Todd Cantwell - is he off?

[ruggles1995]

I know hes classed as "injured" but this seems really dodgy to me. What started as a knock seems to of gone on for at least a month. There never seems to be any real info on it. Any inside knowledge here? It feels like dejavu a bit from history gone by. 

 

[TheKitGuy]

It's either contractual or transfer add on / clause owed to Rangers. 

 

*purely speculation

[G Somerset Rover]

1 minute ago, TheKitGuy said:

It's either contractual or transfer add on / clause owed to Rangers. 

 

*purely speculation

Harry Pickering out for similar  reasons I’d wager (we’ll find out on that one tomorrow).

[Upside Down]

Nothing new about top earning players being frozen out of the squad at this club.

I see they've fully committed to the 'model' of 13-15 years ago.

[cesus]

We are fans who are rightly suspicious when things like this arise. We've seen it too many times, something just seems off.

Ryan Nelson was made out to be near wheelchair bound, he played for Spurs a few days after leaving. We don't forget!

[RevidgeBlue]

On the 4th of December Cantwell will have been out for exactly two months  - allegedly because of what was described at the time as "a kick on the knee".

Something is clearly awry even if it's "only" the fact we've misdiagnosed the severity of his injury.

The thing that irks me most is (in my opinion) VI lying through his teeth about it and pretending nothing is up. He's the perfect accomplice for this regime.

"Just take your £600k p.a. and keep your head down"

Edited 8 hours ago by RevidgeBlue

[JHRover]

33 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

On the 4th of December Cantwell will have been out for exactly two months  - allegedly because of what was described at the time as "a kick on the knee".

Something is clearly awry even if it's "only" the fact we've misdiagnosed the severity of his injury.

The thing that irks me most is (in my opinion) VI lying through his teeth about it and pretending nothing is up. He's the perfect accomplice for this regime.

"Just take your £600k p.a. and keep your head down"

They think we are all stupid. 

I don't really blame them, the majority of the fanbase are. 

One look at the nonsense they've got away with over the last few years alone tells us that. When you've got people hissing and booing at the likes of Eustace and Travis and silent towards the likes of Venkys and Suhail it's no wonder they come out with this sort of thing. 

They could literally say or do anything and most of the fanbase would believe/defend them. 

[StHelensRover]

If we lose Cantwell, which I'm worried we will, we'll have lost our club captain in 3 of the last 4 transfer windows. 

[JHRover]

37 minutes ago, StHelensRover said:

If we lose Cantwell, which I'm worried we will, we'll have lost our club captain in 3 of the last 4 transfer windows. 

And all by design rather than accident

[Roverthechimp]

54 minutes ago, StHelensRover said:

If we lose Cantwell, which I'm worried we will, we'll have lost our club captain in 3 of the last 4 transfer windows. 

That would be 3 captains and 2 head coaches… Though i think will be safe enough until he wears the wrong socks or gets is towards the top 6…

Edited 6 hours ago by Roverthechimp

[Waggy76]

The owners and their acolytes are making certain, there is no' Great Escape ' this season. 

Eustace, turned out to be a' good un' so they got rid! 

Val is their  puppet unlike the 2 before him. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

It feels like deja vu....

[Leonard Venkhater]

8 minutes ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

It feels like deja vu....

2012 and 2017...Similar close season decisions. Beginning the season demonstrably weaker and unready...

[Andy]

He'd been quite heavily strapped up for a number of games prior to the injury - if anything, I suspect that we were expecting him to play through knocks (and it backfired).

If he was after a move, I'm not sure being sat on his arse would be his best method.
Especially when you consider that he's been - by some distance - our best player this season so far.

[RevidgeBlue]

1 hour ago, Andy said:

Especially when you consider that he's been - by some distance - our best player this season so far.

That's been Alebiosu by some distance imo but Cantwell has been good when available. Night and day  compared to his performances last season.

[davulsukur]

2 hours ago, Andy said:

He'd been quite heavily strapped up for a number of games prior to the injury - if anything, I suspect that we were expecting him to play through knocks (and it backfired).

If he was after a move, I'm not sure being sat on his arse would be his best method.
Especially when you consider that he's been - by some distance - our best player this season so far.

From Ismael's BBC Lancashire Sport interview, Cantwell doesn't seem keen on playing unless he's 100% fit. Sounds like he was back in training but then felt some pain in his knee, so he was presumably back in the treatment room and not on the training pitch.

Perhaps, making him play through the pain previously hasn't been too well received by Cantwell himself and is now standing his ground until he's 100%. 

Difficult to tell but it kinda seemed like Ismael was frustrated with him for this.

[47er]

4 hours ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

It feels like deja vu....

Again!

[Uddersfelt Blue]

It would be helpful for the fans if we had an interview with Cantwell so we could hear the issues from the horses mouth. Has anyone heard a dicky bird from him in the time he has been injured? 
 

If his injury is a smokescreen for financial issues with the player then that is not acceptable and if VI is complicit then he can do one. 
 

Getting sick of all this “new project” stuff each season with the fans being fed a bunch of promises and lies.