Boro 11 corners Cardiff 0.

Who needs corners with throw ins like that!!

Just goes to show once again, stats don't tell the full story.
 
The funny thing is we had Shotton who was very similar. Yet I'm not sure we ever scored off one of his throws?

We are definitely in need of a CF who's 6ft 4 and physical (not just tall). Also maybe a rugged CB who will throw his head onto anything.

Morrison has the same goal return at as Britt and Akpom (I know it's not saying much😂). He's available on a free in the summer so I'm pretty sure he will be top of the gaffers list.
 
The funny thing is we had Shotton who was very similar. Yet I'm not sure we ever scored off one of his throws?

We are definitely in need of a CF who's 6ft 4 and physical (not just tall). Also maybe a rugged CB who will throw his head onto anything.

Morrison has the same goal return at as Britt and Akpom (I know it's not saying much😂). He's available on a free in the summer so I'm pretty sure he will be top of the gaffers list.
'CB who will throw his head onto anything'. Maybe there's fewer players who are happy to do this nowadays.
 
The funny thing is we had Shotton who was very similar. Yet I'm not sure we ever scored off one of his throws?

We are definitely in need of a CF who's 6ft 4 and physical (not just tall). Also maybe a rugged CB who will throw his head onto anything.

Morrison has the same goal return at as Britt and Akpom (I know it's not saying much😂). He's available on a free in the summer so I'm pretty sure he will be top of the gaffers list.
He shouldn't have scored yesterday. A bit later Bettenelli did what he should have done first time.
 
The funny thing is we had Shotton who was very similar. Yet I'm not sure we ever scored off one of his throws?

We are definitely in need of a CF who's 6ft 4 and physical (not just tall). Also maybe a rugged CB who will throw his head onto anything.

Morrison has the same goal return at as Britt and Akpom (I know it's not saying much😂). He's available on a free in the summer so I'm pretty sure he will be top of the gaffers list.
Think now that M.M is manager he will offer him a new contract.
 
He shouldn't have scored yesterday. A bit later Bettenelli did what he should have done first time.
He wasn't alert at all. Too worried about pushing the player closest to him out of the way. By time he did that he was out of position and it was too late.
 
We've won a lot of corners this season, but barely scored from them. We need a big CF and a massive CB to bully teams at attacking corners. That would add another10 points a season on it's own.
 
This pic says it all for me, 4 boro players around 2 Cardiff and each one of them is more intent on wrestling with them than they are on attacking the ball
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Still irritated by that goal, we wete so terrified by Aden Flint, the guy who hasn't scored in 80 years, that they forgot the basics of defending.
 
This pic says it all for me, 4 boro players around 2 Cardiff and each one of them is more intent on wrestling with them than they are on attacking the ball
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McNair should have been tighter, his shoulder isn't touching Morrisons.

The man in front should ensure that the attacker can't get a clear view of the ball or move onto it.Britt and Hall are doing their job, although Hall has been out muscled a little by the shove in the back.

The man behind should be touch tight so the attacker has no room to swivel, and direct the ball,They should lean into the attacker so he's unbalanced. Fry's touch tight and his hip is unbalancing Flint, he's just about doing enough.

Paddy isn't doing enough for me. If he was tighter to Morrison then he wouldn't be balanced to head it. Morrisons weight is going forward, to push Hall, McNair should be using that to his advantage leaning into Morrison putting just enough weight down on him so that he can't direct a header.

This might seem picky, but it's small margins. They say as a defender you can't win every header, but you should make sure your opponent can't win it cleanly either.
 
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