Con Posted February 7, 2013 Author Share Posted February 7, 2013 (edited) http://hereisthecity.com/2013/02/07/sb-aston-villa-arent-as-bad-at-defending-corners-as-you-may-thin/ Statistically you are more likely to score from a corner against Fulham, Swansea, Man City, and very nearly Man Utd, than you are against Villa. Aston Villa is not bad at defending corners. We concede too many corners. We concede lots of goals from corners because compared to other clubs we give the opposition lots of corners. Having the best penalty saving goalie in the world won't help much if your team gives away 3 penalties a game. Same with corners. Excellent article. Edited February 7, 2013 by Con Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 http://hereisthecity.com/2013/02/07/sb-aston-villa-arent-as-bad-at-defending-corners-as-you-may-thin/ Statistically you are more likely to score from a corner against Fulham, Swansea, Man City, and very nearly Man Utd, than you are against Villa. Aston Villa is not bad at defending corners. We concede too many corners. We concede lots of goals from corners because compared to other clubs we give the opposition lots of corners. Having the best penalty saving goalie in the world won't help much if your team gives away 3 penalties a game. Same with corners. Excellent article. 4th worst in the league is not "bad" in your world then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamsonwoodVillan Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Agreed on the corners issue. It was gut wrenching to see Everton's equaliser go in, but I think it was the 15th corner we had conceded in the game! In the West Brom game I think the Baggies had already had about 10 corners before the one for their second goal. Simply by law of averages if you give teams that many corners then 1 or 2 of them will end up as a good chance to score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skruff Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Hows the defensive stats of our midfielders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con Posted February 9, 2013 Author Share Posted February 9, 2013 Hows the defensive stats of our midfielders? We're not letting in a high number of long shots (look at table on previous page) so closing down in midfield has not been a problem. For giving away high number of corners, it's the wings that are the issue. Specifically LB and RB. So much space to exploit there in 3-5-2. The opposition run to the corner, we block the cross and it goes out for a corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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