Corners

[Dhav]

kewell when hes back is a great corner taker.if hes not there, aurelio/pennant/babel/alonso or even stevie finnan - anyone but sg and jar - they are shocking - never seen worse wastes of set plays.stevie takes a good free kick every now and then but corners,urgh.hits them hard and low for some reason everytime.surely someones clicked by now and should run away with the ball everytime he goes to take one.

Exactly, how many corners have you seen Stevie G take that hit the first man? 70%? Regardless, it's an awful lot and far too many.

Thing is, shouldn't it be the manager's decision as to who takes corners?

[Fiddy]

He should be hanging out on the edge of box to collect the clearances. He's far more accurate from there than is JAR.

Yep Gerrard is a poor corner taker. Can't really understand the logic in him taking them - given what a sweet striker of the ball he is shouldn't he be around the edge of the box looking to get on the end of any loose balls a la Scholes?

I don't see why he wouldn't fancy that more than hacking it to the first man every time anyway...someone on the coaching staff ain't doing their job right cos Stevie should not be taking them, simple as

[ningnangnong]

I'd have Aurelio taking the corners, Gerrard in the box ready to latch onto one, and Alonso outside the box for the scraps.

[Howard_lfc]

So we're all agreed that SG's corners are ****. Thing is, he'll continue to take them so what do we know eh?

[Armchairkopite]

Funnily Gerrards free kick taking has improved this season although his corners are as bad as ever and he deffo needs to be in the box personally i'd have Xabi taking the corners and just to broaden the argument our crossing from open play leaves a lot to be desired.

[kopash]

I remember Hamman hardly took them but when he did he put in some great balls. McAllister was our last great set piece exponent. Before that probably John Barnes!

[Nic83]

i'm always on about this. For me, as Good a player as Gerrard is, he's possibly the worst corner taker I've ever seen.

Why? Because he's forever trying to get the 'perfect' corner which 90% of the time leads to him hitting the first defender.

He would offer so much in the box aswell.

I'm still baffled as to why Rafa hasn't taken him off corner duty.

[Kenneth]

I'd have Aurelio taking the corners, Gerrard in the box ready to latch onto one, and Alonso outside the box for the scraps.

If he's playing, Fabio should take a fair %.