Set Pieces

[Sheikh rattle and roll]

We could hold the keepers at every corner so they can’t get off the line ..
Mind you, we wouldn’t get away with that as it’s cheating ..


For us, but not others …!

We do need to up our game big time in this area, I think we are all agreed on that..!

I’m also sure there is room for improvement

 

[Blue Mist]

Not necessarily true - I think we do it depending on the opposition look at WHU they had some very big players
Hence a different tactic
There is no way you’re telling me KDB can’t beat the first defender

He didn't yesterday.

 

[Sheikh rattle and roll]

He didn't yesterday.

I’m you must’ve watched City long enough to know how good KDB he can literally do anything with a football
He is the person that has all the teams lying down behind the wall ( Norwich at home free kick)

 

[decmancity]

I’m you must’ve watched City long enough to know how good KDB he can literally do anything with a football
He is the person that has all the teams lying down behind the wall ( Norwich at home free kick)

Kev can hit a ball on the run 60yrds to the big toe of Foden on the left wing but his corners are fucking shite. Everyone in the team seems incapable of hitting a decent one.

In the last few years I think only Alvarez put a half decent cross in from a corner.

It blows my mind every week when im sat there watching it.

 

[Blue Mist]

I’m you must’ve watched City long enough to know how good KDB he can literally do anything with a football
He is the person that has all the teams lying down behind the wall ( Norwich at home free kick)

I know what kdb has done in the past. My comment was about what he didn't do yesterday and what City have not done for a good number of years, beat the first man at a corner.

 

[jonmcity]

We have no big men that can currently jump, other than Haland who is marked out. We also only have a couple who can hit a ball well from the edge of the box. We could try running at them from outside the box but may loose the ball doing so.

 

[Blue Mist]

We have no big men that can currently jump, other than Haland who is marked out. We also only have a couple who can hit a ball well from the edge of the box. We could try running at them from outside the box but may loose the ball doing so.

Ok, point taken, but we keep doing it. Surely we have one player capable of beating the first man.
We cannot take every corner short, it needs to be a mixture of both.
But we can't clear the first man.

 

[citymad]

Our corner taking has been abysmal for what seems like years. Always seems to be forgotten after the game because there's other things to talk about but theres literally no point even watching us take a corner because it's obvious it'll be shit

We’re more likely to score from a throw in at our own corner flag. For all the talent that we have, not one of the players can put in a threatening corner. It’s most bizarre.

 

[waspish]

Noticed on a corner for Arsenal Brighton had 3 player on the halfway line making Arsenal have to bring at least 3 players back! I always thought bringing everyone back when an opponent has a corner was wrong for me! Just say a team puts 5 players on the halfway line what would the opponent manager do?

 

[TheGhost]

We scored the 3rd most goals from set pieces, including corners, last season. We scored 16 and Arsenal who scored the most scored 20. I can’t find this seasons figures.