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Player Valuation: £40m
That is a great skill. It is interesting that more players haven't perfected that ability. It is like getting an extra 10-20 corners a game that are more difficult for the goalie to catch.
Stoke definitely benefited from Delap's throws. That said, the RS had less success despite hiring a throw-in specialist. Gronnemark even stated: "I know we could score a lot of goals in Liverpool with long throw-ins, but we'll have to take eight or 10 long throw-ins every game to get there." On average, there's 21 throw-ins per team, per game in the Premier League.
In short, it can work but it's not as simplistic as just throwing the ball into the box to cause havoc.