No. I'm in the South Stand. I take it someone who sits there moans about it too!
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No. I'm in the South Stand. I take it someone who sits there moans about it too!
hahahhaOur primary aim when we win a corner is not to concede.
GornikDaze
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Yes the bloke next to me was having a right rant yesterday it just made me smile. I totally agree though how hard can it be for a professional footballer to take a proper corner!No. I'm in the South Stand. I take it someone who sits there moans about it too!
Yes the bloke next to me was having a right rant yesterday it just made me smile. I totally agree though how hard can it be for a professional footballer to take a proper corner!
I know. The thing is, we don't have a great deal to moan about to be fair. We have some unbelievable players but it drives me mad! With our height we should be scoring more often from corners, apparently Chelsea are the strongest with a goal from every 16 corners, we are outside the top ten which is at least 50+ corners per goal. If you believe the stats and the source...
http://talksport.com/football/surprising-stats-pl-teams-most-likely-score-corners-150127133651?p=9
pml79
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I don't know why we don't put Navas or sterling or Sergio on half way line when we concede a corner give the opposition something to think about
dickie davies
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I'd have Kolorov taking corners from the right and Yaya taking them from the left
"What the actual fuck!" I hear you say
Well both take a wicked free kick and Toure can ping a ball into the top corner from 25/30 yards, so I'm pretty fucking sure he'd hit the area he's supposed to from a corner more times than not
I remember both David White and Andy Hinchliffe taking vicious inswinging corners back in the day and Toure and Kolorov should be doing that now
"What the actual fuck!" I hear you say
Well both take a wicked free kick and Toure can ping a ball into the top corner from 25/30 yards, so I'm pretty fucking sure he'd hit the area he's supposed to from a corner more times than not
I remember both David White and Andy Hinchliffe taking vicious inswinging corners back in the day and Toure and Kolorov should be doing that now
I'd have Kolorov taking corners from the right and Yaya taking them from the left
"What the actual fuck!" I hear you say
Well both take a wicked free kick and Toure can ping a ball into the top corner from 25/30 yards, so I'm pretty fucking sure he'd hit the area he's supposed to from a corner more times than not
I remember both David White and Andy Hinchliffe taking vicious inswinging corners back in the day and Toure and Kolorov should be doing that now
I don't disagree with that at all. Somebody needs to stop David Silva taking them though, he may be a genius with the ball at his feet but he can't take corners.
It's probably something ridiculous like the training pitch is shorter than the Etihad pitch!
quiet_riot
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Agreed. Fuck all help defending anyway at a combined 5'3, so keep them occupying a full back and centre half!I don't know why we don't put Navas or sterling or Sergio on half way line when we concede a corner give the opposition something to think about
stablemcfc
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Our tactic from corners seems to be outswingers to the near post. Sadly it worked a couple of times at the beginning of the season & we've not stopped since.
KdB should be taking inswingers for me, I remember us trying 3-4 all season, scored from 1 & hit post with another.. At worst it wouldn't hurt to throw in the odd one or mix it up more to keep the opposition on their toes surely.
KdB should be taking inswingers for me, I remember us trying 3-4 all season, scored from 1 & hit post with another.. At worst it wouldn't hurt to throw in the odd one or mix it up more to keep the opposition on their toes surely.
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I know. The thing is, we don't have a great deal to moan about to be fair. We have some unbelievable players but it drives me mad! With our height we should be scoring more often from corners, apparently Chelsea are the strongest with a goal from every 16 corners, we are outside the top ten which is at least 50+ corners per goal. If you believe the stats and the source...
http://talksport.com/football/surprising-stats-pl-teams-most-likely-score-corners-150127133651?p=9
No team has scored more goals in the league from corners than City this season. We have 6 goals from 123 corners.
Chelsea finished last season with 10 goals from 226 corners. So our scoring rate is higher than Chelsea's last season.