Anthony Gordon

[Menace]

28 minutes ago, Holloway said:

Can't help thinking he'd benefit from bulking up a little bit, he had his top off the other week,he's like a fucking spelk 

 

Apparently got permission from the club not to do gym as it'll make him more injury prone or something

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Yeah, in his interview when he arrived he said he doesn’t do strength training. He might not mean literally none like, but it was interesting. 

 

 

Edited yesterday at 06:58 by AyeDubbleYoo

[Holloway]

41 minutes ago, Menace said:

 

Apparently got permission from the club not to do gym as it'll make him more injury prone or something

Oh didn't know that. Unusual

[nufcjmc]

32 minutes ago, Holloway said:

Oh didn't know that. Unusual

He spoke about his fitness regime in that the overlap interview you can watch it on YouTube i think. Nothing ground breaking what others have said he prefers to stay out of the gym. 

[The College Dropout]

1 hour ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

Yeah, in his interview when he arrived he said he doesn’t do strength training. He might not mean literally none like, but it was interesting. 

 

 

 

Looks like he does none.

 

Common thought is *some* strength training will help prevent injuries. Will literally give you stronger ligaments and connective tissues etc. but if he thinks it will increase his injury record then it will increase his injury record.

 

There's a sprinter. Who was world class that never did weights. He finally started lifting in his mid 30's... then started getting PBs at a time when he should've started slowing down.... and it was attributed to the weights. Think it's Kim Collins. He hardly hulked up either. Might be PEDs.

 

 

Edited yesterday at 08:58 by The College Dropout

[Lotus]

Maybe he does a lot of body weight stuff or resistance bands. Would find it hard to believe he does NO strength and conditioning, like. 
Fwiw, I think I remember Mike Tyson only did body weight stuff when he was in his prime. Very different genetics, obvs!!

[Nucasol]

55 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

Looks like he does none.

 

Common thought is *some* strength training will help prevent injuries. Will literally give you stronger ligaments and connective tissues etc. but if he thinks it will increase his injury record then it will increase his injury record.

 

There's a sprinter. Who was world class that never did weights. He finally started lifting in his mid 30's... then started getting PBs at a time when he should've started slowing down.... and it was attributed to the weights. Think it's Kim Collins. He hardly hulked up either. Might be PEDs.

He’ll have been juiced to the gills.

[The Butcher]

He's got to stop with the the diving and rolling around. It's embarrassing.

 

For the first goal he dived to win a pen, feigned an injury and then jumped straight up to celebrate with Tonali.

 

 

[duo]

Whilst his work rate is still there his end product hasn't been great this season. He had a little purple patch up to the Bournemouth game but since then he hasn't really kicked on.

[nemtizz]

Little bit more than a purple patch.

[MagPar]

11 minutes ago, The Butcher said:

He's got to stop with the the diving and rolling around. It's embarrassing.

 

For the first goal he dived to win a pen, feigned an injury and then jumped straight up to celebrate with Tonali.

 

 

EW should be fining players for these embarrassing actions. I for one don't want this cheating shit from any Newcastle player. It makes us look bad. 

[MagPar]

[Slim]

12 minutes ago, MagPar said:

EW should be fining players for these embarrassing actions. I for one don't want this cheating shit from any Newcastle player. It makes us look bad. 

Should we fine him for all the penalties he's won by diving since he joined us? 

[LFEE]

He’s definitely adapted his game for VAR. When he stays down he’s playing the averages to get VAR to look at it more closely. As we know that only increases the chances of getting a decision.

 

 

[Ellis H]

I love us diving and cheating. Other teams do it so why shouldn’t we? If Willock had been given the penalty against Brighton we’d be 2 points closer to the CL, all for a decision nobody would remember a week later.

[MagPar]

52 minutes ago, Slim said:

Should we fine him for all the penalties he's won by diving since he joined us? 

I don't like cheating,it needs to be eliminated from the game all together. I don't know how to do that though. I'd just rather win a game through hard work and creativity up front instead of resorting to diving. 

 

I'm clearly in the minority though so what's the point in me arguing my case.

[Heron]

I tend to agree. There's a fine line between "winning fouls" and "diving" like. I actually think VAR has contributed to the former though as any contact is almost deemed legitimate means to go down and thus has professionalised cheating.

[80]

3 hours ago, LFEE said:

He’s definitely adapted his game for VAR. When he stays down he’s playing the averages to get VAR to look at it more closely. As we know that only increases the chances of getting a decision.

 

 

Sad but completely true.

[TheBrownBottle]

Nothing wrong with 'buying' a foul with legitimate contact and being clever about it.  That's different from being a cheat - and AG leans towards the latter far too often. 

[Mazzy]

The whole diving thing is thrown at attackers/ the attacking team so often, but actually the most blatant dives are often committed in defensive situations by the defending team, they just never get looked at with th same scrutiny because they don't result in a goal or chance.

 

They are just as bad though, it's still cheating and those players are still conning the officials by diving. Refs need to wise up to it as it's becoming more and more common and incredibly tedious.

[Sibierski]

8 hours ago, Mazzy said:

 

 

They are just as bad though, it's still cheating and those players are still conning the officials by diving. Refs need to wise up to it as it's becoming more and more common and incredibly tedious.

Referee not falling for Marquinhos dive last week was great. Need to see more of it, if it’s a foul, VAR will call it up in same as penalties.

[MagPar]

Then there's the goalkeepers falling down at corners like they've been hit by a mortar shell when a striker lightly brushes their top/arm etc.  

[gbandit]

Will never be a fan of people diving and exaggerating stuff. The only thing I’d say in Gordon’s defence is that he does get targeted and has his feet clipped a lot when he cuts back inside. I just hate flopping and there’s no need for it, I do think he has improved since he was at Everton but that might be bias talking 

[80]

12 minutes ago, gbandit said:

I just hate flopping and there’s no need for it, I do think he has improved since he was at Everton but that might be bias talking 

I think he was a lot better than he was at Everton, but has gotten worse again this season. Has been going for cheaper options while he was out of form.

[southernmag]

There needs to be a culture shift to get football away from the near constant rolling around on the floor, surrounding refs, all this immoral and moronic nonsense that tarnishes the game. I guess if the FA/PGMOL had the balls to enforce it, it could and likely would happen, and quickly.

 

Gordon's simply in the majority of modern footballers who are playing the system and trying to gain an advantage wherever they can get one. I don't like it one bit but I put more blame on the FA etc for standing idly by while this behavior goes on unchecked.