Granit Xhaka: Xhak Off?

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The thing with Xhaka in big games is that either he costs you the game or puts in a big performance.

There's never any middle ground with him

Didnt do either tonight tho tbf

 

[Wryer]

You just don’t do such things in ANY games.

Honestly this is criminal for such a senior player in the leadership group. Repeated offender no less.

It’s beyond words honestly. I really don’t know how this can be mitigated anymore.

 

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Thing about Xhaka he never goes missing & always puts himself in positions to try & help the team.
Many players do not.
I see why his qualities & commitment are appreciated by both managers & team mates alike.
tbf his intentions are always good.

Unfortunately the very same good intentions hinder the team far too often

 

[Ivan the Gooner]

I hope he gets transferred to fU,cKin Sp.urs

 

[RunTheTrap]

Thing about Xhaka he never goes missing & always puts himself in positions to try & help the team.
Many players do not.
I see why his qualities & commitment are appreciated by both managers & team mates alike.
tbf his intentions are always good.

Unfortunately the very same good intentions hinder the team far too often

The path to hell is often paved with good intentions. He’s a tryer, I’ll give him that but he’s not equipped to deal with other peoples mess, let alone his own. There’s a trope in superhero films whereby the hero is fighting against the villain to save the city. But in the midst of battle you realise just how much collateral damage is taking place and you wonder what city is left to save. That’s Xhaka. He wants to be Superman but he might as well be Lex Luther with the amount of damage he causes.

 

[Ash10]

The more things change, the more they stay the same

 

[celestis]

Can’t really see how that was a red card at all. Seen a bloke from Palace kick through Saka, seen Rodri go through Gabriel. This is tame in comparison.

 

[skience3]

Can’t really see how that was a red card at all. Seen a bloke from Palace kick through Saka, seen Rodri go through Gabriel. This is tame in comparison.

Previous bad decisions against us have nothing to do with how clear of a red this was. Last man reckless challenge getting nothing on the ball.

 

[razörist]

Can’t really see how that was a red card at all. Seen a bloke from Palace kick through Saka, seen Rodri go through Gabriel. This is tame in comparison.

Last man, no ball, high. Easy red. He makes it very obvious.

 

[<<reed>>]

Xhaka will always let you down, period.

 

[Fabregasm]

Can’t really see how that was a red card at all. Seen a bloke from Palace kick through Saka, seen Rodri go through Gabriel. This is tame in comparison.

It's only red because it's Xhaka. Any 50/50 decision on PK or straight red gets done when Ref sees Xhaka involved. His reputation is horrible and only himself to blame.

Might be worth to get a loan for Ramsey return for cover till end of season?

 

[Oxeki]

Didnt do either tonight tho tbf

We could have won this game. Liverpool were there for the taking.

 

[Xln]

People are still calm cause the performance masked the red card.
Had we lost this people would be spamming this thread like no end.

@farzad4daarse was right. We will get nowhere with this bum playing. @American_Gooner why can't I find this user in tag list ? He banned?

 

[BigPoppaPump]

I hate this idea that there’s some bias against Xhaka, the guy is a reckless fool. I’ve seen him get away with lots of stupid challenges so he’s no victim.

 

[Dennis_Bergkamp_10]

Stupid mistake, you have to know you're the last man and a ref can give you a red in such a situation.

But I've seen it a couple of times now, and I still think there would be a huge VAR review with any other player bar Xhaka. He barely hit the guy, and it wasn't his head either.

Then I look at some clips of a Crystal Palace player kicking the **** out of Saka or Kane flying studs high at Robertson and I can't help but feel that the ref pulled the card because it's once again Granit.

Edit: you can even see him looking at the ball and not the player. I believe a case was made for Ben Godfrey when he stamped on Tomiyasu's head because it didn't look malicious ffs.

 

[RacingPhoton]

Stupid mistake, you have to know you're the last man and a ref can give you a red in such a situation.

But I've seen it a couple of times now, and I still think there would be a huge VAR review with any other player bar Xhaka. He barely hit the guy, and it wasn't his head either.

Then I look at some clips of a Crystal Palace player kicking the **** out of Saka or Kane flying studs high at Robertson and I can't help but feel that the ref pulled the card because it's once again Granit.

Edit: you can even see him looking at the ball and not the player. I believe a case was made for Ben Godfrey when he stamped on Tomiyasu's head because it didn't look malicious ffs.

I think the main reason for red is that it was a last man tackle that didn't really get the ball. If you remove the last man case, it's not a red.

 

[RacingPhoton]

Nothing really. I cannot even bother to be really upset. It is just like clockwork. If you play him this is what you get with metronomical precision... Actually, the frequency seems to be increasing again. Just hope Arteta throws in the towel on this one and decides to sell him in the summer.

True about his increasing red card frequency. He was getting many red cards under Wenger. He somehow managed to suppress red cards under Emery. But he compensated for that through penalties and errors leading to goals. Under Arteta, he is back at red cards again.
If you suppress one aspect of his stupidity, the other aspect just makes up for it

 

[Mrs Bergkamp]

Not defending him but did you see the quickness in which Michael Oliver got his card out? Xhaka is definitely a marked man.

I did see the card come out quickly but Oliver is generally a fair ref. Xhaka in his recent interview felt he was targeted but stupid decisions are part of his DNA. He always makes it easy for a ref and our opponent

 

[A_G]

@farzad4daarse was right. We will get nowhere with this *** playing. @American_Gooner why can't I find this user in tag list ? He banned?

I don't know.

 

[freeglennhelder2]

Can’t really see how that was a red card at all. Seen a bloke from Palace kick through Saka, seen Rodri go through Gabriel. This is tame in comparison.

You can’t be serious bro. The red card wasn’t for violent fouling conduct as per your examples, it was for denying a clear cut scoring opportunity and was so blatant the referee would probably have been suspended if he hadn’t awarded it.