Brads-Wigan Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Hiya, basically I cant defend a corner for the life of me! Im managing Leeds, 3rd season, 7th midway through the season. Playing very well, just a very high percentage of goals conceded are from corners. I have tried different corner set ups, alot of training, defending corners, aerial defence, defending wide with no improvement. I have nick pope in goal who has a command of area 19, Is there any corner set up thats bomb proof. any other advice? thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snorks Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 None that are bomb-proof I'm afraid. But in what way are you conceding from corners? Corner dropping in 6yd box and headers? Corners to far post/near post? 2nd ball goals? Without deeper analysis it's hard to offer any more than this: One thing I often do, when I get Next Opposition reports is look at their set piece deliveries - you can often see a favoured delivery method - near/far post etc. I will tweak my defending routine to accomodate this, with the better headers/bigger players set be in the area the ball is expected. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceLombardi Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 My best results have been with pulling the guys off the posts and stacking the box with a guy in all 5 positions. My best 2 defenders mark tall, with another just man marking. Then 1 guy on the edge for clean up, and 1 guy looking to counter (mainly to force them to defend). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brads-Wigan Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 Mostly conceding from within the 6 yard box. Do people sucessfully zonal mark six yard area? Or prefer man marking, marking tallest etc... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snorks Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 1 hour ago, Brads-Wigan said: Mostly conceding from within the 6 yard box. Do people sucessfully zonal mark six yard area? Or prefer man marking, marking tallest etc... I will have most if not all the zonally areas covered so yes - I also take player off the posts. Again, by checking the opposition report you can shift your players around all the zonally marked position. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brads-Wigan Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 Thanks, what determines the detail on the opposition report? some times in the set pieces analysis, it is blank or just says they rarely take short corners. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Experienced Defender Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 There is no definite recipe for defending corners (and set-pieces in general), as it depends on the type of your players (how tall/short/good in the air they are on average). My usual approach is to have my aerially most dominant centre-back man-marking a tall player, while another one either also man-marks somebody or zonally protects the 6-yard box centre. Another good jumper zonally marks the 6-yard box near centre, and somebody is also in charge of the 6-yrd box far centre. Standing on the near post is a player with an average aerial ability but good bravery, concentration and anticipation. The far post is marked by someone with good positioning, concentration (and preferably bravery as well). A small player is marked by someone who isn't particularly tall and good in the air, but has other defensive attributes (marking, tackling, concentration...), usually a DM. The best creator and passer is on the edge of area. And of course, the player that is least useful (a small and fast striker/winger) stays forward. More or less, something like this: NP FP 6YNC 6YC 6YFC MT MM MS EA SF Sometimes I also have a player zonally marking the far post area instead of one of the 2 man-markers: NP FP 6YNC 6YC 6YFC ZFP MT MS EA SF Btw, you can also create a successful routine without anyone on the posts (or one of them), as Rashidi already demonstrated in his videos. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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