No one has been taking good corners and as much as I like Nani, Giggs definitely takes the better one at this time. But, for corners it's more than the people that take them - it's just our general approach of how to attack into the box, it is pathetic.
Aerially we strike little fear into opponents. Watching the Birmingham game, a friend had popped in (dipper supporter) mid game and when we got a corner, I told him it might as well be a TK taking a goal kick, we aren't going to do anything with it and that was when Giggs had come on.
The one thing that Nani does provide IMO that we lack a lot of from the loss of Ronaldo is getting free kicks in dangerous areas. Right now the person most likely to win us one is Paddy. Nani on the field usually can get us 1 or 2 a game. If that means we have to endure him rolling around the ground and having a moan so be it but, till someone else can step and be that threat, to be the person other teams end up chopping down, we could use him on the pitch.
I've got to wonder if he has learned not from Giggs but, Valencia on how to approach the game. I think Giggs is in a different mold of winger from either of them at this stage. The Wolfsburg game I thought maybe he had, he was more thoughtful with the ball and not just running down endless alleys.
We'll see the next time he gets a game for us, perhaps a light has gone off in his head and thought, hey if I just play like Valencia, simple keep possession, get to the byline and look up and put a cross in if it's there or pull it back otherwise - then maybe I can keep my place week in and week out. Just KISS ... keep it simple stupid.
If he can do the same thing on the left as Valencia - and IMO he has more ability, he can really balance us out.