Was your wife watching the game. Apart from our TWO goals we did absolutely NOTHING with our corners. SAMMI OUT.
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Like Princess Grace, Brighton can't take corners.
- Thread starter DavidinSouthampton
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Was your wife watching the game. Apart from our TWO goals we did absolutely NOTHING with our corners. SAMMI OUT.
Ali_rrr
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Didn't Dunk also score from a corner in the Cheltenham game? For what it's also worth, Hollacopter is a brilliant name. 
Yes. Short corner to Calde, who turned and chipped to the far post, for Dunk to head in.
For what it's also worth, Hollacopter is a brilliant name.
No. No it really isn't.
JamesAndTheGiantHead
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I thought some of our corner taking has been good recently, like it's been cut straight from a Hollawood movie.
I respectfully accept my infraction in advance.
I respectfully accept my infraction in advance.
See, even that is GOOD in comparison!
- Jul 7, 2003
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I thought they'd improved since Holla took over the role from Forster-Caskey, who seemed to be on a mission to plant every one straight on to the head of the first defender.
From the Cheltenham match report...
http://www.northstandchat.com/content.php?140-Albion-2-0-Cheltenham-Capital-One-Cup-Round-1
I do know that there are fewer corners in many European club matches, especially Spain because I occasionally have a Sunday night punt on matches. To do with the fact they do not play with wingers in the same way we do I presume.
I think the reason fans crank it up when we get a corner is just really.......... well, a reason just to get the volume up.
saltdeanseagull1
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- Aug 21, 2011
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Exacltly this. It is so fristrating when it is played short and thens up just being played in the midfield. Surly sending the ball zipping across the box gives a better percentage of scoring.
Guy Fawkes
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- Sep 29, 2007
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Most corners for any team result in a failure to score. We got 2 in a match against Charlton so surely that's got to be better than average
I think its showing Sami's influence that so far our corners this season are a massive improvement on recent seasons.
Not Andy Naylor
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Exactly. Keep JFC away from corners until one of our coaches shows him where to put his non-kicking foot so that he can elevate the ball.
- Jan 3, 2012
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Yes, she was watching the game. Hence her ability to comment on what was going on. her view might differ from your own, but even in that game there were a number of corners which didn't get past the first man.
And she initially made the comment before we had scored either of our goals, but still maintained the position after the goals, which she enjoyed as much as I did.
- Jan 3, 2012
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Note the words "was" and "last year". But she also moved to the City first in 1968 at the age of 14, so I think it is understandable she has some allegiance to the City in which she works and has lived near for 46 years.
Vegas Seagull
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- Jul 10, 2009
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Can you forward this to the bookies so they keep the prices the same?
But he's not in the team for his Hollawood passing.
He's sole purpose would seem to be to carry the entire team to Wembley just like a hollacopter (again).
I'm sure I've heard that, statistically speaking, you are actually more likely to concede from a breakaway from a corner than you are to score from said corner. Probably difficult to quantify (at what point does it stop being a 'breakaway' and just a period of attacking play) but, as you say, it does seem to happen a lot!
mikeyjh
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You're probably a lot better than us with corners, for a high scoring team we score very very few from set pieces. See the play off final, 14-1 we 'won' the corner competition....
To add, in the murky world of footballer's nicknames, 'Hollcaopter' is right up there as one of the worst, it just doesn't work on any level I can see!!
To add, in the murky world of footballer's nicknames, 'Hollcaopter' is right up there as one of the worst, it just doesn't work on any level I can see!!
HantsSeagull
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we have been shocking at corners for years in my view. David managed the odd decent one. Vicente's were good when he played. JFCs are woeful - might just as well give the opposition a goal kick.
- Jan 3, 2012
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Well at least this has given people something to think/discuss/pontificate about for a few hours.
And I've found a lot of it really interesting.
And I've found a lot of it really interesting.