RUFC top survey

[mikemiller]

Long ball experts recurring pattern

1. Rotherham United (ENG) - 23.42m religated

2. Livingston (SCO) - 23.38m
4th bottom

3. Stromsgodset (NOR) - 22.64m
2 points above religation

4. Cardiff City (ENG) - 22.44m religated

5. Birmingham City (ENG) - 22.40m
mid table

6. Bolton (ENG) - 22.01m religated

7. FC Hermannstadt (ROU) - 22m. 3rd bottom religated

8. Hamilton Academical (SCO) - 21.98m 3rd bottom

Looks like the old "Wimbledon magic" no longer works!
Saw both Birmingham games against us, and can't remember them playing in a long-ball style particularly. Maybe they only played that way against everybody else.

[frogmiller]

Long ball experts recurring pattern

1. Rotherham United (ENG) - 23.42m religated

2. Livingston (SCO) - 23.38m
4th bottom

3. Stromsgodset (NOR) - 22.64m
2 points above religation

4. Cardiff City (ENG) - 22.44m religated

5. Birmingham City (ENG) - 22.40m
mid table

6. Bolton (ENG) - 22.01m religated

7. FC Hermannstadt (ROU) - 22m. 3rd bottom religated

8. Hamilton Academical (SCO) - 21.98m 3rd bottom

Cheers Cayton, that does look like clubs with long ball tactics are in danger but if that is the only way they'll have to do it. It certainly didn't feel like we were a long ball team.

[fc_miller]

Maybe look at the season before that.
Rotherham, Cardiff, Livingston were all promoted

[millersrus]

No details of pass definition but if includes throws then can see how we come out on top

[caytonmiller]

Maybe look at the season before that.
Rotherham, Cardiff, Livingston were all promoted

So does this mean all three teams/managers changed tactics to try and survive being a very small fish in huge ponds? Or were all 3 long ball before promotion?

[CAMiller]

Interesting piece in the MailOnline. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...t-longest.html

Rotherham had the longest length of passes of all teams in 35 European domestic leagues. Not sure what this means but it probably means something.

Interesting but it would be better if the actually detailed how they arrived at those numbers. Even the details from where The Mail developed the story (CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post ) don't publish how? I find it hard to believe that teams that fart around all day in midfield have average pass lengths of 15m when they execute hundreds if not thousands of passes of 5m or less.