We have thrown the ball straight to the opposition from a throw in. Worst stats in the league by a distance.
Some other pointless but maybe interesting geeky stats here
https://www.theguardian.com/football...-index-2018-19
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We have thrown the ball straight to the opposition from a throw in. Worst stats in the league by a distance.
Some other pointless but maybe interesting geeky stats here
https://www.theguardian.com/football...-index-2018-19
For a number of years now I’ve wondered if we’re the worst team ever at taking throw ins, I don’t mean long throws but general ones where you should be able to throw to a team mate 2 yards away yet I can’t remember ever seeing a city player moving away from the opposition to create space for the ball to be thrown to them
Have we ever scored from Gunnarsson’s throw in? dmfhi! Bobby Woodruff still no.1 imho
What on earth is the point of this thread. There is only one 'stat' that matters. Who gives a **** about our throw in ability ?
I think that should be it occasionally leads to another throw to us, it also occasionally leads to a free kick for us, but, more often than not, it gives the ball back to our opponents and in what might turn out to be a crucial match in our season if we go down, it led to a huge hole in our defence through which an outplayed Burnley side went on their way to scoring one of their goals in a 2-1 win here in September.
This bit made me chuckle -
hats off to Cardiff City’s Neil Etheridge – a fine shot-stopper with the distribution of a drunken Deliveroo driver
I’d say more often than not it leads to another throw for us.
However if a defender heads it straight into touch that would still be reflected in the stats as us losing the ball.
So many times it’s helped us out of awkward situations when Morrison has been able to get it 30 yards down the line from being trapped in the corner.
As for the long throws into the box then there’s a much stronger chance of us actually getting the ball into a dangerous position that way than by playing it short due to the players we have got.
A bit of variety wouldn’t hurt - I agree on that.
Main point is the stat is flawed- as are so many
*Pedant alert*
The stat isn't flawed but the interpretation of the stat may be.
Didn't we score from a Gunnarson throw-in during Brighton at home?
I haven't marked down each time we've done a long throw and measured whether it's had a positive or negative effect. I trust that someone else at the club has and believe that it's more positive than negative, but if we haven't done that analysis then that is embarrassing. If we haven't done that analysis then, during this phase of the game, we're playing basic football and we haven't got a full idea as to why. But I think we all agree that variety makes it a more effective tactic.
Unsurprisingly rhe teams who give the ball away most are all fighting relegation. This should not be a shock to anyone.
However i take the point we probably do it deliberately. I would rather morrison throw it 30 yards down the line than throw it to any of our defenders. If other teams had the defenders we had they would probably calculate the same.