ozleicester Posted 11 December 2010 Share Posted 11 December 2010 Nope.. not this time... come back next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterborofox Posted 11 December 2010 Share Posted 11 December 2010 Did hit the bar from one though, so maybe we're getting nearer and nearer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phlashman Posted 11 December 2010 Share Posted 11 December 2010 Well you could nearly count Wellen's goal as from a corner, as we didn't lose it between the corner and the goal.... but that's quite desperate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyT Posted 11 December 2010 Share Posted 11 December 2010 Haha this thread title made me laugh when i saw it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trav Le Bleu Posted 11 December 2010 Share Posted 11 December 2010 Dammit, I read this and thought... no we didn't, did we? I should be less full of self-doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burger Posted 11 December 2010 Share Posted 11 December 2010 Got to be around 200 corners taken this season now? Loving this stat sitch. Sweepstake anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webbo Posted 11 December 2010 Share Posted 11 December 2010 Got to be around 200 corners taken this season now? Loving this stat sitch. Sweepstake anyone? It was 216 before today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugg Posted 11 December 2010 Share Posted 11 December 2010 When was the last time we actually scored from a corner though? I think it was the play off semi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted 11 December 2010 Share Posted 11 December 2010 We will score in the next 4 or 5 games from one, I'm going away so I won't be there thus it will happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyT Posted 11 December 2010 Share Posted 11 December 2010 It was 216 before today. Bloody hell. haha So we are now into the 220+ corners and not even Christmas yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burger Posted 11 December 2010 Share Posted 11 December 2010 It was 216 before today. 223 now then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cropwellfox Posted 11 December 2010 Share Posted 11 December 2010 Definate fund-raising opportunity when we do though. I would proudly wear a t-shirt with that slogan and the date !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajthefox Posted 11 December 2010 Share Posted 11 December 2010 we must be smasing records every week at this rate. I wonder what odds you could get for the season.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narborough_fox Posted 11 December 2010 Share Posted 11 December 2010 We did, from a donny corner. Counter-attack led to Naughton's goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wymsey Posted 11 December 2010 Share Posted 11 December 2010 Sven was introduced in my families' corporate box today. I asked him why we can't score from corners? He said we will do today. Broken promise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxblogger Posted 11 December 2010 Share Posted 11 December 2010 When was the last time we actually scored from a corner though? I think it was the play off semi Steve Howard got our last goal from a corner at Cardiff in March! I know the goal you're thinking of from the playoffs but the initial corner was cleared before King nodded the second cross into the bottom corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Posted 11 December 2010 Share Posted 11 December 2010 Steve Howard got our last goal from a corner at Cardiff in March! I know the goal you're thinking of from the playoffs but the initial corner was cleared before King nodded the second cross into the bottom corner. Correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxyPV Posted 11 December 2010 Share Posted 11 December 2010 Bastard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lildave3 Posted 12 December 2010 Share Posted 12 December 2010 Sven was introduced in my families' corporate box today. I asked him why we can't score from corners? He said we will do today. Broken promise What an evil old bastard Svennis is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thracian Posted 12 December 2010 Share Posted 12 December 2010 At the risk of attracting another tirade from Finnegan about what I don't know and what the professionals, who have overseen our corner kick taking without success for so long, really know better, I'll offer some assistance. We're cramping the space and being predictable. We're standing all but static in the box to receive the deliveries and it just stacks the odds against us ever getting success. So:- a) We need to widen the spaces so those spaces can be run into. b) We need to vary our approach all the time so defenders cannot get comfortable about their task and therefore have more chance of making wrong decisions. c) We must time our running much later and much more precisely. d) There needs to be far more choreography with players working in partnership to provide decoys etc. e) The delivery has to be much more accurate, consistent and potent. At the risk of having people say "not again" think back on Sheehan's deliveries from all dead ball situations. They were fast, accurate and always asking questions. When we didn't score we certainly caused discomfort among defenders and often went close to a goal. Your first task is to keep giving defenders new problems and more open space to worry about. For instance if we give ourselves the option of a shortish corner, say a 15-yard pass, someone has to be alert enough to mark the receiver which means at least one defender can't be in the box making more space in there. Also if the pass is made and then the ball is put into the danger area, the ball is having to be defended from a different angle, with different spin and flight but by defenders who are having to react to a new situation rather than being able to stand in pre-set positions, thus increasing their chance of error. And what about having specialist near post attackers and a dummy runner on the edge of the box who allows a fast ground pass to go under his foot for a secondary runner? Just lofting crosses into the box for a couple of hopeful big fellas is so predictable and relatively easy to contain. But those big men will have a better chance from various types of corners if others are helping to provide more space with various ploys. But it takes genuinely detailed work on the training ground - and players who are receptive enough to co-operate and attend to the timing. Basically, corners should be worth 10-15 goals a season. Free kicks the same. But we are so unimaginative and so inconsistent with both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakemoore Posted 12 December 2010 Share Posted 12 December 2010 Sven was introduced in my families' corporate box today. I asked him why we can't score from corners? He said we will do today. Broken promise Bastard, how dare he. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stockyfox Posted 13 December 2010 Share Posted 13 December 2010 Yes! on Saturday, we VERY VERY NEARLY scored from a corner!!! -but we didn't. Are we allowed to score from a corner? Will we manage to get through the whole season without scoring from a corner? Will we ever score from a corner? Answers to these questions may possibly be found in your local corner shop, in the bottom corner of the local rag! But with (2nd half) displays like that, does it matter if we never ever score from a corner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlueBrett Posted 13 December 2010 Share Posted 13 December 2010 We're cramping the space and being predictable.We're standing all but static in the box to receive the deliveries and it just stacks the odds against us ever getting success. So:- a) We need to widen the spaces so those spaces can be run into. b) We need to vary our approach all the time so defenders cannot get comfortable about their task and therefore have more chance of making wrong decisions. c) We must time our running much later and much more precisely. d) There needs to be far more choreography with players working in partnership to provide decoys etc. e) The delivery has to be much more accurate, consistent and potent. Personally I'd just go for the 'Wall of Death' technique. Line everyone up just outside the D spaced a yard apart from each other and get them all just to run in and fling themselves at a ball aimed around the penalty spot. Desperate times desperate measures. Sweep stake anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ttfn Posted 13 December 2010 Share Posted 13 December 2010 I wonder if there's another team in the country who haven't scored from a corner this season, let alone one who's had so many? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozleicester Posted 19 December 2010 Author Share Posted 19 December 2010 ummm..nope... seeya next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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