Set Pieces?

[Toffeepot]

Did we replace Charlie Adam?

Heard nothing about it and though I don't think he did much I thought he was a stop gap until the summer.

Other teams are benefitting from creative set pieces and we look as boring and predictable as ever from them

 

[Timbucktoo]

Did we replace Charlie Adam?

Heard nothing about it and though I don't think he did much I thought he was a stop gap until the summer.

Other teams are benefitting from creative set pieces and we look as boring and predictable as ever from them

The last time we had a nice set piece move was for Beto`s goal in the derby last season.

 

[Simon Buttle]

Did we replace Charlie Adam?

Heard nothing about it and though I don't think he did much I thought he was a stop gap until the summer.

Other teams are benefitting from creative set pieces and we look as boring and predictable as ever from them

No I don't think so, find it strange myself, could also do with a dedicated striker/attacking coach given the performance of the current two. Think our backroom team is pretty poor tbh, its very Moyes, nobody there is going to challenge him on anything, all very tea and biscuits imo.

 

[Walter Ego]

Problem is I think is we don’t have anyone consistent enough to put in a decent delivery.

 

[Bedfordblue]

Did we replace Charlie Adam?

Heard nothing about it and though I don't think he did much I thought he was a stop gap until the summer.

Other teams are benefitting from creative set pieces and we look as boring and predictable as ever from them

Yes. His role is currently being done by this:

 

[Eggs]

The last time we had a nice set piece move was for Beto`s goal in the derby last season.

….i think Keane’s header against West Ham counted as a set-piece goal even though it was in the ‘second phase’

 

[Bryan+]

Did we replace Charlie Adam?

Heard nothing about it and though I don't think he did much I thought he was a stop gap until the summer.

Other teams are benefitting from creative set pieces and we look as boring and predictable as ever from them

i heard he left, was that a rumour?

 

[BigBeto1]

Think we are really poor on set pieces. So many times we whip great balls in but they don’t end in goals

 

[OzarkBlue]

Seems on corners our only approach is pack the box and see what happens. We haven't been effective.

 

[Swartzy]

i heard he left, was that a rumour?

Probably more of a hope!

Not sure, but something is going wrong. We have good height in our defence, but a pretty short midfield tho and Barry closes his eyes and jumps like a penguin.

 

[caliblue]

Did we replace Charlie Adam?

Wasn't really a set piece coach though, was he?

He was an ex-player and failed manager looking for a job that happened to have Moyes' brother as his agent.

A set pieces coach is a specialist that usually has his background as an analyst. It's a nerdy job. One for the keyboard warriors. You'd be better off hiring a poker or chess player than an ex footballer. It's statistics, recognizing patterns and spending hours on studying opponents. A set piece coach isn't a coach telling Dewsbury-Hall or Garner how to cross a ball.

If we're up against Arsenal a set piece coach will of course study what Arsenal are doing on set pieces, but he'll find more info in what other teams have done to try to defend Arsenal's set pieces. What was effective and what wasn't. And how did Arsenal response to their opponents moves?

When Manchester City hired a new set piece coach this summer they picked up an opposition analyst from Liverpool. A guy that had spent years studying teams Liverpool are going to play, writing reports and editing video clips for Klopp and Slot. That is the profile and the background of a set piece coach. And while set pieces never seemed important for Pep's City team, every corner looked dangerous this Saturday.

Liverpool's new set piece coach has 15 years experience as analyst for various teams in several countries.

When Moyes came in last January we had an underwhelming announcement when a new goalkeeper coach was promoted from the academy. A goalkeeper coach that the academy picked up from Fleetwood Town. He might be great, but I do find it baffling that he is the set piece guy telling our subs what to do on set pieces before they come on. David Lucas. Last season and this season. It was never Charlie Adam.

 

[Neiler]

Thought some of our new signings would be on more set peices then they are.

 

[ArtetaMagic]

I almost miss Dyche's back post every time approach! As someone said it just seems to be put bodies in there and hope for the best, there's no real movement

 

[Toffeepot]

i heard he left, was that a rumour?

Yea he left, not sure if replaced

 

[Bedfordblue]

Wasn't really a set piece coach though, was he?

He was an ex-player and failed manager looking for a job that happened to have Moyes' brother as his agent.

A set pieces coach is a specialist that usually has his background as an analyst. It's a nerdy job. One for the keyboard warriors. You'd be better off hiring a poker or chess player than an ex footballer. It's statistics, recognizing patterns and spending hours on studying opponents. A set piece coach isn't a coach telling Dewsbury-Hall or Garner how to cross a ball.

If we're up against Arsenal a set piece coach will of course study what Arsenal are doing on set pieces, but he'll find more info in what other teams have done to try to defend Arsenal's set pieces. What was effective and what wasn't. And how did Arsenal response to their opponents moves?

When Manchester City hired a new set piece coach this summer they picked up an opposition analyst from Liverpool. A guy that had spent years studying teams Liverpool are going to play, writing reports and editing video clips for Klopp and Slot. That is the profile and the background of a set piece coach. And while set pieces never seemed important for Pep's City team, every corner looked dangerous this Saturday.

Liverpool's new set piece coach has 15 years experience as analyst for various teams in several countries.

When Moyes came in last January we had an underwhelming announcement when a new goalkeeper coach was promoted from the academy. A goalkeeper coach that the academy picked up from Fleetwood Town. He might be great, but I do find it baffling that he is the set piece guy telling our subs what to do on set pieces before they come on. David Lucas. Last season and this season. It was never Charlie Adam.

That’s wor Kenny to you sir.

Are you suggesting the Moyesiah was involved in nepotistic back scratching at the expense of our Grand Old Team? I’ll not hear of it @davek