V Watford

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Originally Posted by kritichris

We had 4 short corners that came to nothing,(do we practice set pieces?), then we tried a long ball in and looked more dangerous.

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Only Westwood can land a corner and sadly he's crocked. :blue:

I don’t think we practice set pieces, not like we’re used to... delivery into the box and a finish on goal. And I think VK, as mentioned by several before, is copying Pep from when VK played for City. VK said he is all about scoring goals and that would be the focus. I think he will find the championship harder than the Belgian league and that Peps style has been taught and studied at every managerial level in England the last 10 years.
But it still is more entertaining than what we’ve been watching the last two seasons. I also think that for VK to take over the team if we had survived in the PL would have been a disaster. Now he’s got time to grow as a manager and build a team and style that can compete at this level.

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Originally Posted by WillPark

I don’t think we practice set pieces, not like we’re used to... delivery into the box and a finish on goal. And I think VK, as mentioned by several before, is copying Pep from when VK played for City. VK said he is all about scoring goals and that would be the focus. I think he will find the championship harder than the Belgian league and that Peps style has been taught and studied at every managerial level in England the last 10 years.
But it still is more entertaining than what we’ve been watching the last two seasons. I also think that for VK to take over the team if we had survived in the PL would have been a disaster. Now he’s got time to grow as a manager and build a team and style that can compete at this level.

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The Championship is a real meat grinder but I agree with you WP that our relegation from the PL may prove more of a help than a hindrance to VK. Our short corners at Watford were poorly executed. Some work on the training ground needed on these. Our good friend Schadenfreude is having some real fun in the PL in our absence. Loving the woes at Old Trafford and Goodison.

I think that short corner routine has been worked on in training, it didn't just occur out of the blue, but this lot have only been together a relatively short time, some things aren't going to work right away. Having said that, it was hard to see just what those short corners were trying to achieve, what the plan was, whatever it was they failed miserably, back to the drawing board down Gawthorpe methinks.

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Originally Posted by sinkov

I think that short corner routine has been worked on in training, it didn't just occur out of the blue, but this lot have only been together a relatively short time, some things aren't going to work right away. Having said that, it was hard to see just what those short corners were trying to achieve, what the plan was, whatever it was they failed miserably, back to the drawing board down Gawthorpe methinks.

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I think it's an effort to fool the defenders who know they are being fooled by a set of fools who forget why they are being fools, if that makes any sense mon ami. :confused:

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Originally Posted by The Bedlington Terrier

I think it's an effort to fool the defenders who know they are being fooled by a set of fools who forget why they are being fools, if that makes any sense mon ami. :confused:

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It's just done in order to give us fans something to talk about or complain about and takes our minds off the fact that we are not scoring goals. Good ploy.

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Originally Posted by sinkov

I think that short corner routine has been worked on in training, it didn't just occur out of the blue, but this lot have only been together a relatively short time, some things aren't going to work right away. Having said that, it was hard to see just what those short corners were trying to achieve, what the plan was, whatever it was they failed miserably, back to the drawing board down Gawthorpe methinks.

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I just think they believe possession play is more of an advantage then a ball into the box... more then not a ball into the box from a corner ends up with the opposition getting the ball. For a team of defenders it a golden opportunity to get a shot on goal, but for Pep it was giving the ball away.