Throw Ins

[Fiery Blade]

I am surprised it hasn't been bought up before but am I the only one that can't understand the current philosophy or tactics when we win a throw in - Usually everyone except the guy with the ball in his hand wanders away and looks totally disinterested in the throw in !
It was bad last year but this season it appears to have got much worse - we even got a throw in stoppage time on Tuesday evening yet there was no urgency or enthusiasm to capitalise on our advantage !
No one seems bothered and time and again what should be our advantage turns into a bonus for the oppositionas we generally either present them with the ball or lose the initiative every time !

 

[SwissBlade]

I am surprised it hasn't been bought up before but am I the only one that can't understand the current philosophy or tactics when we win a throw in - Usually everyone except the guy with the ball in his hand wanders away and looks totally disinterested in the throw in !
It was bad last year but this season it appears to have got much worse - we even got a throw in stoppage time on Tuesday evening yet there was no urgency or enthusiasm to capitalise on our advantage !
No one seems bothered and time and again what should be our advantage turns into a bonus for the oppositionas we generally either present them with the ball or lose the initiative every time !

It's been like this for years. It's extremely robotic. Wait for thrower, thrower takes time and loses all advantage.

Again there is nobody forcing an early throw with a run into space. There is no urgency.

We attempted a quick throw in the first half on tues but lost possession. I thought Adkins wanted this, take gambles and try something different

 

[William Henry Foulkes]

Posted on this months ago :-(

For the first ten or fifteen minutes on Tuesday it actually looked like we had been working on it. Specifically the ball was thrown to the receiving player on the full, instead of the customary awkward to control bounce a yard in front.

We then drifted back into bad habits, lack of movement being the worst.

And of course we conceded from one of our throws.

When someone (Billy) did move for a throw it resulted in a goal.

Scoogs and maybe Che are the only others I can think of who make any effort. (Holt used to as well.)

Hopefully this is something that will improve.

 

[Grecian2000]

It's one of footballs great mysteries to me (and, as Swiss said, it's years old).

Not just us mind, but it seems for a way of getting the ball back into play that outnumbers all others it is something very few teams use to their advantage. Usually a little lob up the line and a flick of some sort resulting in a 50/50 scramble near the touchline.
Little movement, little thought and little to no advantage gained usually.

 

[coaxingstar71]

Unbelievably there was an instance on Tuesday with about 10 minutes to go, when we were chasing the game, and we got one parallel to the edge of their 18 yard box on the South Stand side, and there wasn't a United player within 20 yards of the thrower!

 

[DI36O]

It's been the same since Coady left. It was always him that looked to receive it, no one even moves half the time anymore.

 

[Alwood]

Compare our attempts at throw-ins to,say,Colchesters. It seemed to me that at every throw-in they had, at least one player was immediately available to receive the ball and distribute up field to one of their own men - now there's a thought!! Too many times we dilly and dally until the one person allowed to take a throw-in on that side wanders 30 yards down the pitch. If we had taken it immediately by anyone who was first to pick it up we could take the opposition by surprise and continue the attack without a pause and because we are so slow,it allows the opposition time to martial their defenders. It must be great playing against us. And when last did we thow the ball more than 5 yards - Halford's time?A long throw-in can be as effective as a corner. Against Colchester there was a moment late in the second half when we had a semi circle of around 20 yards in front of the thrower without sight or sound of one of our players.

 

[Guesty]

Sharp is good at making those 'offside' runs to collect throw-ins, one led to our second goal on Tuesday but he's done it a few times. Unfortunately he seems to be the only one bothered to show any initiative and dynamism from throw-ins.

 

[William Henry Foulkes]

Compare our attempts at throw-ins to,say,Colchesters. It seemed to me that at every throw-in they had, at least one player was immediately available to receive the ball and distribute up field to one of their own men - now there's a thought!! Too many times we dilly and dally until the one person allowed to take a throw-in on that side wanders 30 yards down the pitch. If we had taken it immediately by anyone who was first to pick it up we could take the opposition by surprise and continue the attack without a pause and because we are so slow,it allows the opposition time to martial their defenders. It must be great playing against us. And when last did we thow the ball more than 5 yards - Halford's time?A long throw-in can be as effective as a corner. Against Colchester there was a moment late in the second half when we had a semi circle of around 20 yards in front of the thrower without sight or sound of one of our players.

I think Flynn(?) tried some longer throws towards Davies last season. He could actually throw it quite far.

 

[SwissBlade]

Sharp is good at making those 'offside' runs to collect throw-ins, one led to our second goal on Tuesday but he's done it a few times. Unfortunately he seems to be the only one bothered to show any initiative and dynamism from throw-ins.

Very true and the thing is he doesn't actually need to receive the ball everytime, just once or twice. But if someone makes the run everytime it makes the opposition think.

I played 11 a side last weekend for the first time in ages and took a couple of throws. It's amazing how little movement there was. Players just take up a position and stand.

I don't know where it comes from but when I used to coach we worked a lot on moving, making dummy runs and creating space for others by moving.

I'd like to see us put 3-4 players in there before the thrower takes it, then make runs away leaving just one player to receive the ball.