dazby wrote:We have discussed this before but I have the memory of a goldfish. Why do you think it's such a successful attacking weapon? Is it because of the trajectory? The fact that as a cross it has very little spin? Or just that it's worked a few times and Stoke have got confident about them and really have a go at it?
I think it's a bit like the 'Curtley Ambrose factor' in cricket; because the ball's coming from a different height than they're used to, they get all their angles wrong & end up in the wrong position to deal with it.
If they saw it more often I don't think there'd be a particular problem other than the normal problem we have with every ball that comes into our box from any angle.