Set piece goals conceded against Premier League opposition 23/24
Cooper-
Arsenal (A)- 1
Sheffield United (H)- 1
Man Utd (A)- 1
Brentford (H)- 1
Luton (H)- 1
West Ham (A)- 2
Everton (H)- 1
Total- 8 conceded from 18 games, 0.44 set piece goals conceded per game
Total theoretical points lost; 10
Bournemouth (H) - 1
Brentford (A)- 2
Arsenal (H)- 1
Bournemouth (A)- 1
Newcastle (H) - 2
Villa (A)- 1
Man Utd (H) (FA Cup)- 1
Liverpool (H)- 1
Brighton (A)- 1
Luton (A)- 1
12 conceded from 13 games- 0.92 set piece goals conceded per game.
Total theoretical points lost- 14
This should be a simple thing, but the reality is we have become absolutely atrocious at defending set pieces under Nuno and have gotten considerably worse at it. It was a problem under Cooper, but a catastrophe under Nuno.
Had we just continued conceding set piece goals at the same rate as under Cooper we would have conceded half as many in these 13 games. Goodness knows how many points that would be worth, but we've thrown 14 away on set pieces under Nuno so far.
We have also scored more under Nuno; of our paltry 4, three I have been under Nuno.
This is a massive problem. There must surely be someone at the club analysing it and trying to figure out why?
Like I say, we only need to be as shite at it as we were under Cooper for it to make a huge difference