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Our corners

LargeAddick
LargeAddick Posts: 33,014
edited April 2010 in General Charlton
must say they have improved greatly lately but it says a lot that it's our two full-backs that are generally taking them.

Comments

  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,980
    Nothing wrong with full backs taking them - neither are going to win the headers so why not

    I agree though - the set plays are dangerous. Basey takes good ones too but must admit I am surprised at Richardson's ability. They started off pretty average but are certainly more threatening now
  • dabos
    dabos Posts: 2,717
    edited April 2010
    We've scored lots of goals from corners this season. I think it's more about the quality of defending than the delivery. That's not to say the delivery is bad at all, I just think you get more opportunities from corners in League 1 as opposed to the Championship because the quality of defending is worse. Sam Sodje's goals against MK Dons, Huddersfield and Carlisle were 3 unmarked bullet headers. Maybe I'm not giving him enough credit for his movement though.

    Shelvey, Basey, Richardson and Borrowdale can all take a good corner.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,536
    According to PP they have been working on them a lot.

    Jackson took a mean corner as did Basey and both were FBs.
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,980
    Shelvey is a bit hit and miss and I'd rather he was picking up a loose ball on the edge of the box.

    Either way - it's certainly an improvement from Darren cornerclearedbythemanonthenearpost Ambrose
  • razil
    razil Posts: 15,041
    I thought Shelvey started off really well with corners and dead balls, but later on in the season he seemed not to be able to deliver, I haven't seen him play for a while tho now
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,905
    Good to see and it really doesn't matter what position takes them. I'm sure there are a fair few examples of full backs taking set pieces, some even take free kicks or penalties.
  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,529
    [cite]Posted By: Swisdom[/cite]Shelvey is a bit hit and miss and I'd rather he was picking up a loose ball on the edge of the box.

    Either way - it's certainly an improvement from Darren cornerclearedbythemanonthenearpost Ambrose

    But Ambrose's corners have become brilliant since he left us
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    I remember Pardews sides being partial to conceding at corners at Reading, West Ham, Us , and Southampton....mind you on Saturday we have to win a corner to test that out.