Barnsley are number one in the division for scoring from set plays

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    Prince of Risborough Well-Known Member

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    According to the new Coventry manager Tony Mowbray. Ironic he should say that after what he did to us at Wembley in 2000.

    I know we have been scoring a lot more from set pieces than usual but I didn't know we were top of that particular league.
     
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    I think we are by some way
     
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    By my own count, we've scored SIXTEEN of our 44 goals from free-kicks and corners. I'd be surprised if we weren't top.
     
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    It makes a change to be excited when we get a set piece because in recent years we've been terrible at them. But with Hourihane, the class shows and he regularly puts a good ball in. George Smith also put some good corners in the other week. And didn't Scowen get an assist from a free kick recently?

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    As disappointing as Hourihane's form has been of late, he's almost worth his place simply due to his quality from set pieces. We constantly look a threat from corners and this doesn't seem to have been the case for years previous.

    There's so little between the teams in our league that small margins make a huge difference.
     
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    I watched Newcastle v Man Utd last night and noticed how poor the set pieces were in comparison to ours. Strange that top pros can't put a decent corner in.

    Obviously this has nothing to do with Hourihane and everything to do with Nyatanga learning how to head a ball. He's got nowt on Diego Leon after all :rolleyes:
     
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