Goals from our CBs

[DualityNSNO]

Do we? Examples please.

Mirallas scored one after a short corner (Barry touched the ball but it went in and was given to Mirallas I think), Oviedo scored one in the cup after a short corner as well didn't he?

 

[ImKoneKoneKoneKone]

When Martinez first came to us and played that friendly against Accrington Stanley I thought we were going to come up with these boss routines from corners. Remember Gibsons goal? Lovely set piece, id like to see more of those

 

[DualityNSNO]

After looking for that Mirallas goal (vs Hull), I found that nearly all his assists are from corners (not short) lol

 

[toffeejack]

Do we? Examples please.

you're joking if you think i'm going to go through all our corners to pick out examples.

one example is the fact we scored pretty much no goals from whipping the ball in the box. we rarely took it short but when we did, IMO we created more changes/looked more dangerous.

 

[Big Fat Sam]

After looking for that Mirallas goal (vs Hull), I found that nearly all his assists are from corners (not short) lol

All five assists

 

[DualityNSNO]

All five assists

Better than no assists, hey!

 

[blukaku]

I actually thought that for Alcaraz looks a real threat from set pieces when he played. Shame about that defending thing that he wasnt so proficient at.

 

[toffee matt]

I actually thought that for Alcaraz looks a real threat from set pieces when he played. Shame about that defending thing that he wasnt so proficient at.

Yeah he was a massive threat for any team trying to attack us at set pieces

 

[Brennan]

On average there's one goal every ten games from corners. Hardly worth worrying about.

 

[Saint Domingo]

Our CBs arent very good in the air attacking or defending. On the ground there aren't two better defenders for dealing with fast tricky forwards running the channels. They are the type of pairing that in one gamd will shut out Aguero and Silva but in the next one will make Arouna Kone look like Drogba because they cant deal with high balls.

I've honestly still not forgiven them for the 2-2 at home to Newcastle. We were better that night for 90 mins than we were for the 3-2 game last season. Despite this we conceded from their only two chances one of which was a goalkeepers free kick that bounced between them. I dont even want to talk about what the pair of them do at corners during derbies but that disease seems to affect the whole team so I'll leave it.

 

[tim cahill]

On average there's one goal every ten games from corners. Hardly worth worrying about.

That stat improves if it's done well though. Set pieces at both ends can have a big impact on where a team finishes. It's something we should definitely be looking to improve upon.

 

[mrb85]

On average there's one goal every ten games from corners. Hardly worth worrying about.

? which team?

 

[mrb85]

you're joking if you think i'm going to go through all our corners to pick out examples.

one example is the fact we scored pretty much no goals from whipping the ball in the box. we rarely took it short but when we did, IMO we created more changes/looked more dangerous.

No goals from 'whipping the ball in' is exactly my point. Why do we score so few?

 

[Brennan]

That stat improves if it's done well though. Set pieces at both ends can have a big impact on where a team finishes. It's something we should definitely be looking to improve upon.

I would rather spend the time in training on practising methods which are more likely to score us goals, such as free kicks and open play routines.

 

[mrb85]

I would rather spend the time in training on practising methods which are more likely to score us goals, such as free kicks and open play routines.

Why not all three? Is the amount of time for training limited?