DCJonah Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 They are truly awful on the whole. Gill put a couple of nice free kicks in and delph put in one decent corner. We look like we'll do nothing from any set piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Gil seems average at best so far, although against Hull he had a shocker like the rest of the team. That I don't agree with. He didn't look fit today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 We don't get past the first man. We don't get anyone on the far post When defending a corner.....we don't get an outlet player near the half way line Where is the thinking? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 not sure theres a lot of thinking going on actually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wezbid Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 It was embarressing today, I could put in better corners and I haven't played football for about 10 years! When these players are 'earning' tens of thousands of pounds a week, the very least you should expect is to get a cross over head height. Sometimes a low drilled one can work but they were weak scuffs. It's a disgrace to be honest, it's becoming a bit of a trend at a lot of teams these days, not just Villa. Really strange, not to mention annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heid3ster Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Honestly, if we truly have no one on the team who can deliver a decent corner into the box, then can we not mix it up a litlte bit? Short corners, "tricky plays," something unexpected? It's an embarrassment how bad we are at this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben1505 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 (edited) We should play Bacuna more often, he can hit a good ball! Edited February 22, 2015 by ben1505 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calcifer Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 At one point today, Weimann decided he would take a corner. It led to a Stoke corner. I have seen Sunday league player take better corners then Weimann! If he picks the ball up to take a corner again we need Harry Enfield's character angry Frank to run on the pitch and say "Oi Andi NO!" Lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaGoMarching Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Funny I watching the Hamburg game yesterday, they had a player with a wicked left foot, whipping balls in from the corner flag. Turned out to be Zoltan Stieber. Sherwood needs to work on this, in Ciaran Clark we had a lad who used to score goals at youth level. Infact you look at our back line and Benteke and there's no reason we shouldn't be getting goals from set Pieces. All down to delivery of the ball and desire to head it. That's why we used to score so many under MON. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaGoMarching Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 We don't get past the first man. We don't get anyone on the far post When defending a corner.....we don't get an outlet player near the half way line Where is the thinking? There seems to be none, from the players or coaching staff. Its the absolute basics which we don't do that I find so infuriating. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 23, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted February 23, 2015 Bradford showed us that it doesn't really matter the quality of the team. A decent set piece delivery can cause all sorts of problems. Doesn't matter how awful we are, if we were a threat at corners and free kicks then we'd scrape the odd victory or draw here and there through that alone. Quite odd that we have a lot of players in the team who I'd consider good in the air, yet we're rarely a threat. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 (edited) Dont understand why every set piece is delivered in exactly the same way every time, no matter who takes them its always a delicately floated ball into the box which are so easy to defend Edited February 23, 2015 by Jimzk5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 23, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted February 23, 2015 Dont understand why every set piece is delivered in exactly the same way every time, no matter who takes them its always a delicately floated ball into the box which are so easy to defend I think this must be a Benteke thing. The only time we haven't taken them like that is when Benteke wasn't in the team. Gil, Delph, Westwood etc. They all float them in when benteke is the target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Pretty much agree with the above posts. Really is baffling. We could honestly win or draw atleast 2 games even in our current form based on set piece goals itself. Said it before but West Brom managed to walk away with a draw against Burnley through two set piece goals. Nothing fancy but a point is a point considering they were 2-0 down it's an excellent point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Get Bacuna on one side and Gil on the other. I was watching our corners and I don't think we once put a man on the keeper. That is just basic set piece strategy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 The delivery is just one problem. There's so little movement to lose the marker when the corner comes in. Only one that's shown this is Senderos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted February 23, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted February 23, 2015 We've got some coaches in now. Surely they have to improve, surely.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 23, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted February 23, 2015 We should learn from Messi for throw ins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted February 23, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted February 23, 2015 Christ if we tried that it would probably be an own goal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 we must be the only team that has to defend from their own corners. we be better off keeping Okore and Clark at back for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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