I can’t be the only one thinking that it was unbelievably stupid and naive to send Cooper up for the corner with 1 or 2 minutes left in the game…and then play it short?
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- Thread starter Cobi Budge
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It wasnt necessarily that it was stupid in a cup game.
What was truly spectacular crap was the way they then absolutely naffed it up with a short tapped corner and a fluffed dithery shot by Edwards (who was uncharacteristically poor all night with short passes and poor control).
What was truly spectacular crap was the way they then absolutely naffed it up with a short tapped corner and a fluffed dithery shot by Edwards (who was uncharacteristically poor all night with short passes and poor control).
Amateur hour. Very very poor and complete lack of football intelligence. Love to hear the discussion in the changing room after that shambles.
A poor decision that backfired spectacularly - but at least it was in a cup game
Maybe Schuey will have 2nd thoughts about sending Coops up in the dying embers of the game
Maybe Schuey will have 2nd thoughts about sending Coops up in the dying embers of the game
Cracked me up, mark Hughes is at fault, he was the one who gave cooper the nod I watched him do it then when they scored Hughes has his arm in the air shouting his mouth off at cooper talking about pointing the finger.
It's not sending up a keeper that was the problem! It was the stupid short corner that then lead to him being exposed.
He had a go at Cooper as Hughes was telling Cooper to tell them to hit it into the box. He didn’t seem to pass the message on.
Didn't go last night so can't comment on that one. However corner taking has been an issue for several seasons now and is definitely an area we need to improve on. We're woefully poor from corners and hardly pose any threat from a position that is (should be) a decent goalscoring opportunity. Sturrock's teams had this nailed.
We seem to be very ineffective from set pieces and corners in particular. Cant remember when we last scored direct from a corner, maybe Scarr v Sunderland away last season?
Gillespheys header against Chelsea was a classic example of a good swinging corner with pace on it. Mayor and Houghton are persistently used to deliver corners, but they rarely deliver a good ball with pace, more a lofted ball to the back or a low one to the near post. I think Randell and others ought to be given a chance to try it. Randell is a stand out on set pieces for me.
I thought Whittaker took a few good in-swinging corners last night.