Stephen230
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Think we need to talk about our defending and taking of corners.
1. Arse showed that with some organisation and pushing the rules of the game you can score quite regularly (the Arse method is quite simple. Put 5 burly chaps a few yards outside the far post. Put your biggest meanest header of the ball a yard inside the penalty area. Ask corner taker to put ball onto the edge of the far edge of six yard box. All ready? Good.
2 take corner. First three burly chaos surround and block opposition goalkeeper so he can’t move. Biggest meanest header gadge starts a run and accelerates towards corner of six yard box. 2 other burly chaps block any defender in vicinity of six yard box. Ball is put on a sixpence and biggest meanest header bursts net with easiest goal he will ever score.
What do you do to stop that?
It’s hardly a revolutionary idea. It’s worked twice for Arsenal in quick succession. It probably won’t work again for six months.
Of course, defending them a little better than City did on Sunday helps. Thank Christ they only had two.
In an ideal world, by the time the ball reaches the area, your ‘keeper isn’t lying on the ground and the defender marking the main threat hasn’t played tippy tappy with him for 30 seconds and then watched as he runs past him.