Height and set pieces next year

[Kendall]

Been looking at our potential line up next year:

Lloris

Walker Kaboul Vertonghen Rose (?)

Sandro Dembele Paulinho

Lennon Benteke Bale

And looking at the team except for Rose/BAE/? and Lennon all the players who over 6ft in height. Surely we should finally be able to threaten from set pieces and be able to defend corners with a team that big next year!

Only issue with this team is that it doesn't include two of our better set piece deliverers in Sigurdsson and Holtby. Bale is so good in the air that I wouldn't want it to be him doing the dead ball delivery.

IMO this, couple with his greater intelligence on the ball means that Siggy would be in my team over Lennon any day.

 

[Buckoxx]

I don't think it has anything to do with height or the players we've got.

Just to use an example, I saw Dempsey head in goal after goal after goal after goal two seasons ago. Fantastic service + his aerial prowess = tons of chances.

When watching games I looked at him in particular, because he was the best header of the ball in the box out there, and I'm sure the team would have recognized that. Fair play they did, and looked for him specifically sometimes, but Walker is just a horrific set piece taker, something I didn't see people complain about enough. It was more luck than planning when a goal went in. When Siggy came in he was the best with corners, but he didn't play much last season. Huge hole for the team last season and I hope it improves.

Agree with the walker statement, but we're stuck between a rock and a hard place, our other top dead ball specialist (Bale if anyone can't work it out) is also a huge aerial threat, and I wouldn't have anyone else for it to fall to on the edge of the box than him. As suggested Siggy is probably our 2nd best, but doesn't play enough.