Todd "cryptic post" Cantwell has returned!

[KeiranShikari 1,524]

Least surprising development of the year. 

[unique 466]

The bottom line is that he was sold, no doubt, for a pittance. There was a time when he was valued at upwards of £20m.

He has been spurned by consecutive Norwich coaches, with Webber being the common denominator. It all points to a spat with Webber.

Whatever the ins and outs of it, the situation has been badly mishandled and the club missed out on a substantial payday..

’Self-funded’, my ar*e,, looking more like ‘self-destructed’ by the week….

 

[NFN FC 1,142]

The club should've handled the little n0bsock better 

[hogesar 10,732]

Considering all these people claim not to care we've had about 7 threads on Cantwell just since he left.

Anyway, he just needs to time it right. Wait and see, if this season fizzles out into nothing and Wagner isn't looking a great choice then half of those on here claiming to not want to hear from Todd will be desperate to hear it as something to attack the club with.

Quite clear Todd still wants the attention as well though. 

[Hank shoots Skyler 2,094]

It’s barely been a week since he left, I was kinda expecting something to come out at the end of his career, or maybe at least a few years later. Can’t imagine being overly interested in any of this if I were a Rangers fan. Doesn’t half bring it on himself does he?!

[TeemuVanBasten 3,328]

49 minutes ago, hogesar said:

Anyway, he just needs to time it right. Wait and see, if this season fizzles out into nothing and Wagner isn't looking a great choice then half of those on here claiming to not want to hear from Todd will be desperate to hear it as something to attack the club with.

Just can't see it personally, Cantwell lost a lot of goodwill, most were just a bit "meh", and there's enough other things to call Webber out for. Like the Tsoliz catastrophe, which you seem to be on board with, and the decision to take a risk on an injured DM yet again, a decision which has left us without a DM for a season, again, meaning we too often lose the midfield battles, again. I never really understood why Trybull had to be bombed out, he was a decent squad filler and backup DM who would have got a lot of football over the past two seasons due to both Normann and Hayden spending more time on the treatment table than on the pitch. 

Would really have to scrape the barrel to side with Cantwell considering the litany of poor recruitment decisions in recent years.

Edited February 7, 2023 by TeemuVanBasten

[CANARYKING 706]

“ he didn’t do much for 19 months “ whilst pocketing at least two and a quarter million in wages.

[dylanisabaddog 6,122]

22 minutes ago, TeemuVanBasten said:

Just can't see it personally, Cantwell lost a lot of goodwill, most were just a bit "meh", and there's enough other things to call Webber out for. Like the Tsoliz catastrophe, which you seem to be on board with, and the decision to take a risk on an injured DM yet again, a decision which has left us without a DM for a season, again, meaning we too often lose the midfield battles, again. I never really understood why Trybull had to be bombed out, he was a decent squad filler and backup DM who would have got a lot of football over the past two seasons due to both Normann and Hayden spending more time on the treatment table than on the pitch. 

Would really have to scrape the barrel to side with Cantwell considering the litany of poor recruitment decisions in recent years.

The decision to risk bringing in injured midfield players 2 years in a row is very poor. I know it worked with Krul but Jarvis, Byram, Normann and Hayden must have cost us a fortune. Jarvis may have been before Webber's time but it should have been a lesson learned at Board level. We simply can't afford to take the risk. 

As for Cantwell, Webber should have kept his mouth shut about sitting on the pitch and tell everyone that Todd was wonderful. Then sell him. 

[TeemuVanBasten 3,328]

7 minutes ago, dylanisabaddog said:

As for Cantwell, Webber should have kept his mouth shut about sitting on the pitch and tell everyone that Todd was wonderful. Then sell him. 

Exactly this. Farke also to blame for this however. The club guilty of airing dirty laundry in public. 

Making the whole world know that Cantwell was a bad egg and in the U23s instantly took many millions off his value, how silly in hindsight.

We've seen how big clubs and the international manager have been reluctant to make a move for James Maddison due to past indiscretions and questions about his personality and mentality. He does seem to have grown up a bit.

But Webber has even said that he doesn't want any d*ckheads in the squad, well same applies to other Sporting Directors also, so if you tell the world that one of your players is a d*ckhead then you are instantly turning people off.

[duke63 736]

He's a classic example of how social media screws with your head.

Just play football, live in your own place and forget about the rest of the world. A footballer has a very short career, don't waste it.

 

[PurpleCanary 6,368]

Notwithstanding any antagonism we might have felt towards Cantwell we arranged for him what under the circumstances seemed like the perfect January loan move. To a club on its way to the Premier League. And Bournemouth couldn't have paid much attention to anything negative we might have said about him, since they took us up on the offer. All he had to do was impress Bournmouth, which could well have secured him a permanent move, while also indicating that we alone were the problem. That didn't happen.

[lake district canary 4,813]

25 minutes ago, duke63 said:

He's a classic example of how social media screws with your head.

Indeed. The susceptible love any adulation and live for it, but any, even small amount of negativity eats away at them. Farke was right on the subject of highs and lows - don't get too carried away by the highs and don't get too down about lows - in other words keep your head. 

 

[Mason 47 1,908]

I've been saying this a while. It was no mistake that just around the same time he wasn't getting in Bournemouth side that the 'I have heart for Norwich, it hurts me when people say I dont' interview with Sky came out.

He's always been, and remains so, very deliberate with his use of social media. 

I did think it would take longer than a week outside of January to get the first attention-seek though. Perhaps he's feeling bold after his first assist in two years?

 

[Mello Yello 2,562]

I have been sympathetic towards Todd.....but he does need to ease off on social media and focus on his playing career and let his 'precocious' footballing talent do the talking....It just all seems so very immature....He's not a kid showing teenage angst, he's an adult and should get on with his career.....

 

[Foxy2600 375]

And this is why I don't give a tuppenny toss about the idiots work ethic or future career. He should have continued to work hard for the club that gave him the opportunity to be valued at £30m....

£1.5m - LOL!

[Worthy Nigelton 1,295]

Just goes to show he still isn't focusing on football. He's doomed as a top level player I'm afraid.

 

 

 

 

 

[......and Smith must score. 1,587]

2 hours ago, Mello Yello said:

I have been sympathetic towards Todd.....but he does need to ease off on social media and focus on his playing career and let his 'precocious' footballing talent do the talking....It just all seems so very immature....He's not a kid showing teenage angst, he's an adult and should get on with his career.....

 

I lost sympathy with Cantwell many moons ago. A teenage mind in an adult body.

Needs to behave less like Harry Enfield's Kevin and more like Max Aarons. The two of them couldn't be more chalk and cheese.

[Greavsy 2,644]

I wonder how many çity players are still in touch with him,following his departure,  and thinly veiled criticism of the club?

[cambridgeshire canary 7,786]

4 minutes ago, ......and Smith must score. said:

I lost sympathy with Cantwell many moons ago. A teenage mind in an adult body.

Needs to behave less like Harry Enfield's Kevin and more like Max Aarons. The two of them couldn't be more chalk and cheese.

Really will be funny if Cantwell's 'tell all story' boils down to 'Well clubs wanted to buy me but Webber said no' given that we have Max who every single transfer window seems to get endless offers from big clubs (Including Barca and Bayern) yet Max has just kept his mouth shut, his head down not complained and just gets on with it.

[Capt. Pants 4,984]

55 minutes ago, Greavsy said:

I wonder how many çity players are still in touch with him,following his departure,  and thinly veiled criticism of the club?

Makes you wonder how many were actually in touch with him whilst he was here?

NCFC still living rent free in Cantwell's head. Sad in some ways and I'm not sure it bodes well for the future.

Rangers would do well to keep an eye on this as a wondering focus after a week or so is a bit concerning from their perspective.

[Mike w 50]

Reading all this he is certainly getting headline news.

 

Whatever went on with NCFC Todd never upped his game to have the last laugh except we got nought for him rather than big fee expected. He got his release FOC.

Had great potential but never listened !!

[Greavsy 2,644]

I wonder if his wages are similar at Rangers to here? 

Obviously he is currently getting first team matches, but arguably in a lower standard league. From a personal level would he see that a success, even if taken a drop in salary? 

[TheRock 190]

5 hours ago, duke63 said:

He's a classic example of how social media screws with your head.

Just play football, live in your own place and forget about the rest of the world. A footballer has a very short career, don't waste it.

 

Yep, exactly this.

Once one is free of the constant addiction by way of validation, FOMO etc. of social media, watch how much happier and productive one becomes in life...  (whether it is setting strict daily limits, or even better by cold turkey deleting accounts).

I'm pretty sure I recall reading in the EDP a few years ago that some of the coaching staff encouraged Todd to delete his Social Media for bit to focus on his football: Todd said no.

 

[Greavsy 2,644]

12 minutes ago, TheRock said:

I'm pretty sure I recall reading in the EDP a few years ago that some of the coaching staff encouraged Todd to delete his Social Media for bit to focus on his football: Todd said no.

Why doesn't that surprise me!

[paddycanary 578]

21 hours ago, Nexus_Canary said:

Don't ignore the Americanisation of the spelling of amasing either.

 

Don't you mean "Americanization?

[paddycanary 578]

21 hours ago, SwearyCanary said:

I have a colleague that alleges they are close to his inner circle. Whilst she could tell me it was all down to Webber not liking him and trying to freeze him out, she couldn’t tell me where his weird London/Jamaican/whatever the f*** dialect came from, so she may or may not be connected! 

Do we really think this big reveal will be anything at all like a warts and all exposé? It’ll be a bland assertion of something that may or may not be true but is completely inconsequential to his eventual overdue move away somewhere. 

That said, I’d be a hypocrite if I said I wasn’t going to read whatever it is when someone posts it on here. I’ll not go looking for it, but I like the goss. Todd likes that I like the goss too.

Which Goss do you prefer?

     

[keelansgrandad 6,680]

Is there something wrong with the water? Very bitter on here.

[baldy09 194]

Blast give him he dues - all he wanted was custard on his apple pie, but all he got was brandy sauce, and it was slimline sauce, cheek of the club

[Branston Pickle 4,139]

This is all really rather tedious.  He’s a footballer, was paid a tonne of cash by any reasonable measure for the last two years whilst doing very little for it - for one reason or another - on the pitch. A series of coaches couldn’t get him going, but he now has his move and should concentrate on getting back where he wants to be.  

He clearly has a chip on his shoulder about something - it may be a huge thing though I somehow doubt it would be to us; he should really just park it and move on.

I think part of the problem is that footballers spend most of their lives doing sod all….

Edited February 7, 2023 by Branston Pickle

[Pugin 601]

23 hours ago, SwearyCanary said:

I have a colleague that alleges they are close to his inner circle. Whilst she could tell me it was all down to Webber not liking him and trying to freeze him out, she couldn’t tell me where his weird London/Jamaican/whatever

See post

Edited February 7, 2023 by Pugin