Corners

[idleurchin]

I propose that we just let the opposition have a goal kick instead.

We’re as likely to score from that as we are from one of our own corners.

 

[TarquinDelouche]

Can we not retitle this thread “fucking corners”? That’s usually my reaction when we get one. “Oh great. A fucking corner”.

 

[thehet]

Utterly unacceptable standard of corners.

 

[Large Mendonca]

We need Knilly and the team to start getting creative again

 

[thehet]

We need Knilly and the team to start getting creative again

A delivery with pace and a bit of movement would be a good start first.

 

[Large Mendonca]

I thought of an idea during that half, we pretend to play a short one which has two oppo defenders running out from the near post, then fleck chips it into the big space left for someone to exploit

 

[Revolution]

O'Connell headed the last one we got over the bar, for about the 15th time this season.

 

[Rodley]

We miss Coutts delivery of corners. He’s absolutely superb at swinging in the ball at pace.

 

[FlamingLip]

We seem ineffective from set pieces in general.

 

[jt64]

We seem ineffective from set pieces in general.

Said nobody a couple of minutes into the game at the Sty

 

[FlamingLip]

Said nobody a couple of minutes into the game at the Sty

I also said Clarke should've been taken off right before he scored.

 

[Harry's Game]

Teams like Millwall and Bolton base there all approach to winning set pieces. Therefore they spend more time working on them.

 

[shrubbery]

There’s no excuse for the state of our set plays. We rarely create a chance from them and more often than not either hit the first man or send them sailing over the top. Generally thy are floated into the box giving the keeper every chance to grab it too.

We need to create more from them the same way we need to create more from crosses in general.

 

[sufcboy95]

Today we were both terrible at attacking and defending corners.
The amount of free headers and 1st balls won by them was a shambles

 

[Punk Blade]

Scored from a decent move from a corner on Tuesday. Scored from the second phase following a corner today.

I think statistically not many goals are scored from corners, or at least the percentage of corners that lead to goals is quite low. Yes we should try to improve our deliveries, but don’t stress about them too much.

 

[Karaoke Blade]

There’s no excuse for the state of our set plays. We rarely create a chance from them and more often than not either hit the first man or send them sailing over the top. Generally thy are floated into the box giving the keeper every chance to grab it too.

We need to create more from them the same way we need to create more from crosses in general.

Watching Fulham v Brentford on Sky. Just seen that Brentford have a specialist set play coach. That said, their last set play was dog shit.

 

[IdLiketoRogerMoore]

Lee Evans should just shoot from each corner! Statistically we're as likely to score from that then what we're currently doing...

 

[Carlton Blade]

We don't seem to have a plan for attacking corners. And 99% of our free kicks go short. Not sure it's an area that much resource goes into

 

[Bladesman]

I propose that we just let the opposition have a goal kick instead.

We’re as likely to score from that as we are from one of our own corners.

I was thinking this during the match as well.

They have been utter shite this season regardless of who takes them.

 

[Stretch]

What irritates me is that every other team, bar none in this league seems to be able to whip in a corner at pace, yet we are either incapable or unwilling to, relying on lofted floaty bollox instead.

 

[jt64]

We don't seem to have a plan for attacking corners. And 99% of our free kicks go short. Not sure it's an area that much resource goes into

It's probably planned far more than most people on here would think, it's just in any given game there's such a small sample size and such variance that in some games it looks like we don't have a clue

 

[blackydog]

Teams like Millwall and Bolton base there all approach to winning set pieces. Therefore they spend more time working on them.

Preston made a good fist of it too, Gallagher dropping like a sack of spuds if you breath on him.

 

[10p]

It’s the free kicks in the middle of the pitch that annoy me most.
Player A passes the ball to player B who is 5 yards away, not usually closer to the opposition goal. Player B passes back to A, who has by then been closed down by the opposition so he passes back to B who has also by then been closed down, so he hurriedly passes back towards our goal to player C. So we end up further from their goal.

What’s the point of that?

 

[stringer]

What irritates me is that every other team, bar none in this league seems to be able to whip in a corner at pace.

Like Lee Evans did several times today?

 

[Stretch]

Like Lee Evans did several times today?

Nah, just a bunch of lofted efforts that kept floating in towards the back post, and I stress the word 'floating', with absolutely no one to meet them? Very little pace or whip. We didn't take one good corner today and rarely do.

 

[sitwell]

Nah, just a bunch of lofted efforts that kept floating in towards the back post, and I stress the word 'floating', with absolutely no one to meet them? Very little pace or whip. We didn't take one good corner today and rarely do.

Simply not accurate.

 

[Stretch]

Simply not accurate.

Just my opinion mate. Didn't see a decent corner today, and most of our crossing was quite gash. It's just something that our fantastic team seems to struggle with.

If you see it differently then fair enough.

 

[Ajmblade]

I also said Clarke should've been taken off right before he scored.

At least you’re honest

 

[Revolution]

It’s the free kicks in the middle of the pitch that annoy me most.
Player A passes the ball to player B who is 5 yards away, not usually closer to the opposition goal. Player B passes back to A, who has by then been closed down by the opposition so he passes back to B who has also by then been closed down, so he hurriedly passes back towards our goal to player C. So we end up further from their goal.

What’s the point of that?

100% agree.

Yesterday we managed to take a free kick on the halfway line and turn it into a corner for the opposition (from which Blackman had to make a good save) after several pointless and poor passes backwards and sideways.

We are so ponderous at times. This running down the wing and then stopping is also not helping.

In a nutshell, imho we are not spending enough time going forwards.

 

[Sean Thornton]

A delivery with pace and a bit of movement would be a good start first.

Not the kind of pace that is dangerous to fans in the opposite stand though.