Cantwell

[Mr.Carrow 392]

Hope he gets the credit he deserves. Energy, fight and great passing. Totally changed the game. 

[GodlyOtsemobor 2,784]

Was like looking back in time. 

[cambridgeshire canary 7,544]

Looks like a vastly different player from the mysterious social media poster and ghoster we had from him a year ago. Full credit to him, shows what happens when you stick your head down and just get on with it.

[Canary Jedi 597]

Welcome back Todd! We missed the real you.

Now show you can feed the Goat

[Mr.Carrow 392]

3 minutes ago, GodlyOtsemobor said:

Was like looking back in time. 

Looks stronger to me. Maybe he's looked at Sargent's turnaround and done some heavy lifting in the gym. 

[Creedence Clearwater Couto 1,445]

Fair play, I don’t rate him. But he played well. Good decision by Smith to use him from the bench?

 

[Canaries north 155]

8 minutes ago, Creedence Clearwater Couto said:

Fair play, I don’t rate him. But he played well. Good decision by Smith to use him from the bench?

 

Agree. I don't think he's as good as some people think he is but that's just a personal opinion, but fair play to him today. 

[chicken 3,000]

I hope he gets more than credit... Club needs to lock him in a room until he signs a new contract. 

[Tony DaWonderful 35]

He work rate was very high and always brings a technical improvement to the team. How dowell gets in the team ahead of him is beyond me.

[Parma Ham's gone mouldy 2,382]

I thought he was excellent. At his best he can magnetise the ball, create chances, strike for goal off either foot. 

A buzzing Cantwell is a better player than we could afford to buy. 

Parma 

Edited October 29, 2022 by Parma Ham's gone mouldy

[Creedence Clearwater Couto 1,445]

1 minute ago, Parma Ham's gone mouldy said:

I thought he was excellent. At his best he can magnetise the ball, create chances, stroke for goal off either foot. 

A buzzing Cantwell is a better player than we could afford to buy. 

Parma 

Don’t see it.. flatters to deceive and too often carried. It’s why he’s still a Norwich player. 

[Robert N. LiM 5,723]

2 minutes ago, Parma Ham's gone mouldy said:

A buzzing Cantwell is a better player than we could afford to buy. 

 

this is the point. As I wrote elsewhere, it's a very good test of Smith as a coach, because he's a PL player at his best. 

Someone wrote this week that Farke made this club so much money by coaching young/forgotten players into players that we could flog for millions, and that that conveyor belt seemed to have seized up. Smith could do with getting it going again.

[keelansgrandad 6,680]

7 minutes ago, Tony DaWonderful said:

He work rate was very high and always brings a technical improvement to the team. How dowell gets in the team ahead of him is beyond me.

Ask Deano please

[Deptford Yellow 284]

Good show by Cantwell today - less so by Dowell … in fact I think that right hand side is a missing part of the jigsaw puzzle (and no it’s not Sargent)

[chicken 3,000]

Just now, Deptford Yellow said:

Good show by Cantwell today - less so by Dowell … in fact I think that right hand side is a missing part of the jigsaw puzzle (and no it’s not Sargent)

Sargent now also becomes a bit of a conundrum too. He is our top-scorer, and yet, as much as I rate him and he has performed this year, he wouldn't have done what Pukki did today.

I know some folks have suggested playing Pukki in the middle of the three with Sargent ahead of him, almost in a reverse of the Pukki/Stiepermann combo. 

[hogesar 10,360]

Dean has done well to get Todd back on side and playing well.

Kind of further begs the question why he didn't start ahead of Dowell.

[Midlands Yellow 4,578]

I came back for the last half hour. Cantwell of old, skill and energy which galvanised the team. Samuel Seaman was impressed, gave a Todd a 6 in the ratings!! 

[Robert N. LiM 5,723]

4 minutes ago, chicken said:

Sargent now also becomes a bit of a conundrum

Yeah, I think DS has to bite the bullet on Sarge and make a decision. He and Pukki both need to play in the middle. Whether that's as a front two, or with Pukki as a 10 as you suggest, or with one starting and the other on the bench. Sargent on the right is doing no one any favours.

[TeemuVanBasten 3,328]

59 minutes ago, Mr.Carrow said:

Hope he gets the credit he deserves. Energy, fight and great passing. Totally changed the game. 

He was superb when he came on, hope its not just a flash in the pan.

[NWC 285]

Apart from his skill, of which he has in abundance, I always like the way that Todd covers the ground. He sees every blade of grass on the pitch and we haven't seen that from many other players (Sargent?).

It hasn't often run for him the last few games, but the effort was there - today I felt he showed great effort and great application. Like others said, he changed the game, and has to start against QPR on Wednesday. 

Well done Todd. 

[AJ 1,324]

Looked every inch the player he should have been when Emi left. Dictating play and some excellent link up for our third. Should be starting every week

[Worthy Nigelton 1,232]

2 hours ago, Mr.Carrow said:

Looks stronger to me. Maybe he's looked at Sargent's turnaround and done some heavy lifting in the gym. 

Thats definitely what helped that reverse pass to Nunez.

[Mr.Carrow 392]

5 minutes ago, Worthy Nigelton said:

Thats definitely what helped that reverse pass to Nunez.

Helped him win a ball he had no right to, to spark the second goal. 

[Petriix 3,073]

I think a massive part of Todd's performance today (and why people are saying things like 'welcome back') is that he was in his natural position in his most familiar formation. When he's playing wide in a 4-3-3 he doesn't have the same movement around him to find those exquisite passes. 

He'll be playing in the Premier League next season, but not for us unless something dramatically changes. 

[Tony DaWonderful 35]

2 hours ago, keelansgrandad said:

Ask Deano please

No point asking pal, he knows best 👍

[TeemuVanBasten 3,328]

2 hours ago, Creedence Clearwater Couto said:

It’s why he’s still a Norwich player. 

Won't be in 8 months.

[TeemuVanBasten 3,328]

2 hours ago, Mr.Carrow said:

Looks stronger to me. Maybe he's looked at Sargent's turnaround and done some heavy lifting in the gym. 

I noticed this, has bulked up a bit.

Was much needed and the way forward.

Unfortunately he's polishing himself up nicely for his big bosman move isn't he ha

[nutty nigel 7,816]

2 hours ago, Mr.Carrow said:

Hope he gets the credit he deserves. Energy, fight and great passing. Totally changed the game. 

MOM for us even though it was only 20 mins. He was strong, won a ball back through sheer determination which lifted the crowd and the team and from then he was the best player on the pitch by a margin. He can be a huge player for us if he replicates that for the rest of the season. Must start Wednesday.

[TIL 1010 5,115]

All this thread needs now is the seal of approval from @Bert and Todd will have been welcomed back to the fold. 😂

[Capt. Pants 4,773]

I'm really not sure why he isn't getting more minutes on the pitch and Smith isn't building a team around him like he did with Grealish. Even more surprising is starting Dowell instead.