The first player I bought in Fantasy Football this season, was Sead Kolašinac.
I had only watched him in pre-season, but that was enough to persuade me. He got an assist in his first game against Leicester which gave me confidence for my purchase.
However, for the next two games he was nullified, first by being placed in the wrong position and second by not even playing!
Despite this affecting my overall FF points in the Daily Cannon league I stuck by him, and his performance against Bournemouth proves I was right.
His crossing
Now this was something we were all excited to see from the big Bosnian.
His assist record last year was great and he hasn’t disappointed, already getting two assists this season. It’s so refreshing to see a wing-back get the ball and actually expect him to give a decent cross.
What’s different with Kolašinac, compared to our other wing-backs, is he always has an idea of what type of cross he wants to put in and who he wants to cross it to.
Sure, not all of them work out, but you can understand what he was trying to do.
Compare that to Bellerin, whom I feel never knows what he’s trying to do with a cross and just hopes for the best while not having any variation in his crosses.
Kolašinac has shown his variety with low hard crosses (the triple square cross) or the floaty cross that resulted in Welbeck scoring. That play for Welbeck’s opening goal highlighted all the skills Kolašinac has brought to Arsenal, his passing, acceleration, composure and finally a cross that pretty much forced Welbeck to score.
Next, Sead Kolasinac’s defending