Are Corner Kicks Becoming Irrelevant?

[ScoRoss]

 

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40% of corners don’t clear the first man, 16% result in an attempt on goal, 7% end up on target &, perhaps most damningly, only 1.3% leads directly to a goal.

 

[Cicero]

Might have something to do with 'traditional wingers' being a dying breed. 

[Dan+]

It does surprise me teams don't try more short corner routines.

[Inverted]

I think that, like direct free kicks, putting a corner into the box is probably inefficient but too ingrained culturally, and the reward for doing something different is too marginal, for most teams to stop doing them.

Like shooting from a free kick is quite a stupid thing to when you think of it. You're given free reign to make a pass right outside the opposition penalty area, and the opposition is forced to give you loads of space to make it. Instead, teams almost always choose to take a shot that requires a perfect execution and then has to beat the wall and the goalie, who are all expecting a shot.  It's quite likely that shooting isn't the best choice, unless you have a Messi-tier free kick taker.

But, fans expect you to shoot. Your star players will want to have a shot. Even if you try different routines that get you more goals overall, the difference won't probably be immediately noticeable, and the pressure to go back to the norm will probably build out of control before an alternative approach paid off. 

Corners are similar. Fans would never tolerate a team consistently taking short corners, except for the few teams like Pep's Barca who were so obviously not suited to attacking corners the normal way.

[Dr. Gonzo]

Ask Barcelona 

[Stan]

18 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Ask Barcelona 

I was gonna say 'ask Trent Alexander-Arnold' or 'ask Divock Origi'

 

[Azeem]

They should have field hockey style corners in football 

[SirBalon]

Ever since employing footballers for size became irrelevant.

[Danny]

Read somewhere in general you’re a as likely to score from open play as you are a corner, which would suggest they were never that relevant 

[Azeem]

Replace them with hockey style penalty corners

[Moon Monkey]

Football is the most popular sport for a reason,  why change it?

[CaaC (John)+]

Not sure, you brainy football lot are more clued up on this than me but why change something that has been going on for years, it's like we had a debate should throw-ins be replaced with free-kicks if so, replace the corner kicks with throw-ins from the corner instead? after all we do have a few footballers who can do that and they do cause a bit of mayhem.

[Honey Honey]

Perhaps we should use penny floaters or go down to size 4 balls? If you can't clear the first name the ball is too heavy for you. 

[Moon Monkey]

7 minutes ago, ToonFan said:

Because people want to see more goals

 

Should get rid of Goalies 

They want more goals, go and watch basketball or Ice Hockey,

I'll happily watch teams fight it out for a goal.

[Honey Honey]

Shelvey can't clear the first man on corners but he can clear the first 40 rows on freekicks. What's that about? 

[Pyfish+]

15 minutes ago, ToonFan said:

Because people want to see more goals

And then you'd get people moaning that there are too many goals in football. Can't win either way!

[DeadLinesman]

Both goals in the United/United game scored direct from corners 

[Danny]

11 hours ago, DeadLinesman said:

Both goals in the United/United game scored direct from corners 

All that proves is you are also irrelevant 

[DeadLinesman]

5 hours ago, Danny said:

All that proves is you are also irrelevant