Quote Originally Posted by RonnieBird View Post
Trouble with that is that you can't really practice it and it'd only move faster into the box after it'd been kicked. Also bear in mind that if you throw it to a man to cross he can and will be blocked / challenged by a defender , whilst the long thrower can take his time without challenge and aim for a particular point which he and his team mates know about, and therefore people can make runs to draw defenders away from that point.
As I said earlier, we're not doing it properly at the moment, but once you do get it right it's a factor which you can control and will certainly bring goals.
Colin's not daft and he knows all this, which is why he persists with it.

Mind you, I appreciate your polite and constructive reply, since most people here seem to just rant at each other instead of discussing things logically.
Do you think the man you usually call Sir Neil appreciates being called Colin? Based on what he said about being addressed as Warnock" as a fans evening with him I attended, he wouldn't be happy - why can't you just refer to him by his name?