[Albion] Defending Corners

Peter Grummit said:

I do think we miss Shane and Glenn at corners and look much more vulnerable without them. As well as the first goal conceded Saturday, other Everton corners looked dangerous. Also, although I like the idea of leaving Connolly up the pitch, if the oppos fake or work a short corner routine, we can be short of numbers in the box.

Perhaps it's just a price we have to pay for Potterball.

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kjgood said:

What I would like to see sorted out is this short goal kick routine, everyone can see we cant do it and we nearely give the ball away every time we try it.

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GT49er said:

Not sure why - or even if - we look more vulnerable. Even without Duffy, we're not exactly midgets at the back; should be competitive in the air.

And leaving Connolly upfield - yes, yes, yes all the way! Keeps two of their defenders out of our penalty area. I was a great fan of Hughton, but his insistence that no-one be left upfield was the one thing that always baffled and annoyed me. TBH. I think the likes of Knocky scampering around in the penalty area was more likely to get in the way of defenders rather than helping them out!

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kjgood said:

What I would like to see sorted out is this short goal kick routine, everyone can see we cant do it and we nearely give the ball away every time we try it.

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Peter Grummit said:

I do think we miss Shane and Glenn at corners and look much more vulnerable without them. As well as the first goal conceded Saturday, other Everton corners looked dangerous. Also, although I like the idea of leaving Connolly up the pitch, if the oppos fake or work a short corner routine, we can be short of numbers in the box.

Perhaps it's just a price we have to pay for Potterball.

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Peter Grummit said:

I do think we miss Shane and Glenn at corners and look much more vulnerable without them. As well as the first goal conceded Saturday, other Everton corners looked dangerous. Also, although I like the idea of leaving Connolly up the pitch, if the oppos fake or work a short corner routine, we can be short of numbers in the box.

Perhaps it's just a price we have to pay for Potterball.

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Peter Grummit said:

I do think we miss Shane and Glenn at corners and look much more vulnerable without them. As well as the first goal conceded Saturday, other Everton corners looked dangerous. Also, although I like the idea of leaving Connolly up the pitch, if the oppos fake or work a short corner routine, we can be short of numbers in the box.

Perhaps it's just a price we have to pay for Potterball.

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kjgood said:

What I would like to see sorted out is this short goal kick routine, everyone can see we cant do it and we nearely give the ball away every time we try it.

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A1X said:

I think Duffy is the key man for this. TBH if there was an asteroid on it's way I'd back sending him into space to head it away.

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dazzer6666 said:

Unlucky on Saturday, glanced off Richarlison and on to Webster's head. Don't think we look much more vulnerable this season although we do miss Duffy in the air - he's immense.



...but we haven't given it away though. It's how we play now - play out from the back. Look at the number of times it's drawn a press from the opposition, leaving Stephens or Propper free to take a pass in the middle and set things up from there, as opposed to a hopeful/misguided hoof upfield..........

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Munkfish said:

Stolen from Paddy Power.

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dazzer6666 said:

...but we haven't given it away though. It's how we play now - play out from the back. Look at the number of times it's drawn a press from the opposition, leaving Stephens or Propper free to take a pass in the middle and set things up from there, as opposed to a hopeful/misguided hoof upfield..........

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Icy Gull said:

My view is that we are likely to concede more goals but we are likely to score more.

The long and short is that I don’t now automatically accept that we have lost or drawn a game once we concede a goal, and by Christ that is a good feeling after thinking we weren’t going to win the game every time we conceded over the last couple of years.

It’s gonna be a roller coaster and as I keep saying I think we’ll be in the mix for relegation all season, but hey, it’s fun again

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Icy Gull said:

My view is that we are likely to concede more goals but we are likely to score more.

The long and short is that I don’t now automatically accept that we have lost or drawn a game once we concede a goal, and by Christ that is a good feeling after thinking we weren’t going to win the game every time we conceded over the last couple of years.

It’s gonna be a roller coaster and as I keep saying I think we’ll be in the mix for relegation all season, but hey, it’s fun again

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dazzer6666 said:

Possibly, although I think it'll pay off more times that it doesn't and we'll be OK. Already struggling to see how we're going to be below Watford, Saints, Newcastle and Norwich at least - and we'll continue to improve. I absolutely loved seeing 5 players in their box, at 2-2, on 94 minutes having been 2-1 down. No 'settling for a point' likely under Potter.

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kjgood said:

What I would like to see sorted out is this short goal kick routine, everyone can see we cant do it and we nearely give the ball away every time we try it.

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