One-footedness

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Madmax raises an excellent point. Sturridge is far too one-footed to play on the right. As a winger you get to the byline and cross in on the near foot.

when I raised the point of having a right footed right winger I was informed it was the new vogue to play a left footer on the right so he could cut in .

I prefer a winger who can get outside and cross with his best foot...guess I'm old fashioned

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Madmax raises an excellent point. Sturridge is far too one-footed to play on the right. As a winger you get to the byline and cross in on the near foot.

But the idea is for him to cut in. He is not a traditional winger who would swing in crosses. He is a winger who would cut in.

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An aspect of our roster and thus, play in general that really surprises and disappoints me. Cole, Zhirkov, McEachran, Sturridge, Malouda, Essien ... the list goes on. Time and again we see players getting into threatening positions, only to be closed down swiftly, thanks in part to how one-footed they are. You have to take an extra moment or two to steady yourself and make a decision on what to do with the possession. Inevitably, the ball is passed backwards again and we've got to start from scratch. Too much to expect atleast a decent weaker foot from top-of-the-line professionals at a club like Chelsea?

Thoughts?

Essien is one footed?

[Madmax 9,219]

Predominantly.

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Predominantly.

Right Foot

Left Foot

You know who you must call one footed ? One who refuses to use his weaker foot no matter how critical the situation is.

[Madmax 9,219]

You know who you must call one footed ? One who refuses to use his weaker foot no matter how critical the situation is.

There's a reason I said predominantly.

Don't completely agree with that quoted part, because from what I understand it's a mixture of confidence and ability, not one or the other.

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There's a reason I said predominantly.

Don't completely agree with that quoted part, because from what I understand it's a mixture of confidence and ability, not one or the other.

Not sure if you can call Essien one footed with those smashing goals with either foot. If you are talking about "predominantly" one footed players then there are alot of them who have a strong foot but they also use their weak foot. But I am guessing your thread is about one footed players, players who have no hope with the other foot. I refuse to put Essien in that bracket.

Malouda as well, has scored quite a few with his right foot.

Kakuta too uses his right foot although its his weaker foot

Sturridge, Zirkov and A.Cole are the ones I would classify as one footed....