The old Corner debate

[TheLawMan 6,240]

Poland just showed the way to do it. 3 men outside the box and within 10 seconds of an England corner, should have scored.

[scarkev 3,540]

It's so simple....keep at least 1 (preferably more) pacy players up the park.....it gives you an outball to relieve pressure and the opportunity to counter attack quickly....overloading the box t defend creates more issues than it solves!

[Dutchy 1,200]

It's so simple....keep at least 1 (preferably more) pacy players up the park.....it gives you an outball to relieve pressure and the opportunity to counter attack quickly....overloading the box t defend creates more issues than it solves!

Aye, you'd never see that in a Rangers game, eh?

[Jimfanciesthedude 25,030]

even if the guy outside the box doesnt get near the clearance, at least he's not in the box making it harder for your centre halves to go and attack the corner, id rather my centre halves only had 3 bodies to barge past instead of 5 or 6

[OlegKuznetsov 10,816]

The corners can't be changed much as they support the roof for each of the stands.

Oh!

[bigblueyonder 11,158]

Poland just showed the way to do it. 3 men outside the box and within 10 seconds of an England corner, should have scored.

I'm fairly confident the way it should be done doesn't include 'should have scored' but aye..

[TheLawMan 6,240]

I'm fairly confident the way it should be done doesn't include 'should have scored' but aye..

Aye. But you ken what i mean. There is no better way of taking pressure off yourself than 3 men sprinting up the park with the ball nearly scoring.

They nearly done it for a second time as well.

Its such a simple tactic.

[BlueThunder 8,454]

Did Iran not score against the USA with the tactic of having two men right on the halfway line at corners?

[Jimfanciesthedude 25,030]

Aye. But you ken what i mean. There is no better way of taking pressure off yourself than 3 men sprinting up the park with the ball nearly scoring.

They nearly done it for a second time as well.

Its such a simple tactic.

aye at international level

against brickies and plumbers however its a cunt to even attempt

[TheLawMan 6,240]

aye at international level

against brickies and plumbers however its a cunt to even attempt

[RancidCutlass 190]

I think stats backed up our decision to have everyone back.Particulary in the Smith era.When youre defending a corner the priority is not to lose a goal.

[TheLawMan 6,240]

I think stats backed up our decision to have everyone back.Particulary in the Smith era.When youre defending a corner the priority is not to lose a goal.

Do you have the counter stats ?

[OlegKuznetsov 10,816]

I think stats backed up our decision to have everyone back.Particulary in the Smith era.When youre defending a corner the priority is not to lose a goal.

Are you sure Walter never left a man up front?

[dummiesoot 16,119]

Are you sure Walter never left a man up front?

Very rarely I remember complaining frequently on here about it.

[RancidCutlass 190]

Do you have the counter stats ?

Not to hand but coincidentally Kenny Dalgleish' son and daughter are discussing this on twitter (football in general) and Marcotti pointed them in the direction of a guy called Chris Anderson has actually written a book about it.

[harlands plater 17,065]

Are you sure Walter never left a man up front?

On the run to Manchester he hardly left a man up front at our corners.

[1st_Jan_1994 4,868]

I genuinely wouldn't mind 11 men in the box at corners and set pieces provided we didn't give away the amount of free headers etc that we do

In saying that, our defensive record has been good this season so can't complain

[TheCutch 4,340]

At Ayr last week for one of the corners we left Temps outside the box, albeit not far outside.

The ball broke his way and within 15 seconds Wallace had a great chance to score.

Even just that one man left up the park a bit caused the opposition problems.