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  1. #1
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    Jones is the ideal player for short corners but his cute little touches will only be effective if the ref enforces the 10 metre rule.

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    Short corners are fine but let's have a bit of variation now and again, surely we can work out a few moves on the training pitch.
    The other thing that bugs me about them is how much time we take over them, we moan about the opposition wasting time and please let someone else take throws instead of Nemane, he takes ages to throw the damn thing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by i961pie View Post
    Short corners are fine but let's have a bit of variation now and again, surely we can work out a few moves on the training pitch.
    This.

    Most teams take a short corner every so often to mix things up, but we're doing it almost every time and it is becoming predictable, as demonstrated by the tactics now being employed by opponents to shut us down.

    The whole idea of winning a corner is essentially to be able to put an unchallenged cross into the box, and I think the quality of the delivery matters far more than the height in the penalty area. I can remember many Notts teams in the past that had plenty of height, but nobody with the quality to deliver a decent corner or cross, so our goal output was low. Right now we've players like Jones, Rodrigues and Bostock who are all capable of delivering good quality balls into the box, and we've got arguably the sharpest "fox in the box" in the country, so we shouldn't be too shy to put it in the mixer a bit more often, which will have the added bonus of keeping opponents guessing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by i961pie View Post
    Short corners are fine but let's have a bit of variation now and again, surely we can work out a few moves on the training pitch.
    The other thing that bugs me about them is how much time we take over them, we moan about the opposition wasting time and please let someone else take throws instead of Nemane, he takes ages to throw the damn thing.
    Why we let him take throw-ins in the first place is a mystery, because he cant throw it..

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    Quote Originally Posted by sidders View Post
    Jones is the ideal player for short corners but his cute little touches will only be effective if the ref enforces the 10 metre rule.
    It's 9.15 metres!

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