When did we last score outside the box?

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It doesn't happen often, mind you Norwood will hopefully remedy that slightly.

Still makes me chuckle when we get the ball in decent areas and the crowd cries 'shoooot' and we hardly ever do even then it's hardly ever on target

UTB
 



Lee Evans's volley against Boro towards the end of last season, probably.

What percentage of long shots actually go in? I think Wilder prefers the team to pass the ball around and try to create good scoring chances, rather than hit and hope.
 
dc_blade said:
Lee Evans's volley against Boro towards the end of last season, probably.

What percentage of long shots actually go in? I think Wilder prefers the team to pass the ball around and try to create good scoring chances, rather than hit and hope.
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Yep, this, shooting from range is a horrible percentage play, get it into better positions every time. Only problem is that often involves Stevens crossing...
 
dc_blade said:
I think Wilder prefers the team to pass the ball around and try to create good scoring chances, rather than hit and hope.
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Yes Wilder was quite cutting when Evans had a pop from range last season and it went over the bar (unless that was his double talk again), didn't stop him putting those in v 'boro though. Problem seems to be the players mess around with the ball so long the chance disappears anyway.
 
8lade said:
Yes Wilder was quite cutting when Evans had a pop from range last season and it went over the bar (unless that was his double talk again), didn't stop him putting those in v 'boro though. Problem seems to be the players mess around with the ball so long the chance disappears anyway.
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Exactly. It's the danger of Wilder's style of play: when it works, we put together lovely passing moves and score some brilliant goals. When it doesn't quite work out people can get frustrated because it looks like we're being a bit *too* patient.

Still rather be patient than having Bash walloping the ball into the Kop from 35 yards, mind...
 
I can tell you when one of us scored inside the box, but that's a whole new thread waiting to happen....
 
Loads of opportunities to shoot from inside the area past up last night.
 
Whilst I’m not suggesting that we start peppering the net from our own half like a juiced up hotshot hamish, we should be having a go from the at least the edge of the box. A number of times last night (as an example), we’d work a lovely passing move & find a player on the edge of the ‘D’, with time to shoot, and they either pop it back to where it came from or help it on square. Frustrating. Saying that we did have a couple of goes that got charged down, so not all bad.

Brentford (doffs cap & genuflects) have got a specialist ‘kicking coach’. I’m not sure it’s for player’s arses or footballs, but it might be worth finding out what Johnny ‘shit, did you see that’ Metgod is currently up to. ;)
 
Nicolaus_Copernicus said:
Whilst I’m not suggesting that we start peppering the net from our own half like a juiced up hotshot hamish, we should be having a go from the at least the edge of the box. A number of times last night (as an example), we’d work a lovely passing move & find a player on the edge of the ‘D’, with time to shoot, and they either pop it back to where it came from or help it on square. Frustrating. Saying that we did have a couple of goes that got charged down, so not all bad.

Brentford (doffs cap & genuflects) have got a specialist ‘kicking coach’. I’m not sure it’s for player’s arses or footballs, but it might be worth finding out what Johnny ‘shit, did you see that’ Metgod is currently up to. ;)
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Hot Shot Hamish!
 



I am genuinely amazed no one has metaphored the thread title to death. Or is it just me?
 
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dc_blade said:
Lee Evans's volley against Boro towards the end of last season, probably.

What percentage of long shots actually go in? I think Wilder prefers the team to pass the ball around and try to create good scoring chances, rather than hit and hope.
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Leon against Bristol last game of season
 
Just an observation,and i know Bergen pointed it out for their goal on his recent post...but has anyone noticed we don't seem to have anyone on the edge of the box whether attacking or defending...Eze for QPR kept taking up that position unmarked...Going the other way we never seem to have anybody take up a similar position for the ball to be cut back or for when it drops around there from clearances,which it often does.
 
FMBlade1 said:
It doesn't happen often, mind you Norwood will hopefully remedy that slightly.

Still makes me chuckle when we get the ball in decent areas and the crowd cries 'shoooot' and we hardly ever do even then it's hardly ever on target

UTB
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I'm more concerned with keeping clean sheets then scoring from outside the box. When was the last time we kept a clean sheet.
 
We've got idiots who say corners are a waste of time as they don't provide goals and now long range shots are pointless. They're very lucky Woody's not alive to hear them talk such fucking nonsense.
 
snootyfenooty said:
We've got idiots who say corners are a waste of time as they don't provide goals and now long range shots are pointless. They're very lucky Woody's not alive to hear them talk such fucking nonsense.
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Corners provide plenty of goals ….. for the opposition, pretty much whoever they are.
 
To be fair there's plenty of Blades who have scored beauties from outside the box.

Ndlovu
Tonge
Jagielka
Doane
Brown
A. Quinn
Montgomery
S. Quinn
Calve
Doyle
Baxter
Fleck
Donaldson
Duffy
L. Evans
 
snootyfenooty said:
We've got idiots who say corners are a waste of time as they don't provide goals and now long range shots are pointless. They're very lucky Woody's not alive to hear them talk such fucking nonsense.
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I wouldn’t worry they are probably people with an ‘agenda’
 
PeterNdlovu081 said:
To be fair there's plenty of Blades who have scored beauties from outside the box.

Ndlovu
Tonge
Jagielka
Doane
Brown
A. Quinn
Montgomery
S. Quinn
Calve
Doyle
Baxter
Fleck
Donaldson
Duffy
L. Evans
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Woodward - more than a dozen
Currie - about 10 times
Matthews - at least 3
Trusson - ditto
 



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