I’m a big fan of Mowatt, but his set pieces are so wasteful. Really frustrates me that we can’t consistently get a good delivery into the box. I think there’s a job here for the coaching staff. One player should not be taking all set pieces anyway (unless it’s Hourihane!) We really need to stop being so predictable and show some invention/ creativity.
Easy solution - play Oduor and let him take set pieces. I have no idea why he isn’t in the first team.
Agreed, given the shortcomings in quality of the squad then set pieces should be top of the priority list.
We’ve been poor on set-pieces for 2-3 seasons now. Rarely score anything from a corner or a free kick. I’m fact has anyone got these Stats?
Following another thread where it’s clear we’ve scored very little from set pieces over the last few seasons, I had a look on https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/142/Show/England-Barnsley Some great stats on there - and they go back many seasons. This season shots: This season goals:
Woeful and have been for a couple of seasons. At games we used to joke that to save time from set pieces the ref should just give a goal kick. They're a complete waste of time.
I think we were spoilt by Hourihane. We never scored from set pieces before he came, and we rarely score from them now. We're probably no worse attacking or defensively than we were before he was here.
Personally I don’t think our set pieces are that bad. I think the biggest problem is that it tends to be young lads attacking the ball. For me experience is the biggest factor in winning headers in the opposition box, all about timing & been able to get the run on who’s marking you.
Set pieces are woefully bad. Poor delivery most of the time, under or over hit. Oduor has the ability to cross a ball with pace and more accuracy than what we have on the pitch at the minute.
This is similar to that guy who sits near you and complains every week that this is the most biased ref he's ever seen, he's giving everything their way!
No amount of experience will get to a cross that is blocked by the nearest defender, or sails aimlessly past the far post. That is the problem. Also, given the fact that these are “elite” footballers, who train on a regular basis, I do expect them to be able to get the ball within a 5 yard radius of their target area. Overhitting the ball once - ok - anyone can make mistakes. Overhitting the ball again and again = not acceptable.
They were terrible yesterday. Was the poorest part of our game. We’re not a particularly tall side so aimless lofted crosses and free kicks aren’t going to achieve anything. We were much more inventive against QPR so I don’t know why we didn’t mix it up yesterday and go short a couple of times.
Our set plays were terrible yesterday we got free kicks in good positions and wasted them with poor deliveries same with the corners too.
We're in a relegation scrap any free-kick should be whipped in hard or struck towards goal. We've no height so crosses should be hard and low from open play. Corners kept away from 6 yard box aimed towards penalty spot. In open play if it sits up right, hit it hard.
Im not a fan of Mowatt - probably because the club looks to him to deliver the killing pass - and more often than not he fails to deliver. Probably the spotlight wouldn’t be on him so much if there were other players capable of whipping a good pass in.
