Obviously a training ground effort. It was very original as it looked as though we were setting up for a conventional short corner but caught them completely unawares. There must only be so many different corners, but I don't ever remember seeing that one before. Any one seen it before?
We scored a slightly similar one against QPR in the "Elsaccico" game. Think that one involved Morgan too, although was given as an Anton Ferdinand OG.
And the quality of the delivery from JWP was sublime. At usual, he fizzed it in with top spin just at the distance where Adrian wasn't quite sure whether to go for it or not. The lad's a star. Onionman Jr is a keeper some of the time and he says he'd hate to face those corners and crosses because they fly differently from the floaters you normally see. Vin
I don't think it was a training ground effort at all, it was just some quick, smart thinking in the situation. A MEDIUM corner was perfect.
Maybe it was a training ground play that was made to look like an off-the-cuff thing. Personally, I think several of these so-called training ground plays are just the players being awake and alive to a possibility. It a footballer can't be awake at a set piece when are they..?
Just to add to the debate, here's some Brilliant Corners: [video=youtube;G1uvVa11cFE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1uvVa11cFE[/video]
There was one training ground free kick that gave Pelle the chance to put his laces through the ball and hit it at Adrian so hard that if I'd been him I'd have got out of the way rather than doing the rather decent save he mustered. Obviously didn't make it into the BBC highlights (it was just great play rather than something making West Ham look unlucky) but it could have been yet another goal. Once the full game's online in a day or two, I'll link to it. It really should have been a goal. Vin
The key was that it was a quick corner. Which was smart because West Ham were all standing around arguing/frustrated (with good reason, tbf) that it should have been a goal kick. I hate short corners (and medium corners), but I believe in having one in the playbook and trying them every so often helps keep opposing teams honest. We were doing it way too often last year, though. ONCE a game, I can live with.
Short corner that works...good. Short corner that doesn't...bad. Always feel like it is a waste of a corner when it fails...I like the simple 'put it on someone's head' type. However, when it works.....
Any one seen this? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...eritage-turning-tunnel-replica-coal-mine.html
