According to this, Wilf was #2 and Jordan was #3 in the League for being fouled this season. Although Grealish was #1 by a wide margin, our lads were 20 and 30 fouls ahead of the #4 player.

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What does this say about our players, our opponents, our tactics, or anything else that comes to mind?

It would be instructive to see a schematic of where these fouls take place. My guess is that the opposition is confident that our set pieces will come to nothing. Perhaps Roy Hodgson should bear these stats in mind and start to place strong emphasis on set piece routines.

Let’s be honest Luka’s delivery from free kicks and corners is poor. I guess that may be down to lack of practice but bottom line is that he cannot find his own teammates probably 90% of the time.

In the past I used to hope that something would come from a free kick or corner, now it is a shock if anything does. Yes that kick against Bournemouth was sublime; but so many more are in row Z. His free kicks are over hit, under hit and just plain wayward far too much of the time

I got vision, and the rest of the world wears bifocals.

It probably means our forwards have few viable passing options, so hold on to the ball and take the foul.

There's no reason for Jordan Ayew to be top 3 fouled unless he's looking to win the free kick.

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There was a short-placed debate on sky sports around Grealish and Zaha being the most fouled players in the league when we played them.

Graeme Souness said in his forthright style, the both of them hold onto the ball for far too long, that’s why they are getting fouled significantly more than other players.