Top Scorers from set pieces in the whole football league last season. 25 goals came directly or indirectly from set pieces last season. What has happened?! I make it Barlaser, Wiles, Mattock, Jozefzoon, Miller, Ogbene & Sadlier who have taken one this season.

The problems with scoring in open play and the lack of goals from our strikers are well documented. We'd all love to see free flowing football and carving teams open at will. In truth though we are never likely to be free scoring at this level from open play and that has been the case in our last few championship campaigns. We need to present a threat from set pieces and we need to be big and strong and physical to account for the obvious technical deficiencies in our side. Last year Barlaser took the bulk of the set pieces. Occasionally he'd drill them in flat but for the most part they were quite predictable; hung up in the air with backspin and a nightmare to defend with our big lads all congregating together and attacking the ball. Why have we deviated from that which brought us 43% of our xG last season?