Baines taking corners

[Greek Fisherman]

This deserves its very own thread.
Woeful. Should never be allowed to take another one. Can Martinez not see this?

Very, very frustrating.

 

[DownunderToffee]

Short every time, cleared easily.

Don't think you take him off the corners entirely though, just needs to mix it up.

 

[SimonB]

Hits the first defender far too often.

 

[Toffeelover]

Just cannot understand what is up with him. Is he trying to be too clever and curl the ball to a head? Far better to make sure it is decently lofted.

 

[Greek Fisherman]

Drives me up the wall. The boys in my Sunday league side can clear the first man.

 

[maccavennie]

Awful delivery again today. His set pieces have been terrible ( not counting when he has a chance to shoot on goal ).

 

[Jimboefc97]

Hate it when we get a corner these days. You would of thought considering that all the corners we have end up at the front post someone would stand there

 

[Professor Toffee]

Awful delivery again today. His set pieces have been terrible ( not counting when he has a chance to shoot on goal ).

It's not that hard to let the ball over the front defender so it must be assumed that this is where we want the ball played for some reason?
We wouldn't it getting to our tall players attacking the ball

 

[sageyefc]

Hes got no excuse for his poor set pieces, hes got a wand of a left foot so why does he always hit the first man. We need him to take them like garbutt, his are boss

 

[Bluefin]

It was good to see Garbutt taking the corners when he played, even if no one got on to them.

 

[Yugo 45]

Baines and Mirallas both suck at taking corners

 

[Jimmy Flangemoth]

Considering he's the deadball specialist, his corners are very Arteta.

 

[dholliday]

Considering he's the deadball specialist, his corners are very Arteta.

It's very disappointing that two of our best players of the last 10 years have badly affected our corner-threat. Back when Arteta was stinking them to the first defender we were all clamouring for Baines to take them, but now his are just as bad.

It's odd that we so often fail at such a simple task.

Just on a side-note: you should never automatically trust the opinion of a mainstream football writer, check this out from the Guardian's MBM:

89 min: An Everton corner now. Baines’ corner is uncharacteristically poor, and barely clears the near post.

It's like he's assuming Baines's corners must be good as he sometimes hits a wicked free-kick.


We should just go short every time, play it round the D, as a one-goal-per-season return from long corners is not worth the counter-attacking risk when the opposition heads the ball away.

 

[riddick]

I have no idea who to have take corners if not for Baines. Mirallas is injured. Everyone is WOEFUL. Why not just hit it short and start over. Martinez obviously doesnt think corners are worth even practicing, so lets start play from scratch again.

 

[orly]

Jagielka to take the corners pls