Did he just discover he can throw the ball about 30 yards from a shy? Why have we not been employing this tactic this season? Its as good as a corner and we only find out he can do that in the second last game of the season?!?!?! Mental!
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Did he just discover he can throw the ball about 30 yards from a shy? Why have we not been employing this tactic this season? Its as good as a corner and we only find out he can do that in the second last game of the season?!?!?! Mental!
Couldn't believe it. Are we above a long throw now and again???
Its called a line out when Hearts use it. :wink:
Probably cos we haven't been chasing games all that often recently?
Can’t believe we haven’t employed that tactic this season. Really stupid that we haven’t.
Mind-blowing that its the 2nd last game of the season and we learn that we have someone with a long throw
Can't get my head round why this has not been discovered before now! We have been crying out for a long throw taker for seasons now!
It was brought up a few times back when he first signed. Must admit I forgot he had it in his locker. Considering how bad we are at throw ins we should be utilising it more often... Bit late now mind.
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Considering how pathetic our throw ins are and have been for many years, this is a wee breath of fresh air.
Tbf I’m not really sure how suited our team would be to a long throw into the box. We must have one of the smallest midfields and attacks in the league.
We did it fairly regularly with Ambrose. Good that we have another guy who can do it.
We might not have the tallest team but the long throw is surely better than playing it short just to give it away to the opposition
you can look at it that way if you want, but they use throw ins {or shys} to their maximum advantage. Think about the number of yards they always steal, think about the ball boys being instructed to hand a towel to their player before he throws, think about the ball boy leaving the ball which he should retrieve but wont, if it's for an opposing player, think about the gorgie fan that recently offered the ball to our player in the tynie derby then promptly threw it along the track. they are trained in that manner.
Being of a certain vintage I remember the late Erich Schaedlers throw ins as being like a corner kick to the back post
Older posters may remember a Scottish Cup tie at Firhill for thrills circa 1972 when such a throw in was cleared back to him and he proceeded to volley it straight back into the faraway top corner of the net :greengrin
I think it's one of those things that you notice when you have a bad one and don't notice when it's good or the opposition have a bad one. Double that with having 20 throw ins a game and you suddenly think you have a problem.
There's been chat about throw ins being one of our down falls for as long as I can remember, it must be for that reason. :dunno: