Clutton Caveman Posted February 16, 2023 Report Share Posted February 16, 2023 10 hours ago, Dr Balls said: Compare the Wigan dead ball delivery with ours and it was chalk and cheese. We haven’t got anybody who can take a decent corner or free kick. James - hopeless; Scott - inconsistent; Naismith - woeful. It’s not even the hardest thing to practice. Such a waste of good opportunities because of the poor delivery. I think that the height of the 2 teams was also chalk and cheese. With so few taller players our delivery has to be just about perfect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted February 16, 2023 Report Share Posted February 16, 2023 The difference in quality of corners last night was massive. Wigan from memory, hit one bad corner, which was the the one straight as I praised how good and consistent they had been. Our dead ball delivery has been all over the place for some time. Scott came in the team , did them well now can't seem to cope. James did the same, Naismith looked good to start then quality has dropped (plus he's sure more of a threat on the other end of a cross). I was impressed with the standard of Wigans corners, but it has to be said that they didn't really cause many more problems than ours. Really don't know the answer to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old_eastender Posted February 18, 2023 Report Share Posted February 18, 2023 (edited) More of the same when it came to the FKs from Matty James today, floaty nothing balls in. I know Naismith would normally take them when fit, but surely we have to have someone else who is better than James and can actually fizz a ball in with some pace on it. FWIW, aside from his succession of poor FKs, thought James played really well today. Edited February 18, 2023 by old_eastender 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocking Red Cyril Posted February 19, 2023 Report Share Posted February 19, 2023 13 hours ago, old_eastender said: More of the same when it came to the FKs from Matty James today, floaty nothing balls in. I know Naismith would normally take them when fit, but surely we have to have someone else who is better than James and can actually fizz a ball in with some pace on it. FWIW, aside from his succession of poor FKs, thought James played really well today. Surely free kicks and corners would be practiced in training and if the free kick/corner taker is delivering generally delivering floaty ones it has been practiced and is a tactical decision for the team Just my thoughts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted February 19, 2023 Report Share Posted February 19, 2023 Here are all James’s set-pieces yesterday. I think they are generally hit into good areas, but we aren’t a big side. I don’t see them as floaty per se. Did anyone watch Reading’s last week, they were more “floaty”, but they’ve got Andy Carroll attacking those types. We’ve not got anyone like that. Less so with Atkinson potentially out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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