Clean sheet, set pieces;

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Originally Posted by PSRB

It was during the livestream on The Overlap of the match last night. I think IWWW was winding him up and he lost the plot a bit.

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I should correct it, he said the most annoying man in football, not odious.

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Originally Posted by PSRB

My mate, a Brighton fan, was trying to say we'd got away with another foul for the 1st one. I politely asked him to point out where.....silence.

It's funny, teams are just terrified now, which just makes it easier. Crowd gets up, like it's a penalty, players don't where to start, where to look, who to follow. It's hilarious.

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Timber did push Hjolund - well nudge. united fans I know had no complaints though

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Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda

Timber did push Hjolund - well nudge. united fans I know had no complaints though

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Never a foul, in fairness, if you watch most of our corners you could make a more compelling case for a penalty, than a foul by us.

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Originally Posted by PSRB

My mate, a Brighton fan, was trying to say we'd got away with another foul for the 1st one. I politely asked him to point out where.....silence.

It's funny, teams are just terrified now, which just makes it easier. Crowd gets up, like it's a penalty, players don't where to start, where to look, who to follow. It's hilarious.

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I remember that our players had to be stronger, there... when 'bullied' by more physical teams. Now we are one of the most physical teams... :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by IUFG

I remember that our players had to be stronger, there... when 'bullied' by more physical teams. Now we are one of the most physical teams... :rolleyes:

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Every player we send up for corners is 6'1" or taller and as you say, they are all physical specimens.

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Originally Posted by PSRB

Never a foul, in fairness, if you watch most of our corners you could make a more compelling case for a penalty, than a foul by us.

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This is a very good point. For ever, defending sides have set up at corners to block, push, pull shirts, nudge etc. What we are doing is constructing scenarios where we can fo the same thing back to them. And suddenly they want a foul....

Some of these routines are genius. Very, very hard to defend against.

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Originally Posted by Peter

A United fan I know was fuming last night at their inability to deal with the corners. I did try and politely point out that nobody can deal with them.

We seem to now have a huge variety of routines, most of which dont even involve blocking the keeper. All rather amusing :-)

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We are really messing with them in their heads, as the man said.

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Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda

Timber did push Hjolund - well nudge. united fans I know had no complaints though

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He nudged Paqueta at West ham as well. But when you survey the whole.box you have defenders wrestling, shoving etc. Ridiculous to isolate one nudge and call it a foul. Even though, it kind of is :-)

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Originally Posted by redgunamo

We are really messing with them in their heads, as the man said.

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We are becoming hugely unpopular as a result. I don't mind that of itself but I do worry that it feeds into the minds of refs.

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Originally Posted by Peter

This is a very good point. For ever, defending sides have set up at corners to block, push, pull shirts, nudge etc. What we are doing is constructing scenarios where we can fo the same thing back to them. And suddenly they want a foul....

Some of these routines are genius. Very, very hard to defend against.

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Right. Catch 22. We invite them to do the same to us in return or concede a goal, or a pen.