Why can't leicester defend set prices anymore?

[AS78UK]

If they have him/her already then they need replacing, but we need a set piece coach ASAP.   

[Fightforever]

We need to get Fofana and Justin down the Gym they get bullied too easily at times. Also opposition tend to target Tielemans on set pieces. Its not even hieght its just stength. Zonal marking isn't very good and Schmeichel doesn't claim corners.

Edited 24 January 2021 by Fightforever

[Raw Dykes]

3 hours ago, Swithland fox said:

Spell check could have been slot worse 

[Parafox]

2 hours ago, Tomek said:

I don’t think I’ve ever seen zonal defending work for any team. No idea why so many managers persist with it. 

It's fashion. Like loads of people suddenly buying grey front doors.

[RumbleFox]

[Ross 'LCFC' Turner]

I think the whole system is wrong. We have our best headers of the ball in a zone and the rest who aren’t as good in the air all trying to track runners leaving the opposition a running jump on our static defenders. Surely it should be swapped? 

[TJB-fox]

2 hours ago, Tomek said:

I don’t think I’ve ever seen zonal defending work for any team. No idea why so many managers persist with it. 

You not watched much football then? 

[Gordon the Great]

We have been REALLY poor on corners and set pieces for 2 or 3 seasons now.It`s not good enough, look around you at the KP when the opposition have a free kick or similar, people cover their eye`s!!

Junior school football...............put full backs on the posts for corners and attack the bloody ball on crosses and set pieces................rant over!!

[Carl the Llama]

I like the OP's insinuation that somebody at the club sat down behind their desk one day and thought "Scoring from and defending set-pieces?  We'll have no more of that ta." 

[Raw Dykes]

We're doing alright. Maybe it's not that important.

[foxes_rule1978]

Not to score from a set-piece and to concede the amount we do is an issue and one that needs to be sorted for a serious challenge. 

[Mike Oxlong]

Just now, foxes_rule1978 said:

Not to score from a set-piece and to concede the amount we do is an issue and one that needs to be sorted for a serious challenge. 

We did score from a set piece last week even though Harvey’s shank wasn’t part of the training routine 

[foxes_rule1978]

14 minutes ago, Mike Oxlong said:

We did score from a set piece last week even though Harvey’s shank wasn’t part of the training routine 

True

 

it is an area we surely could be doing better at though. We are certainly losing out on a handful of cheap goals and points 

Edited 24 January 2021 by foxes_rule1978

[Bourbon Fox]

1 hour ago, Carl the Llama said:

I like the OP's insinuation that somebody at the club sat down behind their desk one day and thought "Scoring from and defending set-pieces?  We'll have no more of that ta." 

If this hasn't happened, I can't think of a better explanation

[st albans fox]

This thread could be v busy at 10pm on Wednesday ..........

[Sly]

Price fixing is illegal ......

[Sunbury Fox]

49 minutes ago, pmcla26 said:

I’m sure I heard a commentator say the other day when they were looking at the corner stats in one of our recent games that zonal marking is the more effective approach around Europe at the moment statistically, just seems that we aren’t very good at it. 

Maybe the problem is that we're just not a big, physical team. Look at Everton by comparison - they have Holgate, Keane, Mina, Godfrey, Doucouré, DCL and Richarlison, who are all tall players who win a lot of headers. We have Evans, Fofana and Wilf and that's pretty much it. It's why it would be great if Kasper was one of those keepers who came and dealt with lots of crosses.

Edited 24 January 2021 by Sunbury Fox

[matty98]

We have a fairly small team, especially before Ndidi came back, think we were only playing with about 3 outfield player at 6ft plus which seems very low.

 

Also found this article: https://fosseposse.sbnation.com/2020/2/10/21131550/shortest-tallest-team-premier-league-leicester-city-manchester-city-bournemouth-crystal-palace#:~:text=This gives a rough idea,a league average of 181.6.

Shows us to have the 3rd lowest average height in the league, with Bournemouth being relegated, we're probably now the 2nd lowest. 

The one team below us is Man City who face far less set pieces than us anyway.