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  • Start date Aug 26, 2023
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ccfcricoh

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  • Aug 29, 2023
  • #71
i dont see why you wouldnt use them, almost an extra "corner". its better than Da Silva standing there for 30seconds waiting for someone to move, for it to bounce off their shin and we lose the ball immediately (not a dig at anyone in particular!)

with the CBs we have now we should see an improvement in attacking set pieces!
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Aug 29, 2023
  • #72
SBT said:
It’s more that I’d generally prefer to watch 30 seconds of us actually playing football, rather than 30 seconds of Bobby Thomas wiping down the ball with a towel.
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I’d rather see us take shots at goal and occasionally score
 

shmmeee

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  • Aug 29, 2023
  • #73
Brighton Sky Blue said:
I’d rather see us take shots at goal and occasionally score
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Dinosaur!
 
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Macca1987

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  • Aug 29, 2023
  • #74
Why do we not seem to have movement at throws full stop, so many times on Saturday DeSilva and MVE were waiting an age to see if anyone wanted the ball. Sunderland we seemed to stand off and let them have as much space as they wanted
 

shmmeee

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  • Aug 29, 2023
  • #75
Macca1987 said:
Why do we not seem to have movement at throws full stop, so many times on Saturday DeSilva and MVE were waiting an age to see if anyone wanted the ball. Sunderland we seemed to stand off and let them have as much space as they wanted
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Our throws have always been crap.
 
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Skybluedownunder

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  • Aug 29, 2023
  • #76
shmmeee said:
Our throws have always been crap.
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Gunnarson’s were good


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SBT

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  • Aug 29, 2023
  • #77
Brighton Sky Blue said:
I’d rather see us take shots at goal and occasionally score
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AOM

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  • Aug 29, 2023
  • #78
If anything, I thought Robins sounded annoyed by the interviewer acknowledging that long throws were something we could be using in future as it might be something other teams haven't really prepared for when they're playing us.
Not that they don't have access to full match replays though
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Aug 29, 2023
  • #79
SBT said:
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Why thank you, yes I have been losing some weight recently.
 

duffer

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  • Aug 29, 2023
  • #80
Until they give additional points for artistic interpretation, a goal's a goal no matter how it gets there. I'll take an ugly goal all day over ten gorgeous misses.

Use every weapon in your arsenal, attack in whatever way makes the opposition uncomfortable, imho. Variation is a good thing.

Personally I can't bear seeing the ball thrown backwards twenty yards from the opposition third, just to see it passed back yet again.

WB passes/throws backwards to CB, who passes square to CB, who passes slightly forwards to opposite WB, is such a regular thing in the modern game that it's going start making ruts in the pitch. That feels a bit like anti-football to me sometimes, fwiw.

"Forward!"
 
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Malaka

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  • Aug 29, 2023
  • #81
It's a weapon that should be called upon from time to time. If we are, Wright seems tall enough to get on the end of a couple. They do seem to cause panic. So it's a yes from me, but not a go to tactic.
 
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shmmeee

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  • Aug 29, 2023
  • #82
Skybluedownunder said:
Gunnarson’s were good


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Haha that’s going back a bit! I meant in recent memory
 

shmmeee

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  • Aug 29, 2023
  • #83
Another MvE stat:

 

Finham

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  • Aug 29, 2023
  • #84
Skybluedownunder said:
Gunnarson’s were good


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He did about 2 good one's with us! Game after sodding game it got nodded away at the near post and cleared. Then when he left us he was suddenly a lethal weapon with them for Cardiff and Iceland!
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Aug 29, 2023
  • #85
Wouldn't want it used every time, but having people in the box ready for it opens up other opportunities. Our short throws are crap, with little movement and almost always just knocked back to the throw in taker (if not straight out of play)
 
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Skybluedownunder

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  • Aug 29, 2023
  • #86
shmmeee said:
Another MvE stat:

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Joint third… nice!
Would have loved Lee Buchanan on the opposite flank as opposed to JDS but we will see how he will go over time


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Legia Sky Blue

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  • Aug 30, 2023
  • #87
Finham said:
He did about 2 good one's with us! Game after sodding game it got nodded away at the near post and cleared. Then when he left us he was suddenly a lethal weapon with them for Cardiff and Iceland!
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The reason they weren't so effective with us were more to do with Coleman's tactics (or lack of them). We tended to only send one of our centre backs up which meant we were easier to mark. Apparently we didn't practice them very much either, so as a result and in contrast to the likes of Stoke we weren't so good at winning the 2nd ball which was crucial to their success with that tactic. That success had much to do with the chaos caused by only a half cleared throw in than by a header scored direct from a throw in as Dann did for us (against Newcastle I think) on one of the rare occasions the tactic actually worked for us.
 
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Saddlebrains

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  • Aug 30, 2023
  • #88
Macca1987 said:
Why do we not seem to have movement at throws full stop, so many times on Saturday DeSilva and MVE were waiting an age to see if anyone wanted the ball. Sunderland we seemed to stand off and let them have as much space as they wanted
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Its been an issue under Robins since he came back

Probably his only weakness. He just sees throw ins as a pointless part of the game I feel
 
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