Sjoke throw-ins next week - any ideas how to sort them?

[marco]

wembley 105 x 65m
coms 116x77
stoke 115 x75

You've got Wembley and Stoke the wrong way round.

nope, random google search on city and stoke wiki for wembley

 

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

You've got Wembley and Stoke the wrong way round.

nope, random google search on city and stoke wiki for wembley

Stoke is 110x70 the smallest in the PL
Wembley is 115x68

 

[keemcfc]

Just leave Silva, Balotelli, Tévez (if he plays) or A Johnson right up the pitch...

And have Richards, Kompany, Lescott, Yaya Touré, Barry, Zabaleta and de Jong in the box.

 

[marco]

nope, random google search on city and stoke wiki for wembley

Stoke is 110x70 the smallest in the PL
Wembley is 115x68

i was going off this

Ground Name: Britannia Stadium
Capacity: 28,383 (all seated)
Address: Stanley Matthews Way, Stoke On Trent, ST4 4EG
Main Telephone No: 0871 663 2008
Main Fax No: 01782 592 210
Ticket Office: 0871 663 2007
Ticket Office Fax: 01782 592 201
Pitch Size: 115 x 75 yards
Team Nickname: The Potters
Year Ground Opened: 1997
Home Kit Colours: Red & White
Away Kit Colours: All Black
Shirt Sponsors: Britannia Building Society
Kit Manufacturers: Adidas
Official Web Site: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.stokecityfc.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.stokecityfc.com</a>
Unofficial Web Sites:
Delilah's Forum
Wheels In Motion
The Oatcake Fanzine Message Board

<a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wembley_Stadium" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wembley_Stadium</a>

i think wiki has miss printed wembley by 10m and the stoke fig is the actual playing surface area without markings

 

[blue dallas]

You are missing something here lads ... Wembley has a very wide pitch , Delap's throw-ins will be nowhere near as effective as they are at the Brittania where Pulis has had the pitch marked out to the narrowest dimensions permitted

wembley 105 x 65m
coms 116x77
stoke 115 x75

no way is wembley smaller than stokes pitch

 

[cleavers]

no way is wembley smaller than stokes pitch

It makes no great difference anyway. Play well, take our chances, defend well, WIN.

Panic about Delap throw ins is pathetic.

 

[ForeverCity]

do what birmingham did.
they pushed the advertising borders inwards, closer to the pitch so he couldn't take a long run.

 

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

Stoke is 110x70 the smallest in the PL
Wembley is 115x68

i was going off this

Ground Name: Britannia Stadium
Capacity: 28,383 (all seated)
Address: Stanley Matthews Way, Stoke On Trent, ST4 4EG
Main Telephone No: 0871 663 2008
Main Fax No: 01782 592 210
Ticket Office: 0871 663 2007
Ticket Office Fax: 01782 592 201
Pitch Size: 115 x 75 yards
Team Nickname: The Potters
Year Ground Opened: 1997
Home Kit Colours: Red & White
Away Kit Colours: All Black
Shirt Sponsors: Britannia Building Society
Kit Manufacturers: Adidas
Official Web Site: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.stokecityfc.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.stokecityfc.com</a>
Unofficial Web Sites:
Delilah's Forum
Wheels In Motion
The Oatcake Fanzine Message Board

<a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wembley_Stadium" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wembley_Stadium</a>

i think wiki has miss printed wembley by 10m and the stoke fig is the actual playing surface area without markings

I don't think it takes into the fact that Pulis has had his hands on that playing surface, mate!

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

I would put 3 or 4 City players on the halfway line so that they have to bring more people out the box. Any ideas?

My brother-in-law, who is the biggest football purist I know, believes you should have 5 or 6 players on the halfway line for throw-ins when you play Stoke.

I can see the merits with that argument especially with Joe (as oppose to Given) as a decisive keeper and a less congested box would greatly increase the odds of turning a throw-in into a counter attacking opportunity. I don't, however, think that the FA Cup final is the best stage to undertake previously untried tactical theories!!

 

[MikeF]

wembley 105 x 65m
coms 116x77
stoke 115 x75

no way is wembley smaller than stokes pitch

I seem to recall that the commentator for their semi-final was saying how their throw-ins weren't having the same effect as at home as the Wembley pitch was much bigger