Corners

[mcfc_ms]

Kolarov took the corner which we scored from against the arse. At least he can clear the first man

Did lampard ever take corners at Chelsea? Surely he could be decent at them if on the pitch

 

[Mancini Manus Domini]

Kolarov took the corner which we scored from against the arse. At least he can clear the first man

Did lampard ever take corners at Chelsea? Surely he could be decent at them if on the pitch

Either of them are better. I'd also throw Yaya into that mix. He takes a fantastic free kick so why not a corner. Has he ever scored with a header from a corner? I can't remember one so I'd much rather have him taking them with Silva in the box.

 

[Bluekiwi]

Kolorov should take every corner

Beat me to it. One of the best dead ball strikers in the league IMO.

Aleks fizzing them in at a rate of knots would shit up many a defense.

After David's second shit corner on Sunday I yelled at the TV - send a message out that Kolarov takes all the rest of the bloody corners - his deliveries would give our taller players a chance at the front, middle and back of the area.

 

[Joe Hart's Dandruff]

Silva is getting all the stick here, but our other designated corner taker is Nasri, and his are just as bad. I really cant fathom how this hasn't been sorted by now. As a poster above mentioned, we scored from a corner which corner taken by Kolorov against Arse. Surely this would have given the management something to think about?

 

[RandomJ]

Pure shite once again today. Several of them bounced before they even reached the first man. How can professional footballers who have played the game their whole lives not be able to kick a stationary ball hard enough so it reaches the box? We have strong tall players in Yaya, Dzeko, Kompany, Mangala in the box and we are just wasting good chances to score.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Once again total and utter crap.

Fans get excited when we get a corner but god knows why cos it's actually more likely the opposition scoring from one of ours than us doing so.

 

[LoveCity]

Watching Arsenal comforted me a little because their corners were just as bad. I don't understand how such big and professional clubs can take such consistently poor corners. Sure, one comes off every now and again (Demichelis vs. Arsenal) but the majority are pure garbage, when they could be a weapon with the height and power in our team. Positioning, movement, aggression... get on the phone to Atletico Madrid.

 

[We're not really here]

Are a total and utter fucking disgrace. No excuses, no reason behind it. You have hours of training every week so fucking sort it because it is diabolical that a top class team, indeed ANY bloody team can be so bad at a basic element of the game.

 

[gxblue]

Yet last season we scored most goals from corners in the prem I think

 

[Gabriel]

Think I saw a video of last year's goals and was struck by the number that came from corners taken by Nasri.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Yet last season we scored most goals from corners in the prem I think

Makes it even more annoying.....

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Surely they should be in-swinging as well? That was you've got the attacking players running on to them and the defenders on the back foot.

 

[lasereyes]

Was glad to see we tried a couple of inswingers in Sat's game, including the sequence at the end of the first half. Milner's delivery was pretty decent and I would have him take the corners over Silva or Navas any day.

 

[andrewmswift]

aleks delivery = mangala nearly scores. he needs to be taking them if he's playing

 

[lasereyes]

Agreed Kolarov and Milner >> Silva + Navas/Nasri.

 

[Bluekiwi]

Our corners in the Villa game caused quite a bit of panic in their defence because of the variations. Looks like we learned from the debacle of the Chelsea game.

 

[ndjsleftnipple]

Yaya should take all corners...
A. He's always on the pitch thus we have consistency.
B. He can usually put it on a sixpence.
C. He'll never WIN a header from a corner, he doesn't even try.

 

[Mancini Manus Domini]

Yaya should take all corners...
A. He's always on the pitch thus we have consistency.
B. He can usually put it on a sixpence.
C. He'll never WIN a header from a corner, he doesn't even try.

Spot on!

 

[Chippy_boy]

Yaya should take all corners...
A. He's always on the pitch thus we have consistency.
B. He can usually put it on a sixpence.
C. He'll never WIN a header from a corner, he doesn't even try.

That's probably not a bad shout actually. So long as we plan and expect that there's ZERO chance of him trying to get back to defend if it all goes wrong.

 

[City1974]

Yaya should take all corners...
A. He's always on the pitch thus we have consistency.
B. He can usually put it on a sixpence.
C. He'll never WIN a header from a corner, he doesn't even try.

Spot on!

Do not mind who takes corners as long as they can cross the ball and give attackers\defenders of ours a chance to score.

None of this short corner nonsense that often ends up with a series of passes back towards the half way line and any initiative is then lost. Get the ball over to just outside the six yard box and let our better headers of a ball attack it.