Long throws - did we miss a trick ?

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All the throws were fuckin' hopeless. Egan headed every one out. Perhaps if they had someone who could actually had the ball forwards it would have make a difference (see WBA away last season). As it was, all they had was that lumpy wardrobe up front who flicked the ball on from their goal kicks, not realising that our CBs were backing off from them, thus just collecting the flick on. And when the throws came to nowt time after time, why didn't they eventually think to try something else? They really were as thick as pigshit....
 
But we struggle against the long throws from West Brom.
Is this fact or fiction?

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I reckon Bash started to give is an extra man in the box and it nullified them
 
never looked like scoring from any of the long throws
in the end it's an aimless lob into a crowded area and reliant on a lucky break
against good quality defenders,,,and we are the best in the championship its hit and hope

surely employing a towel is using unsanctioned equipment
 
blade too long said:
never looked like scoring from any of the long throws
in the end it's an aimless lob into a crowded area and reliant on a lucky break
against good quality defenders,,,and we are the best in the championship its hit and hope

surely employing a towel is using unsanctioned equipment
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My understanding is that using a towel is allowed, but if the home team uses towels they must also be available to the away side.
 
Just make them roll-ins instead of throw-ins and the opposition players have to be 5 yards (or whatever) away from the taker.
Trying to throw a ball to a teammate 1 yard away with the ball behind your head looks stupid anyway.
They should just be about the team who didn't kick the ball out taking over possession as quickly as possible.
 
Beans said:
I don't mind long throws per se, but I really do mind how long it takes (yes, even when it's Jack Robinson lining one up). It's increasingly mad to me that everyone is just okay with throw-ins taking around 30 seconds, in a game that is fundamentally about kicking a ball. Because I am petty I counted how long it took Rotherham to take a random throw-in on the halfway line (so not even in a dangerous area) in the FIRST HALF of our game last week - 28 seconds.

Throw-ins happen loads - there were 59 in the Rotherham game, 65 in the Hull game - and while obviously not all of them take 20+ seconds, I would love to see something like a time limit on how long you have to take one, eg 10 seconds that essentially starts from the moment the ball is returned to the throwing team. If it's not taken in time then it's essentially a foul throw and the other team takes over.

10 seconds should still be time to lob the ball into the box if you've got a specialist, just that you don't get to spend ages polishing it with a towel. If there's one thing I definitely don't go to football to see, it's someone cleaning a ball with a towel. Get on with the game!
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In the early 1990s, we used to take forever when we got long throws. Vinnie Jones (who was as good as anyone I've seen at throw-ins - very hard and low) used to jog-walk at the slowest imaginable pace to whichever side of the pitch it was at.
 
Geordie Blade said:
In the early 1990s, we used to take forever when we got long throws. Vinnie Jones (who was as good as anyone I've seen at throw-ins - very hard and low) used to jog-walk at the slowest imaginable pace to whichever side of the pitch it was at.
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Under Bassett we did pretty much everything we’re accusing Wrexham of, so on that basis, I’m keeping my gob shut.
 
I've seen a few posts from Wrexham fans on their forum saying that they embarrassed us by making us resort to counter attacks at home against a National League side, but whenver that cunt Tozer went up to take a long throw, it left them exposed as he was playing as their central center back, so whenever they had a long throw and we defended it, we were always out numbering them going forward because Tozer is slower than my nannan, and she's not with us anymore.
 
how can we resort to counter-attacking when we had 64 percent possession, double the number of passes and 32 attempts to their 9 according to bbc stats
first half we totally dominated and Wrexham only had the odd sporadic attack and relied on Mullins theatrical tumbling as their main weapon
 
Guesty said:
My understanding is that using a towel is allowed, but if the home team uses towels they must also be available to the away side.
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Think only jlt knew where the towels were I think his long throw was the only time a towel was used on tues
 

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