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Was that the previous season when Burton Albion wanted him?Originally Posted by countygump
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Yeah, it was rumoured at the time that Palmer was left out of the opening game because we’d had a ridiculously low offer from Burton that he was keen on.
If anything shows how ridiculously good LW seems to be as a man manager that he quickly sorted that, had Palmer happy enough to sign a new long-term contract by Christmas and can now joke about it a year later.
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If the transcript of Luke Williams' fantastic short corner monologue could be got and posted on here that would be beneficial and very much appreciated.
Hearts well and truly broken.
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There's nothing to stop you Daniel! Have at it.
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Correct. Pity he has to have to go to such lengths though. If any opposing coach wants to be 100% sure what to expect, he knows now. But I guess there's such a big chunk of our fanbase that needs the explanation.
As teams face us a second time, we'll be relying on the refs to enforce the full ten yards, thefulltenyards. And to have a few different passes to make up our sleeves.
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The thing is, you could:
make fans watch that monologue 10 times
and you could explain to them that about 1 in 30-40 corners lead directly to a goal
and that 30-40 corners is about 6-8 games for us
and that foreign managers/players are often bemused when they come to this country and see fans cheering corners like its a penalty
And you'd still get fans thinking LW has got it wrong and we should be slinging every corner in for some of the lumps in this league to head it away.
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Got it, it's a hard crowd to get through to.
But what else might it say about the rest of the park footy creed? The big lads, the tall lads, the long balls, the get rids, the gerrit forards, get stuck ins, target men, midfield hard men, flick ons, hard ons, flick offs etc.
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The first side I noticed taking short corners exclusively was Barca. At the time I put that mainly down to Messi being in the side and wanting him on the ball as much as possible , and secondly because they were overall a small side like Notts are now.
Following Williams' comprehensive response we've now heard from both sides. Would be interesting to now hear from the anti short corner brigade following the detailed explanation last night, without any digs or micky taking. Would be interesting to see if any of their views on the subject have changed as a result. Or does the explanation not wash and want more of a mix from flag kicks to surprise the opposition even though we are outnumbered in terms of obvious targets.
Although not anti the short corner at all , as it makes perfect sense to me with this squad I certainly learnt something new, and hadn't considered the impact of not letting their side rest for one minute, as is the case with a traditional corner sending the big lads up from the back.
Could be a good debate. Silence of course will tell it's own story.
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Here you go the start of the set pieces and short corners...
https://youtu.be/Q9oZ1VNsEu4?list=RD...KK_eb3A&t=3826
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Thanks for this. Amazing stats.
Luke is a legend.
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