Whilst the goal conceded yesterday wasn't as a result of pi ssing around in defence it was yet again another goal conceded from a corner.
I've put 3 pics up below showing the starting position of our defence as they are awaiting the corner and the second pic shows the position of players as delivery is taken and the third is as their player headed it in.
The player ringed is the goal scorer.
For me the positional set up of all of our team in defence is at fault here. We had the full team back defending the corner, yet we conceded yet another goal from a corner.
Our defence is clearly adopting zonal marking. There are 2 opposition players in our 6 yd box unmarked, despite us having 5 outfield players in the same 6yd box.
The eventual goalscorer is not picked up before he starts a free, unchallenged 12 yd run before he heads the ball in to our goal.
If you look at the second pic as the corner has been taken there are 2 of our players inside the box who have done absolutely nothing to assist in defending the corner, Hamilton and Woodburn.
The third pic shows a number of Pool players stood literally on their own - no doubt the coaches will say they are marking their zone, but if players aren't picked up we are literally as our players to beat a man who has momentum from, in this instance, a 12 yd run up to the ball from a standing jump. There will always only ever be 1 winner in these cases.
As it turned out, and shown in the pic below the goal scorer ended up unchallenged and allowed a free header within our 6yd box.
Other than Marv blocking off their big no 5 I cannot see a single Pool player doing anything proactive to defend the corner.
Maxwell is rooted to his line, Woodburn, Hamilton and a number of others are, as I mentioned before are watching no-one but fresh air.
The number of goals we have already conceded from corners is worrying. The manager and coaches need to review this zonal marking for corners, do we have a specific defence coach?
If we can see it is a weakness, I have no doubt other teams will have too.