Quote Originally Posted by Bushwacka View Post
The coaching ethos would appear to be to keep the ball as much as possible. You can’t concede if you have the ball. It would seem this extends to throw-ins and corners, which is why we don’t launch either. Stats will tell you that, across the professional game, less than 2-3% of corners lead to a direct goal.

I’d imagine the stats will also tell the coaches that launching throw-ins and corners leads to the ball being turned over and counter-attacks in the NL far more than it does goal chances.

If you’re a team full of big bruisers then that may well be your best option for getting chances, but if you’re not (like us) then it’s probably better to keep hold of the ball and be patient.

Trust the process; fair enough to question Williams’ selection choices (and he's still learning in this league), but I think fans are wasting their time looking at the minutiae of things like throw-ins.
Can’t agree. You should want to improve all areas. It’s very small margins. Especially when things are getting worse not better. That is true of both corners and throw ins.

Whilst the percentage of goals scored is low. Our short corners have been that bad that we’ve been conceding from them (eg Oldham) so the idea that recycling from a corner (when it’s your only strategy) gets found out.

We need to mix up both our corners and our throw ins. Or we may as well give them to the opposition. Our throw ins simply need to be quicker.

The method of retaining possession is less effective if everyone knows where you are going to play the ball……