Scooter_mcgavin
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I'd love someone like Blade Analytics to have a gander at the effectiveness of timewasting in the corner when having a throw in or corner kick?
For me it seems to offer no purpose, the situation generally ends up with:
Free kick to the opposition
Throw-in/goal kick to opposition
Opposition winning ball.
Rarely does it end with winning a corner or another throw-in and even if it did, how much more time would it waste?
Surely a more effective way would be retaining possession via passing, i'm sure this would run the clock down more effective that the 5 seconds you waste 'shielding the ball in the corner'.
I just find it annoying (and totally ineffective), particularly when doing it with 10/15 mins left of the game.
For me it seems to offer no purpose, the situation generally ends up with:
Free kick to the opposition
Throw-in/goal kick to opposition
Opposition winning ball.
Rarely does it end with winning a corner or another throw-in and even if it did, how much more time would it waste?
Surely a more effective way would be retaining possession via passing, i'm sure this would run the clock down more effective that the 5 seconds you waste 'shielding the ball in the corner'.
I just find it annoying (and totally ineffective), particularly when doing it with 10/15 mins left of the game.