Actually, I think you end up with Graham Taylor

and that bloke who "discovered" that goals (i) typically come from inside the box, and (ii) typically resulted from very few prior passes, and therefore (iii) concluded that the best tactic was to keep hoofing it to the big bloke in the box, whenever in possession and from almost anywhere on the pitch.

Posted By: paulg on January 9th 2023 at 11:35:13

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Did you know that 3% of corners result in a goal? (NCFC) - Kangol Canary, Jan 9, 08:51:07
- How many of our corners result in a goal at the other end... (NCFC) - usacanary, Jan 9, 14:14:32
- 0.000003% from a looping Hanley header? (n/m) (NCFC) - MonkeyPuzzle, Jan 9, 11:05:02
- So. A bit of google and I found this. 1% of attacking plays results in a goal (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Jan 9, 10:13:48
  - Don't bother attacking. Virtually pointless. (n/m) (NCFC) - paulg, Jan 9, 11:18:46
    - Ffs (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jan 9, 12:08:09
    - You see?! Dean Smith was right all along! He was coaching with the analytics (n/m) (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Jan 9, 11:28:09
      - Actually, I think you end up with Graham Taylor (NCFC) - paulg, Jan 9, 11:35:13
  - 'plays' ? FFS. This isn't the NFL !! (n/m) (NCFC) - CWC, Jan 9, 10:37:48
  - That makes football sound very boring and frustrating. I'm off to the basketball (n/m) (NCFC) - Adster, Jan 9, 10:23:29
- What are the percentages from open play attacks? (n/m) (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Jan 9, 10:05:14
- We probably concede more on the breakaway from our attacking corners… (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Jan 9, 09:37:02
  - Only conceded from 1 counter attack apparently (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 9, 09:40:39
    - That is because to have a counter attack, you need an attack to counter (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Jan 9, 11:30:48
- The set piece coach has been important in the fact that (NCFC) - jAC, Jan 9, 09:27:59
- When Mourinho first arrived in England he was amazed at the excitement for a corner (NCFC) - Wilts, Jan 9, 09:16:07
- Not our corners obviously (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 9, 09:12:30
  - I lament ghouls no longer from flag kicks, something we desperately need to change. (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Jan 9, 09:14:19
    - Back in the day we used to do it (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 9, 09:19:45
      - Malky! (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Jan 9, 10:03:52
- That's really interesting. The other thing people always do is criticise a short corner if (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Jan 9, 09:09:38
  - The joke is on everyone that laughed at Crawley! (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Jan 9, 09:35:13
    - I absolutely loved that. (NCFC) - trafford_canary, Jan 9, 10:15:07
      - FOUR appearances in this reel! (NCFC) - trafford_canary, Jan 9, 10:18:31
- Insert obligatory comment about set-piece coach here: (n/m) (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Jan 9, 08:54:10
  - Kenny usually goes for the near post flick on which as worked a few times (n/m) (NCFC) - watfordcanary, Jan 9, 09:11:15

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