Corners

I was watching s PSV game the other day and the Dutch co-commentator discussing corners came out with the stat that only 2 goals are scored from every 100 corners. I don't know if it's true but the Dutch tend to know these things. If it is true we're around 5 goals down this season. Given the number of draws we've had, even those goals would have been useful.
 
I imagine this has already been said, but our corner taking against Barca was actually pretty good, in any case better than it's been for a long time. If dzeko gets that goal it very probably changes the dynamic of the match. Noticed that Barca were playing all their corners short. That makes sense if you're a brilliant short-ball playing team, and you've got nobody big to put in the box. My conclusion is that unless we're playing Dzeko (or Bony) we should probably be playing short corners (Silva to Nasri, or vice versa, on a very quick one-two) most of the time.
 
Did my eyes deceive me or did we really have a header (from Bony) that was directed towards the goal in today's game? If so, we'll be forcing the keeper into a save soon. And then, wonder of wonders, a goal.
 
Bluekiwi said:
Did my eyes deceive me or did we really have a header (from Bony) that was directed towards the goal in today's game? If so, we'll be forcing the keeper into a save soon. And then, wonder of wonders, a goal.
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Calm down BK.
 
Beat the first man - Check (except Navas)

Create a chance - Check

Now onto our next challenge....scoring.
 
You'd think that the coaching staff would change something with our corners. Instead everything is the same as always. Same players taking them, same 'runs' in the box, same results. I'd rather all our corners be short corners, at least it'd show us that they even see there's a problem there.

We're probably 4-6 points down on where we should be because of our shite corners. Chelsea quite routinely break the deadlock with goals from corners. We've scored 1 and it got us 1 pt. They are important.
 
I get far more wound up with our opponents corners.Why the fuck do we have to have 11 men back in our box,when 4 players and their goalie are nowhere near our penalty area.
You only had to look at the Barca game and they had three players up on our halfway line.Why the fuck Kun has to come back for opponents corners is beyond me.One big boot from the defending and where the fuck does the ball end up ... with our opponents.
MP please make Kun and Navas stay up front in future and help put the fear of god into those defenders trying to stop their pace.
 
I dismissed this issue a few weeks back as nowt to worry about but it really is. We are a big side and set pieces should be something we dominate against most teams yet last night again, we cant get a head on our corners and when the opposition have one, they are always first to it and causing us issues.

Desire. Its about the desire to get in there where you can get hurt and sadly, we have players just not willing.
 
too many times the quality of the corner is very poor and not even clearing the first man
 
We don't have dead ball specialist anyone who fancies it takes the corners surly one of our players can be out dead ball specialist
 
waspish said:
We don't have dead ball specialist anyone who fancies it takes the corners surly one of our players can be out dead ball specialist
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with the quality players we have we should have at least a couple who can put a decent corner in.
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
I imagine this has already been said, but our corner taking against Barca was actually pretty good, in any case better than it's been for a long time. If dzeko gets that goal it very probably changes the dynamic of the match. Noticed that Barca were playing all their corners short. That makes sense if you're a brilliant short-ball playing team, and you've got nobody big to put in the box. My conclusion is that unless we're playing Dzeko (or Bony) we should probably be playing short corners (Silva to Nasri, or vice versa, on a very quick one-two) most of the time.
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Silva to Nasri to Joe Hart
 
Kick it out for a throw in, box them in, central defenders don't have to keep running up and down the pitch, jobs a good 'un
 
Has Kolarov taken many corners lately?

Always had the impression he'd be good at them. Milner too.

What about Yaya? He never really scores any headers and is technically excellent.
 
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