I think KP's, right at the end of the first PL season perhaps, may have been the last...............and IIRC that was mainly down to some pretty pathetic goalkeeping. I think Greenwood has had a few efforts which have at least come close.
We did score from a freekick into the box v Chelsea at home last year (Rodrigo). On Fri, Dec 1, 2023 at 11:54 AM nattan--- via Leedslist < leedslist@gn.apc.org> wrote: > We were saying the same. Tried to work out the last time we scored direct > from a free kick - started with Eddie Lewis ! Then recalled KP getting one > We decided the last we could recall was probably by Raphinha and he has > been gone a full season and a half > Any advance ??Dave On Thursday, 30 November 2023 at 22:22:27 GMT, Tim > Whelan via Leedslist <leedslist@gn.apc.org> wrote: > > > Is it just me, or is anyone else getting tired of the fact that we > haven't hit a decent free kick all season? Certainly no goals direct > from free kicks, or even any that went remotely close or forced the > keeper to make a decent save. (There might have been one that floated > gently over the wall straight at the keeper, but I don't count that). > And I can't remember any goals coming from free kicks crossed into the > box. > > When we got a free kick in a dangerous position early in the second half > last night I predicted that Summerville would step up and shoot straight > into the wall, but I was wrong. In fact, Piroe stepped up and put it > straight into the wall instead. > > This is why I was sorry to see Sam Greenwood go out on loan, but I > suppose that being the best set piece taker available doesn't get you > selected if your all round game isn't quite good enough. (See also James > Ward-Prouse and England). > > But the players who are still with us are a talented bunch, so surely > there must be at least one of them we could train up to become a free > kick specialist. Can't Daniel Farke just pick one and tell them to > practise? > > Rant over. > > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Richard Walker via Leedslist" <leedslist@gn.apc.org> > To: "nat...@sky.com" <nat...@sky.com>; "Robert Heath" > <heathpalai...@gmail.com> > Cc: "leeds list" <leedslist@gn.apc.org> > Sent: Thursday, 30 Nov, 23 At 17:20 > Subject: Re: [LU] Swansea > Agree with all that especially Piroe who definitely had his > bestgame.Very commanding in an advanced midfield role and he got his > goal which backs up Farke's theory. > I think Sumerville is excellent and I agree that he could go right to > the top. I think he's got more 'in his locker' than Sterling ever had. > He's one of those rare players that you know something is going to > happen when it gets the ball. Eddie Gray had that ability but none many > do. I can't currently same the same about Rutter, but he does do things > that you don't often see on a football pitch especially at this level, I > think he just needs some consistency. He was awful at Rotherham. > I also think Swansea caused us a lot of problems in the first half > without testing the keeper much but they were lively and overall it was > a good win. > Bamford is trying way to hard but he looks fit and you just know he will > score goals if given the chance but at the moment you just can't drop > Piroe or Rutter. > I see Farke was talking about Ayling and his decision to exclude him > from the squad because of Gray and Spence's inclusion. Said it was one > of the hardest decisions he's had to make. Unfortunately, Ayling has > declined rapidly and everytime he plays now you can see his legs have > gone. I think Liam C is on the way as well. > > On Thursday, 30 November 2023 at 16:44:14 GMT, Robert Heath > <heathpalai...@gmail.com> wrote: > > That was my first time seeing Farke's Farkers in the flesh. The > atmosphere > was indeed weirdly flat. Credit to the Welsh who managed to enliven > things > for the last 20 mins with a nonstop rendition of an (obviously new) > chant > about Yanick Bolasie. > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > <https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist> > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ > <https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/> > Dave Dowden, a legend, a Totty Twin, a pie man! 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