Set piece coach gone

[ClaretTony]

Eliot Tybebo - our set piece coach has left to take an opportunity abroad

[jojomk1]

Will be sorely missed

[fatboy47]

I don't think many will be sticking their heads in the oven with this news.

[MrTopTier]

We never score from corners anyway!

[dandeclaret]

They didn’t concede from them last season either…… you know, to give a sense of balance.

[jlup1980]

He was better at the defensive side than the offensive side that's for sure! It got to the point last season where we might as well have thrown the keeper the ball and given them a goal kick instead of bothering with taking the corner. I've never known us look so impotent from set pieces.

[Stockbrokerbelt]

New one already in or on his way?

[GetIntoEm]

Yeah, it's not just about attacking set pieces.

I thought we were really well organised, be a shame for him to go

[MrTopTier]

They didn’t concede from them last season either…… you know, to give a sense of balance.

Norwich scored from a corner, just to give a sense of balance.

[fatboy47]

I don't care if our conceded column was minus 20. Nothing excuses the absolutely nonsensical utter non-threat we posed from all but a couple in a full seasons free kicks and corners.

[Murger]

A corner to us might aswell have been a goal kick to the opposition.

[agreenwood]

We went several seasons without scoring from many set pieces under Dyche, despite our reputation for being a physical “traditional British” team. Dyche defended it on more than one occasion from memory.

[martin_p]

We went several seasons without scoring from many set pieces under Dyche, despite our reputation for being a physical “traditional British” team. Dyche defended it on more than one occasion from memory.

Even without thinking I can remember goals from Keane, Wood and Vokes from corners/set pieces during the Dyche era.

[agreenwood]

Even without thinking I can remember goals from Keane, Wood and Vokes from corners/set pieces during the Dyche era.

Yeah. He was our manager for 10 years and we had a few seasons where we scored a decent amount. We also had several seasons where we didn’t, to the extent that he was quizzed about it in press conferences and talked about how statistically unlikely scoring a goal from a corner was.

My point is that having seasons where we aren’t very good at scoring from set pieces isn’t a new phenomenon.

[ŽižkovClaret]

Even without thinking I can remember goals from Keane, Wood and Vokes from corners/set pieces during the Dyche era.

Not to mention the odd one from Westwood that curled in

[Papabendi]

I've mentioned this previously but in what form of employment could doing 50% of one's role well be justified?

[Funkydrummer]

I thought he'd gone on holiday with Tresor.

[AfloatinClaret]

They didn’t concede from them last season either…… you know, to give a sense of balance.

Erm, look at the top of the page, this is the UpTheClarets Board... We don't approve of having a 'sense of balance' on here.

[Vegas Claret]

You can't be judged as successful if you only do it at one end of the pitch.

[warksclaret]

With Westwood, Wood, Tarks and Mee in the team, you needed neither a defensive or attacking set piece coach

[bfcmik]

You can't be judged as successful if you only do it at one end of the pitch.

It depends on what he was told to focus on. As the season went on it seemed to become much more about trying to stay defensively solid that trying to score at the other end.

[Juan Tanamera]

It depends on what he was told to focus on. As the season went on it seemed to become much more about trying to stay defensively solid that trying to score at the other end.

Did we even try to score at the 'other end?'

He was excellent at pointing.

[Claretfanatic1982]

I don't care if our conceded column was minus 20. Nothing excuses the absolutely nonsensical utter non-threat we posed from all but a couple in a full seasons free kicks and corners.

I'd say that was down to the players taking the free kick/ corner.
I just fail to see the coach telling the players to make sure the ball doesn't even go over the first defenders head .

[Vegas Claret]

It depends on what he was told to focus on. As the season went on it seemed to become much more about trying to stay defensively solid that trying to score at the other end.

Given our lack of creativity for half a season I would have thought our offensive set pieces would have been a priority. Either or, lets hope we replace him with someone that can do both well.

[Papabendi]

It depends on what he was told to focus on. As the season went on it seemed to become much more about trying to stay defensively solid that trying to score at the other end.

a set piece coach focuses on set pieces.

[Spijed]

Defensively brilliant as we were, when it comes to scoring, has there ever been a team as pitiful as we were at corners in the Championship last season?

[Claretitus]

Apart from SP and the coaches, will anyone be aware he’s no longer around? Talk about stealing a wage.

[CharlieinNewMexico]

Off to manage Espanyol

[dougcollins]

I recall he started jumping off the bench to 'supervise' throw ins - which was pretty weird.

Some of our corners had an immense comedy value to them, was that his remit?

[Roosterbooster]

I've mentioned this previously but in what form of employment could doing 50% of one's role well be justified?

Stunt double?

[Boss Hogg]

Hopefully we’ve already got a better replacement in. We need far better.

[dougcollins]

Hopefully we’ve already got a better replacement in. We need far better.

Amazing how we ever got on without them really.

Ok then, it's not.

[Spijed]

I recall he started jumping off the bench to 'supervise' throw ins - which was pretty weird.

Didn't Connor Roberts come with an excellent long throw reputation?

That soon disappeared when he started taking them

[Papabendi]

Stunt double?

That's 100% of a role

[MT03ALG]

ET phone home

[exilecanada]

Never mind a set piece coach. What we need is a Westy/McNeil clone to take corners and a Mee/Tarky/O'Shea/Wood clone to head 'em in

[ecc]

Not to mention the odd one from Westwood that curled in

AW had a period when his corners were amazing.

[dougcollins]

Given our lack of creativity for half a season I would have thought our offensive set pieces would have been a priority. Either or, lets hope we replace him with someone that can do both well.

I'd save the wage, I'm sure we did better without one.

[ŽižkovClaret]

I'd save the wage, I'm sure we did better without one.

I'd be curious what the players could come up with between them tbf. At risk of being reductive, surely any Premier League player should know how to attack / defend a set piece?

[Darnhill Claret]

Movement off the ball, by our front men creates space that the set piece taker needs to utilise for our runners.

Start from there and you can create a dozen different routines. 3 or 4 would be good to start with.

Defensively, we did great, but still need to tighten it up, as opposition will punish any slackness. Can't rest on our laurels.

[Darnhill Claret]

Jimmy Adamson used to get the maximum out of his teams at set pieces, before it was such a big thing.

[Jambounchained]

ET phone home

ET home phone

[Targetman]

Jimmy Adamson used to get the maximum out of his teams at set pieces, before it was such a big thing.

We used to have some excellent free kick routines in the early 70's.

We won the Charity Shield at Maine Road with one.

[FeedTheArf]

Looks to have joined Al-Qadsiah in Saudi

[GetIntoEm]

I'd be curious what the players could come up with between them tbf. At risk of being reductive, surely any Premier League player should know how to attack / defend a set piece?

I'm sure they do, but do you just let them run around and do their own thing? Would be chaos

[NewClaret]

I recall he started jumping off the bench to 'supervise' throw ins - which was pretty weird.

Some of our corners had an immense comedy value to them, was that his remit?

I actually thought our thow-ins needed supervision last season. Dreadful. Although for balance they did get a bit better as the season went on.

I expect we’ll use them to slow the game down even more this season and probably take longer over them than a free kick!

[NewClaret]

Defensively brilliant as we were, when it comes to scoring, has there ever been a team as pitiful as we were at corners in the Championship last season?

This just about sums it up for me. Defensively we were very good at defending set pieces both in the second half of the Premier League season (I thought) and last year, but my word our corners and FKs (Flemming bangers aside) we’re a tough watch.

Interestingly, Walker mentioned in his interview the need to score from set pieces so hopefully that’s something Parker has already discussed with him.