14 Jun 2016 22:04:23
Question for the knowledgeable eds and a point for debate. Do you think having a wall for all free kicks is a help to the keeper or a a help for the taker. It seems that sometimes it obscures vision and makes the keeper step out of position to get sight of the flight. At certain distances or angles I think no wall would be better. Clever strikers use the wall as a guide to bend the ball round to an unsighted keeper?

{Ed091's Note - as a goalkeeper ill take this one on. I always set up a big wall and say to the kick taker, go on then, beat that, then beat me. As for being un sighted that rarely happens, i always see where the ball starts, and thats enough, once kicked, to know which side to go. Im pro walls.
However my club is reluctant to try my own design called the rashoumon. a five person wall, 3 wide 2 high, thats right, two players on the threes shoulders, one day it will become the norm.

1.) 14 Jun 2016
14 Jun 2016 22:16:24
Basically like a human pyramid then Ed?

2.) 14 Jun 2016
14 Jun 2016 22:31:00
I was having a conversation about this tonight while watching the tail end of the Portugal game. Time was well up when Ronaldo had the 1st Free Kick. I said that I wouldn't have had a wall, I'd of had 10 on the goal line and the keeper in front, just for that free mind you. Ronnie would have had to score direct and would have been nigh on impossible to score with the goal covered. Play it short and the ref blows the whistle. Good tactic, no?

{Ed091's Note - Is it better than the human rashoumon pyramid? im not so sure.

3.) 14 Jun 2016
14 Jun 2016 23:00:03
Like the pyramid idea.

4.) 14 Jun 2016
14 Jun 2016 23:24:18
I've thought of that and or a guy lying on the floor to prevent the cheeky under the wall effort.

{Ed091's Note - the rashoumon covers that, as the rashoumon would not need to jump.

5.) 15 Jun 2016
15 Jun 2016 00:14:30
Ed. Is this a joke? Wouldn't the kicker just pass i to someone else, and while these morons try to climb down, the attacker would have ran passed them and finished? can't see this working out.

{Ed091's Note - It is all about the dismount NL. Not to mention the other 5 defenders. I find your lack of faith disturbing.

6.) 15 Jun 2016
15 Jun 2016 02:58:53
Come to think of it Ed, we can use the same tactic to actually take free kicks too. Kick the ball up to the guy on top of the rashoumon, who would have a free shot at goal.

7.) 15 Jun 2016
15 Jun 2016 04:35:36
The pyramid wall would all probably be booked for ungentlemanly conduct and the free kick would end up 10 steps closer:)

8.) 15 Jun 2016
15 Jun 2016 01:55:57
So you still play Ed. unless I missed it I'm still trying to find out your identity
With that choice. Is not tempting for a whizz over the head of the outer wall defender and try and beat you with pace of shot? (Not saying that works)

{Ed091's Note - if they do that, then they deserve a goal gazza

9.) 15 Jun 2016
15 Jun 2016 07:43:20
As a goalkeeper in my younger days I came up with the idea of having no wall, then the opposition started forming there own wall.
It benefits both teams and it's better to have your own men in the wall.

10.) 15 Jun 2016
15 Jun 2016 08:14:22
"Ed. Is this a joke? "

😄😄😄 gave me a great laugh this. I think we can safely say the human pyramid idea is probably a joke.

11.) 15 Jun 2016
15 Jun 2016 01:42:42
Is it legal to monkey hang off the crossbar 9 on the line 2 hanging feet and legs on crossbar lol.