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I wouldn't even say it's conning the ref. It's conning the defender. You lay a trap to be fouled and the James Tarkowskis of this world will wander straight into it every time. It leaves the ref with very little space to do anything but give fouls because the laws specifically say that if you...

But that's what everyone said about Grealish when he was at Villa. It's an absolute positive for the Albion that he's winning free-kicks, and creating dangerous scoring positions. For comparison, Saka gets fouled 2.07 times per 90 in the PL. Facundo is fouled 3.06 times per 90 in the PL. A...

Spot on. Find me an instance of Facu being completely missed and rolling around like he's been shot. Football is a high intensity game at the top level and as you say, baiting and winning the foul is part of being a tricky winger/forward. The ability to do that is sought after by the elite...

Which part is totally untrue? That he's being fouled and makes a meal of it? That the BBC commentary team noted that he does this but gets back up and involved? or that Lallana committed the most egregious dive against Everton (that I noticed you didn't make a thread about)?

Any mention of Lallana’s dive on Saturday (worst I’ve seen live)? I'd even argue that Facundo isn't diving. He's being fouled and making a meal out of it. As the BBC commentary noted last night, he's back up every time, almost immediately, trying to get on with it.