I could almost........almost deal with his inadequacies in the attack, if his defense wasn’t so suspect. (Red cards, PK’s). Middle third he’s brilliant.
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I'm left wondering who/where are all of these mystical, mysterious, magical, incredible "crossers of the ball" I keep reading about on this forum?
There are only 2 fullbacks in the Premier League with more assists than Serge.
I'm super confused because it's "common sense" that Serge is "fucking shite" at crosses... but... he has more assists than everyone save TAA & Robertson...
Like your fitness regime you’re spot on mate!
Its almost like assists are not a direct correlation to how good a crosser of the ball you are.
You can keep trying to harp on this meaningless stat but all it does is reinforce how little it tells us about a players ability as Aurier is garbage at crossing the ball and garbage offensively as well.
I see.
So, how does one determine what a good cross is?
What is a direct correlation for determining how good of a crosser a player is?
It's conceivable that I don't understand what a good cross is... perhaps you could provide an example or two of a "good crosser of the ball"... shouldn't be difficult as you seem to think that there are at least 15 better RBs in the PL .
What are the metrics you use to determine who is and who isn't "garbage offensively"?
I don't have the heart to tell him/her/they that the best teams don't cross the ball very often as crossing is "not only a decidedly inefficient way to create scoring chances, but that crosses have such a profoundly negative impact on goal scoring that leading teams should abandon the tactic altogether."Don’t you know? It is his eyes. He decided based on what he feeeeels
That's because they're not, one of his assists this season was a shite cross deflected in for an OG against Palace, one was a 10 yard forward pass which is not an assist unless Bergwijn carries the ball forwards 20 yards and smashes it in.Its almost like assists are not a direct correlation to how good a crosser of the ball you are.
You can keep trying to harp on this meaningless stat but all it does is reinforce how little it tells us about a players ability as Aurier is garbage at crossing the ball and garbage offensively as well.
Take away those two assists and Serge is still tied for #7 among PL defenders.That's because they're not, one of his assists this season was a shite cross deflected in for an OG against Palace, one was a 10 yard forward pass which is not an assist unless Bergwijn carries the ball forwards 20 yards and smashs it in.
This guy actually posted that Aurier was MoTM on whoscored (lol) after we got beaten 1-0 by Southampton as some sort of measure of his performance.
FWIW, Aurier was the highest rated Spurs player today per WhoScored.
I agree that NDombele was our best player at Norwich.
I thought Aurier was one of our better players today but everyone was pants.
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha.Take away those two assists and Serge is still tied for #7 among PL defenders.
Incidentally his player rating for the Southampton loss went up to an 8.0.
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It's now fucking comical.It has occurred to me that there are many people on this planet that don't understand maths. Looking at statistics would be boring, confusing or frustrating for said people.
Perhaps this is more your vibe?Hahahahahahahahahahahaha.
Do yourself a favour and never post anything from whoscored again. Clown.
Ok, let's talk about Whoscored and the Southampton match then.Perhaps this is more your vibe?
Ok, let's talk about Whoscored and the Southampton match then.
Aurier had one key pass (a pass leading to a chance), it was a 1 yard 'pass' to Kane near the edge of the D. (1:09 in the highlights). He had the 4th most touches on the pitch and that was the only chance he created. If only Harry had scored you could be talking about another assist.
He competed 1 cross out of 5 and never from past the 18 yard line (didn't get behind them).
He competed 7 dribbles - the most on the pitch, I think this stat may have skewed his rating through their excellent algorithm...he also had acres of space as he often does through the way Jose sets us up.
He made 3 tackles, Lucas Moura made more in the match, maybe he should play right back?
He made 6 clearances, including the overhead one that went straight to a Southampton player for their first chance via Redmond in the highlights.
He made one foul and was booked for it.
You can even see him not sprinting back when Ings is up against Toby and gets completely done by some great skill for their goal
We lose 1-0, 8/10 Tottenham's Man of the Match.
Use your eyes as well as the fucking numbers tbh.
I agree that NDombele was our best player at Norwich.
I thought Aurier was one of our better players today but everyone was pants.
I see.
So, how does one determine what a good cross is?
What is a direct correlation for determining how good of a crosser a player is?
It's conceivable that I don't understand what a good cross is... perhaps you could provide an example or two of a "good crosser of the ball"... shouldn't be difficult as you seem to think that there are at least 15 better RBs in the PL .
What are the metrics you use to determine who is and who isn't "garbage offensively"?
I could almost........almost deal with his inadequacies in the attack, if his defense wasn’t so suspect. (Red cards, PK’s). Middle third he’s brilliant.
A Good Cross:A good cross into the opposition box generally finds one of our players and clears the defences first man
Aurier's usually doesn’t
A Good Cross:
1. To a teammate.
2. Not to an opponent.
I think I've got it.
Something like this?
Lo Celso misses sitter from 3 yards! (82)
Lo Celso misses sitter from 3 yards! (82)www.skysports.com
It's now fucking comical.
I mean just reading some of the comments now about his crossing when it's him and Doherty who are the most prolific defenders in the entire league this season, yet still, say "he can't cross". (Yes TAA is miles ahead in actual numbers but his assists have come from dead-ball, corners and free kicks). What do they think of all the others fullbacks in the league then? Is the comparison benchmark made against Lahm or Alves? Is that what they see, nah can't been they all want Aarons.
I see comments saying his crosses were crap against West Ham. What!!? He put TWO on a plate for Kane, first at the near post that Kane skillfully flicked and pulled out a good stop from Fabianski at the near post, the other in the second half was about 1cm from Kane sliding boot. Crosses ARE low percentage opportunities, they are for every team/every player, by definition of "low" it means more will not find the intended player than will. But we are looking at a FB along with Doherty as players that find more than any other in the entire league!
It's literally no different to rival fans saying Kane is shit whilst staring at his numbers making him the most prolific forward in the PL ever!!! Imagine actually having the neck trying to make that one stick.
To compound the comparison only a small fraction of Tripps assists were from crosses, I'd say (an educated guess) that of the 8 no more than 3 were. His most effective ball was an early ball played around the corner to an attacker running in-to-out behind the oppo LB (loved this ball from him).
It's Sissoko all over again I'm afraid.