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Thread - Why crossing is overrated, misunderstood and underutilised
Recently I've been doing work on crosses, which you can see over the next few tweets and want to talk about some of my thoughts on crossing and how people perceive them. This will also probably be my last bit of work on crossing for a
.https://t.co/6fDPnvGAYm
.https://t.co/HTQvh3UfUL
Crossing is a keystone of attacking play and one of the simplest methods to get the ball into the box. However, it is very inefficient. As Arsenal have shown recently and United used to show under Moyes, you can cross 40+ times in a game and fail to score.
Recently I've been doing work on crosses, which you can see over the next few tweets and want to talk about some of my thoughts on crossing and how people perceive them. This will also probably be my last bit of work on crossing for a
This is how I think of crossing areas, of course there's different types of crosses within this but this is how I always summarise it so thought I'd share pic.twitter.com/a8JiuzeKC9
— Luke (@GriffinFtbl) December 7, 2020
.https://t.co/6fDPnvGAYm
Crossing - comparing Liverpool to Arsenal pic.twitter.com/35YGhZPY6d
— Luke (@GriffinFtbl) December 9, 2020
.https://t.co/HTQvh3UfUL
I'm watching this young winger I like. Very athletic and explosive. He likes to knock the ball past his opponent and drive into space. I have in my notes how he gets into dangerous positions but lacks final product, could learn a lot from Reece James pic.twitter.com/dT8MFNF4IK
— Luke (@GriffinFtbl) December 11, 2020
Crossing is a keystone of attacking play and one of the simplest methods to get the ball into the box. However, it is very inefficient. As Arsenal have shown recently and United used to show under Moyes, you can cross 40+ times in a game and fail to score.