I generally manage lower ranks sides who to compete really have to punch above their weight so set pieces are very important for some of my sides because at times I’m not going to score any other way. So in this little article we’ll have a look at set piece tactics.
First off we have to ask what is a good corner strategy?
Try to have three big targets in the box, one on Near Post Flick-On, the strongest on Challenge GK, and a third on Forward. Add to that a real shooter on “Attack Near Post”, and somebody with Headers and Finishing at “Stand on Far Post”, and you have four goalscoring threats plus a good Ian Rush like poacher.
Likewise, your throw-in instructions can make a huge difference; get somebody with 18+ Long Throws as your throw-in taker, put a big defender on Near Post, two Long Shot specialists on Lurk Outside Box, a striker on Default, and a fullback on Go Forward. Works a treat; all five are threats to score.
As for Long Shots, you need space to pull it off – so if you have tight-marking and high closing down all over the pitch, neither your players nor the opposition have enough space to really make it work. If you dropped that to loose marking, low closing down, I bet you’d see a lot more – both for and against.
What kind of a player makes a good freekick taker?
The first conclusion I came to was that although composure IS important, it is nowhere near as important as it is when taking penalty kicks. In my view, the composure attribute is, (believe this or not), more important than the penalty attribute when deciding the result of a spot kick.
With free-kicks, there are other options to consider and all of these affect the outcome.
Should the player shoot, tee up another player for a shot, cross, play wide left/right, or our old favourite, pass back to the GK from just outside the opposition area. Affecting this decision would be decisions, creativity, flair, and possibly anticipation.
If he shoots, which part of the goal does he aim for. I would say that decisions and free-kicks affect this.
If he decides he is going to shoot, and he knows where he wants to put it, does he blast it or try a delicate placed shot. I suppose what affects this is decisions, free-kicks, technique and maybe any PPM’s that are applicable.
Once he has decided that he will shoot, what part of the goal he will aim at and whether he will blast it or place it, we have the following attributes to consider that will effect the outcome. Finishing, free-kicks, long-shots, technique and composure.
As always your thoughts are welcome!
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I read somewhere before about something you can do on corners and your central defender (or anyone with good jumping and heading abilities) score a huge amount of goals. Apparently you get the defender to challenge the goalkeeper and get the corner taker to play it to the 6 yard box. Has anyone else tried this and does it work?
I’m playing with Sunderland atm and have got to the League Cup Final against Arsenal, and having not beaten them in the 4 encounters we have had, I just used these tactics and did them 4-2! Sure enough, 2 of the goals came from corners, my defender scoring 2 after being set to ‘challenge keeper’. You are a legend mate, thanks and nice one!!!!
@ Kevin
Yeah i’d heard about it after i’d ran one of the updates which corrected it so never got it going. But interested to see if people did use it.
@ Dan
Great stuff Dan, glad to helped buddy. Who cares how you score them, a cup is a cup
Hey..
with corners do we just leave it on mixed or send em in to 6-yard or penalty?
thnx.
@Nick
You generally just want to leave it on mixed… You have mixed targets in the box so mixing it up really helps!
Good luck.
hey
so is this corner tactic true? set 1 defender on challenge the keeper and he scored billions of goals? like, if i was west ham, would puttin anton ferdinand on challenge the goalkeeper would he score a fair amount of goals? :S
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ya it works i used it with utd and vidic scoared 23 pl goals and 10 in european comp 2nd in the pl for goals.
yeah that tactic works a treat with the right central defender, the person who it suits best who i’ve had is fazio. He scored consistantly every season, You set him to challenge the keeper, and everybody else should attack far post, have the ball coming into the penallty area or 6 yard box, so that the defender is left unmarked, and maybe have your wingbacks staying back just incase the opposition counter attacks. Use a player who is strong, good heading and good jumping. Fazio is brilliant in all of these areas.
what do you mean by ” a real shooter “.
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