The Defensive Wall.

[thedarkprince]

No chance.....its not me and you in goal bud.

I'm with Leefer on this one - the keeper would save way more than Drogba scored.

[Batch]

But with a wall Drogba would miss more than he'd score. Question is would he score more with or without a wall?

I'll respectfully disagree with Leefer on that and leave it there.

[DV]

Lets do this.

glos red said he's a keeper. I fancy myself as a free kick expert. Some volunteers for wall (might get hit alot)

I'll take 10 shots without a wall, 10 with a wall and see what happens.

I'll probably miss them all though

[leefer]

http://www.chelseafc.com/page/PlayerProfileDetail/0,,10268~28142,00.html


0.17 shot to goal ratio......look at the stats,and remember many of these shots are INSIDE the box.

Hitting the target is fairly easy for someone like Drogba...beating a quality keeper from outside the box....not easy........made easier by a wall because its blocking the keeper.

Course as i said origanally a wall is a must close in.


Edit..............look at all the stats and only half of his shots actually hit the target...let alone test the keeper,though i do know that most of these of course are not free kicks.

[DV]

....and I expect alot of the free kicks dont hit the target because they hit the wall, go too wide round the wall and wide, too high over the wall and over.

[leefer]

....and I expect alot of the free kicks dont hit the target because they hit the wall, go too wide round the wall and wide, too high over the wall and over.

Thats a fair point Dave......but my point is that from a certain distance a wall helps the attacker more than a keeper........i believe that a good striker wouldnt score many against a good keeper from outside the box.

You obviously disagree.....fair enough.