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Long throws

twickerspne

twickerspne

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Milwall like Reading seem to love this long throw routine. When will the EFL start penalising these players who blatantly cause a foul throw by stepping past the touch line.
Moreover / we should just plant a player in front of the throw in player trajectory. Even if 2 metres that puts them off
 
It’s not so much the long throw as the defending against them. Last three goals all scored from their players flicking on an header… reading and Millwall scoring when we fail to attack the ball
 
It’s essentially the same as the no-ball rule in cricket but actually more lenient. In cricket the bowler must have part of his foot behind the line. In football, part of the foot on the line is sufficient on a throw in.

Equivalent to the penalty rule whereby a foul on the line of the 18 yard box is a penalty rather than a free kick.

Too depressed to go into detail after today, but whether it is worth going with the long throw is entirely dependent on the length and trajectory the thrower is able to execute. Irrelevant given that Riis is our long throw option and I doubt we do the data analysis required to make it work anyway. Reckon Milwall’s manager has the stats, he turns us over every time for a reason.
 
California_PNE said:
Fair dos... I'm surprised as always thought any of your foot can't be on the pitch i.e had to be behind or on the line
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I would swear that that’s also exactly how I was taught the rule - and how local league linesmen used to apply it throughout my playing days.
I checked a while ago and found that once upon a time, the rule was like that (the way you state) - but that changed in the 1930s
 
It will soon be pointless discussing any kind of throw-in in any event. Trials are currently under way, in some professional sectors, to replace them with a timed kick-in: one of Arsene Wenger's, in conjunction with IFAB's, measures to speed up play. The law makers are apparently all in favour.
 
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