Appalling set pieces

[Stockport mackem]

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Some teams are better than others at defending set pieces

 

[cheddar404]

Apparently (according to a Ray Hudson vid I just watched) the PL conversion rate is 3% which implies that everyone is shit at corners, it really should be quite a bit higher than that given the advantages the attacking team has.

It's not a massive advantage really. Granted it's a chance to get the ball into the box but the defending team gets chance to prepare mark everyone before the ball comes in.

 

[forevermancity]

surprised we haven't done fuck loads more work on corners

if we were half decent at them we would score at least one a game just from corners due to the amount we get

id rather we have a throw in near the corner than a corner, absolutely rotten

 

[Deleted member 58678]

surprised we haven't done fuck loads more work on corners

if we were half decent at them we would score at least one a game just from corners due to the amount we get

id rather we have a throw in near the corner than a corner, absolutely rotten

II think i'd rather just play a short corner and start possession again.

 

[forevermancity]

surprised we haven't done fuck loads more work on corners

if we were half decent at them we would score at least one a game just from corners due to the amount we get

id rather we have a throw in near the corner than a corner, absolutely rotten

II think i'd rather just play a short corner and start possession again.

Absolutely, didn't we do this at the start of the season or am I imagining things?

 

[Blue Hefner]

Apparently (according to a Ray Hudson vid I just watched) the PL conversion rate is 3% which implies that everyone is shit at corners, it really should be quite a bit higher than that given the advantages the attacking team has.

Is that from the initial set-piece? Because a lot of goals from set-pieces come from poor clearances resulting in more pressure?

I find it difficult to believe that only 3 in every 100 corners/free-kicks result in goals

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

Love these threads.

Weren't we leading scorers from set pieces at one point under RM and there were threads like this?

I blame Fifa on Xbox, kids think 1 in 2 corners will be a goal.

 

[Blue Hefner]

Love these threads.

Weren't we leading scorers from set pieces at one point under RM and there were threads like this?

I blame Fifa on Xbox, kids think 1 in 2 corners will be a goal.

I think the main issue is we are see the pressure that the likes of Utd, Stoke, Palace etc put on teams through set-pieces whereas we don't seem to put teams under the same pressure. Perhaps it's a crowd issues, we tend not to get excited when we get a corner. The likes of the teams I've mentioned use the crowd and have set-pieces as a game plan whereas we don't and have other strengths

 

[teddykgb]

Love these threads.

Weren't we leading scorers from set pieces at one point under RM and there were threads like this?

I blame Fifa on Xbox, kids think 1 in 2 corners will be a goal.

in FIFA 14, it's 2 in 2 corners if you have Benteke

 

[aguero93:20]

Love these threads.

Weren't we leading scorers from set pieces at one point under RM and there were threads like this?

I blame Fifa on Xbox, kids think 1 in 2 corners will be a goal.

in FIFA 14, it's 2 in 2 corners if you have Benteke

or Cavani/Negredo/Hummels.