Our corners

[Tipp blue]

Some real thickos in our side to be fair.

1. If something constantly isn't working, it doesn't matter what the manager has told you, try something new.
2. You think you're going to get the benefit of a doubt against Manchester United if you initiate a huge goal mouth shoving match? Even if we'd have somehow put one in it would have been ruled out.

Where was the leadership out there?

On that final point, Tarkowski had to take one for the team and wipe out Sesko. No idea why he didn't.

It must work in traning or we wouldnt be doing it every game, although this tells me that our defenders cant defend this tactic or it wouldnt work in traning.

 

[Khalekan]

What tactics where they ?
No chance of scoring blocking the goal line in that way ?
No player to run on to the ball any corner cross
Plus if a knockdown fell to one of our players goal line totally blocked?
School boy tactics FGS !

I have never seen worse, Joe.

Never.

It was just awful.

And the thing is, with all that argy bargy going on round the goalline, in the unlikely event we did score it would most likely have been chalked off by VAR.

It was truly clueless stuff.

Almost made me long for the good old days when Charlie Adam was our “set piece coach”

 

[Khalekan]

Anyhow the ball ended up in the back of the net with that sort of melee going on, greater than 90% chance the ref would have blown up for a foul anyway.

Absolutely.

That is what was angering me the most.

 

[preposterousvelios]

Was embarrassing. Embarrassing to fail with the same corner routine about 500 times in a row. Embarassing routine in the first place.

Everyone looking to emulate Arsenal with these, their routines are more elaborate than just putting all the tallest players in the 6 yard box and aiming the ball just under the crossbar.

 

[Joey66]

Some real thickos in our side to be fair.

1. If something constantly isn't working, it doesn't matter what the manager has told you, try something new.
2. You think you're going to get the benefit of a doubt against Manchester United if you initiate a huge goal mouth shoving match? Even if we'd have somehow put one in it would have been ruled out.

Where was the leadership out there?

On that final point, Tarkowski had to take one for the team and wipe out Sesko. No idea why he didn't.

No chance of catching him as he has no pace...

 

[Joey66]

Some real thickos in our side to be fair.

1. If something constantly isn't working, it doesn't matter what the manager has told you, try something new.
2. You think you're going to get the benefit of a doubt against Manchester United if you initiate a huge goal mouth shoving match? Even if we'd have somehow put one in it would have been ruled out.

Where was the leadership out there?

On that final point, Tarkowski had to take one for the team and wipe out Sesko. No idea why he didn't.

Our captain was the main instigator & got booked for it - so he just carried on doing it ????

 

[Delargeinho]

Seems like every club does that Arsenal thing now.

It‘s appaling what we created from 10.

 

[Joey66]

Seems like every club does that Arsenal thing now.

It‘s appaling what we created from 10.

We played like a rugby a rugby team last night!

 

[SJB]

Got a bit embarrassing after the third failed attempt. Surely between Moyes and his backroom staff, at least one of them can think up an alternative corner routine when that one wasn't working, and worse than that, allowed United's friend in black to eat up valuable minutes that weren't added on at the end.

 

[pedro789]

I thought the corners were a real insight into the tactical creativity/flexibility of Moyes and his coaching staff.

Same thing over and over. 10/11 corners not once did they try something different - short one, flick at near post. Try and catch Utd with something they weren't expecting.

The wrestling was absolutely embarrassing.

I know the players get paid crazy amounts but it must be horrible playing for Moyes/Dyche.

 

[toffee82]

It must work in traning or we wouldnt be doing it every game, although this tells me that our defenders cant defend this tactic or it wouldnt work in traning.

I reckon in training we have O'Brien, Branthwaite, Tarkowski and Keane blocking the keeper and trying to score and Gana, NDiaye, KDH and Mykolenko trying to defend against it. We must score loads!!

 

[Joey66]

I reckon in training we have O'Brien, Branthwaite, Tarkowski and Keane blocking the keeper and trying to score and Gana, NDiaye, KDH and Mykolenko trying to defend against it. We must score loads!!

Our best shot came from Michael Keane - says everything IMO ....

 

[Rollo Tomassi]

Seems like every club does that Arsenal thing now.

It‘s appaling what we created from 10.

Arsenal would have been 4-0 up with all the corners we had.

 

[GoldenToffee]

We played like a rugby a rugby team last night!

It was genuinely desperate stuff, like watching some FA Cup minnows who have been overwhelmed by their superior opponents trying some 1980s throwback physical approach and hoping something drops to their feet.

 

[roy vernon]

It was obvious after the first couple of corners that this tactical masterpiece was not going to work...So, obviously, we persisted with it all night.