[Albion] Gross Cruyff turn

[Triggaaar]

I'm glad you wrote that as I was certainly thinking it but couldn't bring himself to write it down.

Why are you talking about yourself in the third person?

 

[Stat Brother]

Why are you talking about yourself in the third person?

Damn you've found out the truth...




..Craig David says I am Craig David.



(or it's an odd typo)

 

[Triggaaar]

Gross spins you right round, pascal right round
what a player wow, right round, round round

I like it, but I think I prefer it closer to the original:

Watch out here he comes

Gross spins you right round baby
Right round like a record baby
Right round, round round

 

[Stat Brother]

Bloody show off.

 

[miffy6]

One of his best at the weekend.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

I’ve seen it mentioned on other threads but felt it warranted it’s own. What a thing of beauty! Done at no real pace but he beats his man every time, no matter the opposition.

What a player.

It’s the ‘no real pace’ in his all round game that causes us a problem.

 

[BRIGHT ON Q]

It is a thing of beauty.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

It’s the ‘no real pace’ in his all round game that causes us a problem.

Not when he does Cruyff turn though, as that creates a gap, as the defender is left flailing.....

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

Not when he does Cruyff turn though, as that creates a gap, as the defender is left flailing.....

Very true. I think I’m still a little grumpy about that daft attempt to chip the goalkeeper on Saturday, which I suspect happened because he didn’t have the legs to pass and move.

 

[Weststander]

Here’s Cruyff doing the Gross Turn at the WC finals.

 

[zefarelly]

It’s the ‘no real pace’ in his all round game that causes us a problem.

I don't think he's actually that slow, and certainly thinks quicker than many players. His long range lob wasn't great, but he certainly put a shift in Sat.

 

[Machiavelli]

Not when he does Cruyff turn though, as that creates a gap, as the defender is left flailing.....

Exactly. It's Gross' way of dealing with his lack of pace. You ally that Cruyff turn (and that one against Villa really was one of his best) with the pinpoint accuracy and pace of his passing/crossing and defenders don't quite know what to do.

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

What's incredible about the Gross turn is how he does it without any sudden speed to the turn. It does seem his turn takes forever but yet still eludes everyone, every time.

A man of the Matrix breed.

According to my extensive research, this is the first time the term "Gross turn™" was ever used.

How little we knew back then....

 

[aolstudios]

A few here...

 

[8049]

I don't think he's actually that slow, and certainly thinks quicker than many players. His long range lob wasn't great, but he certainly put a shift in Sat.

I know an analytics guy and he checked Gross's stats - he's often the slowest on the pitch but he covers the most ground.

 

[METALMICKY]

I know an analytics guy and he checked Gross's stats - he's often the slowest on the pitch but he covers the most ground.

As if we needed further proof that whilst handy, pace is not the be all and end all. Just look at the oiled up waste of space at wolves. Gross is all about his work rate, intelligence and decision making. Some of the posts on this thread haven't aged well

 

[schmunk]

Pascal seems to have dialled back a bit on the Gross Turn this season, and I perceive that we see Solly do it more often.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

The assist for Welbeck on Saturday, how many thought a GT was incoming before the delightful left footed cross

 

[Bob!]

Pascal seems to have dialled back a bit on the Gross Turn this season, and I perceive that we see Solly do it more often.

Mainly because he's mainly playing more central rather than out wide trying to get a cross over.