The corners

[Zappa6995 3,645]

Plan B. We are that poor at attacking corners let's just put everyone in the box and hope it pays off.

Unsurprisingly it didn't.

[nik2402 1,319]

2 hours ago, MacBoyd said:

What the fuck was that. Surely a team so poor of them would want someone back to get the inevitable clearance to restart the attack?

From defensive point of view its inexplicable.

Yilmaz needs taken off them his deliveries are appalling 

Totally agree. Could spot it a mile away and it’s ultimately what cost us.

[Loyal72 11,038]

Rank. Move on.

Can't even be arsed discussing how embarrassing it was.

[bam74 978]

We've been shite at set pieces/corners for ages. Tav's 1 in 20 free kicks that go in seem to hide that fact. 

[Super Ally Scores Again! 472]

Said to the boy beside me we were very high at corners early doors

Seems a ploy that they bring everyone back then attack at speed with an easy ball over the top

No doubt we got suckered

Our corners in general are poor and offer little threat with little variation other that trying to get it past the 1st man

 

[gmcf 34,220]

We're shite at them .

Have been for years . 

[the goal machine 7,803]

Hope I never see another Ridvan outswinging corner

[TamCoopz 19,605]

1 hour ago, bam74 said:

We've been shite at set pieces/corners for ages. Tav's 1 in 20 free kicks that go in seem to hide that fact. 

Can understand having a go at our corners but tav has scored some incredible free kicks for us 

[Essandoh 21,208]

Yilmaz shouldn’t be standing over any dead balls 

[GA1972 9,556]

8 minutes ago, Essandoh said:

Yilmaz shouldn’t be standing over any dead balls 

Thought his in swingers were good when we changed it up a few weeks ago but his out swinging corners are somehow even worse than Tav’s 

[five stars 1,621]

Looks like Clement had decided he didn't want extra time and penalties.

Why else would you take such a gamble?

We need more variety at corners and to be set up so were picking up the majority of headed clearances.

[wully 47,417]

10 hours ago, JackAlex93 said:

Left ourselves wide open on a number of occasions at corners. McCoist was bewildered by it on commentary 

I was left bewildered when he was in the dug out.

[BLUEDIGNITY 33,647]

19 hours ago, BlueVanguard said:

We have sucked at Corners for years now. Surely to fuck its something we should be looking at especially with the physical side and size of some of our players.

 

Yup been happening for years, one minute we are in possession at a corner next the opposition are on our doorstep causing mayhem, last nights was particularly swift right enough only took seconds to do the damage.

[VERITAS VOS LIBREBETS 3,321]

We are fucking rubbish at corners - used to have hope with Katic or Goldson attacking the ball but not now.

Every corner against us gives me the fear, too many of our players are guilty of ball watching and leaving players unmarked.

Definitely needs working on.

[BigDak 798]

On 15/03/2024 at 06:03, wully said:

I was left bewildered when he was in the dug out.

Ally was bad for not leaving anybody upfront when there was a corner against us

[Bad Robot 21,151]

H&H saying Phil didn’t want a set piece coach as he believed he was competent enough himself. I think this is the wrong approach by him and it’s clear we’re really poor at them. I trust in Phil in most things but believe he has this wrong and to be competent at anything is knowing your own level and when to bring others in. I hope he gets some other input during the international break.

[Colin Traive 22,783]

Need to two or three gathered round Goodson at a corner and then lift him into the air like those rugger chaps with the mis-shapen balls.

Only way we’ll win a ball at a corner.

[scottyscott1963 18,329]

Read a stat somewhere this week that out of over 240 set pieces we have scored 8 goals and 3 of them were from corners.
Seems we have a stat we need to be working overtime on.

[RFC55 108,962]

4 hours ago, scottyscott1963 said:

Read a stat somewhere this week that out of over 240 set pieces we have scored 8 goals and 3 of them were from corners.
Seems we have a stat we need to be working overtime on.

If it was the one posted on FF the boy said he made it up. 

im not sure if that was the exact numbers he used but they seem round about that.

the % of goals scored from corners is absolutely minuscule btw with only a few teams bucking the trend. I want to say something like 5% leads to goals but I actually think it’s less than that.

 

[.Williamson. 82,236]

11 minutes ago, RFC55 said:

If it was the one posted on FF the boy said he made it up. 

im not sure if that was the exact numbers he used but they seem round about that.

the % of goals scored from corners is absolutely minuscule btw with only a few teams bucking the trend. I want to say something like 5% leads to goals but I actually think it’s less than that.

 

We get well over the average of corners a team usually gets per game though mate. We will probably have over 10 again today and there’s a good chance they’ll all be shite

[Ted E Bayer 484]

With Clement admitting he likes set-pieces and will not bring in a specialist, I'm hopeful he just hasn't had time to implement his ideas because it feels like nothing has changed for years. 

• Corners:  Usual utter crap, the old one hand held above the head, sometimes two hands, by Tav or Yilmaz/Barasic and all too often it doesn't clear the first defender. Every single corner should be whipped into the 6 yard box with pace, right into the danger zone. with runners near post and back.  Our corners are truly awful.
• Free kicks: Our free kicks have lacked creativity for years, too.  Fair enough, if it's in range let Tav have a ping, he's proven he's more than capable. But the rest, surely we can come up with a few fresh ideas.  Maybe quick thinking, quick freekicks, maybe some runners.  Anything to mix it up.