Free Kicks vs Corners

[ijjysmith]

I'm enjoying how we are more likely to score a free kick 30 yards out then from a corner.

Everton that.

 

[AndyZ]

we should start taking our corners short like Barca. At least until Lukaku comes back.

 

[ijjysmith]

we should start taking our corners short like Barca. At least until Lukaku comes back.

Or just learn to take corners properly.

 

[RFUS]

I think we should just get Kev to curl our corners into the net.

 

[chicoazul]

Just foul is anywhere within thirty yards of your goal you silly bellends. Go head we dare you.

 

[ijjysmith]

I think we should just get Kev to curl our corners into the net.

I do wish we did inswingers more. One might go in.

 

[Seamus Colemole]

Our corners have been bloody awful for ages.

I don't know how the stats line up in regards to goals scored/chances created from our corners vs other teams but i bet they're not good.

Pretty much every outswinging corner today got floated towards between the pen spot/18 yard line and pretty much everyone got knocked away asides from the odd one that dropped down in the area before being cleared.

We were crying out for an inswinger : at which point Kev took one and it missed everyone and went out for a goal kick.

 

[ArtetaMagic]

When taking a corner why doesnt Mirallas pretend Distin's head is the top corner of the net then he'd pick him out perfectly!!

 

[Toffeelover]

have to wait until MOTD to see it.

 

[malfosse]

I do wish we did inswingers more. One might go in.

Stick Deulofeu on them, he scored for Barcelona B from a corner.

 

[Joey66]

Macready took a beauty then KM took over , and they were rubbish - but hey ho we still had to score two great goals to undo a negative Villa side who's manager messed up big time Villa had four shorts two went into the upper crowd what a dull team!

 

[Muggins]

I personally think the awful corners are to do with a few factors.

The first being the small area to run up to strike the ball. The second being the plastic corner flag pole about 3 inches from your foot, and the third being the downward slope that most pitches have these days to allow the rain to drain off better.

In one of Bilyaletdinov's first games, he practically curled the ball into the net twice. He had an exceptional left foot, so for the first few it probably felt a bit tight but he managed, then all of a sudden he couldn't take one at all. Obviously with Russia being a massive country, there's loads of room for massive run up areas, usually before the running track surrounding the pitch.

If we were to improve the corner kick area, corners would improve. Our opposition would also take advantage of this though so what's the point.

 

[alpethsm]

have to wait until MOTD to see it.

Check the "Mirallas signs 4 year deal" thread, got a gif in there.

 

[Tubey]

Problem with corners is that Martinez by his own admission doesn't like them, and that filters through to the team inevitably, so when we get one we don't expect to do much with them - indeed, we play a sizeable amount short.

 

[Muggins]

Macready took a beauty then KM took over , and they were rubbish - but hey ho we still had to score two great goals to undo a negative Villa side who's manager messed up big time Villa had four shorts two went into the upper crowd what a dull team!

See, how does a player that is struggling to take a corner, manage to pin point curl in the winner from that far out?