Quote Originally Posted by laddo View Post
Our set pieces are sub-standard. You think back a decade with Benny D whipping them in and we looked dangerous on all attacking free kicks and even corners. Since then it's been p!$$ poor.
I can think back four or five decades to when Don Masson took nearly all our set pieces. He didn't particularly whip them in or float them, but nearly every time he found what Geoffrey Boycott would describe in his test match commentary as 'the corridor of uncertainty'. That was the area where the keeper was in two minds as to whether to try and claim it or stay on his line. Seeing as Masson had Bradd, Needham and Stubbs to aim at there was genuine expectation whenever we had a corner. It's a pity that stats weren't around back then, but if they were I'm sure that they would show it's not just a few old farts remembering the good old days. Now when we get a corner I still get the initial burst of hope, but then the realisation that when it's cleared I hope they don't hit us on the break.