Set pieces

[Steveo]

3 goals from set pieces today Gakpo should have made it 4 from Joe’s long throw

Set piece dilemma… One thing that continues to bug me… Calling Aaron Briggs a "set-piece coach" is wrong in the extreme…. He was acting in the role. The lad was a Man City analyst brought in for individual development, effectively to mind the gap between the academy and the first team.

But because our "new and improved" structure under H’Edwards…aka Hughes/Edwards spent all summer failing to find a proper specialist to replace Georgson, they just decided to wing it. threw a laptop at Briggs and told him to "manage" the dead balls.

[Nineteenx]

And consequently we’ve lost a specialised development coach when we needed home grown lads to be being brought through

[Ravo19]

I read a report years ago that a high percentage of goals are scored from set pieces,nothings changed.thats why managers hate giving away free kicks outside the area.

[Nineteenx]

You need to use every advantage you can get

[jozza800]

He should look at it as a potential advantage in Europe to be perfected

When we played that turgid short passing rubbish that played everyone out of form he claimed it was style over trophies 🏆 🤣

He thought that was better and said the players are learning even though to everyone else it was dire boring abd simply didn’t work nor was it ever got to

Absolutely.

'Teams play low-block, teams throw the ball long, teams kick the ball long, teams waste time, teams foul, teams keep playing for set pieces'...

Instead of fucking moaning about stuff, just figure it out and get on with it.

[faridtoxteth]

Statistically more goals are scored from outswinging corners than from inswinging. Which makes sense, the balls move away from the keeper and incoming attacking players meet the ball.

[Nineteenx]

I wonder if that will change now so many teams are blocking the keeper using the oppositions own players to help

[jozza800]

Statistically more goals are scored from outswinging corners than from inswinging. Which makes sense, the balls move away from the keeper and incoming attacking players meet the ball.

Shows hom much I know... I prefer to see inswinging corners, as you only need to get a glanced header to it to divert the ball towards goal.

[JockStrap]

Statistically more goals are scored from outswinging corners than from inswinging. Which makes sense, the balls move away from the keeper and incoming attacking players meet the ball.

Since our set piece coach left it's noticeable that we've only been taking inswinging corners. Salah from the right and Slob from the left, landing them in or around the keeper. I also was under the impression that inswining corners resulted in more goals.