The Long Throw

fryup

Yes, i know it isn't sexy and a bit too primitive for some purists liking, but what a weapon to have in your armory..Iceland do it to great success..so why don't more teams adopt it?

and while we're at it who were the great exponents of the long throw ?

i seem to remember mick mccarthy as one, sometimes his throw in's were as good as corners

Bobby Baccala

Had this exact discussion with a friend last night. Rory Delap had the best long throw I've seen anyway.

Jimbob1977

There was a chap who played for Tranmere Rovers about 20 years ago.

David Challinor. He could throw the ball impressive distances. 46.34 metres is his record.

Rory Delap also

PhlegmyMoses

Jimbob1977 wrote: »

There was a chap who played for Tranmere Rovers about 20 years ago.

David Challinor. He could throw the ball impressive distances. 46.34 metres is his record.

Rory Delap also

He threw the ball from one side of the pitch to the other in some recorded bit before an FA Cup game.

Dirty Dingus McGee

P4DDY2K11 wrote: »

Had this exact discussion with a friend last night. Rory Delap had the best long throw I've seen anyway.

Amazing Trappatoni never called him up.

He was playing in the Premier League at the time and with the conservative way we played it would have been a great weapon.

dan1895

Jimbob1977 wrote: »

There was a chap who played for Tranmere Rovers about 20 years ago.

David Challinor. He could throw the ball impressive distances. 46.34 metres is his record.

Rory Delap also

Please tell me that wasn't 20 years ago. Would have said 7 or 8.

Jimbob1977

dan1895 wrote: »

Please tell me that wasn't 20 years ago. Would have said 7 or 8.

Tranmere 1994-2002.

That's between 14 and 22 years ago now! Time flies.

El Weirdo

Kenny Samson had a great throw, iirc.

Rikand

Mortem gamst pedersen used it to great effect at rovers

And then we had Tommy Spurr to do the same in recent years

nice_guy80

It's a skillful part of the game

Cannot understand why more players aren't coached this

Great option for any team

enzo roco

fryup wrote: »

Yes, i know it isn't sexy and a bit too primitive for some purists liking,

I never heard anyone saying this.
If you have a person on your team that can throw long, you use it.
As you say, its like a corner.

Mushy

Wasn't there somebody when playing v Stoke kicked it out for a corner rather than a throw in?

fullstop

Mushy wrote: »

Wasn't there somebody when playing v Stoke kicked it out for a corner rather than a throw in?

Yeah, Jens Lehmann.

The Backwards Man

We should be coaching young goalkeepers to hurl flip throws from their penalty areas instead of kicking the ball yards outside their own box.

Omackeral

Effective*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzpB7ZhO3Dk

If the keep doesn't touch it, it's a goal kick. Dzope.

jester77

One of Ireland's greatest ever goals was from a long throw in, nothing wrong with it.

Dempsey

Throws in are an underdeveloped part of the game, especially since the offside rule does not apply

Mars Bar

Ireland's Megan Campbell is unreal at throw ins. Here's a short video about it from her college.

Morzadec

fryup wrote: »

Yes, i know it isn't sexy and a bit too primitive for some purists liking, but what a weapon to have in your armory..Iceland do it to great success..so why don't more teams adopt it?

and while we're at it who were the great exponents of the long throw ?

i seem to remember mick mccarthy as one, sometimes his throw in's were as good as corners

Dempsey wrote: »

Throws in are an underdeveloped part of the game, especially since the offside rule does not apply

It really does baffle me that so few teams try to employ this. It's so effective when done right.

It also forces teams to have a really deep defensive line because of the fact you can't be offside. Even if the defence clear the ball out you've still got them pinned right back.

Skylinehead

Delap had a ridiculous throw. Not just long, like Gunnarsson does for Iceland, but a really low, flat arc that made it a nightmare to defend. I still have flashbacks to Stoke-Arsenal games

keeponhurling

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

Amazing Trappatoni never called him up.

He was playing in the Premier League at the time and with the conservative way we played it would have been a great weapon.

Just to point out that he was a pretty poor player apart from the throw-ins

fryup

over time it must be hard on the back

SantryRed

keeponhurling wrote: »

Just to point out that he was a pretty poor player apart from the throw-ins

Paul Green was in the bloody squad.

Dirty Dingus McGee

keeponhurling wrote: »

Just to point out that he was a pretty poor player apart from the throw-ins

He wasn't that bad.A solid team player and he was certainly better than some of the players Trap picked and he played around 350 games in the premier league and that certainly wasn't all because of the long throw.

Dempsey

Tactically, trap didnt rate any of our midfielders.

Delap didnt have the discipline he wanted but MON would have used Delap to great effect i think.

paulbok

fryup wrote: »

over time it must be hard on the back

Harder on the stomach muscles.

Dempsey

paulbok wrote: »

Harder on the stomach muscles.

Only if you are not fit