Players on the posts for corners

[tickler28]

2 goals conceded at the far post.

Did anyone else think it was football suicide not to have men on the posts...first goal would have been cleared on the line!!

And then second goal we did it again.....men on posts is surely simple stuff and Southampton never looked like conceding from a set piece or corner winning every ball.

[ballisimo]

I agree I thought this was a pretty standard thing in football!

[Harry - LCFC]

I'll find myself saying 'that could've been stopped if they had a man on the post' several times a season, I really don't get why teams don't bother to do it, it seems like such a basic precaution.

 

I'm not sure the second goal would've been stopped by a man on the post though. Everyone stepped out to push Southampton out with them which would've worked if the linesman had done his job.

Edited 17 October 2015 by Harry - LCFC

[foxfanazer]

Just basics really. Thought we'd actually be quite defensively solid under CR and maybe struggle going forward, couldn't have been more wrong.

Edited 17 October 2015 by foxfanazer

[MooseBreath]

Lots of teams don't put players on the posts. Two players on the posts means two fewer players marking opposition players or available for a break. Do you save more goals having players on the posts or extra players in the box? Do you score more goals on the break from having additional players forward than you concede by not having players on the posts? It's a numbers game which needs to be looked at across a whole season not just one game.

Edited 17 October 2015 by MooseBreath

[Finnegan]

Just shit ****ing defending regardless. The second was right in front of me, I just stared in disbelief.

[Kinowe Soorie]

Men on the posts, big on big, everyone picked up and no free men. Simple?

[cc_star]

Play Ulloa

Brilliant defensively at setpieces. Simple

[Bournemouth Blue]

may as well stick Kante on the post - would have stopped one if not both their chances on the line, and ANYONE but kante marking could have stopped the header. was a bit annoyed at the time but forgiven for the come back 

[MooseBreath]

Just shit ****ing defending regardless. The second was right in front of me, I just stared in disbelief.

That wasn't bad defending, that was offside.

[Benji]

2 goals conceded at the far post.

Did anyone else think it was football suicide not to have men on the posts...first goal would have been cleared on the line!!

And then second goal we did it again.....men on posts is surely simple stuff and Southampton never looked like conceding from a set piece or corner winning every ball.

 

 

Second goal doesn't get stopped by having a man on the post.  As soon as the corner is played short they'd run out to play the offside which, had the lineman had his specs on today, he would have seen.

[Finnegan]

That wasn't bad defending, that was offside.

The two aren't mutually exclusive.

[lgfualol]

The more people on the goal line the better. Can't depend on the Starfish when we defend corners.

[tickler28]

Second wasca clear offside so theoretically we should have won 2-1 but with men on the posts at corners we would have won 2-0......you don't try and reinvent the wheel I'm afraid it's obligatory not a choice

[tickler28]

Contrary to what I said it was a choice....a bad choice which gifted them a 2 goal lead....might as well have scored goals for them?!??

[MooseBreath]

The two aren't mutually exclusive.

Then the only bad defending was not winning the header from the cross. Other than that we did nothing wrong because he was offside.

Edited 17 October 2015 by MooseBreath

[Jordan]

On one of the corners in the 1st half (taken from Kasper's left side), we started with no players on the posts, and then a player (forget who) ran back to cover the post AFTER the ball had reached the six-yard box area. Either someone blew his assignment or someone was just clueless, as that can wind up keeping an attacker on-side.

We might not have been great with our positioning, but even with the best coaching and marking, we'll struggle with our lack of height. We simply couldn't match up against everybody, and we got burned when Fonte would up getting a free header because Kanté was the closest defender. There are going to be a lot of games where we'll be left biting our nails because of this.

[Captain...]

Didn't Drinkwater clear one off the line by being in the post?

[tickler28]

Didn't Drinkwater clear one off the line by being in the post?

Yep....but according to some peoples logic he should not have been there as he's a central midfielder...should have been preparing for a counter attack.

That logic is fundamentally flawed by the fact we don't score from all our attacks but teams will score loads of goals against us with no men on the posts....its football suicide end of

[syston_fox]

I lost count of the number of clearances Cambiasso made by standing on the post last season.

[FireFox]

I lost count of the number of clearances Ulloa made by standing on the post last season.

[ozleicester]

i lost count of the number of posts about clearances from the post

[ThaiFox]

Drinkwater cleared off the line in the 10th minute with Kasper beaten. If he'd been there again for the first goal I think he would have saved that too. The second goal was clearly offside and should not have stood.

 

The manager, before the game, and the keeper and the captain, during the game, should organize this and they must be be to blame. There should always be a man on each post in my opinion.

[Guest]

So incredibly simplistic but remarkable how many goals could and should have been stopped by employing this tactic. 

[Stadt]

We must have the shortest team in the league,

6'1

5'10

6'1

6'3

6'1

5'9

5'10

5'6

5'11

5'8

5'10