Holebas and Ake seem to be able to when they get in that position. I would let Holebas have a go at free kicks instead of Watson. But in general yes we have a problem in that area.
I think you are spot on foxy, we are crying out for someone able to deliver a decent ball, it seems to be a dying art, I cannot think of many in the Prem at the minute that are great at it.. Beckham and Gerrard were very good at crossing but since then I don't think there are any English players that are any good at it.
We play narrow. Any crosses come from overlapping fullbacks not midfielders. Ake & Holebas are not too bad at crossing. Nyom & Paredes, could do better. I expect we'll see some new fullbacks arrive in the summer, hopefully ones that can deliver good service into the box.
Last decent cross/pass into the box was Barahmi onto Iggys head for the third goal ,must have been V Liverpool☺️ I see Deeney putting in a lot of effort only to be frustrated by worse than schoolboy attempts to cross the ball. Again QSF get it sorted.
Juanfran can cross a ball. Whether he actually ever decides that he wants to play for us is another thing. Of our current squad, I think Guedioura is the best crosser we've got but that alone isn't going to be good enough to get him in the team. Berghuis hit a couple of nice looking crosses in his brief cameos but again, doubt we'll see much more of him. Better just prepare for ten more games of Nyom ballooning it past the far post with his right or passing it to their defenders with his left...
Apart from dead ball crosses, there seems hardly any point. Iggy and sometimes Deeney are usually in the box, if we are lucky,, up against much taller players who can head the ball better, and a keeper. We just dont get up there in support. Our best chance of scoring at the moment is carry on as we are and just pray their defence make mistakes, or score own goals. :dismay:
Agree. I think it's a huge problem our midfielders don't get in the box presumably on QSF instructions. Kind of a problem when we're losing.
Holebas crosses a decent ball as does Amrabat. Couple of times he beat the full back and got a good cross in but, as already mentioned, we have no players with desire to get in the box outside the front two
It doesn't matter, the midfield never make runs into the box anyway. If a ball ever were crossed in, it'd just be Deeney against 3 defenders like against Leicester the other day.
I'm not sure crosses are a QSF thing. Real wingers are an offensive luxury who are out of the game the second they ping in a cross. I think we are more likely to get another creative AM player like Jurado, or an Amrabat nippy wide striker, rather than a winger who can ping in crosses.
Anya can cross from the right side. From the left he looks like me trying to hit with my driver out of a flooded sand trap. Then again, he never plays so... moot point.
The last two seasons Anya can't pass he ball 10 yards from A to B never mind conjuring up an effective cross.
Could be useful if there's any aggro on the pitch because Pope Francis used to be a nightclub bouncer in Argentina.
He already plays for Charlton. Doesn't seem to be doing too well, nor does his club. Clear proof there's no god. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Pope_(footballer)
Forth will do! It gets us into the "Champions League" Edit: - Before the smartarses emerge from the woodwork, I am only joking and I do know Fourth should be the correct spelling
They've also got Yun Suk-Young, Jordan Cousins, Rod Fanni. Surely at some point they've got to amuse their atheist fans by releasing a team sheet in this order: Pope, Suk-Young, Cousins, Fanni.
That's brilliant. It's almost as if they signed those players just to create a great double entendre.
You really should look back at previous posts, I knew there would be at least one, and you're it :sign6:
