The Short Corners Denunciation Thread

[Robespierre]

I wanted to write it sooner or later, but always forgotten
Yesterday RB Leipzig gave me the chance to remind it.
Am I the only one to hate them so much ?

Collateral effect of modern football.

Furthermore  they have about a 0.2 % of conversion rate.
But that 0.2 is on trust.
Indeed I have never seen to score after a short corner.

[El Gunner]

I think you may be on to something Robes

[urbaNRoots]

If you don't have some tall players in the box there's no point in crossing from a corner, you'll lose possession and risk conceding in a counter attack.

I know this from my experience of watching Arsenal vs Chelsea/Man Utd during the banter era.

[ExtremistEnigma]

I wanted to write it sooner or later, but always forgotten
Yesterday RB Leipzig gave me the chance to remind it.
Am I the only one to hate them so much ?

Collateral effect of modern football.

Furthermore  they have about a 0.2 % of conversion rate.
But that 0.2 is on trust.
Indeed I have never seen to score after a short corner.

In PL, you will see teams scoring more from short corners as a lot of teams take them regularly.

The ratio of goals from corners is very low in the first place. Unless most teams start taking short corners predominantly, you will be lucky to see them score from one.

[rincon]

Corner scoring rate is waaaaaaaaaay higher than 0.05%. You would need 2000 corners on average to score a goal. Using your figure of a team getting 5 corners a game, you would need an average of 400 games to score a corner. I think its safe to say teams score more than 1 corner goal every 10 seasons.

The real number is closer to 50 times that.

Short corners are mostly bs.

[80s_Stallone]

If you don't have some tall players in the box there's no point in crossing from a corner, you'll lose possession and risk conceding in a counter attack.

I know this from my experience of watching Arsenal vs Chelsea/Man Utd during the banter era.

that probably happens less than scoring on a short corner

[Hapless_Hans]

That short corner by Leipzig in the last minute was an abomination
If I was Gulasci, I'd smack Forsberg in the face

[urbaNRoots]

If you don't have some tall players in the box there's no point in crossing from a corner, you'll lose possession and risk conceding in a counter attack.

I know this from my experience of watching Arsenal vs Chelsea/Man Utd during the banter era.

that probably happens less than scoring on a short corner

Even if you don't score, you at least decrease the chance of conceding a goal on the other end. That's why most teams that play short corners do it.

[Robespierre]

I wanted to write it sooner or later, but always forgotten
Yesterday RB Leipzig gave me the chance to remind it.
Am I the only one to hate them so much ?

Collateral effect of modern football.

Furthermore  they have about a 0.2 % of conversion rate.
But that 0.2 is on trust.
Indeed I have never seen to score after a short corner.

In PL, you will see teams scoring more from short corners as a lot of teams take them regularly.

The ratio of goals from corners is very low in the first place. Unless most teams start taking short corners predominantly, you will be lucky to see them score from one.

Now  , I don't know if I am a person incredibly unlucky in the life, but I 've watched so many matches in my life and I have never seen scoring someone on short corner, even if they are misused now.

Normal corner all life. It is quite clear that short corner is one of worst thing of modern football and I'm going to continue this battle. Follow me ffs

[Robespierre]

Corner scoring rate is waaaaaaaaaay higher than 0.05%. You would need 2000 corners on average to score a goal. Using your figure of a team getting 5 corners a game, you would need an average of 400 games to score a corner. I think its safe to say teams score more than 1 corner goal every 10 seasons.

The real number is closer to 50 times that.

Short corners are mostly bs.

Spot on

[Robespierre]

Another important milestone of Short Corner Denunciation

[silver]

He actually looked offside in that Marseilles goal.

[Robespierre]

The offside rule exists only on opposite halfway line

[Art Morte]

Agreed, short corners are awful.

I don't even buy the "if you haven't got tall players, why cross it?" argument. So many short corners are wasted without the ball ever making it into the penalty area. At least with a proper corner you can put the ball in the danger area and hope for the best. And even short players can win the second ball. Short corners are just sheer stupidity, imo.

[Jay29]

Corners aren't that great in general. Last year in the Premier League, there was only a 3.2% chance of one leading to a goal:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/mar/27/in-defence-of-the-corner-a-much-maligned-set-piece

While that data is a year out of date, it likely hasn't varied that much this season. Over five years, corners have resulted between 0.32 and 0.38 goals per game.

The vast majority of normal corners - that is, ones put straight into the penalty area - either don't beat the first man or are easily cleared. Just lumping it into the box and hoping something will happen is as inefficient as taking it short.

Even teams with tall players and great set-piece takers need several attempts to score from a corner.

Teams know this so they vary their routines with short corners to maybe create a better opening. I don't know the stats, but I would guess that you're not doing your chances of scoring any harm by taking a short corner.

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

Anything short should be outlawed imo.

Football is a game about getting stuck in, showing your strength as a man and throwing it in the mixer.

None of this cute artsy bullshit.

[Lucifer]

Agreed, short corners are awful.

I don't even buy the "if you haven't got tall players, why cross it?" argument. So many short corners are wasted without the ball ever making it into the penalty area. At least with a proper corner you can put the ball in the danger area and hope for the best. And even short players can win the second ball. Short corners are just sheer stupidity, imo.

No they are not. After watching midgets play in week after week I can say that short corners reduce the chances of getting countered considerably, especially in last stages of match when you are already ahead by a goal or two.

[Lucifer]

Anything short should be outlawed imo.

Football is a game about getting stuck in, showing your strength as a man and throwing it in the mixer.

None of this cute artsy bullshit.

Don't hate the short mate. Short can be pretty strong

[Art Morte]

Agreed, short corners are awful.

I don't even buy the "if you haven't got tall players, why cross it?" argument. So many short corners are wasted without the ball ever making it into the penalty area. At least with a proper corner you can put the ball in the danger area and hope for the best. And even short players can win the second ball. Short corners are just sheer stupidity, imo.

No they are not. After watching midgets play in week after week I can say that short corners reduce the chances of getting countered considerably, especially in last stages of match when you are already ahead by a goal or two.

Only a Barca fan would answer "short corners are great for keeping possession".
Although I do understand why a Barca fan would hate proper corners right now...

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

Anything short should be outlawed imo.

Football is a game about getting stuck in, showing your strength as a man and throwing it in the mixer.

None of this cute artsy bullshit.

Don't hate the short mate. Short can be pretty strong

You keep telling yourself that.

[Lucifer]

Agreed, short corners are awful.

I don't even buy the "if you haven't got tall players, why cross it?" argument. So many short corners are wasted without the ball ever making it into the penalty area. At least with a proper corner you can put the ball in the danger area and hope for the best. And even short players can win the second ball. Short corners are just sheer stupidity, imo.

No they are not. After watching midgets play in week after week I can say that short corners reduce the chances of getting countered considerably, especially in last stages of match when you are already ahead by a goal or two.

Only a Barca fan would answer "short corners are great for keeping possession".
Although I do understand why a Barca fan would hate proper corners right now...

Who said anything about possession? It's about being safe than sorry.

[Lucifer]

Anything short should be outlawed imo.

Football is a game about getting stuck in, showing your strength as a man and throwing it in the mixer.

None of this cute artsy bullshit.

Don't hate the short mate. Short can be pretty strong

You keep telling yourself that.

I am

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[titosantill]

i like this thread. i've never paid much attention to short corners but now i think of it, i'm not sure i can remember any goal scored from a short corner. and that first clip on the thread is foolish team planning, if your goalie comes forward during a corner kick, it is very foolish to execute a short corner, it serves no purpose in that instance

[BarrileteCosmico]

Short corners have a time and a place. They're a good way to open up space and switch it up. If you're a team like Barca and you only have 1 tall guy in your outfield team it makes sense. If you have Cristiano, Ramos and Pepe maybe not so much. It depends.

[titosantill]

i actually just remembered one of our goals cristiano scored against utd in the champions league might have come as a result of a short corner. i've been really trying to remember short corner goals

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