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JollyHappy
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Rooney 5 9 seemed to manage against us. Strange things is earlier in the season we virtually only took short corners now we hardly take any.
no desire heart or effort to win ball from set piece. thats it in a nut shell.. dont care what anyone else thinks but also apart from that i dont think the actual crosses we put in are up to much either. they are just lumoed in without any real purpose or ability
when u see united cross ball they are in different league.. effort is a wonderful thing! i hope we try it sometime
when u see united cross ball they are in different league.. effort is a wonderful thing! i hope we try it sometime
nedley
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Sudoku.
nedley
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http://www.london24.com/sport/totte...tottenham_s_weakness_at_set_pieces_1_1328413?
Spurs boss speaks out on Tottenham’s weakness at set pieces
By Ben Pearce, Tottenham correspondent
Friday, March 23, 2012
1:01 PM
Harry Redknapp admits that Tottenham are failing to make the most of their set pieces, and concedes that his side’s lack of aerial power is “a problem”.
Spurs have won 205 corners in the Premier League this season – the second-highest number in the top flight – but have mustered just five goals from the ensuing deliveries.
That has been compounded by the fact that the Lilywhites have also conceded important goals from dead ball situations.
Manchester United took the lead at White Hart Lane recently with a Wayne Rooney header from a corner, and Cameron Jerome put Stoke ahead at the Lane on Wednesday night from a Jermaine Pennant free-kick.
Redknapp concedes that set pieces are a weak area for Spurs – and he is expecting a similar problem when Spurs face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge tomorrow.
“If you looked at us the other night against Stoke, we really had two people in our side who were over six foot - Ledley King and Younes Kaboul. We were a small small team. That is a problem,” said Redknapp.
“You look at Chelsea tomorrow and you look at the likely headers of the ball for them. They’ve got some big lads, they will score goals from set plays. [Branislav] Ivanovic is fantastic in the air, then there’s John Terry, David Luiz and Gary Cahill, depending on who plays.
“We’re not a big side and the other night the delivery was poor, which didn’t help. The ball into the box was poor against Stoke - but it’s all about having people who want to get onto the end of that ball as well.
“Certain people will get on the end of it and stick their head on it. It doesn’t matter where the ball arrives in the box, they’ll head it.
“I saw QPR play Blackburn earlier in the season, and every time a corner came in, [Chris] Samba headed the ball. It didn’t matter where the ball ended up, he ended up getting his head on it. He outjumped everybody, he’s an amazing header of the ball.
“We’ve only really got Kaboul who I would say was a great header of the ball, so we need him to get his head on one for us. Other than that we’re short.
“It’s an area we could look to improve. If we could find a couple of 6ft 4ins players who are really good and strong in the air, we would improve.
“But other than that, I think we really have to play short corners. I think we have to try to work the ball because, certainly the other night against Stoke, we were never really going to score by putting the ball into the box.
“They were too big and too strong. They probably had six or seven players who were 6ft 2ins or 6ft 3ins, and really it was a mismatch in terms of heading the ball.”
Meanwhile, Redknapp has hit out at suggestions that Tottenham’s recent dip in form is due to players being distracted by the ongoing speculation about the vacant England manager’s job.
“Absolute nonsense. That is the biggest load of nonsense I’ve ever heard in my life,” said the Spurs manager, who has been widely tipped to take over the Three Lions in the summer.
“They [the players] don’t care whether I’m the manager next year, they wouldn’t lose any sleep over that.
“Footballers are footballers. They play the game, they come in every day and train. ‘The King is dead, long live the King’. That is football.
“They don’t worry ‘oh Harry’s going to England or he’s going to go somewhere else’. It doesn’t happen that way.
“I’ve been in football all my life and it doesn’t happen that way. They don’t think about that.
“I don’t think about it either, it never enters my mind. I don’t think’ oh what’s going to happen to me at the end of the season?’
“Whatever happens to me happens to me, I don’t lose any sleep over it, one way or the other – whether I’m here, somewhere else or nowhere. That’s life.”
Spurs boss speaks out on Tottenham’s weakness at set pieces
By Ben Pearce, Tottenham correspondent
Friday, March 23, 2012
1:01 PM
Harry Redknapp admits that Tottenham are failing to make the most of their set pieces, and concedes that his side’s lack of aerial power is “a problem”.
Spurs have won 205 corners in the Premier League this season – the second-highest number in the top flight – but have mustered just five goals from the ensuing deliveries.
That has been compounded by the fact that the Lilywhites have also conceded important goals from dead ball situations.
Manchester United took the lead at White Hart Lane recently with a Wayne Rooney header from a corner, and Cameron Jerome put Stoke ahead at the Lane on Wednesday night from a Jermaine Pennant free-kick.
Redknapp concedes that set pieces are a weak area for Spurs – and he is expecting a similar problem when Spurs face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge tomorrow.
“If you looked at us the other night against Stoke, we really had two people in our side who were over six foot - Ledley King and Younes Kaboul. We were a small small team. That is a problem,” said Redknapp.
“You look at Chelsea tomorrow and you look at the likely headers of the ball for them. They’ve got some big lads, they will score goals from set plays. [Branislav] Ivanovic is fantastic in the air, then there’s John Terry, David Luiz and Gary Cahill, depending on who plays.
“We’re not a big side and the other night the delivery was poor, which didn’t help. The ball into the box was poor against Stoke - but it’s all about having people who want to get onto the end of that ball as well.
“Certain people will get on the end of it and stick their head on it. It doesn’t matter where the ball arrives in the box, they’ll head it.
“I saw QPR play Blackburn earlier in the season, and every time a corner came in, [Chris] Samba headed the ball. It didn’t matter where the ball ended up, he ended up getting his head on it. He outjumped everybody, he’s an amazing header of the ball.
“We’ve only really got Kaboul who I would say was a great header of the ball, so we need him to get his head on one for us. Other than that we’re short.
“It’s an area we could look to improve. If we could find a couple of 6ft 4ins players who are really good and strong in the air, we would improve.
“But other than that, I think we really have to play short corners. I think we have to try to work the ball because, certainly the other night against Stoke, we were never really going to score by putting the ball into the box.
“They were too big and too strong. They probably had six or seven players who were 6ft 2ins or 6ft 3ins, and really it was a mismatch in terms of heading the ball.”
Meanwhile, Redknapp has hit out at suggestions that Tottenham’s recent dip in form is due to players being distracted by the ongoing speculation about the vacant England manager’s job.
“Absolute nonsense. That is the biggest load of nonsense I’ve ever heard in my life,” said the Spurs manager, who has been widely tipped to take over the Three Lions in the summer.
“They [the players] don’t care whether I’m the manager next year, they wouldn’t lose any sleep over that.
“Footballers are footballers. They play the game, they come in every day and train. ‘The King is dead, long live the King’. That is football.
“They don’t worry ‘oh Harry’s going to England or he’s going to go somewhere else’. It doesn’t happen that way.
“I’ve been in football all my life and it doesn’t happen that way. They don’t think about that.
“I don’t think about it either, it never enters my mind. I don’t think’ oh what’s going to happen to me at the end of the season?’
“Whatever happens to me happens to me, I don’t lose any sleep over it, one way or the other – whether I’m here, somewhere else or nowhere. That’s life.”
Kingstheman
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Height is one thing.
Aerial power is another. Yes, we do lack power.
Perhaps it is training, perhaps it is mental, perhaps it is lack of aggression - but we lack something.
Kingellesar
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Really don't get that, fair enough against Stoke who have plenty of tall and strong players but against other teams we are pretty much a match for them in the air or at least we should be.
King, Kaboul, Bale and Adebayor should all be scoring more from corners. I mean how many headers has Adebayor scored for us this season?
King, Kaboul, Bale and Adebayor should all be scoring more from corners. I mean how many headers has Adebayor scored for us this season?
dav3j
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Fuck me. Is he having a laugh?
Krafty
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Yes Harry, Stoke had all those giants in their team, especially in defence, our boys never stood a chance, they could never be expected to get a header on a cross, let alone score, it would take a freak miracle for someone like Van der Vaart to win a header in the penalty box and scor.....oh.
Maybe if you worked on some ideas, like drawing the stronger aerial players away to either the near or far post and then using someone like Walker - not a giant, but good in the air - to out jump Jermaine sodding Pennant we might actually get somewhere!! How about you think about it for more than two seconds and we come up with a plan, some simple plan, maybe we practise for once, then maybe we not only start scoring some more set piece goals (sod it, getting past the first man would be a start!!) but we might actually defend set pieces a little better than St Paul's primary u9's 2nd XI!!
I am sick to the death of my back teeth with our complete shambles of set pieces. I tried to joke about in a piece I did for the front page, but wednesday took the piss! Sort. It. Out. Harry.
Maybe if you worked on some ideas, like drawing the stronger aerial players away to either the near or far post and then using someone like Walker - not a giant, but good in the air - to out jump Jermaine sodding Pennant we might actually get somewhere!! How about you think about it for more than two seconds and we come up with a plan, some simple plan, maybe we practise for once, then maybe we not only start scoring some more set piece goals (sod it, getting past the first man would be a start!!) but we might actually defend set pieces a little better than St Paul's primary u9's 2nd XI!!
I am sick to the death of my back teeth with our complete shambles of set pieces. I tried to joke about in a piece I did for the front page, but wednesday took the piss! Sort. It. Out. Harry.
wallyjakeman
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Running around? :shrug:
GoldstarYid
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Don't think hes scored one.
He doesn't even bother challenging for high balls anymore.
critical line for me and harry is right ---
“We’re not a big side and the other night the delivery was poor, which didn’t help. The ball into the box was poor against Stoke - but it’s all about having people who want to get onto the end of that ball as well.
apart from kaboul i never see any real desire from any spurs player in a box from corner. opposition players know it and our own players know it.
If we want it badly enough we will win headers
“We’re not a big side and the other night the delivery was poor, which didn’t help. The ball into the box was poor against Stoke - but it’s all about having people who want to get onto the end of that ball as well.
apart from kaboul i never see any real desire from any spurs player in a box from corner. opposition players know it and our own players know it.
If we want it badly enough we will win headers
bubble07
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If Redknapp was worried about height against Stoke why not play Sandro?
Plus height is such a cop out. Look at Hernandez and Cahill. They are one of the best in the league at headers and they are not 6ft plus
The tallest team we could play would probably have an average height of 6ft 1 or 2 but we would still struggle scoring set pieces
Friedel
Kaboul Dawson King Bale
Sandro Huddlestone Livermore
Kranjcar
Adebayor Saha
Kaboul, Dawson, King, Nelson, Bale, Adebayor, Krancjar, Huddlestone,
Plus height is such a cop out. Look at Hernandez and Cahill. They are one of the best in the league at headers and they are not 6ft plus
The tallest team we could play would probably have an average height of 6ft 1 or 2 but we would still struggle scoring set pieces
Friedel
Kaboul Dawson King Bale
Sandro Huddlestone Livermore
Kranjcar
Adebayor Saha
Kaboul, Dawson, King, Nelson, Bale, Adebayor, Krancjar, Huddlestone,
