Height at Set-pieces

[Champagneblade]

Thought this was worth pointing out as an emerging theme.

We’ve lost Souza, an imposing starter.

We’re losing Moore, probably one of the best two ‘zone men’ we’ve seen, alongside McBurnie, who we also won’t have.

Whilst he’s not superimposing, Anel is still 6’5” and has been the defender to bag a couple on pre-season.

I hope this is something Selles is on. I don’t want to see us be all nice and aggressive at pressing and then get picked off at free kicks and corners at will.

Soumaré is about an inch taller than Souza but it’s not sure he will be a starter. Iroegbunam is 6” exactly so we potentially might lose some height there if he does come.

If Bindon replaces Anel, then whilst he’s not small, he’s 6’2” to Anel’s 6’5”.

There’s few forwards as big as Kieffer Moore.

Hope we don’t lose sight of this and become a soft touch.

 

[Darren William]

Thought this was worth pointing out as an emerging theme.

We’ve lost Souza, an imposing starter.

We’re losing Moore, probably one of the best two ‘zone men’ we’ve seen, alongside McBurnie, who we also won’t have.

Whilst he’s not superimposing, Anel is still 6’5” and has been the defender to bag a couple on pre-season.

I hope this is something Selles is on. I don’t want to see us be all nice and aggressive at pressing and then get picked off at free kicks and corners at will.

Soumaré is about an inch taller than Souza but it’s not sure he will be a starter. Iroegbunam is 6” exactly so we potentially might lose some height there if he does come.

If Bindon replaces Anel, then whilst he’s not small, he’s 6’2” to Anel’s 6’5”.

There’s few forwards as big as Kieffer Moore.

Hope we don’t lose sight of this and become a soft touch.

It's just shows just been reading derby set to sign 9th player we sign 3 on loan and sell 3 but some fans being accused of bedwetting really!!.

 

[Snowflake]

It's just shows just been reading derby set to sign 9th player we sign 3 on loan and sell 3 but some fans being accused of bedwetting really!!.

Has the quality of our squad been improved by the 3 loans signings ? Has Derby signed anyone approaching the same quality ?
I am confident that we are moving in the right direction and am largely ambivalent as to what happens in the first half dozen matches. It’s what happens in the remaining 40 that will be crucial.

 

[Ndiayewillalwaysloveyou]

Midget squad.

 

[brownblade]

It's just shows just been reading derby set to sign 9th player we sign 3 on loan and sell 3 but some fans being accused of bedwetting really!!.

They've signed 9 players but aren't even close to being as good as us.

There's no point us signing players that aren't good enough... Is there?

We've learned to be patient in recent seasons as we're lucky that we shop in the very niche markets of; (1) nearly/hopefully good enough for Top 4 in the Championship quality, (2) has Prem potential quality.

We've all learnt to be patient...

 

[Captain Obvious]

Thought this was worth pointing out as an emerging theme.

We’ve lost Souza, an imposing starter.

We’re losing Moore, probably one of the best two ‘zone men’ we’ve seen, alongside McBurnie, who we also won’t have.

Whilst he’s not superimposing, Anel is still 6’5” and has been the defender to bag a couple on pre-season.

I hope this is something Selles is on. I don’t want to see us be all nice and aggressive at pressing and then get picked off at free kicks and corners at will.

Soumaré is about an inch taller than Souza but it’s not sure he will be a starter. Iroegbunam is 6” exactly so we potentially might lose some height there if he does come.

If Bindon replaces Anel, then whilst he’s not small, he’s 6’2” to Anel’s 6’5”.

There’s few forwards as big as Kieffer Moore.

Hope we don’t lose sight of this and become a soft touch.

We’ve been quite unconvincing from defending corners and set pieces for a couple of seasons. It’s definitely an area we need to strengthen in and like you say, selling players with height is just going to make us more vulnerable from crosses into the box.

 

[Bergen Blade]

Some heights on various websites are incorrect and I think Anel is about 6'3, not 6'5.




Soumare will bring some height, but I agree it something to keep in mind as we finish rebuilding the squad.

 

[Caseh]

Height isn't even that important IF you're organised, disciplined and aggressive at the right times.

 

[beatific blade]

Thought this was worth pointing out as an emerging theme.

We’ve lost Souza, an imposing starter.

We’re losing Moore, probably one of the best two ‘zone men’ we’ve seen, alongside McBurnie, who we also won’t have.

Whilst he’s not superimposing, Anel is still 6’5” and has been the defender to bag a couple on pre-season.

I hope this is something Selles is on. I don’t want to see us be all nice and aggressive at pressing and then get picked off at free kicks and corners at will.

Soumaré is about an inch taller than Souza but it’s not sure he will be a starter. Iroegbunam is 6” exactly so we potentially might lose some height there if he does come.

If Bindon replaces Anel, then whilst he’s not small, he’s 6’2” to Anel’s 6’5”.

There’s few forwards as big as Kieffer Moore.

Hope we don’t lose sight of this and become a soft touch.

You're right. We need to have the aggression and fitness for the pressing game, but we also need to be able to handle teams that will target set pieces and play more directly.

Wrexham for example with Moore could cuse us problems.

We need to be able to fight different battles with different personnel.

Team of midgets is a bit harsh but you can't argue with it looking at the current starting XI

 

[LBA_Blade]

To be fair Berge is about 6'4 but 4'6 when he jumps to head the ball.

 

[Maidenhead]

Which is why I wanted McBurnie back.

He's invaluable defending free kicks and corners.

 

[Snowflake]

They've signed 9 players but aren't even close to being as good as us.

There's no point us signing players that aren't good enough... Is there?

We've learned to be patient in recent seasons as we're lucky that we shop in the very niche markets of; (1) nearly/hopefully good enough for Top 4 in the Championship quality, (2) has Prem potential quality.

We've all learnt to be patient...

…perhaps not all !!!

 

[KMC-1889]

It’s been the same for at least 5 years. Until we signed Souttar we were absolutely awful attacking & defending set pieces. Probably have to go back to O’Connell for the last solid defender that could head a ball.

Not too worried about losing Moore or Souza, they had the same ability as Berge where they seemed to get shorter every time they challenged for a header.

 

[KMC-1889]

Which is why I wanted McBurnie back.

He's invaluable defending free kicks and corners.

But absolutely shite at all the things you sign strikers for.

 

[thehet]

Weerz Shackleton

 

[Carlton Blade]

Thought this was worth pointing out as an emerging theme.

We’ve lost Souza, an imposing starter.

We’re losing Moore, probably one of the best two ‘zone men’ we’ve seen, alongside McBurnie, who we also won’t have.

Whilst he’s not superimposing, Anel is still 6’5” and has been the defender to bag a couple on pre-season.

I hope this is something Selles is on. I don’t want to see us be all nice and aggressive at pressing and then get picked off at free kicks and corners at will.

Soumaré is about an inch taller than Souza but it’s not sure he will be a starter. Iroegbunam is 6” exactly so we potentially might lose some height there if he does come.

If Bindon replaces Anel, then whilst he’s not small, he’s 6’2” to Anel’s 6’5”.

There’s few forwards as big as Kieffer Moore.

Hope we don’t lose sight of this and become a soft touch.

Anel was pretty poor in the air, decidedly worse than Robinson

 

[Tony_Kaufman]

For all the height we've lost how many goals did Souttar, Anel and Moore score from set pieces? Not many at all is the answer. Souttar seemed to get on the end of loads but never guided any into the net. For a man of his size and strength he was crap at heading the ball into the net.

 

[Frank the tank]

It's just shows just been reading derby set to sign 9th player we sign 3 on loan and sell 3 but some fans being accused of bedwetting really!!.

Fanny