Long ball specialists..

[Tichi1]

Seems that we use the long ball tactic in matches the 7th Least often in the Championship..
Surprisingly the teams that use the long ball least are Preston, Stoke, Wigan and Barnsley - in that order... Not too surprised about Preston but the other three?
The biggest culprits of using route one are believe it or not -
Huddersfield, Fulham, Hull and West Brom!

[WTF11]

Seems that we use the long ball tactic in matches the 7th Least often in the Championship..
Surprisingly the teams that use the long ball least are Preston, Stoke, Wigan and Barnsley - in that order... Not too surprised about Preston but the other three?
The biggest culprits of using route one are believe it or not -
Huddersfield, Fulham, Hull and West Brom!

Just goes to show that "one club doesnt fit all", in that you have clubs succeeding using (primarily), both strategies and also failing, ditto.

I like the fact that we can play out of our own area right to the opponents 6 yard box, what I don't like is that we dont strike when perhaps were a bit further out (at least not as much as we could/should). What nearly cost us against Dull was the fannying about just outside our own 18 yard box playing pretty pretty instead of moving out before the opposition can muster enough numbers to make the fannying dangerous.