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Beckham scores direct from a corner

Rufus_Ambition
Rufus_Ambition Posts: 605
edited July 2011 in Other Football and Sports
He's still got it. Hopefully our very own "David Beckham of League 1", Danny Green, will study this and make it our secret weapon next season! 

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  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,515
    Thought it would be one that flew into the far top corner or something special - that's just bad defending !
  • Rufus_Ambition
    Rufus_Ambition Posts: 605
    Haha, true Talal...
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    A good corner and well taken...but, the goalkeeping and near post defending?...I'd like to think even a poor team would have kept that out and quite easily.
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,962
    edited July 2011
    The dummy run across the near post by the LA player was significant, completely distracted the defence and blocked the keeper's vision.

    And the fact that Beckham flighted the ball at less than chest height, made it very difficult to head or clear

    So more of a well rehearsed set piece, rather than just bad defending IMO.
  • collegeparkaddick
    collegeparkaddick Posts: 442
    Watched this game last night.  You'll notice that the #5 in red marking the Galaxy's #9 is the elusive Cory Gibbs.
  • Bournemouth Addick
    Bournemouth Addick Posts: 16,287
    Fluke. Was basically a poor corner that 999 times out of a 1000 wouldn't have beaten the frst man.
  • sm
    sm Posts: 2,960
    Given the number of corners wasted by schoolboys who try to emulate this once in a blue moon trick; it really isn't something that should be encouraged.
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,362
    There's a piece on The Fire's website about the dominant defence of Gibbs and his teammate, definitely a player who had the ability, but never got a chance to prove it
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,920
    Yeah, rubbish. I bet some on here regularly score from corners. They're the real stars of the game.
  • tangoflash
    tangoflash Posts: 10,788
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  • UrbanChupacabra
    UrbanChupacabra Posts: 541

    Definatly the Offensive set play of the day sponsored by Pirates of the Caribbean 4.

  • RedArmySE7
    RedArmySE7 Posts: 5,407
    The question is, is the defending better or worse than in the lady football game?
  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,515
    Yeah, rubbish. I bet some on here regularly score from corners. They're the real stars of the game.
    Bit childish, no one is saying Beckham isn't a star of the game just that it was fortunate to go in
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,920
    Childish?

    The fella delivered the ball exactly where he was supposed to deliver it. Did he mean for it to go in? Almost certainly not. But you can't take anything away from the delivery.

    Blimey, you could look at more or less any goal scored and analyse it as to where it should've been stopped.
  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,515
    Well you kind of made my point with the second sentence, tons of corners get delivered like that and are just headed away by the first man. Decent delivery, very fortunate with the outcome
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,822
    Great cross.

    MLS is becoming a really good league, was watching Portland v Seattle last night, the football was great, and the atmosphere rivalled anything in Europe

  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,515

    And I said childish because obviously no one thinks they can do better than Beckham, so why say that?

    Sadly I'm no better than McCormack either but I can still comment/criticise if i feel like it :)

  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,822
    edited July 2011
    been better then that this year in MLS   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxn0UhhRFlU&hd=1

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2naoSiNRQ1w
  • mendonca
    mendonca Posts: 9,419
    Beckham scores from a corner.....who cares?
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,920
    Both goals as a result of poor defending/goalkeeping though Rothko.

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  • Ormiston_Addick
    Ormiston_Addick Posts: 8,813

    Decent delivery from Beckham, but pretty terrible defending.

    If we let that one in there would be hell to pay, that's for sure.

  • Se12Addick
    Se12Addick Posts: 272
    That Vancouver goal is far more impressive, great finish.
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,449
    That Vancouver goal is far more impressive, great finish.
    Reminds me of a Torres goal from a couple of seasons back. Cracking strike

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