As target men become increasingly uncommon in the Premier League, is crossing still effective?
After just nine games, Premier League statistics suggest so.
Of the top ten crossers in the top flight, they have collectively hit a total of 588 balls into the box - there aren't many better ways to get an assist.
Some sides are assembled with wingers and big strikers to encourage this sort of play, so how effective is their system?
Made up of four Englishmen in total, talkSPORT has done the number crunching and put together a top ten.