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The Austin MacPhee Thread

Been screaming for years now about our throw ins, and hallelujah we seem to have sorted them, amongst numerous other dead ball situations too. Great appointment.
 
Not sure about this set-piece coach mallarky. Defensively we look lost. Buendia on their man mountain guy today. The long throw into the box is embarrassing. Bailey today just about got the ball into the box. Laughable.
 
He's taken us backwards to the halcyon days of pulis at stoke, a towel a full back and a howitzer into the box hoping for a lucky bounce. Abysmal and desperate
 
Well, it was acceptable tactic today when we were down to 10 men. It was the only way we were going to score. A couple were really dangerous 2nd half . But no it’s not rocket science to do is it.
 
If you have someone who can actually get a dangerous long throw in then I don't see why you shouldn't do it. We've always been abysmal at creating opportunities from throw ins, going back decades. I'm not complaining when all of a sudden we can actually create a bit of danger from them.

We've plenty of actual problems to complain about.
 
JuanPabloAngel said:
I don't recall anyone complaining when Danny Ings scored against Newcastle, but happy to be corrected.
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I never recall any Stoke fans complaining either with Rory Delap's throws . I can recall many Villa fans saying they'd stop going if Villa ever had Pulis or played like Stoke.
 
I always had the theory that Pulis would have won the Spanish league back in the days of the great Pep Barca team. Rory Delap, Peter Crouch, Andy Carrol and 7 big defenders.
 
25 goals from set pieces last term and has started well this term. Lost Luiz due to finances but gained Onana who looks a lovely target to hit. Have to say we could see a fair few more set piece goals with Tielemans pulling the trigger. Apologies if there is already a thread, couldn’t find it.
 
Well, Onana scored two goals last season with Neverton, I have no Idea how many he will get this season but could well be double figures.
Austin MacPhee will start making moves knowing 1 or 2 players will be headding for Onana knowing it will leave Ramsey or Rogers free to finish the set piece.

Oh Happy Days......... makes me wonder why Scotland never made use of him...
 
col8 said:
Well, Onana scored two goals last season with Neverton, I have no Idea how many he will get this season but could well be double figures.
Austin MacPhee will start making moves knowing 1 or 2 players will be headding for Onana knowing it will leave Ramsey or Rogers free to finish the set piece.

Oh Happy Days......... makes me wonder why Scotland never made use of him...
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12 set piece goals from 21 games since he joined the Scotland set up apparently - not too shabby
 
Such a clever free kick yesterday. Onana said they spend hours working on them at Bodymoor and it shows.

We wondered what Ollie was doing standing where he was before the free kick was taken , and I think JJ's pull back was meant for him , not that it mattered it was begging to be scored.
 
sirdennis said:
Such a clever free kick yesterday. Onana said they spend hours working on them at Bodymoor and it shows.

We wondered what Ollie was doing standing where he was before the free kick was taken , and I think JJ's pull back was meant for him , not that it mattered it was begging to be scored.
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Think Ollie got a very slight touch, so I’d agree, he was the primary target, but every great tactician has a back up plan - there were three players running that channel. Not sure who was behind Andre (sic), but there was another at the back post.
 
His last few set pieces have been hilariously obvious. The header Onana should have scored against Arsenal and the one yesterday, I am not sure why more effort wasn't made to stop them.

A few us here need to give the man an apology because clubs will be snooping around for him soon. I like to think such is admiration and respect of Unai he'll want to stay and maybe even go to the next project with him.

I think Austin himself would admit Unai has pushed him a level too.
 
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