I hate that practice of bringing everyone back. One thing I liked about Jewell was he always left players up, and we got a lot of goals on the counter under him. I can understand it for direct free kicks where you need a lot in the wall but not corners
The ultimate waste of a player through this was in 05/06 when “the mighty” Newcastle came to little Wigan, and brought everyone back at corners, including Owen. What a 5 ft 6 cforward is going to contribute defending corners I’ve no idea. Especially as we left Henchoz back – good player, but not exactly quick enough to live with Owen in a ball over the top…
