Set pieces (3 Viewers)

[CV22SBA]

Do we have a set piece coach?
Every free kick goes sideways or backwards 5 yards and we took 15 shit corners yesterday. At one point yesterday I felt like running on the pitch and taking one myself! Honestly I’ll see better set pieces in my lads Sunday league game this morning.

 

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[Alan Dugdales Moustache]

Corners never fill me with any excitement. The ball comes straight back out.

 

[stay_up_skyblues]

I sent a rant about the quality of our set pieces to my group at the final whistle yesterday. A little while later Oggy said on the radio we’d scored four from corners and two from free kicks already this season…. is that correct?

 

[Jamesimus]

Do we have a set piece coach?
Every free kick goes sideways or backwards 5 yards and we took 15 shit corners yesterday. At one point yesterday I felt like running on the pitch and taking one myself! Honestly I’ll see better set pieces in my lads Sunday league game this morning.

Baffles me that Eccles is taking a load of them. I'm not knocking him, but that's hardly playing to his strengths. I'm convinced Sheaf would be a better candidate.

 

[SBT]

 

[CV22SBA]

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In that case the set piece coach needs a pay rise. Although apart from Fadz header at Leicester and Milan’s direct free kick against Watford I dont recall the other 4 set piece goals.

 

[Grendel]

In that case the set piece coach needs a pay rise. Although apart from Fadz header at Leicester and Milan’s direct free kick against Watford I dont recall the other 4 set piece goals.

There was a header from lati - I guess they will include Wrights goal against Boro as an example

 

[Adge]

Do we have a set piece coach?
Every free kick goes sideways or backwards 5 yards and we took 15 shit corners yesterday. At one point yesterday I felt like running on the pitch and taking one myself! Honestly I’ll see better set pieces in my lads Sunday league game this morning.

Is it still on?

 

[Greggs]

We're brilliant. Not sure what you're watching.....

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

What's the figures on percentage of set pieces scored from? They don't seem threatening to the opposition and I'm struggling to fathom why Eccles has been put on corners.

 

[Grendel]

What's the figures on percentage of set pieces scored from? They don't seem threatening to the opposition and I'm struggling to fathom why Eccles has been put on corners.

Apparently we have the most in the division

 

[Dimi_Konstantflapalot]

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McFadz header v Leicester
Wright v Boro
Van Ewijk free kick v Watford
Latibeaudiere header v Hull
Godden's 1st v Cardiff (2nd phase from a corner)
Simms 1st v QPR

 

[MalcSB]

What's the figures on percentage of set pieces scored from? They don't seem threatening to the opposition and I'm struggling to fathom why Eccles has been put on corners.

Presumably he takes the corners either because he is better at taking them than anyone else, or worse at receiving them than anyone else.

 

[Briles]

Not sure why saka doesn't take them. He's 5ft7. Hardly going to disrupt the area

 

[Julie SBA]

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The own goal coach needs a pay rise too

 

[skybluecam]

McFadz header v Leicester
Wright v Boro
Van Ewijk free kick v Watford
Latibeaudiere header v Hull
Godden's 1st v Cardiff (2nd phase from a corner)
Simms 1st v QPR

And the takers

Fadz v Leicester: Hamer
Wright v Boro: Palmer
MVE v Watford: MVE
Lati v Hull: Eccles
Godden v Cardiff: Eccles
Simms v QPR: Dasilva

 

[CV22SBA]

McFadz header v Leicester
Wright v Boro
Van Ewijk free kick v Watford
Latibeaudiere header v Hull
Godden's 1st v Cardiff (2nd phase from a corner)
Simms 1st v QPR

So the issue is Eccles taking set pieces then. He's taken 36 corners since his setup against Hull resulting in zero assists.

 

[Bertola]

Studies suggest that you score from roughly 3% of corners taken.... So judging by that, we're due one tomorrow night

 

[fatso]

In that case the set piece coach needs a pay rise. Although apart from Fadz header at Leicester and Milan’s direct free kick against Watford I dont recall the other 4 set piece goals.

Wright scored from a corner, against Middlesbrough at the CBS.
It went in off his left hoof.

 

[Johhny Blue]

I sent a rant about the quality of our set pieces to my group at the final whistle yesterday. A little while later Oggy said on the radio we’d scored four from corners and two from free kicks already this season…. is that correct?

Are you calling Oggy a liar?

 

[CCFC54321]

So the issue is Eccles taking set pieces then. He's taken 36 corners since his setup against Hull resulting in zero assists.

Hardly call them corners… more like cannon fodder for the opposition defenders to attack.

Getting to the point when we get a corner we just don’t bother taking it and not bother wasting the likes of mcfazdean and co going up. Just a waste of energy and effort. Just give them the ball for a goal kick.

 

[Johhny Blue]

It used to be exciting when we won a corner and Hamer ran over to take it. It really felt like something special could happen. Now it feels about the same as a throw in.

 

[blunted]

I read the book by the weird American guy we had on the Board (name escapes me). He said fans get really excited when a team gets a corner but it almost never results in a goal. Also said goalies should just stay in the middle and will save more penalties? Did everything by statistics.

 

[thekidfromstrettoncamp]

Watch Harmer the other night not doing corner duty so being on the short side (transfermarkt has him at under 5 foot 6) he positions himself in the semicircle of the area and waits for the headers out.More than 1 occasion nearly scored any of our players seem to stand to 1 side where as he can move left on right they can't cover both sides

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

Yep. Does annoy me that no only do we have poor set pieces there is rarely anyone there to pick up the second ball if it's headed clear. Also adds to how we seem to be put on the back foot so much from our own set-pieces.

 

[CV22SBA]

Another 5 shit corners in that first half.

 

[hamertime]

I don’t care what the stats say our corner are bland and shit. We seem to win so many from decent play. It wouldn’t surprise me if we’ve had more corners than anyone in the league.

 

[stay_up_skyblues]

31 corners in two games and not a fucking hint of a chance created. abysmal return.

 

[CV22SBA]

31 corners in two games and not a fucking hint of a chance created. abysmal return.

It’s a fucking disgrace. WTF do they do all week.

 

[Adge]

It’s not coincidental that not one really hit a Sky Blue shirt from the corners.

 

[Macca1987]

I spoke to my son last night whilst at the game and said we need to mix the corners up short and long, behold next corner Eccles takes he makes a short pass to Ayari. I think someone is listening to me, then he proceeds to take nearly every other corner short, frustrating fucking hell

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

I spoke to my son last night whilst at the game and said we need to mix the corners up short and long, behold next corner Eccles takes he makes a short pass to Ayari. I think someone is listening to me, then he proceeds to take nearly every other corner short, frustrating fucking hell

Be nice if we could mix it up with decent delivery and a concerted effort to get on the end of it.