jambo191 Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Any chance we can really make this work? With him regualry getting back in the team, with careful studying of stoke is there any chance shabba can turn this into a real threat? I mean sure we have always seen his long throws, but how many times have they worked? Mabye neilson needs to work on accuracy? I think we need to practise this in training. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Ross Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Cup final was one time but agree we don't seem to benefit from it as much as we should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Romanov Saviour of HMFC Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 He can throw it far but he can't get the pace and distance that Delap can. We could work on other moves like players actually making runs to recieve the ball from a throw! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie-Brown Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Delap was a javelin thrower as a youth and he is able to get much greater pace and sharper trajectory on his long throws than I've seen Robbie get who's throws are impressive but generally more floated in and easier to defend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamboruss Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Any chance we can really make this work? With him regualry getting back in the team, with careful studying of stoke is there any chance shabba can turn this into a real threat? I mean sure we have always seen his long throws, but how many times have they worked? Mabye neilson needs to work on accuracy? I think we need to practise this in training. Thoughts? A fundemental flaw with Robbie's version is he just simply launches it -he doesn't try to find a player. Our shout every week is "here's Robbie chucking it to their centre - half!" It can be a very useful part of any team's armoury but it's about finding your own player not just getting it as far as possible! I can't believe this problem hasn't been noticed by our coaching staff, as far back as Naysmith, then Maybury,then Goncalves and now (still) Robbie we continually give the ball away (or back) to the opposition. Mahe and Tak couldn't throw it far but at least we retained possession and kept pressure on the opposition defence! Rant Over! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambo191 Posted November 22, 2008 Author Share Posted November 22, 2008 Good points boys. 10 mins of long throw practise during training surely cant do us any harm, mon shabba get it done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveofthegame Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 As has already been pointed out, theres a massive difference between Delap and RN's long throws. RN can throw it far but its a looping ball that has no pace by the time it reaches its final destination, and he can't throw it as far as Delap to get it right into the middle. Delap gets more pace, distance and it doesn't loop- its fires in like a well hit free kick, its almost undefendable. You see how hard it is to defend a whipped in free kick- well everyone of Delaps throw ins is like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboSean Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Robbie just throws it really high and hopes for the best. It's never worked, and never will. Still, it's more accurate than his passing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seymour M Hersh Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Any chance we can really make this work? With him regualry getting back in the team, with careful studying of stoke is there any chance shabba can turn this into a real threat? I mean sure we have always seen his long throws, but how many times have they worked? Mabye neilson needs to work on accuracy? I think we need to practise this in training. Thoughts? It very rarely has worked or even caused problems for opposing defenders. Robbie gets too much loft on the throws. Anytime I've noticed it causing problems for defenders it's been a much flatter trajectory. So I guess that's where he should be working on it. Not even sure he practices the throw at training tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossi_1983 Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Robbie's throws are too floated and easy to defend Jose's throws were much more powerful, and flatter, but he was very inaccurate at times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawrrrrrrr Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Part of the benefits of Delap is at the moment the defenders can't cope, in time they will adapt to them and they will no longer be effective. SPL teams have had 5 years to adapt to robbie now thus there pointless. Tbh other than Bruno we dont have anyone who can consistently deliver good set pieces, especially corners and it is an area we need to look at as good set pieces can be 5-10 goals a season easily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N User Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 As said, Robbie normally floats his throws in so definitely not as effective as Delap. That being said though, Robbie normally throws really fast when he throws it up the line. This has been much more effective that throws into the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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