Quote Originally Posted by Ram59 View Post
The game we know and love has changed, it seems to me that the top end players are more interested in 'winning' free kicks than being creative or taking a defender on.

Time and time again, you see players in possession not just drawing contact, but actively instigating the contract by moving away from the ball in order to make contact with the defender. Grealish is a master of this, but never gets picked up by the 'experts'.
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