Lord Willard Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 24 minutes ago, Keyblade said: That's second video is just pure filth 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vreitti Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 That's some mighty fine defending too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 8pints Posted April 27, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 27, 2019 "All he does is dive" "He's too selfish to have leadership skills" "I really don't get the hype." 14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 On 05/07/2010 at 21:02, Mr_Dogg said: A 14 year old has more technical ability than Adam Johnson? I await this Messi/Van Basten/Xavi hybrid. *Scene cuts to Whelan about to take his corner against Derby* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tomaszk Posted April 28, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 28, 2019 Joe Lolley posts on page 1 wishing him the best. He's played against him twice this season. Weird. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted April 28, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 28, 2019 I really don't understand all the diving accusations. My mate is a fairly rational Wolves fan and he was going on about it recently. It's like they just totally ignore the foul which was plain as day in front of their eyes and just see the fall. It's quite bizzaire. I do recall a dive or two a few years ago but in the main he's just constantly hacked down or pulled back because he's just breezed past someone. And the protection he gets from refs is a Joke. The most fouled player in the league by something like nearly double the next player yet how many players do you see booked or sent off for fouls on him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 18 minutes ago, sidcow said: I really don't understand all the diving accusations. My mate is a fairly rational Wolves fan and he was going on about it recently. It's like they just totally ignore the foul which was plain as day in front of their eyes and just see the fall. It's quite bizzaire. I do recall a dive or two a few years ago but in the main he's just constantly hacked down or pulled back because he's just breezed past someone. And the protection he gets from refs is a Joke. The most fouled player in the league by something like nearly double the next player yet how many players do you see booked or sent off for fouls on him? People don't watch him ever because he's in the championship. All they know is he gets fouled a lot and that he's a silky player so they assume he goes down easily. Talking to my Tottenham fan mate other day and he was saying how "he's always out drinking". So that story from four years ago is still all he associates with him. Ability wise he had him on a par with Harry Winks so we had to stop speaking about football. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 (edited) In my opinion Grealish is an expert at moving past players with a spesific move, i.e. change of gravity while dribbling past a man. Sorry I don't know what word you English use for it. When you encounter players like this you either have to take the foul or risk him most likely moving past you. If you are the one that are doing it, it becomes a part of your game play to go down easy, cause if you don't you get a bloody ton of injuries cause refs don't tend to blow until you hit the floor. Personally I think the only way to stop a player that does this is to have a player sit on his face all game long never giving him a yard of space. If you limit the space you can avoid getting caught out, all though obviously you open yourself up to other players getting more space. It's just a bastard to play against. I am just happy Grealish has made it, cause a few years ago I was very sceptical. I found him way too little direct, with little end product and too weak. He's gotten stronger, more direct and a great player. Unfortunately I think he still lacks end product, but that's just my opinion. Still excellent player and doing a good job as captain so far. Edited April 29, 2019 by KenjiOgiwara 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 28, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 28, 2019 He's starting to remind me of George Best. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Next season I assume opposition can bring knives on the pitch. This is getting ridiculous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MessiWillSignForVilla Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 A perfectly good tackle apparently. It's staggering how often people equate "winning the ball" with "not a foul". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMitch Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 8 minutes ago, MessiWillSignForVilla said: A perfectly good tackle apparently. It's staggering how often people equate "winning the ball" with "not a foul". Well, I mean... We are talking about fans who were raised on this thuggary... I guess compared to some of this filth, it's a good tackle indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 22 minutes ago, MessiWillSignForVilla said: A perfectly good tackle apparently. It's staggering how often people equate "winning the ball" with "not a foul". Clearly photoshopped. If Don Goodman says it is a good tackle then it is a bloody good tackle. #gamesgonesoft. #inmydaywewalkedoffbrokenankles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted April 28, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 28, 2019 Don Goodman was ridiculous today. Almost nothing Leeds did was a foul and every Villa player who went down went down soft. Jack could have had a career ending injury today, but it would have been OK until only a couple of years (by which I think he means decades) ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 4 hours ago, MessiWillSignForVilla said: A perfectly good tackle apparently. It's staggering how often people equate "winning the ball" with "not a foul". Crazy how people associate touching the ball with "winning" it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 2 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Crazy how people associate touching the ball with "winning" it Absolute pet peeve of mine. Completely destroy the man, but grazed the ball in the process = good tackle? Like how? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 4 hours ago, rodders0223 said: Clearly photoshopped. If Don Goodman says it is a good tackle then it is a bloody good tackle. #gamesgonesoft. #inmydaywewalkedoffbrokenankles Paul Robinson somebody you would assume was cheering for Leeds said he was lucky to escape a red card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 I went on the leeds forum after the game and they all seem to claim that Grealish spends half the time rolling on the floor. And you know what? They are absolutely right. His game is all about keeping the ball close to his feet and he likes to drag it, forcing opponent's to put the foot in. There is nothing wrong with that, and that's one of the reasons he is a very special player. But to say he is diving or looking for fouls is simply not true. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 3 minutes ago, Mic09 said: I went on the leeds forum after the game and they all seem to claim that Grealish spends half the time rolling on the floor. And you know what? They are absolutely right. His game is all about keeping the ball close to his feet and he likes to drag it, forcing opponent's to put the foot in. There is nothing wrong with that, and that's one of the reasons he is a very special player. But to say he is diving or looking for fouls is simply not true. Every single one of those fouls were justified. I like how these fans never acknowledge how their managers send the teams out to deliberately take him out of the game. No, it must be that he's diving. Thick words removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 1 minute ago, Keyblade said: Every single one of those fouls were justified. I like how these fans never acknowledge how their managers send the teams out to deliberately take him out of the game. No, it must be that he's diving. Thick words removed. See I'm not sure that's true. It's possible that managers will send teams to tackle Grealish, but I think he gets fouled so often simply because he keeps the ball so much. But you could very well be right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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