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tony police have suggested that they have prepared a blueprint for Premier LeagueCurrent fixation on long throw-ins with his former side Stoke City.
Pulis used this tactic very effectively to ensure Stoke remained in the top flight in the late 2000s, long before focusing on dead-ball situations became a key element of the modern game.
Long throw-ins have become so common that the International Football Association Board (IFAB) is considering whether to limit the amount of time a player can spend on a throw-in in order to increase the time the ball is in play.
The issue was raised at IFAB’s football and technical advisory panel meeting on Tuesday. statistics from statistics display Indications were that in the opening few weeks of this Premier League season there were more than double the number of long throws compared to last season, as well as a significant drop in playing time, which was 133 seconds less than last season.
I am writing in it bbc sport pillarThe police took credit for the current trend.
He wrote: “I was seen as a dinosaur with Stoke City when we were promoted to the Premier League in 2008 because of the focus on dead-ball situations and long-throws, but I wouldn’t say I feel right about the way they are in fashion now – because I knew then how important they were.
“Offensive set-plays, and defensive ones too, are becoming more prevalent this season mikel arteta‘S armory The side leading the way, but this is not a new concept.
“In the tough games in the Premier League, especially the first few years we were there, they were the difference between us taking points and dropping them and staying up or going down – so we worked really hard on them.”
He said that after losing points in a number of tight draws last season, Arteta is now using the same principles to try to turn those draws into wins.
Another Premier League manager, pep guardiolaPulis was quick to credit Stoke for the throw-in renaissance.
Speaking ahead of Manchester City’s Carabao Cup clash with Swansea on Wednesday, he said: “Do you remember Stoke City when they had the throw-in? It happened at the time. More and more teams are doing it now but Stoke was probably the exception back then.”
Police added that former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger Stoke’s dead-ball routines resulted in them being compared to a rugby team, but football fashions change and he has “nothing but respect” for Arteta for adopting elements of the game to strengthen their title campaign.
The issue of long throw-ins has proved divisive with the former Liverpool defender jamie carragher To argue on social media about how often they are used and how much time they take up in the game.
“I haven’t said for the 100th time that I hate set pieces or long throws!!!” he wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “What I don’t like is that every team is taking long throws, and taking time out of the game. I totally get that from teams who struggle and lack quality getting the ball into the box, I also like to see how teams cope with them.
“But teams that have great technical players and have spent millions on them need to get these players on the ball as quickly as possible to get the ball in the game.
“I’m not a football fan but this is taking the game backwards!”