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Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2024 8:36 pm
by Carport
Can anyone explain to me why we fail to stick someone on the back post for our attacking corners? Just seen that Bournemouth goal vs Spurs and then of course Arsenal have perfected the back post corner. Surely, we’ve got a player that can punt it that far from the corner. We know Brownhill can! So why don’t we?
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Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2024 8:40 pm
by Dyched
Because we don’t wanna play this dinosaur football like these thug teams do.
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Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2024 8:42 pm
by Carport
Funny! I do recall Zaroury though sticking one in at the back post so we have used that tactic under Kompany.
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Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2024 8:43 pm
by dougcollins
Our corners are disastrous, to be honest.
It would be safer to give the opposing team a goal kick.
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Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2024 8:46 pm
by Buxtonclaret
dougcollins wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2024 8:43 pm
Our corners are disastrous, to be honest.
It would be safer to give the opposing team a goal kick.
Bit cruel that, Doug.
Can see where your coming from though.
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Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2024 9:04 pm
by Dark Cloud
Being dangerous from set pieces (corners and free kicks) seems to go in cycles. Down the years we've had spells where we're really good and productive and spells where we're utterly hopeless (generally speaking). It needs two things. One or more players who are excellent at delivering a dead ball and a small clutch of players, often defenders actually, who have an eye for getting a yard of space, anticipating the ball and who can score a goal. Tarks, Mee, Keane, O'shea etc all posed a genuine threat at set pieces, especially with JBG (for example) delivering great crosses. Currently, we're in something of a trough and extremely poor both with delivery and in having players who can convert.
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Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2024 9:14 pm
by JohnMac
We had a,good spell of back post corners with Westy and Dwight and again with Annas and we actually scored a few goals too. There was a spell when I think we expected to score.
That was preceeded by a time when we did nothing at all and when you look at most Clubs in general, the corners are really poor.
We have returned to that period of hitting the first defender time after time.
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Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2024 9:16 pm
by JohnMac
Dark Cloud wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2024 9:04 pm
Being dangerous from set pieces (corners and free kicks) seems to go in cycles. Down the years we've had spells where we're really good and productive and spells where we're utterly hopeless (generally speaking). It needs two things. One or more players who are excellent at delivering a dead ball and a small clutch of players, often defenders actually, who have an eye for getting a yard of space, anticipating the ball and who can score a goal. Tarks, Mee, Keane, O'shea etc all posed a genuine threat at set pieces, especially with JBG (for example) delivering great crosses. Currently, we're in something of a trough and extremely poor both with delivery and in having players who can convert.
I was typing the same almost word for word.
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Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2024 10:22 pm
by steve1264b
Arsenal have brought back the near post corner.
Under Bond, Reeves etc, we were masters at it.
Football is rock paper scissors, the big man and 2 up front is on its way back and pep ball is on its way out
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Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2024 11:30 pm
by gawthorpe_view
We've scored one goal from a corner this season, we promptly sold the culprit.
Can't have that sort of a thing happening, it might catch on.
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Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2024 11:41 pm
by dsr
Near post corner, Billy Hamilton flicks it on, they're queueing up at the back post. Simple.
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Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2024 12:10 am
by DCWat
Carport wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2024 8:36 pm
Can anyone explain to me why we fail to stick someone on the back post for our attacking corners? Just seen that Bournemouth goal vs Spurs and then of course Arsenal have perfected the back post corner. Surely, we’ve got a player that can punt it that far from the corner. We know Brownhill can! So why don’t we?
Such are the state of our corners of late, I’ve taken to celebrating the few occasions that we manage to beat the first man.
If I were Scott, I’d be telling the set piece bloke to stay on his arse when we are presented with a dead ball opportunity.
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Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2024 12:41 am
by Vegas Claret
we could do with one of those new fangled set piece coaches.......
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Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2024 12:48 am
by Tricky Trevor
The best back post corner we’ve ever played was against Everton at the Jimmy Mac end. Cork stood behind Pickaxe and when the ball sailed over their heads Wood was at the post to head it in. Cork stopped Pickaxe from back pedalling but never fouled him. Genius.
