Corners, freekicks & crosses

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SirGully

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Jul 26, 2013

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• May 8, 2014

• #1

1. How many crosses/corners do we need to get it accurately into the box?

2. You know them free kick we see week in, week out where if players miss them they end up in far corner of the net, yeh, why do we NEVER do them?

 

Monkey Man

Your support is not that great

Jan 30, 2005

3,157

Neither here nor there

• May 8, 2014

• #2

Our set pieces have been dreadful all season. We need a lot of work in that area.

 

seagurn

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Feb 19, 2007

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County town

• May 8, 2014

• #3

Monkey Man said:

Our set pieces have been dreadful all season. We need a lot of work in that area.

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More than a lot monkey man imo its our weakest point and has been all season if we got that right we'd be bloody lethal.

 

Timbo

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Jul 5, 2003

4,302

Hassocks

• May 8, 2014

• #4

Our corners are appalling. That one near the end where we just passed it straight to a Derby player 10 yards away summed it up.

 

Geestar

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Nov 6, 2012

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Shoreham Beach

• May 8, 2014

• #5

I will never understand short corners compared to a free kick into the box full options

 

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SirGully

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Jul 26, 2013

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• May 8, 2014

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I never get why we cheer a corner, i'd love to see stats i reckon we may have conceded more goals after 20 seconds of our corner then us converting in the same time...

 

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stss30

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Apr 24, 2008

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• May 8, 2014

• #7

Our corners were so bad they pretty much turned into Derby counter attacking opportunities.

 

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halbpro

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Jan 25, 2012

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Brighton

• May 8, 2014

• #8

SirGully said:

I never get why we cheer a corner, i'd love to see stats i reckon we may have conceded more goals after 20 seconds of our corner then us converting in the same time...

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Don't know about the counter stat, but corners lead to a goal about 1% of the time (for the side taking the corner obviously).

Short corners tonight seemed daft, time and time again just lead to giving Derby a chance to break. If it's not working stop doing it!

 

Zebedee

Anyone seen Florence?

Jul 8, 2003

7,998

Hangleton

• May 8, 2014

• #9

Who the hell coaches us insofar as free-kicks, passing and corners are concerned? Whoever it is hasn't got a clue what they're doing. Just what do the team do on the training ground?

 

BUTTERBALL

East Stand Brighton Boyz

Jul 31, 2003

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location location

• May 8, 2014

• #10

This has been a problem for the entire season.

 

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The Birdman

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Nov 30, 2008

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Haywards Heath

• May 8, 2014

• #11

Many crosses either over hit or near post and we never seem to have someone attacking the near post so it makes it easy for the defenders.

 

Mowgli37

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Jan 13, 2013

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Sheffield

• May 9, 2014

• #12

It's a near miracle when we score from a corner.

 

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seagullhoop

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Nov 6, 2012

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Brighton

• May 9, 2014

• #13

SirGully said:

1. How many crosses/corners do we need to get it accurately into the box?

2. You know them free kick we see week in, week out where if players miss them they end up in far corner of the net, yeh, why do we NEVER do them?

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2. Yeovil?

 

Lord Bracknell

On fire

Jul 5, 2003

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104 Upper Grosvenor Street, Mayfair

• May 9, 2014

• #14

If we are going to over-hit corners, at least have a man in position to take the ball and have a second go at getting it into the centre of the box.

 

Pinkie Brown

I'll look after the skirt

Sep 5, 2007

3,542

Neues Zeitalter DDR

• May 9, 2014

• #15

Agreed, our set piece routines have been pretty lousy and very predictable this season. As somebody above mentioned, so many are overhit making it easy peasy for defenders. Tonight was particularly poor with most failing to get anywhere near Leo who you would assume, was the intended target.

Room for improvement next season, whichever League we may be in.