PL Matchweek 9

[Havre]

At absolute worst Grealish is a top-5 flopper (I'm stoked my insistence on using the word "flop" is starting to catch on...). Creating degrees of floppiness is kind of pointless, but it's a thing he does every game and he's undoubtedly a serial offender.

He's also a bit like a Dele Alli or a Zaha in that he's constantly moaning on the pitch as well.

Has anyone made a compilation of the worst tackles he sees every year?

When you are getting up to 3-4 free kicks in every single game it isn't just because you are falling over too easily. Of all the players falling over easily that have played in the PL Grealish became the most fouled player ever with 9 games left last season. In that context complaining about his behaviour is rather misplaced in my opinion.

Alli is a good example of a player in a completely different league to Grealish when it comes to moaning etc. And I'm a Spursfan. I would have said Kane was far worse than Grealish as well - even if Kane has cleaned up that part of his game somewhat (more like a normal forward in that regard now). Danny Rose. Much much worse than Grealish. There are a lot in my opinion.

 

[Jersey Fresh]

Has anyone made a compilation of the worst tackles he sees every year?

When you are getting up to 3-4 free kicks in every single game it isn't just because you are falling over too easily. Of all the players falling over easily that have played in the PL Grealish became the most fouled player ever with 9 games left last season. In that context complaining about his behaviour is rather misplaced in my opinion.

Alli is a good example of a player in a completely different league to Grealish when it comes to moaning etc. And I'm a Spursfan. I would have said Kane was far worse than Grealish as well - even if Kane has cleaned up that part of his game somewhat (more like a normal forward in that regard now). Danny Rose. Much much worse than Grealish. There are a lot in my opinion.

We don't necessarily agree on this and that's fine, but I think the bolded lends more credence to my point of view than you'd care to admit. Unless you think he is some ungodly foul magnet, which I don't see.

I've acknowledged that he sees a ton of the ball with Villa and he has quick feet, which lends itself to defenders leaving a foot in, but I also think he helps things along a ton. All attackers do it, he's just not nearly as subtle. The whinging at the ref makes it more unpalatable.

 

[koyvoo]

Lol. Burnley did it. Now only West Brom and Sheffield United remain winless.

 

[robertmac43]

No wonder they had no wins!

 

[Havre]

We don't necessarily agree on this and that's fine, but I think the bolded lends more credence to my point of view than you'd care to admit. Unless you think he is some ungodly foul magnet, which I don't see.

I've acknowledged that he sees a ton of the ball with Villa and he has quick feet, which lends itself to defenders leaving a foot in, but I also think he helps things along a ton. All attackers do it, he's just not nearly as subtle. The whinging at the ref makes it more unpalatable.

If this was the 1970s and Grealish had been fouled more than PL players from the 60s I would have agreed. But we have seen a fair deal of players falling over easily for quite some years now. You just don´t out-do those without actually being fouled quite a bit.

Not claiming Grealish is a saint. Who are among the "dribblers" these days? I just don't agree that he should be singled out.

 

[robertmac43]

Pepe issues an apology:

 

[Blender]

Congrats to Burnley for finally winning.

 

[Jersey Fresh]

Southampton are playing well. If they stay healthy and get Ings back soon they'll have staying power.

 

[Blender]

Southampton are playing well. If they stay healthy and get Ings back soon they'll have staying power.

Hassenhuttl is a good manager. He's been getting a lot out of that squad since he was appointed.

 

[Blender]

How is Walcott left that open?

 

[AB13]

Wengers sons Walcott and Iwobi both starring this matchweek warms my nostalgic Arsenal heart.

 

[koyvoo]

The Neto-Neves swap really injected some pace into Wolves attack.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Crazy to me how well Joao Moutinho has aged

 

[Blender]

Crazy to me how well Joao Moutinho has aged

He played in every game the last 2 seasons at a pretty high level and is showing no signs of slowing down. Last season at 33 he played in 57 games total.

 

[The Abusement Park]

He is quite unique in his style. Not sure if I would call him a "flop king" as there are players far far far worse than him in terms of "flopping".

Most players that carry the ball as much as he does will also be fast players. More difficult to tackle them then. And a lot of good technical players will somewhat shy away from getting stuck in. Ginola is a good example in my opinion. Not lightning quick - certainly not in his later years - but so good at taking on players. A bit like Grealish, but he would also rarely go to where it hurts.

Grealish´s biggest weakness seems to be his haircut and tiny shin pads. That combination seems to annoy a lot of people.

Maybe it's different in the pros but everyone I played with in college and competitive soccer always wore tiny tiny shin pads. Me included.

 

[hatterson]

The only player whose shinpads annoy me is McBurnie because it looks like he's got about 14 feet of leg between the bottom of his shorts and the top of his socks.

 

[robertmac43]

Wengers sons Walcott and Iwobi both starring this matchweek warms my nostalgic Arsenal heart.

Still crazy we got as much as we did for Iwobi! Really wish he would have worked out more for us!

 

[AB13]

Still crazy we got as much as we did for Iwobi! Really wish he would have worked out more for us!

40 million is a great price but he would actually have helped a little now, he is great at breaking lines and assisting the assister which we could use.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Some way to motivate a player

 

[hatterson]

That could easily be a $3-4k leg of meat.

 

[BKIslandersFan]

And Solskjaer is a pretty good coach at least.

Is he though?

 

[The Abusement Park]

Some way to motivate a player

Look man... that’d motivate the hell out me. That sounds incredible.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Spurs have Good Jose.

I'll ride the wave

 

[The Abusement Park]

Bruno Fernandes has created 26 chances this season. That’s more than the entire arsenal squad combined at 20.

 

[Islay1989]

Bruno Fernandes has created 26 chances this season. That’s more than the entire arsenal squad combined at 20.

Arsene out!