KentExile Posted Sunday at 13:54 Posted Sunday at 13:54 (edited) https://www.linkedin.com/in/danny-ventre-9553006a/?originalSubdomain=uk Danny Ventre UEFA A licence & AYA holder, Recruitment & Talent ID, Set pieces Experience Assistant Manager Waterford FC · Full-time May 2025 - Oct 2025 · 6 mos 1st Team Coach Bristol Rovers Football Club (Official) · Full-time Jul 2022 - Apr 2024 · 1 yr 10 mos Blackpool FC 6 yrs 1 mo6 yrs 1 mo Head PDP u23/21 Coach Full-time Jul 2021 - Jul 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo Lead Youth Phase Coach Lead Youth Phase Coach Aug 2019 - Aug 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo Lead Foundation Phase Coach Full-time Jul 2016 - Aug 2019 · 3 yrs 2 m Edited Sunday at 13:56 by KentExile 1 Quote
simongarnerisgod Posted Sunday at 14:49 Posted Sunday at 14:49 anyone who improves us on them is very welcome,we are tragically bad on free kicks and corners 1 Quote
rigger Posted Sunday at 14:52 Posted Sunday at 14:52 56 minutes ago, KentExile said: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danny-ventre-9553006a/?originalSubdomain=uk Danny Ventre UEFA A licence & AYA holder, Recruitment & Talent ID, Set pieces Experience Assistant Manager Waterford FC · Full-time May 2025 - Oct 2025 · 6 mos 1st Team Coach Bristol Rovers Football Club (Official) · Full-time Jul 2022 - Apr 2024 · 1 yr 10 mos Blackpool FC 6 yrs 1 mo6 yrs 1 mo Head PDP u23/21 Coach Full-time Jul 2021 - Jul 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo Lead Youth Phase Coach Lead Youth Phase Coach Aug 2019 - Aug 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo Lead Foundation Phase Coach Full-time Jul 2016 - Aug 2019 · 3 yrs 2 m I hope Benson concentrating on coaching the keepers, doesn't mean Toths form falls off a cliff Quote
simongarnerisgod Posted Sunday at 15:03 Posted Sunday at 15:03 benson is very good at rearranging the counters on the tactics board and waving the subs board Quote
Tyrone Shoelaces Posted Sunday at 15:33 Posted Sunday at 15:33 41 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said: anyone who improves us on them is very welcome,we are tragically bad on free kicks and corners To say we have our share of big lads we don’t defend them very well at times. We got lucky with that lad interfering with a header that looked like going in. That goes in and yesterday’s result could have been different. The same centre half got on to the next one as well. 1 Quote
DaveyB Posted Sunday at 16:38 Posted Sunday at 16:38 I think he might already be in place. Certainly last week against Southampton there was someone I didn’t recognise (and definitely not Benson) on the touchline shouting instructions at every corner and I remember thinking that we must have appointed a new set piece coach Quote
KentExile Posted Sunday at 19:33 Author Posted Sunday at 19:33 (edited) He has now changed his linkedin to state he joined Rovers in November as "Set Piece Coach Analyst" https://www.linkedin.com/in/danny-ventre-9553006a/?originalSubdomain=uk Edited Monday at 07:03 by KentExile Quote
Ossydave Posted Sunday at 19:53 Posted Sunday at 19:53 I don't really understand how this is an actual job role, it's not a complicated task to be half decent at set pieces. Still, given how shite ours are I suppose it may be a positive move.... 2 Quote
Tyrone Shoelaces Posted Sunday at 20:21 Posted Sunday at 20:21 47 minutes ago, KentExile said: He has now changed his linkedin to state he joined Rovers in November as "Set Piece Anylist" https://www.linkedin.com/in/danny-ventre-9553006a/?originalSubdomain=uk At least he spelt “ Piece “ right. That’s a tricky one. 1 Quote
Tyrone Shoelaces Posted Sunday at 20:24 Posted Sunday at 20:24 28 minutes ago, Ossydave said: I don't really understand how this is an actual job role, it's not a complicated task to be half decent at set pieces. Still, given how shite ours are I suppose it may be a positive move.... Speaking of set pieces what about that one yesterday when we had everybody back in our box and Leicester had two players just waiting for a squared ball for a shot a goal. Even the dogs in the street could see what was going to happen but none of our players could. 2 Quote
chaddyrovers Posted Sunday at 20:27 Posted Sunday at 20:27 33 minutes ago, Ossydave said: I don't really understand how this is an actual job role, it's not a complicated task to be half decent at set pieces. Still, given how shite ours are I suppose it may be a positive move.... Alot of teams have these type of coaches Quote
Ossydave Posted Sunday at 20:34 Posted Sunday at 20:34 2 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said: Alot of teams have these type of coaches So? Doesn't really make it valid. One of the masters of set pieces was Tony Pulis, except he didn't do anything extraordinary at all, just worked hard in training and adapted the players to suit their strengths. It was seen as the way forward for lesser teams like Stoke at the time and to an extent the dingles under Dyche. Now it seems to be the latest fad even with the so called bigger teams. Quote
chaddyrovers Posted Sunday at 20:46 Posted Sunday at 20:46 10 minutes ago, Ossydave said: So? Doesn't really make it valid. One of the masters of set pieces was Tony Pulis, except he didn't do anything extraordinary at all, just worked hard in training and adapted the players to suit their strengths. It was seen as the way forward for lesser teams like Stoke at the time and to an extent the dingles under Dyche. Now it seems to be the latest fad even with the so called bigger teams. Villa and Arsenal have had once for few seasons.. JDT wanted one when he was here Quote
roversfan99 Posted Sunday at 21:12 Posted Sunday at 21:12 Why do so many teams have set piece coaches? I dont get why its seen as necessary. Lots of teams do. Yeah, but why? Is it necessary. Team x and team y do. Superb counter arguments. Quote
chaddyrovers Posted Sunday at 21:52 Posted Sunday at 21:52 Why shouldn't we have a set pieces coach? If its improve the team and we start being a bigger threat from set pieces. 1 Quote
Torgeir Posted Sunday at 21:54 Posted Sunday at 21:54 Just watch Arsenal once and you'll see how any team can benefit from some real set pieces training. Saw a stat before this round regarding Arsenal: Goals from: Set pieces - 1st in the league Penalties - 2nd in the league Goals from open play - 17th in the league Table position - 1st It's a big part of the modern game. I hope they get rid of the long throws by adjusting the rules before next season. 1 Quote
roversfan99 Posted Sunday at 22:19 Posted Sunday at 22:19 25 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said: Why shouldn't we have a set pieces coach? If its improve the team and we start being a bigger threat from set pieces. Im not against the idea. Although it was a fair question by ossydave to at least ask why, and one you didnt answer properly. Quote
Moderation Lead K-Hod Posted Monday at 05:38 Moderation Lead Posted Monday at 05:38 It’s hardly a full time job, is it? How long do they spend in training on set pieces, out of general training? Quote
KentExile Posted Monday at 07:18 Author Posted Monday at 07:18 11 hours ago, Ossydave said: I don't really understand how this is an actual job role, it's not a complicated task to be half decent at set pieces. Still, given how shite ours are I suppose it may be a positive move.... 1 hour ago, K-Hod said: It’s hardly a full time job, is it? How long do they spend in training on set pieces, out of general training? We did technically have a set piece coach by default when Eustace was here, I do not recall us being particularly great with set pieces then The most niche role I recall seeing was a throw in coach for Liverpool a few years back, wonder how many hours a week he worked? Quote
chaddyrovers Posted Monday at 07:30 Posted Monday at 07:30 9 hours ago, roversfan99 said: Im not against the idea. Although it was a fair question by ossydave to at least ask why, and one you didnt answer properly. Look at how many goals Arsenal have scored from set pieces or Villa over the 12 months. That's what a set pieces coach can do But also defensively make us more solid. Quote
MarkBRFC Posted Monday at 08:29 Posted Monday at 08:29 2 hours ago, K-Hod said: How long do they spend in training on set pieces, out of general training? Very little I guess. Maybe he's a set piece "analyst" instead of coach as he will spend most of his time analysing other teams routines for ideas and also for when we play against them etc. Quote
KentExile Posted Monday at 08:32 Author Posted Monday at 08:32 1 minute ago, MarkBRFC said: Very little I guess. Maybe he's a set piece "analyst" instead of coach as he will spend most of his time analysing other teams routines for ideas and also for when we play against them etc. He is both according to his linkedin Quote
Parsonblue Posted Monday at 08:33 Posted Monday at 08:33 12 hours ago, Ossydave said: I don't really understand how this is an actual job role, it's not a complicated task to be half decent at set pieces. Still, given how shite ours are I suppose it may be a positive move.... Set pieces have become increasingly important in the game today in terms of data. Most clubs have a set piece coach. Arsenal have become far more potent from corners etc., since they appointed a set piece coach. It's not the football I grew up with in the early sixties, but the game today is completely different. At the end of the day we have to progress and change with the times. Having said that, I much preferred the football of the early sixties to what I watch, particularly in the Premier League, today. 1 Quote
rigger Posted Monday at 12:05 Posted Monday at 12:05 16 hours ago, Ossydave said: I don't really understand how this is an actual job role, it's not a complicated task to be half decent at set pieces. Still, given how shite ours are I suppose it may be a positive move.... We also have to learn, how to defend set pieces as well. Quote
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