What is it about corners?

[SA_78]

Im finding myself getting increasingly annoyed about out inability to deliver corners that actually clear the first defender. Tom Soares has been very ineffective and I know that we are currently missing Liam Lawrence but I question whether he will get back into the side when he returns.

Is it a tactical decision to get the ball to the near post? It seems an of decision as there is rarely a Stoke player near the front post. I find it hard to believe that players who train everyday can fail to clear the first defender. We can only score from corners when the delivery is good. I think that either Glenn Whelan or Michael Tongue would be useful.

It did however make me feel slightly better when I saw Wayne Rooney not clear the first defender today!!

Hope TP works on this. As a manager I would be very annoyed if my team wasted corners continually.

[Deleted]

Whelan and Tonge have proven fairly useless at corners thus far as well.

I don't quite understand why so many corners go astray, especially in games featuring the Big Four. Time and again you see one fail to clear the first defender, surely it's a basic skill for a professional footballer? You're gutted if you put a crap corner in playing footie with your mates in the park or up Powerleague, so why can't they do it, when it's what they do for a living?

[jarhead]

Michael Tonge might do better but will he 'EVER START under Pulis who only can come up with Soares off Tonge on never starts with both or keeps them onto togehter but will keep the inept,wank Diao on for 90 fuckin mins....and at home aswell and Faye?!!!

We play with three holding players in our midfield and at home which like yesterday when changes other than thee above are made we create nothing whatsoever and is painful to watch at times unless we win then its just about acceptable!

Really poor game yesterday if im honest.

[swampySCFC]

Add crosses to corners. We seem to hit the first man too often.