For years now I’ve been frustrated over Brighton’s ability to attack corners. Perhaps I’ve developed confirmation bias which stands out whenever a corner is taken poorly, but improvements can definitely be made here.
Current policy seems to favour short corners. I understand the benefit of two players standing over / near the corner. It either draws a minimum of 1 defensive player out of position to prevent the two players manufacturing a better crossing angle. This also decongests the box which may favour the attacking side. Even with a defender drawn out a better angle can be found with clever play around them, but over the season I feel the quality of crossing has been poor in general despite this. According to this site https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/131/Brighton-and-Hove-Albion/stats, Brighton have had a 24% cross accuracy in the premier league (including open play). I don’t have comparisons to other teams, but I’m going to assume this figure can be approved on.
If a corner taker was to take a corner first time the majority of time, surely that player will develop their corner taking skills? Mixing it up too much must disrupt the rhythm. After repetition of taking corners during a game do players get their eye in, or is it too much to expect from premier league level footballers to get it right regardless? Another factor here is Potter’s selection and formation policy where changes are made frequently. The player expected to take a corner can be Gross one week or another when he’s rotated. In fact I can recall at least 6 different corner takers in the league this season. This can’t be helping either.
Scoring any goal is a hard task. Across the league I’m sure the % of total corners to goals is low, but it seems Brighton are partially bad at attacking corners comparatively. Beyond any stat the ‘eye test’ from watching the corners don’t feel me with any confidence. I think most crosses look dreadful more often than not. Other teams have clicked on too and most now only deploy 1 defender to the 2 Brighton corner takers.
Current policy seems to favour short corners. I understand the benefit of two players standing over / near the corner. It either draws a minimum of 1 defensive player out of position to prevent the two players manufacturing a better crossing angle. This also decongests the box which may favour the attacking side. Even with a defender drawn out a better angle can be found with clever play around them, but over the season I feel the quality of crossing has been poor in general despite this. According to this site https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/131/Brighton-and-Hove-Albion/stats, Brighton have had a 24% cross accuracy in the premier league (including open play). I don’t have comparisons to other teams, but I’m going to assume this figure can be approved on.
If a corner taker was to take a corner first time the majority of time, surely that player will develop their corner taking skills? Mixing it up too much must disrupt the rhythm. After repetition of taking corners during a game do players get their eye in, or is it too much to expect from premier league level footballers to get it right regardless? Another factor here is Potter’s selection and formation policy where changes are made frequently. The player expected to take a corner can be Gross one week or another when he’s rotated. In fact I can recall at least 6 different corner takers in the league this season. This can’t be helping either.
Scoring any goal is a hard task. Across the league I’m sure the % of total corners to goals is low, but it seems Brighton are partially bad at attacking corners comparatively. Beyond any stat the ‘eye test’ from watching the corners don’t feel me with any confidence. I think most crosses look dreadful more often than not. Other teams have clicked on too and most now only deploy 1 defender to the 2 Brighton corner takers.
