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Gribbo Flag Bromley 15 Mar 22 9.06pm Send a Private Message to Gribbo Add Gribbo as a friend

One of the main reasons that City have such high possession is that as soon as they give the ball away they persitentlty foul. The knob that is Atkinson did nothing to stamp it out last night, and then booked Connor Gallagher for something that clerly was not a foul. Liverpool persistently foul too. Everyone bangs on about them being great teams, but defensively they are both suspect.

Would like to see the Premier League clamp down on teams unlawfully trying to break up play.

Also glad to see Pep getting his knickers in a twist about time wasting. I can remember watching City spending the last 10 minutes feigning injury and rolling on the floor when only 1-0 up. Nice to see Kevin de Bruyne near to tears at the final whistle.

 

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The groover Flag Danbury 15 Mar 22 9.11pm Send a Private Message to The groover Add The groover as a friend

We have had this happen a lot against us recently. Shows how far we have come. Chelsea were 5-20!!!

Edited by The groover (16 Mar 2022 4.36pm)

 

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palace99 Flag New Mills 16 Mar 22 10.05am

Originally posted by Gribbo

One of the main reasons that City have such high possession is that as soon as they give the ball away they persitentlty foul. The knob that is Atkinson did nothing to stamp it out last night, and then booked Connor Gallagher for something that clerly was not a foul. Liverpool persistently foul too. Everyone bangs on about them being great teams, but defensively they are both suspect.

Would like to see the Premier League clamp down on teams unlawfully trying to break up play.

Also glad to see Pep getting his knickers in a twist about time wasting. I can remember watching City spending the last 10 minutes feigning injury and rolling on the floor when only 1-0 up. Nice to see Kevin de Bruyne near to tears at the final whistle.

Rodri is the master at this. How he didn't get booked is beyond me. A clear booking on Wilf in the 1st half and then persistent fouls in the 2nd.
I have noticed the top teams (Liverpool, City and Chelsea) foul early, often on the half way line before a move gets going. In my mind these are the definition of a professional foul, but they rarely get punished even with a booking.

 

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Teddy Eagle Flag 16 Mar 22 10.10am Send a Private Message to Teddy Eagle Add Teddy Eagle as a friend


Whenever one of the “bigger” clubs commit fouls the commentators are always ready to excuse them as being out of frustration. Apparently not scoring 5 goals a game is more frustrating than conceding them.

 

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NEILLO Flag Shoreham-by-Sea 16 Mar 22 10.31am Send a Private Message to NEILLO Add NEILLO as a friend

City have always done this under Pep and now others are doing likewise.

Another new dodge to break up play is the fake head injury.

 


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Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 16 Mar 22 10.54am Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

Originally posted by Gribbo

One of the main reasons that City have such high possession is
that as soon as they give the ball away they persitentlty foul. The knob that is Atkinson did nothing to stamp it out last night, and then booked Connor Gallagher for something that clerly was not a foul. Liverpool persistently foul too. Everyone bangs on about them being great teams, but defensively they are both suspect.

Would like to see the Premier League clamp down on teams unlawfully trying to break up play.

Also glad to see Pep getting his knickers in a twist about time wasting. I can remember watching City spending the last 10 minutes feigning injury and rolling on the floor when only 1-0 up. Nice to see Kevin de Bruyne near to tears at the final whistle.

In the PL 'Fouls table' for this season we are 6th highest and Man C 3rd from bottom.
Liverpool are 14th in the table.

Edited by Willo (16 Mar 2022 10.56am)

 

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Nicholas91 Flag The Democratic Republic of Kent 16 Mar 22 11.03am Send a Private Message to Nicholas91 Add Nicholas91 as a friend

Originally posted by Willo

In the PL 'Fouls table' for this season we are 6th highest and Man C 3rd from bottom.
Liverpool are 14th in the table.

Edited by Willo (16 Mar 2022 10.56am)

You'll need to contrast that with at least possession stats Willo to provide any insight as to their frequency of fouls etc.

 


Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

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eritheagle Flag Erith 16 Mar 22 11.15am Send a Private Message to eritheagle Add eritheagle as a friend

Originally posted by Gribbo

One of the main reasons that City have such high possession is that as soon as they give the ball away they persitentlty foul. The knob that is Atkinson did nothing to stamp it out last night, and then booked Connor Gallagher for something that clerly was not a foul. Liverpool persistently foul too. Everyone bangs on about them being great teams, but defensively they are both suspect.

Would like to see the Premier League clamp down on teams unlawfully trying to break up play.

Also glad to see Pep getting his knickers in a twist about time wasting. I can remember watching City spending the last 10 minutes feigning injury and rolling on the floor when only 1-0 up. Nice to see Kevin de Bruyne near to tears at the final whistle.

Fernandinho has made a career from persistent fouling on the halfway line when teams are breaking but hardly ever got booked.

Then again they’re not the only ones. Chelsea committed 20 fouls against our 4 last month and only received a couple of yellows!

 

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taylors lovechild Flag 16 Mar 22 12.32pm Send a Private Message to taylors lovechild Add taylors lovechild as a friend

As much as I love Gallagher, he is responsible for many of our fouls, sitting as second in the most fouls committed by a PL player this season. The difference is, his fouls are generally not cynical but just over enthusiasm. It is frustrating that the bigger teams seem to get away with cynical professional fouls more than the smaller teams, but in general Man City only need to commit half-a-dozen of those type of fouls a game to stop most teams as they often have 70%+ possession. Monday night we got away with a couple of professional fouls too, like when Schlupp dragged someone back when they were breaking, so I don't have too many complaints, although I did think Gallagher's booking was a bit soft as both players were genuinely going for a high ball.

 

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eagleman13 Flag On The Road To Hell & Alicante 16 Mar 22 1.08pm Send a Private Message to eagleman13 Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add eagleman13 as a friend

Originally posted by taylors lovechild

As much as I love Gallagher, he is responsible for many of our fouls, sitting as second in the most fouls committed by a PL player this season. The difference is, his fouls are generally not cynical but just over enthusiasm. It is frustrating that the bigger teams seem to get away with cynical professional fouls more than the smaller teams, but in general Man City only need to commit half-a-dozen of those type of fouls a game to stop most teams as they often have 70%+ possession. Monday night we got away with a couple of professional fouls too, like when Schlupp dragged someone back when they were breaking, so I don't have too many complaints, although I did think Gallagher's booking was a bit soft as both players were genuinely going for a high ball.

Whilst i completely agree with what you have posted, sometimes, what we think are bookings for 'soft-fouls' are generally done under the 'Totting-Up' system. We all can see CG's enthusiastic style of play(long may that continue), but its that enthusiasm that gets him into trouble, 8(eight) yellows so far this season. Now, we have 9 league games left & a minimum of one FA Cup game, if CG picks up another 2 yellows he will pick up a 2 match ban, the only consolation is that after 32 league games that goes up to 15 yellows.

 


This operation, will make the 'Charge Of The Light Brigade' seem like a simple military exercise.

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doombear Flag Too far from Selhurst Park 16 Mar 22 1.53pm Send a Private Message to doombear Add doombear as a friend

Originally posted by eagleman13

Whilst i completely agree with what you have posted, sometimes, what we think are bookings for 'soft-fouls' are generally done under the 'Totting-Up' system. We all can see CG's enthusiastic style of play(long may that continue), but its that enthusiasm that gets him into trouble, 8(eight) yellows so far this season. Now, we have 9 league games left & a minimum of one FA Cup game, if CG picks up another 2 yellows he will pick up a 2 match ban, the only consolation is that after 32 league games that goes up to 15 yellows.


He's pacing himself well then - he can afford 1 more in the next 3 league games and he's been getting1 yellow every 3 and a bit games.

 

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CockneyRebel Flag West Harrison,NY. 16 Mar 22 2.13pm Send a Private Message to CockneyRebel Add CockneyRebel as a friend

It is frustrating to continue to see fouls given to our players when they even weren't near the player claiming a foul and yes, it is obvious to me also that the refs favor the "big" teams when deciding who gets the foul. They turn a blind eye to obvious fouls and it infuriates me. I think I figured it out, CP doesn't "pay" enough into the refs retirement funds. I feel an appeal should be made against the yellow card to Gallagher as it clearly was NOT a foul, especially when their player was allowed to KICK one of our players on the ground without a warning or yellow card! Where is the sense of fair play here?

 


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