The two central defenders

[Reesielad]

The thing that I don't understand is why we have Jon Taylor in the box at corners, he is hardly useful at about 5'4" when he could be stood on the half way line willing to bolt like a rabbit if a ball goes forward quickly from a clearance, he would take two defenders out of any team that came to us for any corner.

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[Campsall rover]

The thing that I don't understand is why we have Jon Taylor in the box at corners, he is hardly useful at about 5'4" when he could be stood on the half way line willing to bolt like a rabbit if a ball goes forward quickly from a clearance, he would take two defenders out of any team that came to us for any corner.

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I have to agree. Don’t understand that tactic at all.

What do you mean statistics? Can you expand.

The only thing you can back up this tactic with a positive is our goals conceded record is the 3rd best in the league. But i still think having said that a good proportion of goals conceded have come from set pieces or at least the second phase of a set piece.

[Reesielad]

The thing that I don't understand is why we have Jon Taylor in the box at corners, he is hardly useful at about 5'4" when he could be stood on the half way line willing to bolt like a rabbit if a ball goes forward quickly from a clearance, he would take two defenders out of any team that came to us for any corner.

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I have to agree. Don’t understand that tactic at all.

What do you mean statistics? Can you expand.

The only thing you can back up this tactic with a positive is our goals conceded record is the 3rd best in the league. But i still think having said that a good proportion of goals conceded have come from set pieces or at least the second phase of a set piece.

I read somewhere and I have tried to search for it in the mean time but to no avail.

It went along the lines of, in a defensive set play the two things you are trying to stop are 1. The header and 2. The goal. Having more/all our players in the box whilst defending a corner greatly reduces the chance of the attacking team getting a head to the ball.

Having players on the posts reduces the chance of the goal also, in a defensive set play the only focus is to avoid conceding, not scoring.


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[dickos1]

The reason sides get everyone back at a corner is to retain possession once you win the ball

All possession based sides do it

[Reesielad]

The reason sides get everyone back at a corner is to retain possession once you win the ball

All possession based sides do it

Yeah nothing to do with stats or trying not to concede, just to keep the ball “when we win it back” really?

Have a look at this, I have no idea who he is who wrote it though...

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/thetacticalanalyst.wordpress.com/2016/05/24/a-deeper-look-into-defensive-corner-situations/amp/


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[dickos1]

We did it under sod
Arsenal did it under wenger

Sod explained why once

[SydneyRover]

I watched him take a good corner a couple of games ago and I still think Copps would be better in and around the box rather than taking corners