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Fluffs

Fluffs

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Saw this issue raised on the match day but feel like it deserves its own thread.

When Riis takes a throw he puts it way too high for it to be effective. It is far too easy to defend against. Even if one of our players gets on the end of it they have to generate the power which is quite difficult to do.

If you ever watch a throw in like Delaps it is thrown much more flat. It makes it much harder for the opposition keeper and defenders to judge and to deal with.

We also always go down the line with our throws from the left and right hand side and it drives me mad. We never try to peel away from a man, or make a quick dart to play a 1-2 with the throw taker. Every single throw is just launched down the line as far as possible in the hope we will win a throw further up the field for Riis to take.

It just seems like laziness to me to be honest. Just lump it forward or into the box and see what happens. If you are a team like us who is not able to compete financially with other clubs in the division we need to try and gain the edge at every opportunity possible and most of the time with our throw ins we are just giving the ball back to the opposition.

I have watched most of the games this season and I cant remember us even creating a chance from any of these long throw ins. It just baffles me why we keep trying to flog this dead horse.
 
Fluffs said:
Saw this issue raised on the match day but feel like it deserves its own thread.

When Riis takes a throw he puts it way too high for it to be effective. It is far too easy to defend against. Even if one of our players gets on the end of it they have to generate the power which is quite difficult to do.

If you ever watch a throw in like Delaps it is thrown much more flat. It makes it much harder for the opposition keeper and defenders to judge and to deal with.

We also always go down the line with our throws from the left and right hand side and it drives me mad. We never try to peel away from a man, or make a quick dart to play a 1-2 with the throw taker. Every single throw is just launched down the line as far as possible in the hope we will win a throw further up the field for Riis to take.

It just seems like laziness to me to be honest. Just lump it forward or into the box and see what happens. If you are a team like us who is not able to compete financially with other clubs in the division we need to try and gain the edge at every opportunity possible and most of the time with our throw ins we are just giving the ball back to the opposition.

I have watched most of the games this season and I cant remember us even creating a chance from any of these long throw ins. It just baffles me why we keep trying to flog this dead horse.
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You are right, but sadly it's one of Frankie's main attacking weapons.
 
Fluffs said:
Saw this issue raised on the match day but feel like it deserves its own thread.

When Riis takes a throw he puts it way too high for it to be effective. It is far too easy to defend against. Even if one of our players gets on the end of it they have to generate the power which is quite difficult to do.

If you ever watch a throw in like Delaps it is thrown much more flat. It makes it much harder for the opposition keeper and defenders to judge and to deal with.

We also always go down the line with our throws from the left and right hand side and it drives me mad. We never try to peel away from a man, or make a quick dart to play a 1-2 with the throw taker. Every single throw is just launched down the line as far as possible in the hope we will win a throw further up the field for Riis to take.

It just seems like laziness to me to be honest. Just lump it forward or into the box and see what happens. If you are a team like us who is not able to compete financially with other clubs in the division we need to try and gain the edge at every opportunity possible and most of the time with our throw ins we are just giving the ball back to the opposition.

I have watched most of the games this season and I cant remember us even creating a chance from any of these long throw ins. It just baffles me why we keep trying to flog this dead horse.
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There is a specialist that, I think, Liverpool employed that specialises in throw ins. In his mind, given their frequency they are an important part of gaining an advantage.
 
Perhaps more worrying is that the people who run our club watched these tactics last year and decided to give him a job on the back of it.

Time to bin the long throw, one goal in 30 odd games, obviously not working
 
pne_monster said:
There is a specialist that, I think, Liverpool employed that specialises in throw ins. In his mind, given their frequency they are an important part of gaining an advantage.
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Of course. We never even look for the ball from our throws. If you watch our fullbacks take the throws, they never try to take something quick or short. It's always slowed down and just launched down the line.
 
pne_monster said:
There is a specialist that, I think, Liverpool employed that specialises in throw ins. In his mind, given their frequency they are an important part of gaining an advantage.
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We don't do "specialists".

We do "if anyone asks, you're the throw-in specialist, OK? So you're the striker specialist, the throw-in specialist, the free kick defensive coach and the kitman."
 
Nil impact and needs changing - really no outcome but our knowledgeable management team know better - we all know it is not working but wht cant Frankie and team - it is beyond me.
 
Relying on long throw ins by other than a real specialist to me is a sign of lack of imagination and belief. Equivalent of throwing it into the mix in the last 5 mins. Possibly therefore demoralises the players to boot.
 
been saying for weeks we need to stop it, get Riis in the middle and get a cross in the box, never mind a goal, have any of the throw ins resulted in a shot?
almost as frustrating as England using Kane to take corners a few years back
 
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