It was interesting hearing Oggy on the way home after Blues, talking about 2nd phase from long throw ins.
For those who missed it, the point he was making was that the pace and trajectory is much different to a corner pinged in, that enables the defender to get a good strong clearance on, where with a thrown in ball, you need to generate the pace, which is of course much more difficult. It's basically how BTA's goal came about.
Not something I'd heard before, but makes sense and why so many teams are now using that weapon, as it seemed to me to be overused, with not enough direct goals resulting from them.