Davide Zappacosta

[OhForAGreavsie 5,775]

On 02/09/2017 at 9:28 AM, Chelsea4 said:

I knew our crosses were bad but i didn't know it was this bad! Anyway Zappacosta is great signing,he is great in attack and very good in defense. He can still improve in certain areas.

I've said it before but this gives me the perfect excuse to say it again. People get carried away with this crossing nonsense. When judging any player, and most especially a wing back, his crossing ability is the rock bottom last and least attribute you should ever consider. If a wing back passes my tests on other criteria, the ones that really matter, then I couldn't care less if he's the worst crosser who ever played the game.

And why is this graphic a perfect excuse for me to reiterate this point? How did the bottom two in that table do in the table they actually hand out prizes for? How did their centre forwards do in the scoring chart? Good sides don't cross the ball unless they have no better option. That's why the best two teams in the country are at the bottom of that meaningless list.

[Duppy Conqueror 1,451]

it didn`t effect the top 2 teams in the league in where they finished but that is crossing percentage so when they did need to/chose to cross they were the worst 2.so there`s room for improvement there..if it was the fewest crosses attempted then it would be more meaningless as they didn`t need to cross but when it`s a percentage of the crosses they attempted that is a failing of doing what they attempted. it would certainly have helped Tottenham with big kane up front and us now with Morata if we can improve there. though I expect if we had Morata last year our crossing percentage may have atleast been abit better.

[OhForAGreavsie 5,775]

39 minutes ago, Duppy Conqueror said:

it didn`t effect the top 2 teams in the league in where they finished but that is crossing percentage so when they did need to/chose to cross they were the worst 2.so there`s room for improvement there..if it was the fewest crosses attempted then it would be more meaningless as they didn`t need to cross but when it`s a percentage of the crosses they attempted that is a failing of doing what they attempted. it would certainly have helped Tottenham with big kane up front and us now with Morata if we can improve there. though I expect if we had Morata last year our crossing percentage may have atleast been abit better.

Even for David Beckham or Kevin De Bruyne, the truth is that a significant percentage of attempted crosses in open play fail to reach the penalty area. Of those which do make it into the box, a significant number are inaccurate and lead to lost possession. Of those which do reach a player of the same team, most come to nothing anyway because the chance is of low quality or is just missed.

Every set of fans whose opinions I've heard, complain about the poor crossing of their players. This includes Man City who have KDB. Crosses are bad not because players are bad, but because crossing is itself bad. It is a very, very low percentage option. There are a whole host of factors which are much better indicators of how effective a player, or a team, will be than the quality of their crossing. Being good at crossing is better than being bad at it, but it still don't mean much.

[simonez 69]

Great second half for Zap tonight with Italy. Best player on the pitch. We got some player in our hands.

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

 

[xPetrCechx 13,546]

Good game yesterday...

[Artandur 938]

Dunno why exactly, but voted as Man of the Match

[communicate 2,703]

On 9/5/2017 at 6:40 PM, OhForAGreavsie said:

Even for David Beckham or Kevin De Bruyne, the truth is that a significant percentage of attempted crosses in open play fail to reach the penalty area. Of those which do make it into the box, a significant number are inaccurate and lead to lost possession. Of those which do reach a player of the same team, most come to nothing anyway because the chance is of low quality or is just missed.

Every set of fans whose opinions I've heard, complain about the poor crossing of their players. This includes Man City who have KDB. Crosses are bad not because players are bad, but because crossing is itself bad. It is a very, very low percentage option. There are a whole host of factors which are much better indicators of how effective a player, or a team, will be than the quality of their crossing. Being good at crossing is better than being bad at it, but it still don't mean much.

This. Crossing is no longer part of main way to attack for big side anymore unless you are talking about cutback,low cross or open cross. Their succes percentage is really low. 

 

[OhForAGreavsie 5,775]

On 06/09/2017 at 10:28 AM, petre.ispirescu said:

 

Two or three really nice contributions from him are shown in that video. If that was a man of the match display however the other players must have been pretty ordinary.

[Lordabas 1]

Zappacosta videos are all of him crossing the ball and making excellent moves from the byeline, concerned there is no clip of him defending

[chelseawise 115]

12 hours ago, Lordabas said:

Zappacosta videos are all of him crossing the ball and making excellent moves from the byeline, concerned there is no clip of him defending

He is Italian I am sure he would be able to defend. I hope he comes good as I am very concerned about Mosses's final touch. He has been extremely poor in final delivery and most importantly his shots on goal have not been executed well enough. Who knows we may luck out like Alonso

[communicate 2,703]

17 hours ago, Lordabas said:

Zappacosta videos are all of him crossing the ball and making excellent moves from the byeline, concerned there is no clip of him defending

Nah he is a natural defender, I have little worries on that side. I am more interested to know how he fare one on one, because he will have plenty of opportunity doing to do so 

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Not the best debut for him. Looked pretty nervous on the ball. Clearly hasn't gelled yet with the team but can only do so with more playing minutes. Hopefully he gets just that midweek in the CL.

[Blusan Alamb 295]

 

 

[Magic Lamps 11,449]

He looked quick and sharp even though he was unlucky whenever he touched the ball. But an alternative to Moses is always welcome. Even though Moses was ok today. 

[the wes 7,212]

On 07/09/2017 at 8:55 AM, Lordabas said:

Zappacosta videos are all of him crossing the ball and making excellent moves from the byeline, concerned there is no clip of him defending

Watch that video mate 

[YorkshireBlue 2,825]

19 hours ago, CHOULO19 said:

Not the best debut for him. Looked pretty nervous on the ball. Clearly hasn't gelled yet with the team but can only do so with more playing minutes. Hopefully he gets just that midweek in the CL.

No way he could gell yet he was on international duty when we signed him, depending on his well can't even say return to the club suppose its his arrival, how many sessions has he had probably has no idea how we play how are players play or even all there names yet haha.

[the wes 7,212]