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In other sports , sports pyschology is used widely, and I've always thought that a number of our players (Michee being the prime example) could benefit from it. Can imagine that Artell is far more open to that than Hurst
Rob Jones went from Bambi on ice to an absolute beast after investing in sports psychologist input.
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Take your point about Mullarkey Great energy, strength etc But his crossing is shocking 90% of the time - hardly ever gets it above knee high
I think that need to improve from both flanks before we start winning more matches
Hunt is an Artell type player - I expect him to be given a good run of games cos his technical skill is excellent Conteh was class last night I like the look of Ainlee - comfortable on the ball
I'm thinking players like Holohan, Green, Amos and Andrews might struggle in a football-playing team
I think you have to ask whether this is by design or not. Crossing from the byline, if you put it into the air in and around the 6 yard box then you're giving the goalkeeper a huge advantage. Fire it across low and hard and you're asking the attackers to get on the end of it and even draw a mistake from defenders trying to clear the ball, winning corners and possibly in the most fortuitous circumstances an own goal. Not suggesting I think his crossing is top drawer, just that to judge it not being above knee height is possibly harsh as it could very easily be a purposeful decision.
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November 30, 2023, 8:37am |
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I think you have to ask whether this is by design or not. Crossing from the byline, if you put it into the air in and around the 6 yard box then you're giving the goalkeeper a huge advantage. Fire it across low and hard and you're asking the attackers to get on the end of it and even draw a mistake from defenders trying to clear the ball, winning corners and possibly in the most fortuitous circumstances an own goal.
Not suggesting I think his crossing is top drawer, just that to judge it not being above knee height is possibly harsh as it could very easily be a purposeful decision.
I was going to post similar - the hard low driven cross seems a rarity nowadays (showing my age: Alan Hinton used it with success at Forest/Derby way back when). Danny Rose is excellent in the air, but he's often up against a huge keeper and two giant CBs...the low ball merits consideration imo.
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A low cross still has to beat the 1st defender to be effective, so I can see why people want head high crosses.
These DO however need to be more towards the penalty spot to avoid goalie clutches.... and to ensure our forwards can be up there in time to do something with them !
Question - has Maher lost his long throw in technique this season?
That could make use of a different tactic, as current throw ins have often been woeful.
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Question - has Maher lost his long throw in technique this season?
Could perhaps have a minor shoulder problem which doesn't stop him playing, but does stop him throwing? Alternatively, we're not the biggest team in any case, so perhaps not worth lobbing it into the box on the off-chance something might fall for us. Unfortunately, other than Maher, our players don't really seem to have much in the way of a decent throw between them and this is a real issue.
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Can't see DA as a fan of the long throw myself.
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A low cross still has to beat the 1st defender to be effective, so I can see why people want head high crosses.
These DO however need to be more towards the penalty spot to avoid goalie clutches.... and to ensure our forwards can be up there in time to do something with them !
Question - has Maher lost his long throw in technique this season?
That could make use of a different tactic, as current throw ins have often been woeful.
I’m absolutely convinced that the Maher throw was detrimental to us. First and foremost, it wasn’t long/flat enough to cause teams a real problem. I can’t remember us ever actually scoring from one? Secondly, it left Maher out of position. He couldn’t throw & head the ball in an attacking sense. Defensively, he was 40 yards out of position, leaving us vulnerable to the counter attack - when it was inevitably cleared. There’s no doubt that an effective long throw is worth its weight in gold & we saw that with Cropper during our promotion season. However, Maher’s long throw isn’t worth the risk vs. reward of him taking it - in the first place!
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Croppers long throw was so effective because it was a bullet and allowed us to attack it like a cross. Maher long throw is no way near as good.. it never had any pace and rarely actually got to any sort of dangerous area. I’d love to see our overall set piece stats if i’m honest because I can’t remember many corners we’ve scored from, I think that’s something we’ve definitely missed since coming up, we scored a lot of goals from corners in the NL. The quality of ball into the box has improved vastly this past few weeks with the re-introduction of Glennon and now Hunt aswell.
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Can't see DA as a fan of the long throw myself.
We are not good in the air. We used to sing "we don't score from a corner" until it became not funny.
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