[Albion] Corners, throw ins and free kicks..

[Icy Gull]

i would sooner rather give the opposition a goal kick than let us have a corner. seriously. we stand a much better chance of winning the ball back and creating something than we do scoring from a corner

Funnily enough I have been saying the same since last season, I say it in jest but…

 

[Surf's Up]

We’ve already got a specific set-piece coach. The TV coverage showed him during the US tour.

Then he should be sacked

 

[Happy Exile]

A guy near me calls a corner for us a good time to go to the loo...almost no chance of missing anything exciting

 

[stss30]

Our corners are so embarrassingly poor I feel it’s more likely the opposition will counter attack and score than us posing any sort of a goal threat.

I understand the corner conversion statistics aren’t great in general as has been alluded to already, but surely we should occasionally achieve a good delivery and a decent headed chance - we get so many of them

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Pascal gross was peak Dean Cox today for not beating the first man.

I think I've finally cracked the code of what the Gross raised right arm means. It signals 'I am about to take the corner and hit the first defender'

 

[perseus]

17 corners is more than I remember; is it a record number?

 

[sagaman]

Agree. I can't understand how the dead ball specialist coach earns his corn.

We must be creating more chances from set pieces

 

[Icy Gull]

Our set piece conversion rate is the one thing that is worth a moan. It is f***ing abysmal. I have seen just the one since RDZ joined that looked absolute quality and that was a goal scored in the US tournament. I seem to recall that Gilmour took a few corners there that all looked more threatening than anything March and Gross deliver. It’s a massive frustration to me

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

17 corners today,law of averages says we surely must do something from one of them.....

It’s easiest to look away when we have a corner. Probably better if we just give the oppo a goal kick and not bother. I’m not sure that was the main problem yesterday though. There was very little creativity around the West Ham box. Such a contrast to Wolves and probably says something about the nativity of Gary O’Neill and the experience of David Moyes.

 

[Bob!]

17 corners is more than I remember; is it a record number?

33 is a record number.
So is 45.
And 78.

Hope this is helpful.

 

[um bongo molongo]

We’ve already got a specific set-piece coach. The TV coverage showed him during the US tour.

If this is true, he needs sacking

 

[Littlemo]

Our set piece conversion rate is the one thing that is worth a moan. It is f***ing abysmal. I have seen just the one since RDZ joined that looked absolute quality and that was a goal scored in the US tournament. I seem to recall that Gilmour took a few corners there that all looked more threatening than anything March and Gross deliver. It’s a massive frustration to me

He’s taken them for Scotland as well, and they’ve generally be pretty good.

 

[tigertim68]

Nfl have special teams people..

Watching our free kicks, throw ins and corners today.

Should we think of getting a specials team? And strive to be the best at it?

Yes is the answer

 

[Bodian]

33 is a record number.

33 and a third.....

 

[beorhthelm]

I'm not sure that's right. I've always understood that roughly one in 20 corners convert (not with us). The analysis on my link suggests 4% with less than 2% resulting in goals directly from the corner. Those stats feel more realistic than the Prem ones above (I guess you have to ask what they include in their analysis, and how long after the corner they include a goal).

two different stats. one is goals scored from corners, the other corners leading to goals. quite plausible 13% goals come from corners while only 2% of corners lead to a goal.

 

[Jeremiah]

I think I've finally cracked the code of what the Gross raised right arm means. It signals 'I am about to take the corner and hit the first defender'

Do you think he is putting in a perfect cross for a near post flick on but hasn't realised we don't have anyone on the near post ?

 

[AmexRuislip]

 

[Stat Brother]

Who the feck thinks it's a good idea for Dunk to attack the near post at corners, from a starting position a few yards wide of the far side 6 yard box?

Utter madness.

 

[Springal]

Who the feck thinks it's a good idea for Dunk to attack the near post at corners, from a starting position a few yards wide of the far side 6 yard box?

Utter madness.

And we have a guy who’s literal full time job is ‘set piece coach’

Doesn’t help that Gross appears to have turned in to Dean Cox with his inability to beat the first man

 

[A1X]

Who the feck thinks it's a good idea for Dunk to attack the near post at corners, from a starting position a few yards wide of the far side 6 yard box?

Utter madness.

It would be a madness if our corners ever beat the first man