Quote Originally Posted by backstothewall View Post
I think that was a simple matter of him standing there and ending up taking the throw. Someone should have had the wit to call off the long throw strategy we had while O'Brien was on the field but I've see better teams than us making that mistake.

It reminded me of a certain night when Germany were pushing up to the the half way line at kick outs owing to having scouted Shay Given's weakness at kicking, and continuing to do so after Given was carried off and replaced by Darren Randolph. Even after Randolph demonstrated he had a foot like a traction engine they kept at it and only learned the lesson after Shane Long scored the goal that broke Scottish hearts.
Well yeah, but thats my point - HH didn't have with wit to call off the long throws, even after Festy failed to reach the targets on at least 2 back to back attempts. Festy was even waving at the team to get closer by about the 2nd or 3rd throw. It wasn't just one throw that he happened to pick up because he was closest to it.

Nice memory all the same. Might go watch that one again too now.