Andreas Georgson - New Set-Piece Coach

[klayton88]

Get Bruno off corners and FKs he's dreadful at both. Eriksen has the most consistent delivery from corners but of the starting 11, I'd take anybody over Bruno.

 

[Grande]

Was just stating what’s the point in having a set piece coach. I don’t see us try any new routines. Half the time our set piece takers can’t beat the first man

If you’re wondering what the point of a set piece specialist is, just look at Arsenal, who scores a fourth of their goals or so from set pieces, an has had one for years, notably Georgson as well.

If you’re wondering what the point of us having a set piece coach is, it’s that we have effectively lacked one since Solskjær was fired, and our set pieces both ways have given us a huge handicap.

If you’re wondering when we are gonna see an uptick in set piece ability, it’s a bit more complex answer. We have already improved very clearly on defensive set pieces, which are normally the first focus of a set piece coach. That’s the first part of the answer. The second part, regarding attacking set poeces, is that it depends on a lot. Set piece training takes time from a lot of the other training, so it’s a trade-off. In periods with a new coach, or many injuries, or when basic play isn’t working, a team aiming to dominate games will not prioritize set piece training. In preseason it’s possible to get some done, but with United it’s challenging since we have many key players with late vacations, so many of the key players are not on on much of the drills. Additionally, in s short time you can only implement a few variants. The way to be effective on attacking set pieces over a time span, is to have many variants, otherwise the opposition will quickly know what to expect. For Georgson, he probably has been tasked primarily with defensive set pieces for this preseason, and then given training time for a few attacking variants, which we saw in the first games of the season. When basic play was suffering, attacking set piece training has likely been set aside for later.

Van Nistelrooy taking over and now Amorim, will likely mean that Georgson is not going to be able to affect our attacking set pieces much this side of February anyway.

 

[ifightdragons]

I was also referring to corners.

Bruno's corners are really not that good, though. He frequently hits them too low and straight at the front post defenders.

 

[Malons]

Mount's corners are better than Fernandes'. Even if we played with 10 men and he just sat in a mobility scooter waiting to be driven to whichever side of the pitch the corner was awarded from, we'd have more success.

 

[DJ_21]

Bruno's corners are really not that good, though. He frequently hits them too low and straight at the front post defenders.

I agree. I was more referring to Telles who use to bag tons of assist of them.

 

[Tom Van Persie]

 

[Oranges038]

Was just stating what’s the point in having a set piece coach. I don’t see us try any new routines. Half the time our set piece takers can’t beat the first man

Delivery is the problem. Fernandes delivery technique is just poor.

Even if someone connects with one of his deliveries, the ball isn't hit in such a way that allows someone to direct it towards goal successfully. Height, spin & power determine how a header might be able to redirect the ball towards goal. His are low, flat and hit too hard and direct, doesn't leave players with much opportunity to adjust and attack the ball.

His run up is wrong and how he strikes the ball is wrong. It's not rocket science, either he needs to adjust his technique or someone takes them.

 

[DJ_21]

Delivery is the problem. Fernandes delivery technique is just poor.

Even if someone connects with one of his deliveries, the ball isn't hit in such a way that allows someone to direct it towards goal successfully. Height, spin & power determine how a header might be able to redirect the ball towards goal. His are low, flat and hit too hard and direct, doesn't leave players with much opportunity to adjust and attack the ball.

His run up is wrong and how he strikes the ball is wrong. It's not rocket science, either he needs to adjust his technique or someone takes them.

We aren’t exactly blessed with players who specialise in crossing a ball. Luke shaw use to take them whenever he plays.

 

[Dan_F]

Delivery is the problem. Fernandes delivery technique is just poor.

Even if someone connects with one of his deliveries, the ball isn't hit in such a way that allows someone to direct it towards goal successfully. Height, spin & power determine how a header might be able to redirect the ball towards goal. His are low, flat and hit too hard and direct, doesn't leave players with much opportunity to adjust and attack the ball.

His run up is wrong and how he strikes the ball is wrong. It's not rocket science, either he needs to adjust his technique or someone takes them.

People on the internet telling footballers how to play football will never not be funny. If it’s a technical issue, I would imagine one of the professional coaches from the last decade of his career may have noticed.

 

[Oranges038]

People on the internet telling footballers how to play football will never not be funny. If it’s a technical issue, I would imagine one of the professional coaches from the last decade of his career may have noticed.

Nothing to do with telling him how to play football, it's as plain as day that it's a technique issue and a lot of it is down to understanding ball physics and how a cross can be met and where the ball will likely go after.


You don't need to be a professional coach or footballer to understand that, just look at his delivery and compare it someone who can deliver a good corner into a good area. It very much looks nobody has ever tried to work with him to improve the quality and consistency of his deliveries from corners.