Why do we persist on having all our players in the penalty area when defending a corner?
When the ball gets cleared if comes straight back unless if goes out for a throw in. Yesterday Peterborough had 8 men in the box when attacking the corner they scored from, we had 11 in the box defending the corner. My thought is that if a player is left upfield you have an option for an outball and you force the opposition to put less players in the penalty box. Leave 1 up they have 2 back, leave 2 up they have three back. Defenders are always going to out number attackers in these situations, which means for the team defending a corner their is less congestion in the box.
When the ball gets cleared if comes straight back unless if goes out for a throw in. Yesterday Peterborough had 8 men in the box when attacking the corner they scored from, we had 11 in the box defending the corner. My thought is that if a player is left upfield you have an option for an outball and you force the opposition to put less players in the penalty box. Leave 1 up they have 2 back, leave 2 up they have three back. Defenders are always going to out number attackers in these situations, which means for the team defending a corner their is less congestion in the box.