The Football.....

[Grant Fondo]

Casemiro! So glad we've got him.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Not a great FA Cup draw for Accy, away at Boreham Wood.

 

[Slick]

Not a great FA Cup draw for Accy, away at Boreham Wood.

At least you still have a horse in the race.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Most ridiculous penalty of all time.

VAR is absolute gash and should be binned off immediately.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Most ridiculous penalty of all time.

VAR is absolute gash and should be binned off immediately.

Not only was the penalty harsh, but from what I could see at least one Portugese player had encroached into the area before the ball was kicked. Unless the laws have changed, the penalty should have been retaken.

 

[Chislenko]

The stand out thing for me at this world cup is how many people earning tremendous money can't clear the first defender from a corner.

 

[Stephenite]

The stand out thing for me at this world cup is how many people earning tremendous money can't clear the first defender from a corner.

Agree. But corners are rubbish though. Has any team from the higher echelons scored from a corner in the past decade? There is so much håndgemeng* overseen from the referee that it's always going to favour the defender.

*a norwegian word which i loosely take to mean argy bargy type contact.

 

[Seevio]

The stand out thing for me at this world cup is how many people earning tremendous money can't clear the first defender from a corner.

The first defender is also earning tremendous money to prevent the corner going past.

 

[jowwy]

Agree. But corners are rubbish though. Has any team from the higher echelons scored from a corner in the past decade? There is so much håndgemeng* overseen from the referee that it's always going to favour the defender.

*a norwegian word which i loosely take to mean argy bargy type contact.

is that a serious question??

 

[Chislenko]

The first defender is also earning tremendous money to prevent the corner going past.

Good point!

 

[R_nger]

Agree. But corners are rubbish though. Has any team from the higher echelons scored from a corner in the past decade? There is so much håndgemeng* overseen from the referee that it's always going to favour the defender.

*a norwegian word which i loosely take to mean argy bargy type contact.

A goal is score from a corner more than once every 3 games in the Premier League - well over 1000 in the past decade. HTH.

 

[Dave7]

Agree. But corners are rubbish though. Has any team from the higher echelons scored from a corner in the past decade?

Interesting that. I recently googled that and (if you can believe stats) it a very low figure.
•from the corner with one touch its 1.5%
•more than one touch its still only 3%.

 

[AndyRM]

One thing I've noticed is that a few teams now seem to have gone for the tactic of whipping it in fast and hard to the near post, from corners/free kicks.

And a lot more corners being taken short, or played back down the line to get a better angle into the box.

Could be a total mis-conception of course!

 

[T4tomo]

Casemiro! So glad we've got him.

He's like a bigger Dunga!

 

[matticus]

One thing I've noticed is that a few teams now seem to have gone for the tactic of whipping it in fast and hard to the near post, from corners/free kicks.

And a lot more corners being taken short, or played back down the line to get a better angle into the box.

Could be a total mis-conception of course!

Yeah. If you go back far enough, most kicks were just floated "into the mixer". Not sure why the change:
Less big no10s?
Keepers better protected by refs?
Taller keepers??
Defenders better drilled?

Anyway, it is not a massive panic when your team concedes a corner these days, I'd say.