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Post by imallstokedup on Nov 3, 2008 23:07:28 GMT
Whilst all the talk is about . Last year we scored loads of goals from corners, not one so far. Other than Liam's struggle to find last season's form and his absence................. any other thoughts ?
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Post by DelapsWankingArm on Nov 4, 2008 0:47:00 GMT
My thoughts are...... Shit bin ???
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2008 8:55:26 GMT
Whilst all the talk is about . Last year we scored loads of goals from corners, not one so far. Other than Liam's struggle to find last season's form and his absence................. any other thoughts ? 1) No lawrence to deliver them 2) Do not have the dual threat of cort/shawcross
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Post by rorymscfc on Nov 4, 2008 9:21:42 GMT
I was thinking along those lines myself recently. We must have scored 20-30 goals from corners last year. We have usually had either Cort or Shawcross playing in every game and Higgy can be a threat so the answer must be the delivery.
I'm sure it's being worked on in training - we can't keep relying on Rory's missiles - lethal as they are, they seem largely ineffective away from home and teams will surely eventually suss it out (people keep saying that ;D).
RoryM
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Post by JoeinOz on Nov 4, 2008 10:56:32 GMT
Our corners have been poor so far. Not enough movement as the ball is struck. We need our players in the box making a little diagonal run or two to drag markers around and make space.
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Post by Bick on Nov 4, 2008 12:13:46 GMT
The delivery has been poor since we lost Lawro, but now ryan is back.... could be onto a winner.
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Post by nantwichstokie on Nov 4, 2008 12:27:39 GMT
Ryan looked dangerous off the corners on Saturday. Fingers crossed he re-discovers his scoring touch because he has played exceptionally well in the last two games.
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Post by JoeinOz on Nov 4, 2008 12:30:46 GMT
Yes Shawcy has been ace. He was way off the pace at Bolton so to come back and look comfortable at this level is a huge credit to his application. Also a credit to Tones management.
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Post by knowles on Nov 4, 2008 12:44:37 GMT
On Saturday we lacked a true set piece deliverer. Delap is not going to whip in a quality ball with his feet (not saying he is crap with his feet before anyone has a go!) Last night in the reserves we had three decent set piece takers- Whelan, Soares, Tonge but, without the right man in the middle it is going to go unrewarded. Lawrence's deliveries last season were immense and we do seem a little lost when we get a corner without him. I think it was at Man City when we got a corner (after Soares was taken off) and everyone just stared at each other as if to say "well I'm not taking it). Eventually Cresswell trotted over and produced a typically poor cross. It's a good job these Premier League defenders can't defend throws
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Post by dexter97 on Nov 4, 2008 13:11:16 GMT
1) No lawrence to deliver them 2) Do not have the dual threat of cort/shawcross 3) Premier league defences
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Post by lordb on Nov 4, 2008 13:17:59 GMT
4:we've had less corners
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Post by dexter97 on Nov 4, 2008 13:26:16 GMT
We might start to get a few more now that everyone's cacking themselves about Rory!
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Post by Widget123 on Nov 4, 2008 13:26:17 GMT
1) No lawrence to deliver them 2) Do not have the dual threat of cort/shawcross 3) Premier league defences i agree with dexter - we have simply come up against players who are very well drilled in clearing from corners and freekicks. The fact that they dont know whats hit them with rorys throws is why thats working so well. That and the amount of targeting/bullet trajectory of them means they're so much harder to defend. IMO premier league defenders will clear our poorly delivered corners/free kicks all day long. the throws on the other hand hehehehe!
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Post by imallstokedup on Nov 23, 2008 15:17:28 GMT
We are still the only Premier team to score from a corner.
Our deliveries have been poor and surely need sorting.
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Post by Mozzaa on Nov 23, 2008 15:19:18 GMT
If his throws continue like yesterday then were buggered because I thought they were awful for his standards
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Post by premierpotters08 on Nov 23, 2008 15:21:57 GMT
rory cant do hs throws all 38 games and expect to get a goals all season of them teams will suss them out soon we need another quick goalscorer and a left winger in january to give us goals.
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Post by walrus on Nov 23, 2008 15:31:38 GMT
I think Soares' deliveries are usually pretty good. No-one else's ever look like causing trouble though. We haven't got the same attacking threat on the m this season as Cort isn't playing regularly and Abdoulaye tends to stay back. Also, defenders are that bit better at dealing with them in the Prem and we aren't bossing as many matches so are winning fewer corners, so it's not really surprising that corners haven't been that effective for us this season. I'd have thought we would have had one or two goals from them by this stage though.
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Post by imallstokedup on Nov 23, 2008 17:15:45 GMT
The "we are now taking corners against Prem defences" reason, is a valid 1 but so is every other club in the Prem who has scored.
Not trying to be negative, but after last seasons corner tally it would a welcome other source for goals if we could improve in this area.
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Post by salopstick on Nov 23, 2008 18:17:03 GMT
if we stay up next season then get em filled in
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Post by imallstokedup on Nov 23, 2008 19:23:53 GMT
A shropshire pow, on topic, but off !!
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