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Post by Better things to do in life on Mar 5, 2019 13:15:04 GMT
The last time I raised this topic I was told that we never scored any goals from Flishs throws and they normally got cleared easily but my recollection is they always raised expectations in the crowd and team and were always dangerous so I would love our sick note legend to be hired next season to train our NLS squad in the art of the long throw to find another Flish. It would cause havoc in NLS if we had one or more players hurling the ball into the box like Flish did and I never understood why Jay didn’t get Flish to do that when he was here. Great idea we need every weapon in the arsenal to do well in NLS and avoid the dreaded double drop.
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Post by maxthestone on Mar 5, 2019 13:16:34 GMT
The last time I raised this topic I was told that we never scored any goals from Flishs throws and they normally got cleared easily but my recollection is they always raised expectations in the crowd and team and were always dangerous so I would love our sick note legend to be hired next season to train our NLS squad in the art of the long throw to find another Flish. It would cause havoc in NLS if we had one or more players hurling the ball into the box like Flish did and I never understood why Jay didn’t get Flish to do that when he was here. Great idea we need every weapon in the arsenal to do well in NLS and avoid the dreaded double drop. ive seen highlights we scored plenty of goals from them |
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Post by Better things to do in life on Mar 5, 2019 13:19:47 GMT
The last time I raised this topic I was told that we never scored any goals from Flishs throws and they normally got cleared easily but my recollection is they always raised expectations in the crowd and team and were always dangerous so I would love our sick note legend to be hired next season to train our NLS squad in the art of the long throw to find another Flish. It would cause havoc in NLS if we had one or more players hurling the ball into the box like Flish did and I never understood why Jay didn’t get Flish to do that when he was here. Great idea we need every weapon in the arsenal to do well in NLS and avoid the dreaded double drop. ive seen highlights we scored plenty of goals from them That’s what I thought! Cheers my friend I’ll cancel that Alzheimer’s test now! |
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Post by michaelmichael on Mar 5, 2019 13:25:47 GMT
obviously we have flisher at Margate now -after starting to play regularly now after one and a half seasons out-for the first time ever-we are starting to benefit from his long throws .
that given (and i forget the name of the player-about four seasons ago we had a similar 'long throw specialist', and we never scored from them.
before that we had Aaron Lacey-(most of you will remember him) and he had a decent long throw-but again-we never capitalised-but oddly -we do seem to get the odd goal from the Flisher throw .
matybe i am saying that long throws aren't always an effective weapon
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Post by sword65 on Mar 5, 2019 13:25:51 GMT
ive seen highlights we scored plenty of goals from them That’s what I thought! Cheers my friend I’ll cancel that Alzheimer’s test now! To late that was yesterday morning.🙂 |
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Post by pieman1982 on Mar 5, 2019 13:34:08 GMT
FA cup game against Welling whilst they were National league and we were Ryman Premier we used his throw all game. Welling did not know how to deal with it at all. They complained it was not proper football, but we won!!
We went into play Stevenage in the next round and we all know how that turned out!!
Following season we were in the NLS with Welling after their religation and our promotion.
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Post by jdl on Mar 5, 2019 14:03:47 GMT
It wasn't/isn't just a long throw with Flish, it was the 'shape' of the throw that made it so difficult for defences. He didn't just have range, he somehow managed to throw it so that it went high as well, and dropped almost vertically when it reached the area (better than most corners). That's why I compared it to a mortar in another post.
It was almost impossible to defend, as it came straight down and you weren't sure exactly where until it hit you, but it was great for us because all our players had to do was kick it if it came anywhere near them, and the chances were high it would go in.
If this were American Football, we'd still have Flish!
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Post by hongkongstone on Mar 6, 2019 4:18:11 GMT
The narrow pitch at the Gallagher means that a long throw specialist can afford to launch a ball higher and let it fall a a more vertical trajectory in the box to at least create mayhem. This should be something available to us in the tactics locker.
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Post by La femme de Vic Jobson on Mar 6, 2019 8:33:03 GMT
obviously we have flisher at Margate now -after starting to play regularly now after one and a half seasons out-for the first time ever-we are starting to benefit from his long throws . that given (and i forget the name of the player-about four seasons ago we had a similar 'long throw specialist', and we never scored from them. before that we had Aaron Lacey-(most of you will remember him) and he had a decent long throw-but again-we never capitalised-but oddly -we do seem to get the odd goal from the Flisher throw . matybe i am saying that long throws aren't always an effective weapon 2003 we blew the league at Ramsgate, when it seemed like all we did was give it to Lacy and hurl it into the box. 2007 Lacy's throw-ins helped win us the league at Walton. Doesn't work all of the time, but this year in particular I wish we'd had the option. |
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Post by daveu on Mar 6, 2019 9:02:14 GMT
obviously we have flisher at Margate now -after starting to play regularly now after one and a half seasons out-for the first time ever-we are starting to benefit from his long throws . that given (and i forget the name of the player-about four seasons ago we had a similar 'long throw specialist', and we never scored from them. before that we had Aaron Lacey-(most of you will remember him) and he had a decent long throw-but again-we never capitalised-but oddly -we do seem to get the odd goal from the Flisher throw . matybe i am saying that long throws aren't always an effective weapon 2003 we blew the league at Ramsgate, when it seemed like all we did was give it to Lacy and hurl it into the box. 2007 Lacy's throw-ins helped win us the league at Walton. Doesn't work all of the time, but this year in particular I wish we'd had the option. I think the problem with both Flisher and Lacy was that we overused it. Once or twice in a game is fine but if you hurl it into the same area every time the opposition is prepared for it. |
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Post by porkystone on Mar 6, 2019 9:10:46 GMT
I think the problem with both Flisher and Lacy was that we overused it. Once or twice in a game is fine but if you hurl it into the same area every time the opposition is prepared for it. Looking back, the first time a long throw was used in a game was the most dangerous - sides hadn't quite sussed out what was coming. Honestly though, if long throws are the best we can think of on our 3G pitch we deserve to be going down. |
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Post by Nick on Mar 6, 2019 9:51:17 GMT
Just wonder how many more goals Robinson and Romain would have scored if they had been one the receiving end of these long throws !  |
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Post by porkystone on Mar 6, 2019 9:54:51 GMT
Just wonder how many more goals Robinson and Romain would have scored if they had been one the receiving end of these long throws ! Is it a round number Nick ? |
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Post by jakeyboi on Mar 6, 2019 12:08:02 GMT
Just wonder how many more goals Robinson and Romain would have scored if they had been one the receiving end of these long throws ! Probably somewhere between a big fat ZERO an sod all. |
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Post by yorkshirestone on Mar 6, 2019 15:16:46 GMT
I cannot understand why clubs don't coach and develop players ability with long throws, they can be as dangerous as a free kick in the right areas.
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