Davide Zappacosta

[Mufassir08 2,400]

2 hours ago, Magic Lamps said:

Most pages say 6'1 only transfermarkt has him at 182cm so I am not sure. 

He really looks more 182cm than 6'1.

[LAM09 7,043]

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.

More alarmed by the supposed best FB's at Spurs.

[kmk108 1,186]

11 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

6 hours ago, 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.

More alarmed by the supposed best FB's at Spurs.

You'd think so considering Kane's ugly-ass horse face provides a nice target for them.

[Duppy Conqueror 1,526]

he`s our wild card signing of the summer..flew completely under the radar but could quite possibly end up being our best RB/RWB since SDP

[Amblève. 4,995]

Lol'ing at all this talk about crossing. Crossing's arguably one of the most useless parts of a fullback's game in modern-day football.

[DDA 9,924]

7 hours ago, Amblève. said:

Lol'ing at all this talk about crossing. Crossing's arguably one of the most useless parts of a fullback's game in modern-day football.

I can't believe what I have just read.

[positivefootball 195]

7 hours ago, Amblève. said:

Lol'ing at all this talk about crossing. Crossing's arguably one of the most useless parts of a fullback's game in modern-day football.

Not in 3-4-3

[Dazzy_Vance 454]

7 hours ago, Amblève. said:

Lol'ing at all this talk about crossing. Crossing's arguably one of the most useless parts of a fullback's game in modern-day football.

Haha wow

[Jase 43,479]

 

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

11 minutes ago, Jason said:

 

Ofc we sign him and then he miraculously geta called up to get injured.😂

[Mufassir08 2,400]

I've got reason to watch Italy vs Israel now.

[the wes 7,212]

According to this guy zappacosta can fill in both wing back positions and that hes conte type of player

[OhForAGreavsie 6,058]

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 1,526]

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 6,058]

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.