rpitchfo
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I think I've tried to articulate this in various threads over the years so I wanted to get my thoughts down in one place.
Corners in football need a rethink.
Every time the ball goes out for a corner the crowd roar the team on and the defenders come jogging up and the ball comes in and then well...out again.
and I Just think - what a big waste of everyone's time. The chances of scoring from a corner are for all intensive purpose Zero. Research and stats in this area of limited but here's a bit...
http://www.scienceofsocceronline.com/2010/12/corner-kicks-by-numbers.html
It also feels like it's getting worse. Teams seem to be getting better and better at defending corners to such an extent that it feels like your more likely to concede on the counter then gain any advantage from one. For a game that is meant to give the benefit of the doubt to the attacking team corners have become pointless, a complete waste of time, a unnecessary break in a game.
There needs to be a better way of promoting pressing into the final third of the pitch. Giving away a corner kick at the moment is tantamount to a good piece of defending.
Do teams just lack the creativity and imagination to come up with a new approach. Why hasn't football looked to borrow from American Football and try a variety of different corner routines rather than, 1 arm up front post, 2 arms up back post. Or is it not worth it?
Could football look at a penalty corner type approach?
Or is everyone happy with things as they are at the moment.
Edit: Another good article looking at over 13,000 corners....https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fancy-stats/wp/2014/06/17/what-is-a-corner-kick-worth-in-soccer/
Corners in football need a rethink.
Every time the ball goes out for a corner the crowd roar the team on and the defenders come jogging up and the ball comes in and then well...out again.
and I Just think - what a big waste of everyone's time. The chances of scoring from a corner are for all intensive purpose Zero. Research and stats in this area of limited but here's a bit...
http://www.scienceofsocceronline.com/2010/12/corner-kicks-by-numbers.html
It also feels like it's getting worse. Teams seem to be getting better and better at defending corners to such an extent that it feels like your more likely to concede on the counter then gain any advantage from one. For a game that is meant to give the benefit of the doubt to the attacking team corners have become pointless, a complete waste of time, a unnecessary break in a game.
There needs to be a better way of promoting pressing into the final third of the pitch. Giving away a corner kick at the moment is tantamount to a good piece of defending.
Do teams just lack the creativity and imagination to come up with a new approach. Why hasn't football looked to borrow from American Football and try a variety of different corner routines rather than, 1 arm up front post, 2 arms up back post. Or is it not worth it?
Could football look at a penalty corner type approach?
Or is everyone happy with things as they are at the moment.
Edit: Another good article looking at over 13,000 corners....https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fancy-stats/wp/2014/06/17/what-is-a-corner-kick-worth-in-soccer/
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