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Legia Sky Blue said:

Its not just an attacking ploy though. It also slows the game down, making it a more scrappy stop start affair, and so making it more difficult for 'footballing' sides to get into a rhythm of play.

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Legia Sky Blue said:

Teams that have a long throw specialist tend to over do it though, and seem to end up relying on it as their main attacking tactic. That's certainly the case with Birmingham. I'm also not sure its good for the development of players like Bellingham jnr, when the sole attacking aim is to play it long down the flanks hoping the opposition put it out for a throw, followed then by a long wait for the centre half to over before launching it in, and killing the momentum of the game in the process.

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Legia Sky Blue said:

Teams that have a long throw specialist tend to over do it though, and seem to end up relying on it as their main attacking tactic. That's certainly the case with Birmingham. I'm also not sure its good for the development of players like Bellingham jnr, when the sole attacking aim is to play it long down the flanks hoping the opposition put it out for a throw, followed then by a long wait for the centre half to over before launching it in, and killing the momentum of the game in the process.

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Captain_Slackbladder said:

Some are naturally better than others, but look at Gunnarson, came from a background of playing "handball" in Iceland. Perhaps get down the local athletic clubs and recruit some javelin throwers!

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