Corners

[Questy]

The film said " white men can't jump " well our whole frickin team can't jump.

Look at chelsea who are a huge danger at corner kicks, defended scoring often, then look at ours who are useless.

I thought, but then I could be wrong, that they were employed to play football not to be a high jumper? If they want (or rather you want) a high jumper go watch the Athletics, they have a stadium next to the Etihad!!

How stupid of me to think that jumping could be useful at set pieces both going forward and in defence.. Do you have directions to this Athletics Stadium you do mention

 

[thesilvalining]

Aguero was good at that challenge on the OS called corners( although was nothing like taking a corner other than it being from the corner).

 

[Eccles Blue]

The film said " white men can't jump " well our whole frickin team can't jump.

Look at chelsea who are a huge danger at corner kicks, defended scoring often, then look at ours who are useless.

I thought, but then I could be wrong, that they were employed to play football not to be a high jumper? If they want (or rather you want) a high jumper go watch the Athletics, they have a stadium next to the Etihad!!

How stupid of me to think that jumping could be useful at set pieces both going forward and in defence.. Do you have directions to this Athletics Stadium you do mention

Yep, straight across from City Square.














You do realise that I was being daft don't you? I understood what you were saying but I was having a daft half hour (as my old Gran used to call them) and pretended to take your post literally. Maybe I should have put a smiley face. Sorry I didn't mean to offend you. :-)

 

[Chippy_boy]

Two points stand out for me (1) the best dead ball exponent at our club is Yaya, let him take the corners

That's got to be the next thing to try. He's certainly the best at free kicks so logic would dictate he should be decent at corners. And at the same time, he is incapable of heading the ball anyway. In fact I can't remember the ball ever hitting his head. So we're missing nothing with him not in the box.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Has anyone got the stat on how many corners it is since we last scored from one?

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Opposing teams probably prefer a corner for us to a goal kick these days, it gives them the chance for a quick break.

I've seen 227 since we scored mentioned in all comps, but there was also 10/11 in that friendly in Abu before our cup exit as well.

 

[Questy]

I thought, but then I could be wrong, that they were employed to play football not to be a high jumper? If they want (or rather you want) a high jumper go watch the Athletics, they have a stadium next to the Etihad!!

How stupid of me to think that jumping could be useful at set pieces both going forward and in defence.. Do you have directions to this Athletics Stadium you do mention

Yep, straight across from City Square.














You do realise that I was being daft don't you? I understood what you were saying but I was having a daft half hour (as my old Gran used to call them) and pretended to take your post literally. Maybe I should have put a smiley face. Sorry I didn't mean to offend you. :-)

I was going to post a pic of a net instead as I did realise you where at tge wind up. Now then would you have the postcode

 

[uwe rosler 28]

Hope he tries something different tomorrow with corners like maybe try a in swinger what's the worst that could happen we hit the first man.

 

[aguero93:20]

It's getting so bad now that there's a collective groan where I sit when we get a corner. People are almost willing it to go out for a throw. Not sure how it's got to this, but it feels like both fans and players feel that corners are almost futile. There's virtually no expectation or belief any more that we can score from one.

Still don't understand why our deliveries are so bad. Surely being able to clear the first man and put the ball into a dangerous area from a set piece is a fairly rudimentary skill for a professional footballer. Unfathomable why it's seemingly beyond such a talented group of players.

Its amazing, only a couple of seasons ago we were allegedly the best, though I was never convinced, we often scored after a corner, but rarely direct from one. I don't see how its so difficult, you can teach 10 year olds how to take a dangerous corner, and how to attack one (not to mention defending them), as you say a rudimentary skill for any footballer, not just pro's.

We just do the same thing every time, and that is the frustration, even if we varied it a bit, we'd be better.

Last season 2013/14

 

[Eccles Blue]

How stupid of me to think that jumping could be useful at set pieces both going forward and in defence.. Do you have directions to this Athletics Stadium you do mention

Yep, straight across from City Square.

You do realise that I was being daft don't you? I understood what you were saying but I was having a daft half hour (as my old Gran used to call them) and pretended to take your post literally. Maybe I should have put a smiley face. Sorry I didn't mean to offend you. :-)

I was going to post a pic of a net instead as I did realise you where at tge wind up. Now then would you have the postcode

M11 3FF and their cafe has great food, I was in there yesterday, try the baked potatoes, they've got great fillings. But you do need to be tall to read the filling list or you get a crick in your neck. Maybe a high jump specialist is needed for it? :-)