Arsing about in the corner, giving the opposition the advantage…

[jt64]

I'd agree at any other point in the match. But last minute of injury time, it's time to get men on the line.

Maybe if the keeper's gone up, the equation is changed, but if it's correct to not have men on the post (which, imo, it is) throughout the game, it's still the same in the last minute. It's not the sort of decision that is affected by the game state in terms of time left, e.g. it would be absolutely correct to scythe someone down who's clean through and concede a free kick 25 yards out in second half stoppage time, but five minutes into the game it'd be stupid. Yesterday, the point is to not concede a goal at all costs, you do whatever the best play is to try to sort that.

 

[diplomat]

Once again we’ve been caught out by this tactic which boils my piss. Time and again, a corner in injury time, arse about for 20 seconds trying to waste time, McBurnie goes down shielding the ball then thinking he’s been bummed by John Holmes starts his arms outstretched act (which is really starting to get on my tits) moaning, gives away a free kick. Forest re-group, they score. Also, why the fuck don’t we have a player on each post on a corner? Learn the lesson please United for fucks sake. If your not going to whip it into the box from a corner in injury time, at least play it to the half way line, anything but this wasting time bollocks. It just doesn’t work, we’ve been found wanting enough times to now know it doesn’t work.

I couldn’t believe we didn’t have the posts covered, or at least the back stick, in the last minute, for a corner.