one would have made that run...formations out, lobbing aimless balls into the box just in case someone's there, in. 

I think there is some undiscovered  footy genius on this board.

Fluid formations are literally liquid football!

[horsefly 4,056]

5 hours ago, Bill said:

looked like an attempted pass, without knowing who was there

so although an excellent piece of ball control/play

it was fortunate that Idah was where he was

 

 

3 hours ago, AJ said:

Or, it's almost like they've trained regularly on the football pitch together and might have an idea of where their fellow players around them would be. 

Y'know, maybe.

Great initiative to get the ball towards the back post

Actually, I think you both capture a point here which I was trying to make on the Idah thread. Had Pukki been the striker I get the feeling Cantwell would have been looking to lay a pass off towards the edge of the penalty area where Pukki would most likely have been lurking (we've seen that scenario so many times). But since Idah was playing there was every chance he would have been not far off the far post lurking for a header (yes, I know he scored with his foot). As AJ suggests this is absolutely a case of what's practised in training.