How should we deal with set pieces/balls in the box?

[Long slender neck]

Its obviously still a problem.

If we dont have the height and strength theres not much we can do about it now.

Should Keeley just be trying to punch it?

[DrWindy]

All eleven back, players on posts. Maybe zonal marking might work better. Maybe…

[i8ubutler]

Jump high and head the ball away from goal.

[Long slender neck]

Could we barricade the goal line with players, leave Keeley in front to try and catch/punch it? I think there'd in evitably be a foul on Keeley which the ref would then have a pretty clear view of.

[Stamford O]

Keeley did try and punch couple of crosses at huddersfield, wasn't the best punches but at .least he got enough on ball to divert ball away

[Hoover Attack]

Have Beckles and Cooper etc marking their biggest players.

Get shortest/lightest players - Kelman/Markandy/Galbraith etc to sit on the shoulders of medium players - Agyei/Brown/Donley etc lined up along the six yard box zonally at front post, middle of goal, and far post.

[The Reverend]

Not giving away silly free kicks in the first place would be a good start.

[StillSpike]

Corners and set pieces nowadays seem to be more like coordinated wrestling moves than they ever did.

Some of the attacking moves are like NFL plays, with multiple blockers trying to avoid the ref's eye.

I wish the authorities could crack down on it, you almost never see a goal from a corner without also seeing a missed foul somewhere in the area.

[Rich Tea Wellin]

Keeley on Coopers shoulders I reckon and get Galbraith to bite a few peoples legs

[Hoover Attack]

Corners and set pieces nowadays seem to be more like coordinated wrestling moves than they ever did.

Some of the attacking moves are like NFL plays, with multiple blockers trying to avoid the ref's eye.

I wish the authorities could crack down on it, you almost never see a goal from a corner without also seeing a missed foul somewhere in the area.

Totally.

I called out their penalty on Saturday - Horsfall was clearly climbing on the back of REG. Anywhere else on the pitch, that's a foul, but in the box it's ok. Same with Omar sticking Horsfall in a headlock - of course it's a foul.

I have no idea why they let go incidents that would be a free kick anywhere else on the pitch. It's not in the laws.

[Hoover Attack]

And whilst we're at it, the stupid blocking off at kick offs. Of course that is obstruction. And pulling the strikers arm as he runs past you. That's a free kick too.

[LeighO]

Or the strikers shirt as the keeper did to Kelman Saturday to prevent him closing down the defenders.

[BoniO]

Have a free player who attacks the ball as it comes into the area.

[OyinbO]

If I knew the answer to this I'd be a millionaire, so to speak.

[Max B Gold]

We should just try not to foul the opposition players and concede fewer corners. That way the set piece threat can be minimised.

[Max B Gold]

Having minimised the set piece threat I find that very early in the game a punch to the kidneys of the main threat as everyone is watching the ball coming in quite often distracts the attacker and discourages future behaviour.

Of course care needs to be taken to avoid the prying eyes of the match officials and it may be necessary to employ an accomplice to block their view.

Important to note that with the prying eyes of a grassing VAR system in place for the final the above mentioned method may be redundant.

[OyinbO]

If I were a hilariously under-qualified person writing on an internet message board, masquerading as a football manager, I would simply score more goals than the opposing team.

[Hoover Attack]

Having minimised the set piece threat I find that very early in the game a punch to the kidneys of the main threat as everyone is watching the ball coming in quite often distracts the attacker and discourages future behaviour.

Of course care needs to be taken to avoid the prying eyes of the match officials and it may be necessary to employ an accomplice to block their view.

Important to note that with the prying eyes of a grassing VAR system in place for the final the above mentioned method may be redundant.

This is what Peter Beardsley meant in 1990 when he rapped about them hitting and hurting you?

[Max B Gold]

Having minimised the set piece threat I find that very early in the game a punch to the kidneys of the main threat as everyone is watching the ball coming in quite often distracts the attacker and discourages future behaviour.

Of course care needs to be taken to avoid the prying eyes of the match officials and it may be necessary to employ an accomplice to block their view.

Important to note that with the prying eyes of a grassing VAR system in place for the final the above mentioned method may be redundant.

This is what Peter Beardsley meant in 1990 when he rapped about them hitting and hurting you?

Probably, he was a notorious cry baby.

[faith1234]

Play 4 at the back

[gshaw]

In the fashion of many of the football coaching videos I see on socials these days

Don't do this: defender misses ball, attacker heads it in
Do this: defender heads the ball and clears it