Quote Originally Posted by SwalePie View Post
According to IB the idea is that the more of our players we have in the box the less space the opposition has available to attack.
Is basically what I was going to reply to ancientpie. The last thing you want on a corner is lots of space. Better to defend 8 on 8 in there than 6 on 6.

Personally I would only leave 2 or more upfield when defending a corner if we are chasing the game in the final say half an hour. Having players to win the second ball if cleared is more important than having you speedy little man stood on the halfway line marshalled by two equally speedy opposition players.