Svensational wrote:I couldnt believe it when Dunnes 2nd header that just flew wide of the post, it was Barry once again marking him! How can you make the same mistake twice in one match, unbelievable! Surely theres other players who can come in and defend set pieces better than Barry?
citytilidie wrote:barry was generally poor tonight, think the booing really got to him
King Kev wrote:It's not so much a question of which players are in our box when defending set pieces, it's more a question of where they are in the box.
Barry should be in the box defending but he should not be one of the guys on the edge of the 6 yard box directly in front of the goal.
mcfc1632 wrote:Ade is the best header of the ball - I would have him in the key position that Barry seems to have been allocated
Ted Hughes wrote:A lot of our problems come from near post fiascos so Adebayor has been put there & stopped 2 possible goals. If you take him away from there the oppo will just put the ball where he isn't. It's not rocket sceince. I keep making the point that we're outnumbered aerially. Even if we practice it all the time, we only realistically have Adebayor, Lescott & Toure & Toure's not that brilliant at it. Liverpool can't defend corners & they're miles better aerially, so how do we expect to get away with it?
We'll get better at it as the team get to know each other but wheras Richards would become an assett & tonight would've massacred Dunne in the air, it's hard to see Zabeleta & Bridge becoming anything more than average at it. Barry is better than those two but still vulnerable. In a team full of dwarves, can you afford to have 2 fullbacks who can't defend set pieces? I recon you can't in at least half the games. So we either play Richards or we have to play Vinnie midfield or start with RSC in these tough away games.
xavi6 wrote:I'm open to correction but was Barry our next tallest player after the three I mentioned?
King Kev wrote:xavi6 wrote:I'm open to correction but was Barry our next tallest player after the three I mentioned?
He well may be, but there's no point being tall if you don't know how to time your jump and show no aggression whatsoever when trying to win a header.
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