[Albion] The turn

[Pint of Ale and a Burger]

Gross seems to execute the turn with the same power as an unbeatable special move in a video game or the killer death strike to finish off a villain in one of those old Kung Fu films.
He really does perform it with such pride and precision with a slight hint of"gotcha"written on his face.
Magnificent.

 

[Hugo Rune]

In years to come, it will surely be referred to as "The Groß turn".

Essentially, it's an example of where the cover version is better than the original.

Would’t it be great if when you typed in ‘Cruyff turn’ on NSC, it auto-corrected to the superior ’Groß turn’.........just a thought?

 

[Javeaseagull]

I think we should call it Exocet. We can all see it coming but can do ****all about it!

 

[Juan Albion]

Good grief, if Groß isn't better at it than a dead bloke he's got problems.

 

[marlowe]

I think he learnt the technique from his brother Barry who wrote a learning manual on the subject...

 

[Mr Banana]

The one where he then hit his own foot with the cross was funny.

I've rewatched this so many times. A couple of classic elements: he glares at his teammates inside the box as if it's definitely their fault and claps his hands in frustration as if it was an act of savage misfortune. Magnificent

 

[TugWilson]

I remember the first time it was seen by the world against Germany in the world cup . Everyone in the room just stood hung jawed at the move , it was and is one of the most memorable things about football . Pascal does it better than anyone else i have seen , but tonight he actually Cruyffed himself , lmao , never seen that before .

 

[Stat Brother]

Dunno about you [MENTION=3566]hans kraay fan club[/MENTION] but I'm getting a feeling of déjà vu, (again!) reading this thread.

 

[Dancin Ninja BHA]

I LOVE the fact that we all know he is going to do it before he does and we can call it.......and then he does it, and the commentator acts surprised, the defender is bamboozled and we smile

Playing so well at the moment, great bit of 'original' Premier league investment

 

[GloryDays]

Commentator last night.

“He fooled everyone with that one. Even me...”

Obviously doesn’t pay attention at all to BHAFC. I can’t believe these defenders still fool for it. 4 seasons now! Memories like goldfish.

 

[dadams2k11]

In years to come, it will surely be referred to as "The Groß turn".

Essentially, it's an example of where the cover version is better than the original.

Me and my son have been calling it the "The Groß turn" for a while now. Suprised its taken this long to catch on..

 

[Grassman]

I’ve only ever seen Cruyff do it once, I’ve seen Pascal do it about 20 times. Therefore.....

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Can’t recall Cruyth doing it with either foot. Gross is class - but the look on the Yugoslav players face when Cruyth first did it

 

[raymondo]

The reason it works is because he has a very decent left foot cross.

Defenders know this and have no choice but to cover it.

Exactly, defenders HAVE to cover the left foot cross too ... that's why it works

 

[raymondo]

Time stands still around him.

He is Neo...and he's in the matrix

 

[paulfuzz]

Good grief, if Groß isn't better at it than a dead bloke he's got problems.

Still reckon he would have scored that one against Stains

 

[Bozza]

Must have the highest xCT in the entire league.

It's a stat that should be tracked.

 

[pasty]

The reason they work is because his pace is deceptive.




He's slower than he looks.

Back in my cricket playing days I used to use that line about my bowling

 

[Baldseagull]

Pascal is better, performs it at half speed so everyone can see exactly what he has done, he did a little slow Maradonna last night too. It's like a training video.

 

[SweatyMexican]

Someone better than me needs to come up with a highlight reel, you’d probably get it up to about 10 minutes worth of Gross turns!