Not the most pressing question in the scheme of things, but we seem to be conceding a huge number of goals from corners recently, just wondered why?
Is it a lack of drilling or coaching on the training ground,or the management team aren't too bothered about it and don't think it's a problem, or the players just aren't really too bothered, I know some bright spark is going to say there #### but a bit more insight would help please,,thank you.
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Like all teams, apart from us it would seem, are doing their scouting homework and identifying our weaknesses, near post deliveries being attacked for two of the last four conceded from corners. Now the only way you can defend that is to have someone on the edge of the 6 yard box and goal line which JJ used to do. Should the keeper dominate his box more? Probably. Should we stick a man on the far post as a minimum? Probably. Will the coaching staff sort it out? Possibly..............but the horse has bolted
Centre backs pairings are difficult to get just right as it is, the chemistry and understanding between them, who drops and who attacks the ball, who marks who etc. That relationship needs time to develop, and unfortunately time is something that we don't have.
If Bauer and Diarra had both played 30 games this season in the centre of defence I doubt we'd be conceding this many corners
I remember reading years ago that teams score from one in ten corners on average. I suspect it's less now as defending has become a combination of more robust and more sophisticated. We've shipped what four goals from corners in two games? Quite shocking.
Add makinoks presence at defending corners to the mix and it makes it laughable that solly is the one challenging their forward.
Its a difficult one because who do you get your Defenders to mark at corners... the Strikers because they're the most lethal at finishing and know where the goal is, or their opposite Defenders because they're just as lethal at heading the ball?
Harry Lennon - Not good enough
Morgan Fox - Not good enough
Alou Diarra - Not fit enough
Paddy Bauer - not fit enough
Chris Solly - arguably struggling (could be his knees.
THD - Still not decided
Teixera - still not decided
Our scouting is shit.
Our manager is shit.
Our defenders are shit.
I could go on but like the club I've lost interest.
We had every player back for the corner, but still didn't find it necessary to have anyone on the posts. Players like Solly shouldn't be man marking on corners, they should be safely tucked up next to a post to clear the ball off the line.
The solution is preparation, everybody on the field should know what to, when to do it, what happens when either team has the ball or at each others set plays etc., plus a whole list of opposition specific detail. You don't need to be a rocket scientist to set a defence up, just a coach with some back up.
To me there seems to be a clear lack of knowledge of our opponents week in week out.
Perhaps we need a new scouting network. ;-)
Last night (and I've only watched it once so apologies if I'm wrong) it appeared as though Solly didn't attack the ball and Garner just came off him a yard to get the flicked header to an outswinging corner.
Now somebody else can work out how many goals we've conceded from corners.....
PS: How many of Fulham's goals count? The header obviously but do the others really count as they weren't direct tom the corner?
I manage a Saturday District team and I got all my lads in to go though corners in theory and have a discussion on a system so we all knew everyone's role.
1. Player on the near post and team mate on corner of 6 yard box to deal with a pacy in-swinging corner.
2. Player on back post and 4 players marking man to man.
3. 2 players either side of pen spot ready for 2nd phase of play or to deal with a floated out-swinging corner.
4. A player out wide to cover short corner if the need arises.
We tried to line up preparing for any eventuality but all well and good being organised and disciplined when it came to the practice it comes down to belief and desire.
I think the lack of consistency with management/coaching and players will have a effect on the basics like defending a corner body position of a lot of the players is schoolboy