How’d We Get On Last Night/Early Morning?

[The Bob Banker Spanker]

God, you like moaning dont you. A goal, is a goal, is a goal. How is a penalty a set piece by the way ? You make it sound like we are deliberately playing for penalties in games. Lionel Messi scores a lot of his goals from free kicks around the box but you dont hear the Barcelona fans, or anyone else, moaning about that do you.

A set piece occurs any time there is a restart of play following a foul or a ball going out of play.
A penalty is counted as a restart of play following foul play and therefore classified as a set piece.

Also Barcelona create lots of chances and score lots of goals from open play. We don’t and struggled to create many chances last season. Some posters are, quite rightly, a little concerned.

[dml1954]

A set piece occurs any time there is a restart of play following a foul or a ball going out of play.
A penalty is counted as a restart of play following foul play and therefore classified as a set piece.

Also Barcelona create lots of chances and score lots of goals from open play. We don’t and struggled to create many chances last season. Some posters are, quite rightly, a little concerned.

Ok. Technically by definition you are correct. However, when most fans talk about their team only scoring from set pieces, they mean free kicks, corners, throw ins etc and wouldnt include penalties. A penalty can result from a free flowing, expansive, section of play where the attacker is hacked down at the last second, just as he is going to score. A free kick from just outside the box, like Bogles last night, can be a thing of beauty lauded by everyone, a la Beckham, Messi, Suarez etc. To complain about Citys scoring record two games into a pre season tour abroad, in adverse conditions, against teams we know very little about and when the main objective is just to get the players fit is ridiculous.

[BLUETIT]

Ok. Technically by definition you are correct. However, when most fans talk about their team only scoring from set pieces, they mean free kicks, corners, throw ins etc and wouldnt include penalties. A penalty can result from a free flowing, expansive, section of play where the attacker is hacked down at the last second, just as he us going to score. A free kick from just outside the box, like Bogles last night, can be a thing of beauty lauded by everyone, a la WHITTS Beckham, Messi, Suarez etc. To complain about Citys scoring record two games into a pre season tour abroad, in adverse conditions, against teams we know very little about and when the main objective is just to get the players fit is ridiculous.

Get your priorities right please

[dml1954]

Get your priorities right please

Many apologies.

[Welshcake.]

A set piece occurs any time there is a restart of play following a foul or a ball going out of play.
A penalty is counted as a restart of play following foul play and therefore classified as a set piece.

Also Barcelona create lots of chances and score lots of goals from open play. We don’t and struggled to create many chances last season. Some posters are, quite rightly, a little concerned.

Also the reason they have a lot of set pieces around the box is because they are so potent in open play so draw a lot of fouls.