Our Set Piece Coach

[Bob Gurney's Ghost]

I rest my case after today. I think we have the second worst record of producing goalscoring chances from corners in the premiership. Our attacking set pieces are utter garbage and our defensiveones are becomingever more leaky. Something needs to change.

 

[Inside Forward]

When was the last time we scored from a corner, free kick or long throw?

 

[Father Jack Hackett]

Does anyone think these have gone down hill since around the time the assistant manager left?

 

[Wearside Wanderer II]

Whoever he is he is stealing a wage

 

[Inside Forward]

Does anyone think these have gone down hill since around the time the assistant manager left?

Off the top of my head I recall a well worked goal from a free kick at Forest and Brobbey’s header from a corner against Bournemouth. Been slim pickings all season.

Shocking really when you have players like Alderete and Ballard who can attack the ball.

 

[Fez2]

Whoever he is he is stealing a wage

Yep. There is zero innovation

 

[Arfa Sleep]

Isn't it the lad who was goalkeeper coach last season?
Actually it's James Brayne who came from Charlton.

 

[bomber]

When was the last time we scored from a corner, free kick or long throw?

2025

 

[Arfa Sleep]

2025

Did we not score from a long throw against Everton in the third round?

 

[Lawrenceslongthrowin]

Did Liverpool sack theirs and get someone else and are now flying

 

[Hetty]

Isn't it the lad who was goalkeeper coach last season?

He is/was defence set piece coach, not sure if he still does that now after coach shakeup

 

[Balti Man]

Isn't it the lad who was goalkeeper coach last season?
Actually it's James Brayne who came from Charlton.

Perhaps we need to go with Brawne instead?

 

[Roker Magic]

Using Hume for the corners when clearly arsenal we’re counter attacking with pace is really poor from the management team.

I didn't even know Hume was playing and I watched the full game.

 

[SuperKevsLeftBoot]

Since that lad left… we haven’t been great have we. Who are our other coaches who are “better” than him? Just wondering like

 

[Essayeffsee]

Some bloke who came from Charlton is the set piece coach.

He worked at Birmingham with Speakman, English and Dodds. Best person for the job or jobs for the boys?

The recent quality of our offensive and defensive set pieces certainly suggests its the latter.

 

[JJH]

Get them to start whipping the ball in instead of floating it to the back post . Our crosses from open play are shocking aswell .

 

[Balti Man]

It feels like we’ve got worse at set pieces as the season has gone on. Early on we looked inventive, corners were a real threat, and long throws helped us build pressure and create chances. Now that edge has disappeared. I saw a stat today saying we’ve scored the fewest goals from corners, and in this game we could barely beat the first man.

As for in our own box...because we’re a defensive team, we tend to concede a lot of set pieces, but earlier in the season we handled them well. We looked organised and solid. Lately, though, we’ve started conceding from them and we just look vulnerable.

Feels to me that this has been the case for the last 20 years. Never understood how regimes change yet this issue remains. Really odd.

 

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[BaldockMackem]

Some bloke who came from Charlton is the set piece coach.

He worked at Birmingham with Speakman, English and Dodds. Best person for the job or jobs for the boys?

The recent quality of our offensive and defensive set pieces certainly suggests its the latter.

By all accounts, he was very highly rated at Charlton and was seen as a coup when we hired him...

 

[spaniels lugs]

By all accounts, he was very highly rated at Charlton and was seen as a coup when we hired him...

Its very rare any of our players meet the corner and what irritates me more is not a soul i ready waiting for the drop/second ball at any time. Its fkn schoolboy stuff that man