Long throw-ins: Which Premier League teams are kings of the long throw?
How do you influence a team’s long shot? Maybe give them less space for a run? That’s exactly what Sunderland did when Arsenal visited the Stadium of Light.
Many teams also used this as a tactic against Pulis’ Stoke.
Sunderland were in good form for this one, taking the referees closer to the pitch in the second leg of their Championship play-off semi-final against Coventry in May, and they drew to win on aggregate on the night.
However, although Arsenal have a well-deserved reputation for set pieces, they have failed to score from a throw-in this season.
At the Stadium of Light, the average length of shots in the final third increased per match; It increased from 8.3 meters when West Ham visited on the opening weekend to 24.9 meters and 27.4 meters respectively when Wolves and Everton visited before the international break.
Mykolenko’s 33.2m throw was the longest on the pitch of the season, so his shot was perhaps the reason Sunderland reacted ahead of Arsenal’s visit.
While a team cannot change pitch dimensions over the course of a season, there is nothing in the Premier League regulations that prohibits advertising hoardings being moved depending on who you are playing. The only requirement is contained in the laws of the game, which state that upright advertising must be at least one meter from the touchline.
“Changing the placement of billboards is something in the gray area, like not watering the pitch if you’re playing with a really good technical team,” possession expert Thomas Gronnemark told BBC Sport.
Gronnemark, currently at Danish club FC Midtjylland, has trained with a number of clubs including Brentford and Liverpool. He helped Jensen develop his long throw ability and coached Sunderland’s Mukiele at RB Leipzig in 2018.
“We saw the same thing in Denmark a few years ago, where FC Copenhagen put up their advertising billboards just a few meters from the sidelines because they were playing against FC Midtjylland,” Gronnemark said. said Gronnemark.
“People may have different approaches. As long as the law doesn’t say exactly what to do and only recommends what should be done, you can’t do anything about it.”
