Defending set pieces

[Zezti]

Not just defending them, we're good attacking them too.

Would be interesting to see what % of our goals came from set pieces this season?

 

[Griffin Chin]

"Coz Pickford is gash from crosses so we try to compensate by putting 5 other keepers next to him, who can only use their heads" Davide Ancelotti

 

[Davidoff]

I’ve not seen it till we started doing it - it’s working incredibly well

 

[MikeH72]

Because Big Daddy Yerry is an absolute fridge freezer of a man.

 

[hallamblue]

My lad reckons Colombia defend like that, probably to protect Ospina. Maybe Yerry went to Ancelotti and suggested it to protect Pickford.

 

[Dario Terracotta]

The only worry was that Newcastle found a way around it with Wilson coming shorter to flick it on. That's where zonal can get a bit shaky as teams know we're going to win 9/10 balls into the 6 yard box.

Don't reckon Richarlison would have been picking up Wilson if Godfrey/Holgate had been selected.

 

[zukai12_]

Remeber how bad we were at set pieces under Silva?

Total transformation

 

[Kurt.]

Probably because we get battered and pinned back in our box and have to defend for our lives for about 70 minutes per game

 

[Billy Kenny's boots]

Wonderfully analyzed here.

https://bowie1878.wordpress.com/2021/02/04/everton-set-piece-analysis-part-1-indirect-free-kicks/

 

[pablo315]

Can someone explain why this seems to be working so well.

Our deep defensive line scares me (we’re dropping off on to edge of 6 yard box) but we’re winning everything.

Last night being a perfect example - lots of corners, wide free kicks with good delivery and we won every single header apart from one Olsen tipped over in 1st half.

I always thought high line to give keeper space, mitigate opposition winning header/flick on and potential for offside made more sense.

Because we have giants

 

[everton fan number one]

Maybe in part because once we head it out there's no space behind the defence so our lumbering centre backs can't then get done for pace?

 

[Eggs]

....I wondered if we did it to protect Pickford, surely it only takes an opposition player to get to the ball ahead of ours and we’re in trouble. I imagine VAR helps because it notices defenders getting blocked off (the Reds always got away with this).

Moyes was the best, I remember Jagielka saying they were so well drilled we didn’t concede from a set play for two seasons.

 

[DanB90]

Playing to the players strengths. We have a tall team, but our CB pairing of Mina and Keane defo aren’t the quickest and wouldn’t be favourites to chasing any ball in behind.

But the ball coming towards them to attack it, I’d back them to win it 99 times out of 100.

 

[miami]

Because defenders are attacking the ball as opposed to the striker, makes loads of sense.

This is the exact reason. Rather than running backwards and heading away, the defensive line is running towards the ball, attacking it, and heading away. A masterstroke.

 

[davids]

It's the Blue Wall, nobody gets through.