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Since this new set piece expert has joined the club why do 2 players go over to the corner flag ? Surely 1 is enough & the other should be in the box. Does anyone agree or am I just old fashioned ?
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You're not old fashioned, but the key to corners - and all set-plays - is variety, I think.

Only 3% of them worldwide result directly in a goal anyway so I can see the logic behind wanting to play it short and keep possession so far up the pitch.
What really gets me is when they are crossed in and they don't beat the first man !
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Two at the corners can confuse defences if they're not concentrating plus give us a sneaky route in to the danger zone, and at the least it drags a defending player out from the area which they might not be accustomed to doing. If they don't mark the second player then we theoretically have a better chance of putting in a killer pass. In theory :P
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As Rigger rightly says variety is the key word here not predicable as its with every corner. I just find it annoying & found myself cussing at my iPad on Saturday.
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What gets me is when we defend a corner with 11 men... surely better to have a player or two on the halfway line so oppo have to leaver 2 or 3 back?
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Leicester White wrote:What gets me is when we defend a corner with 11 men... surely better to have a player or two on the halfway line so oppo have to leaver 2 or 3 back?
One's enough - the oppo always leave two men back to mark one forward.

Personally, I prefer someone small and nippy to be on the halfway line than the centre-forward - a Roofe, rather than a Lassoga.
This is for two reasons : you need the big guy to help defend, while the quicker player will be more likely to get on the end of a break and be able to turn and punt it forward to chase than a lumbering target man with the turning circle of an ocean liner.
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Leicester White wrote:What gets me is when we defend a corner with 11 men... surely better to have a player or two on the halfway line so oppo have to leaver 2 or 3 back?
Age old quandary is that LW :D
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rigger wrote:
Leicester White wrote:What gets me is when we defend a corner with 11 men... surely better to have a player or two on the halfway line so oppo have to leaver 2 or 3 back?
One's enough - the oppo always leave two men back to mark one forward.

Personally, I prefer someone small and nippy to be on the halfway line than the centre-forward - a Roofe, rather than a Lassoga.
This is for two reasons : you need the big guy to help defend, while the quicker player will be more likely to get on the end of a break and be able to turn and punt it forward to chase than a lumbering target man with the turning circle of an ocean liner.
Agreed, a Roofe or a Rod Wallace type on the halfway line for me, can't work out why that doesn't happen every time.
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rigger wrote: What really gets me is when they are crossed in and they don't beat the first man !
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There's only one thing worse than a short corner which comes to nothing and that's a cross that hits the first defender. :x
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