Our corners and free kicks are awful , time after time they are either over hit or dont clear the first defender. Dead ball taking is a key part of the game , so why cant our highly paid players get them right. And today we couldnt even get a simple throw in right either 😞😞😞
posted on 22/11/20
It is baffling, we have been particularly bad but it’s also amazing how often you see prem players unable to beat the first man. You’d think someone who plays football for a living could at least get it vaguely in the right area 80% of the time. I wonder if they always over complicate it and always try to do something too clever
posted on 22/11/20
Totally agreed.
The most baffling part is that Arteta brought in a set-piece specialist coach apparently
We've never been great at set pieces, certainly not since we had good freekick takers like RVP/Henry/Bergkamp but we are worse now than ever.
It's childish, playground stuff like not beating the 1st man, then 10 minutes later the same player failing to do it again. Pretty sure it was Nelson twice today, around the 70-75 minute mark we had a corner (and corners are pretty important when you are down to 10 men and won't create many chances) which was totally wasted, then he did it again with a free-kick from the other side of the pitch about 10 minutes later.
This stuff is a joke and is making me worry about Arteta, we can't even get the basics right, it's really unprofessional tbh.
posted on 22/11/20
The Willian affect.
posted on 23/11/20
The passing by both teams today was "school-yard" stuff, not what you would expect from highly paid professionals. Also, not too often do you see a bad throw-in called by ref. Arsenal never fails to surprise their fans do they?
posted on 23/11/20
Think the set piece coach was hired to work on the defensive aspect and in that regard hes going a great job. Don't think we have conceded a goal from a corner all season.
posted on 23/11/20
Weren’t we one of the best scorers from corners in recent seasons? It’s a problem every team has in fairness. From a defensive point of view, it’s the worst way to concede a goal so it makes sense why from attacking it looks bad. As far as over hit or under hit, that’s down to Ozil not being in. He’s got one of the best corner taking abilities we’ve ever had
posted on 23/11/20
Actually we’ve scored plenty of set piece goals over the last 5 years or so.
Don’t know what’s gone wrong this season
posted on 23/11/20
comment by You Can't Buy Class - IDHT2EU (U12019)
posted 20 hours, 47 minutes ago
Totally agreed.
The most baffling part is that Arteta brought in a set-piece specialist coach apparently
We've never been great at set pieces, certainly not since we had good freekick takers like RVP/Henry/Bergkamp but we are worse now than ever.
It's childish, playground stuff like not beating the 1st man, then 10 minutes later the same player failing to do it again. Pretty sure it was Nelson twice today, around the 70-75 minute mark we had a corner (and corners are pretty important when you are down to 10 men and won't create many chances) which was totally wasted, then he did it again with a free-kick from the other side of the pitch about 10 minutes later.
This stuff is a joke and is making me worry about Arteta, we can't even get the basics right, it's really unprofessional tbh.
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I think it was Pepe who put a corner straight out of play into the side netting recently , how the hell does that happen
posted on 23/11/20
comment by (U3265)
posted 48 minutes ago
comment by You Can't Buy Class - IDHT2EU (U12019)
posted 20 hours, 47 minutes ago
Totally agreed.
The most baffling part is that Arteta brought in a set-piece specialist coach apparently
We've never been great at set pieces, certainly not since we had good freekick takers like RVP/Henry/Bergkamp but we are worse now than ever.
It's childish, playground stuff like not beating the 1st man, then 10 minutes later the same player failing to do it again. Pretty sure it was Nelson twice today, around the 70-75 minute mark we had a corner (and corners are pretty important when you are down to 10 men and won't create many chances) which was totally wasted, then he did it again with a free-kick from the other side of the pitch about 10 minutes later.
This stuff is a joke and is making me worry about Arteta, we can't even get the basics right, it's really unprofessional tbh.
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I think it was Pepe who put a corner straight out of play into the side netting recently , how the hell does that happen
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Don't be so judgemental, what do you expect from someone who only cost around 70 million?
posted on 23/11/20
comment by Globaled (U7198)
posted 1 hour, 38 minutes ago
comment by (U3265)
posted 48 minutes ago
comment by You Can't Buy Class - IDHT2EU (U12019)
posted 20 hours, 47 minutes ago
Totally agreed.
The most baffling part is that Arteta brought in a set-piece specialist coach apparently
We've never been great at set pieces, certainly not since we had good freekick takers like RVP/Henry/Bergkamp but we are worse now than ever.
It's childish, playground stuff like not beating the 1st man, then 10 minutes later the same player failing to do it again. Pretty sure it was Nelson twice today, around the 70-75 minute mark we had a corner (and corners are pretty important when you are down to 10 men and won't create many chances) which was totally wasted, then he did it again with a free-kick from the other side of the pitch about 10 minutes later.
This stuff is a joke and is making me worry about Arteta, we can't even get the basics right, it's really unprofessional tbh.
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I think it was Pepe who put a corner straight out of play into the side netting recently , how the hell does that happen
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Don't be so judgemental, what do you expect from someone who only cost around 70 million?
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