LegendofCoop 17,453 Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 Also, our CB's always seem to be in the box when the corner is taken. Should be hanging back and making a run into the box to meet the ball. They're too easily marked standing in the box. Ayrshire Blue, VERITAS VOS LIBREBETS and KeyserSoze 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimjim1690 4,534 Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 2 hours ago, LegendofCoop said: We are poor at corners, but it's no surprise when there's 20 players in the box. Always seems to be Goldson that's set up as the target man too. We're the same at free-kicks. I think we have to play smarter and not just lump high balls in. Need to get a few routines rehearsed, try draw some players back out the box before swinging in a high ball.....or, heaven forbid actually take a shot! We did yesterday when Tav played a free kick back to the half way line LegendofCoop 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
docspiderman 1,254 Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 3 hours ago, Malkytfp1 said: Scored from a corner against Dortmund. I think the reason we defend them poorly is down to McGregor not coming off his line Goram never came off his line, Klos never came off his line, the last goalie we had to come off his line was Chris Wood. Few come off their line at corners now for fear of being blocked and missing the ball and getting slaughtered for doing so. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegendofCoop 17,453 Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 6 minutes ago, slimjim1690 said: We did yesterday when Tav played a free kick back to the half way line Then McGregor should have fuckin taken a shot. What was he thinking? slimjim1690 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunglasses Ron 2,529 Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 Yes we are very poor at corners but our lack of any kind of shooting at opposition goalkeepers concerns me more. We need to pummel opposition defences with shots fired in from all angles rather than side to side passing and poor crosses. bluenose48 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmcf 34,517 Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 We're missing dominant CHs . Can't attack a set piece at one end of the park , and can't defend one at the other . Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenoz 31,088 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 I think people are expecting too much from corners. The % is lower than you may think. KeyserSoze 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelvd1873 7,311 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 7 hours ago, docspiderman said: Goram never came off his line, Klos never came off his line, the last goalie we had to come off his line was Chris Wood. Few come off their line at corners now for fear of being blocked and missing the ball and getting slaughtered for doing so. Goram had gough petric and bjorklund, Klos had amoruso Craig Moore and hendry all great in the air Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimfanciesthedude 24,790 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 9 hours ago, docspiderman said: Goram never came off his line, Klos never came off his line, the last goalie we had to come off his line was Chris Wood. Few come off their line at corners now for fear of being blocked and missing the ball and getting slaughtered for doing so. The mullet was great at commanding his box iirc Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimfanciesthedude 24,790 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 4 hours ago, bluenoz said: I think people are expecting too much from corners. The % is lower than you may think. We dont even seem to cause a goalmouth scramble from them anymore, but you can bet that half of corners we concede causes absolute mayhem in our box 🤣🤣 VERITAS VOS LIBREBETS 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeyserSoze 14,658 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Why is it that just about everyone knows that an in swinging corner with pace, right on the six yard line gives defenders and the keeper the shitters. everyone that is except Tav and the gaffer. pathetic. Bad Robot 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIRB_72 4,077 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 This season we've scored more from set pieces than celtic and have conceded less from these situations than them. I'm not saying there aren't deficiences because in tight games these small margains have cost us like Dundee United, like Hearts, Aberdeen at Ibrox and even at Pittodrie when they won the pen from a corner. In terms of attacking set pieces we certainly miss Borna in these situations because it gave us that double threat from corners along with Tav. We havent been pressing really at all this season until recently which hurts us defensively and gives us less opportunity to turn teams quicker up the park. For everything we can slate this celtic team for we cannot deny they are relentless at it and conceded something like 5/6 goals from open play and scored a dozen more from open play. Johnstone Burgh 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gj923 1,457 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 12 hours ago, Johnstone Burgh said: If you get 100 corners you can expect 17 of them to end in shots and 3 of them to end in goals. Not as bad as it sounds. Hardly anyone scores from corners. Was about to post that as I was sure it was Arsenal that came out with the 3% stat Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElBufalo20 7,936 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Corners are the biggest myth in football. Hardly any team ever scores from them. Apart from against us in the last minute when defending a lead. Johnstone Burgh, KeyserSoze, Clemdog and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GersInCanada 7,775 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Not that long ago that we did well from set pieces. It's no longer the case. Got to the point now that I hate us getting corners. I know that the opps will head it away as we appear to have nobody who will go and attack the ball. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geneva_ger 9,443 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 6 hours ago, KeyserSoze said: everyone that is except Tav and the gaffer. Which is a shame really as Gio was the best at the left foot in swinger. Used to love his deliveries from a corner. KeyserSoze 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimfanciesthedude 24,790 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 22 hours ago, Johnstone Burgh said: If you get 100 corners you can expect 17 of them to end in shots and 3 of them to end in goals. Not as bad as it sounds. Hardly anyone scores from corners. They stats might be true, but its more the pressure and panic and chaos that they can cause, When the likes of mulgrew or gallacher heeder away the 7th corner we take against them, their confidence goes through the roof, they start to believe they can defend anything Our set pieces are fucking atrocious, we barely pressure anyone from them, Bad Robot and Johnstone Burgh 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberfeldyBlue 1,623 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 we cant seem to score goals full stop Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Specky Forum Organiser 65,821 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 5 minutes ago, AberfeldyBlue said: we cant seem to score goals full stop We've scored in every league game this season bar 2 Johnstone Burgh 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberfeldyBlue 1,623 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 2 minutes ago, The Specky Liar said: We've scored in every league game this season bar 2 to win the title you need so much more than 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberfeldyBlue 1,623 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 we are 10 behind Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Specky Forum Organiser 65,821 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 7 minutes ago, AberfeldyBlue said: to win the title you need so much more than 1 We've scored 21 goals in our last 9 games. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberfeldyBlue 1,623 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 6 minutes ago, The Specky Liar said: We've scored 21 goals in our last 9 games. and let in 12 in our last 10 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Specky Forum Organiser 65,821 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 7 minutes ago, AberfeldyBlue said: and let in 12 in our last 10 Not relevant to you saying we struggle to score goals. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberfeldyBlue 1,623 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 scoring 17 league goals in10 is struggling (this year) if you want to win the title? or do you not agree? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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