31Dec1966 Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 3 hours ago, Lord Snooty said: 9 out of 10 fouls given against Fletcher should usually have gone the other way. And the same goes for Nuhiu. He's constantly fouled yet gets absolutely nothing. Refs seem to think because he's big and appears clumsy it must be him fouling. Occasionally it is but most of the time it's not. I don't know how he stops himself having a go at the ref, I'm outraged for him. As for Fletcher, centrehalves climb all over him for 75 minutes and the second he does it he gets a booking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1948 Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 (edited) 20 hours ago, Owl 44 said: Just seen on twitter that we have 2 of the top 5 players who commit the most fouls in the Championship - Fletcher with 33 and Hutch with 32. Expect it of Hutchinson although quite a few of his this season have been unjust and were actually good tackles. But Fletcher? We are regularly the team with the highest foul counts in matches. I like us to be competitive and I know Monk has said he doesn't mind bookings etc if they are for competitiveness. We are currently next to bottom in the fair play league, with only Barnsley below us. I wouldn't say we're a particularly dirty team but we do seem to give away quite a lot of soft free kicks in dangerous areas, some of which have proved costly. The worst offenders for those soft ones seem to be Palmer and Nuhiu. This is in contrast to the full blooded tackles of Hutch. Not sure if it's something they need to be concerned about. Like I say it's good to be competitive but we need to cut out those soft ones. There's a new law in football that you may have overlooked. New Law If whilst playing for a Sheffield Wednesday team, a player makes contact with the ball or an opponent, a free kick shall be awarded. Edited November 1, 2019 by mark1948 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom22709 Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 5 hours ago, Lord Snooty said: 9 out of 10 fouls given against Fletcher should usually have gone the other way. Fletcher gives a lot of fouls away by allowing defenders to climb on his back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shezzas left peg Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 On 31/10/2019 at 19:11, Owl 44 said: Just seen on twitter that we have 2 of the top 5 players who commit the most fouls in the Championship - Fletcher with 33 and Hutch with 32. Expect it of Hutchinson although quite a few of his this season have been unjust and were actually good tackles. But Fletcher? We are regularly the team with the highest foul counts in matches. I like us to be competitive and I know Monk has said he doesn't mind bookings etc if they are for competitiveness. We are currently next to bottom in the fair play league, with only Barnsley below us. I wouldn't say we're a particularly dirty team but we do seem to give away quite a lot of soft free kicks in dangerous areas, some of which have proved costly. The worst offenders for those soft ones seem to be Palmer and Nuhiu. This is in contrast to the full blooded tackles of Hutch. Not sure if it's something they need to be concerned about. Like I say it's good to be competitive but we need to cut out those soft ones. Hopefully we're learning good game management, take a card to stop play and allow us to regain formation and get our shape back when cought our. I'm not saying it's sportsmanly, but the successful sides do it and we've been too nieve for years. As for Fletch if he's playing lone target man he has to put himself about and battle with cb's so it's expected for him to be combative and get booked every now and then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbelly Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 Don’t forget Borner & Pelupessy, both dirty players as well. Tackling Tomlin & Nketiahs elbows with their heads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victorturner Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 On 31/10/2019 at 19:41, Suzuki_San said: Fletcher won't give away fouls in dangerous areas though, will he? Generally, his defending from set pieces against us is faultless, it'll be over zealous referees penalising him for his strength against cute centre halves going down like a sack of potato's. Christ, if Nuhiu was on the pitch more, it'd be even worse! He never gets any free kicks and the ones he gives away are pretty ridiculous and mostly only given because of his height. I'm surprised Bannan isn't on the list, out of everyone recently, he's given away the most stinkers. Poor areas, rash challenges, with little thought. Correct about Bannan. Fletcher's fouls tend to be in midfield where can lead to lofted balls into box so damaging as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victorturner Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 19 hours ago, Tom22709 said: Fletcher gives a lot of fouls away by allowing defenders to climb on his back It's the fouls in midfield I'd worry about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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