Cantwell

[Jersey Canary 180]

It’ll be interesting to see what the new manager does with Toddwell. Does he give him another chance or just carry on without him? 

[Newtopia 573]

God I love him, but when he gets mentioned now it sinks my stomach.  I do not know him at all and every new manager should give everyone a fair chance.  Equally, the new coach needs to manage Todd carefully, decent footballer but we have not seen it for a while, and his performances over the last couple of years seem to be affected by stuff (I genuinely have no idea what that stuff is), tbh I have sympathy, but it has been a long time now, and been disruptive.

[cambridgeshire canary 7,797]

We know he can tear this divison apart if played at his best and we know we need wingers.

But I do worry about his mental health.

[Creedence Clearwater Couto 1,632]

When will people accept he’s overrated and not good enough anymore?

Thats the cold hard truth of it.

[Creedence Clearwater Couto 1,632]

9 minutes ago, cambridgeshire canary said:

We know he can tear this divison apart if played at his best and we know we need wingers.

But I do worry about his mental health.

No we don’t. We know he looked good in a side full of creative talent, not so much when some of that was taken away and the burden rested on his shoulders. 

[DraytonBoy 246]

Could it be that he simply doesn't have the mental strength to be a top player?

He fell out with Farke, didn't shine at Bournemouth under Parker (who might be his new manager) and Smith couldn't do anything with him either when he came back.

 

[Petriix 3,214]

We have no idea about the "stuff" other than rumors. Personally I think it's a load of b*llocks.

I think he was just the victim of the inexplicable switch to 4-3-3. His position in the team was effectively removed: he's not a winger or a central midfielder and Rashica and Sargent were brought in at great expense to fill those two places. 

Without the minutes on the pitch and trying to adapt to the new system (which was totally shambolic and in which everyone else was struggling), Todd ended up falling out with Farke. He was probably upset about the above and maybe said something wrong. 

Then he probably had a bit of a bad attitude simply because he was in the dog house. There was no obvious path back into contention and he just wanted to move on to continue his career elsewhere. He's coming to the end of his contract and clearly didn't think we were offering him enough money to stay on. 

This season he has generally looked excellent whenever he has played, but he didn't seem to be doing the things that Smith was looking for: not athletic enough maybe? He was notably substituted in the QPR game when I thought he was the best player on the pitch. We haven't seen him since. 

In my opinion Cantwell is the second most important player at the club (behind Pukki). He's been totally mismanaged and wasted as an asset. We absolutely need his flair and creativity - it's everything that's been missing under Smith. 

The problem is that he will be short of confidence and match fitness. It's hard to hit the ground running without a consistent run in the team. Sadly I think his time here is fading out. But I think we'll look pretty stupid when his career takes off again, probably at a bigger club. 

Edited December 30, 2022 by Petriix

[Capt. Pants 5,001]

Todd isn't a winger in the true sense, especially if you want someone to dribble or sprint passed fullbacks.

That said everyone will get a fair chance to impress the new manager. Unfortunately for him there's a lot of competition for attacking midfield. I like Todd, but where does he fit in?

[Midlands Yellow 4,682]

He’s not been great this season but should make the squad more often than not. Move already lined up January would make sense. 

[Ulfotto 798]

A couple of points 

Personally I think he has played his last game for the club I think his non appearance on the bench is just a smoke screen for the fact he has a moved lined up in January.

Smith cops a lot of flak but over Cantwell I think he did the right thing by Todd. Stuck him straight back in the side when he arrived, allowed him to try and get a move then this season buried anything that went on previously and put him back in the team and gave him a lot of chances to shine.  The reality is though in terms of goals and assists this season he is behind Sinani, Ramsay, Dowell, Sara and Nunez.

[keelansgrandad 6,680]

He has the talent and skill and certainly workrate to still be a top player in the Championship.

Smith just wanted robots who would pass it back to Gunn at the first opportunity. Todd is not a robot. He is a free thinker who changes things.

Admittedly he didn't have the physicality it seems, in the EPL but still showed glimpses that when playing with better players he could damage the opposition.

If people think Ramsey, Sara or Nunez are better then I would love a good argument.

[Canary Jedi 609]

We are massively lacking creativity. Cantwell could be that person IF he can play to the potential he showed in his debut premier league season.

[Harry53 229]

7 minutes ago, Capt. Pants said:

Todd isn't a winger in the true sense, especially if you want someone to dribble or sprint passed fullbacks.

That said everyone will get a fair chance to impress the new manager. Unfortunately for him there's a lot of competition for attacking midfield. I like Todd, but where does he fit in?

He is the best, most important creative midfielder we have. That's where he fits in.

[Capt. Pants 5,001]

8 minutes ago, Harry53 said:

He is the best, most important creative midfielder we have. That's where he fits in.

He used to be I agree but for some reason this season he doesn't seem to have any end product. Not through lack of effort I hasten to add but it's not happening.

One of the biggest blockages for Todd is Josh Sargent taking up a wide position in the team.

[percy varco 253]

44 minutes ago, DraytonBoy said:

Could it be that he simply doesn't have the mental strength to be a top player?

He fell out with Farke, didn't shine at Bournemouth under Parker (who might be his new manager) and Smith couldn't do anything with him either when he came back.

 

I hope he can sort his issues but I wonder if there would be the same concern on here if Todd was not a local. 

[SwearyCanary 1,340]

43 minutes ago, Harry53 said:

He is the best, most important creative midfielder we have. That's where he fits in.

He played ok for a season and a half with the best creative midfielder the club has ever had in Buendia taking two or more players away from him to give him time and room to find a pass. Cold hard truth, Todd can’t do it unless he is alongside class, he has never performed well enough when he hasn’t had Emi. The years we were promoted and our results with Emi out injured but Todd still playing tell you he isn’t enough. He might be the best creative midfielder we have, I disagree massively seeing as he creates nothing, but if he is as you say then it shows a total lack of creativity throughout our midfield. He isn’t important for us, it would be nice if he stepped up and repaid the faith a lot of other people have in him, but he hasn’t and he won’t 

Edited December 30, 2022 by SwearyCanary

[cambridgeshire canary 7,797]

Can we all at least agree that it would be nice to see this Cantwell again?

 

[percy varco 253]

Just now, cambridgeshire canary said:

Can we all at least agree that it would be nice to see this Cantwell again?

 

Yes it would. Do you think we will?

[Creedence Clearwater Couto 1,632]

54 minutes ago, Harry53 said:

He is the best, most important creative midfielder we have. That's where he fits in.

No chance. Never has been. He made a reputation off the back of Buendia and Pukki, and to some extent Skipp. 
 

[Yellow Fever 4,415]

Cantwell was simply over hyped (and still is) by many on here - and Cantwell himself believed it.

Then we had all the tantrums under Farke, but unlike Emi, who knuckled down got his act back together Cantwell it seems couldn't and still can't.

Frankly, with a new manager this will be his last chance saloon. Three 'strikes' and you're out.

[lake district canary 4,816]

At his best he is quick witted and can link play well and can score goals - but when he has played this season, he has run around a lot, but without much purpose - probably trying too hard. 

We have a few players who have not had enough minutes to find their best form - Idah for one - but Todd is one of those who is in a Catch 22 situation - needs minutes, but can't get them because there are others ahead of him. The cup game will give him that opportunity to stake his claim for a regular start. I hope he takes it.

 

 

 

[norfolkngood 1,174]

i have MY own thought on what is going on with Cantwell 

and as it is a guess i will not post it 

BUT Cantwell can not pick and choose which manager he wants to to play for 

it is a shame as the boy has talent and can play 

his next step is up to Todd 

 

 

[Robert N. LiM 6,270]

The few appearances he's made this season have made me think that his future might be as one of the double pivot. Obviously he'd need a defensive player alongside him, but he has the vision, movement and passing range to make a success of that position, I think. He could be a second-tier version of late Beckham, or what we thought we were getting with Gilmour.

I would love him to stay because I think he's a good player, and it's just great to have a Norfolk boy in the team. But objectively speaking, it's hard to avoid the conclusion that a proper fresh start away from Norfolk is what he needs.

[Robert N. LiM 6,270]

41 minutes ago, cambridgeshire canary said:

Can we all at least agree that it would be nice to see this Cantwell again?

 

that night, with academy products Idah and Cantwell scoring great penalties in the shoot-out was peak Delia-Webber-Farke for me. Even more than the Man City game (admittedly probably because I was at Spurs but not at CR for Man City). The City View video the club put out with Delia congratulating Adam afterwards, and Farke thinking his interviewer had asked him to take his trousers off, was such lovely content.

[Inch High aka Inchy.. 417]

Buy him a Santa outfit and send him to Dereham.

[Coneys Knee 1,048]

3 hours ago, Creedence Clearwater Couto said:

No chance. Never has been. He made a reputation off the back of Buendia and Pukki, and to some extent Skipp. 
 

Why does that somehow discredit him? It’s a team game. Do we, by the same token, discredit pukki’s ability? Now he doesn’t have the Buendia, Vrancic, stiepermann supply line? Or do we maybe think that Pukki (and cantwells) stuttering could be down to such things as tactical mismanagement.

Todd is quality. Sure he needs to step up but we also need a coach that plays to his and the rest of the teams strengths.

[Graham Paddons Beard 2,786]

6 hours ago, DraytonBoy said:

 

He fell out with Farke, didn't shine at Bournemouth under Parker (who might be his new manager) and Smith couldn't do anything with him either when he came back.

 

That’s about the long and short of it . A decent talent going to waste . For reasons we may not entirely know or understand. 
 

It could be worse though. He could be skint.