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    Short Corners and the Jets Unhealthy Obsession

    Why do the Jets continually use the short corner?

    I have watched every Jnr Jets game in the NBN. I wish I had keep a note of every short corner that resulted in nothing. It would have to be close to 90% nothing. Not even a shot on goal.

    Now, it appears the senior squad are short corner obsessed. Can someone explain why the Jets have decided to use the short corner as the ONLY method. Does anybody know of any top flight team anywhere in the world that uses the short corner as the prime attacking corner option?

    I am over it!!!

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    to be honest, i can hardly recall us ever scoring a goal from a corner into the mixer, either. maybe a couple at the most? whether that's from not playing them, i couldn't tell you.

    we've had this conversation on here before, can anyone remember the outcome?

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    With the youth doing it, I can understand. They aren't the tallest blokes in the league and keeping it on the ground would help them.

    As for the seniors? If Tiago, Regz and Mitchell are in the box, send it in ffs, seems a waste for them to push up and not send it in.

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    it is a long way to kick the ball all the way from the side, cut them some slack

    I'd like to see you do it

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    The reason they play short corners is to keep possession. It's certainly not about scoring goals.

    Right or wrong, as a fan I hate it.

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    its because no-one who takes them in the first team can get the ball past the first defender on the 6yrd box.

    go back and roll the tape, I reckon the closest SONG ever got to a decent corner was when he ran over the ball to let someone else take it.

    we suck at long corners.... also helps passing stats if the two over the ball knock it back and forth a few times before getting closed down.

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    Quote Originally Posted by q-money View Post
    we've had this conversation on here before, can anyone remember the outcome?
    foz crashed.
    foz2.0 happened.

    here we are again.
    this must be the start of the end, again.
    Last edited by GazFish35; 13-08-2012 at 10:05 PM.

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    Vigs used to hit em sweet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by almcgoo View Post
    Why do the Jets continually use the short corner?
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    So we can stay out of the top 6.

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    no point sending it in there, now that topor's gone.

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    Marko Jesic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by militiamon View Post
    Marko Jesic.
    Oh FFS, when Jeffers came and had the brilliant solution of letting the best passer in the team (Wehrman at the time) take the corners instead of Jesic and we go on to score a few.

    Jesic = shit.

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    Wehr's your boy Wehrman now?

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    Quote Originally Posted by militiamon View Post
    Wehr's your boy Wehrman now?
    Last I saw him, the old Royal Hospital site.

    Wasn't taking Wehrman's side over GvE, just making the point that when Branks decided to let Wehrman take corners, we scored more often (and got about 100% more into a dangerous area).

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    Deans out

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    Wasn't having a dig, just curious. Did he say he was trying for a team in Norway again?

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    Quote Originally Posted by militiamon View Post
    Wehr's your boy Wehrman now?
    Lol queerman. Lack of heavies really let him down

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    Quote Originally Posted by q-money View Post
    to be honest, i can hardly recall us ever scoring a goal from a corner into the mixer, either.
    Very rare indeed.

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    at the intra-club trial at the uni, every corner was short.

    i don't think they will do it everytime when it comes to the bigtime, the a-league games, but i think they're using it as much as possible in practice & games that don't matter so they do it well when they actually want to do it in games.

    q is right - i can remember jade north scoring off a corner from a header, and not too many more. maybe adam griffiths with a diving header off a freekick in a position similar to a corner.
    OK

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    a griff knocked a couple in from corners and set pieces on memory

    queerman did have a decent delivery on him and jesic used to hit them out for a goal kick.

    solution to the problem: Sarkies the dead ball specialist

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