Agree tbf. Often I think his crossing has been done a disservice by the lack of targets. Hopefully that can change under Lop.
Was the way under Nuno too, big players sit as free men in crucial areas and then the others are meant to just get in the way more so than offer a genuine challenge for the ball, allowing your big men to have the advantage of a free jump in the areas you really don't want the ball to be.
With him being an erratic crosser, asking him to hit one player is never going to end well.
Think the biggest difference under Lage/Roberts, with other set pieces more so than corners, was the position rather than the overall concept. They weren't defending as deep and giving Sa more responsibility for the central area, encouraging him to come for crosses as much as possible rather than rely on the outfield players. Obviously much more difficult to create the space to facilitate that approach on corners when you don't have the offside rule in your favour though.
Was gonna say, last year we had quite a good blend of key areas defended zonally with more responsibility for our better headers of the ball
His best run was when him and Raul struck up that partnership and hit a hot streak. Since then, we have had to deal with different strikers, set ups continuously. From Fabio, to Jose, to Costa, Podence in a false 9 etc. it’s hard to strike up a partnership, or get used to a players movements with things chopping and changing all the time.
