It's so frustrating that considering we have so many free kicks and corners awarded to us, we still aren't taking advantage of this! Only last year due to Bale did we actually convert a few free kicks but this is and has been, a major Spurs weakness for so many seasons, it's ridiculous that no one has addressed it fully from a coaching perspective.
We certainly need to defend better from corners and free kicks but most importantly, we create so many opportunities due to our style of play which end up getting us alot of corners and free kicks but I'm amazed non of our coaches have spent enough time making us practice over and over on this part of our game.
In Italy, Germany and Spain especially, almost any free kick within 25 yards of goal is a scoring opportunity, whilst I don't need to remind any fan of English football about the amount of work managers like Allardyce puts into practicing set pieces, getting second bounce opportunities etc.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not suggesting we change our style of play to copy Big Sam but adding this to our portfolio would be a worthwhile thing, surely mixing things up, to actually take advantage of the opportunities which our game play affords us is common sense?
So rather than playing a round of golf, the players should be encouraged to continually practice corners and free kicks, in fact it should be written into all their contracts, goal bonuses for successful set piece conversions!
We certainly need to defend better from corners and free kicks but most importantly, we create so many opportunities due to our style of play which end up getting us alot of corners and free kicks but I'm amazed non of our coaches have spent enough time making us practice over and over on this part of our game.
In Italy, Germany and Spain especially, almost any free kick within 25 yards of goal is a scoring opportunity, whilst I don't need to remind any fan of English football about the amount of work managers like Allardyce puts into practicing set pieces, getting second bounce opportunities etc.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not suggesting we change our style of play to copy Big Sam but adding this to our portfolio would be a worthwhile thing, surely mixing things up, to actually take advantage of the opportunities which our game play affords us is common sense?
So rather than playing a round of golf, the players should be encouraged to continually practice corners and free kicks, in fact it should be written into all their contracts, goal bonuses for successful set piece conversions!
