I was actually going to start a thread on the same thing and I have to agree with the OP. This long ball garbage that ICT have resorted to since Brew returned is for me, one of the things that cost ICT relegation. It's also interesting to note that ICT seem to create more chances when the ball is on the deck. This could clearly be seen yesterday. Butcher has said that he wants to "win ugly", well from what I could see, playing ugly football does nothing but bring ugly results for ICT, but that's part of his game plan and he's done that almost all the clubs he managed.
There times when the long ball stuff can work. Obviously going all out for an equaliser in the last minute of the cup final would be a prime example, but the way ICT go into every game with this mindset IMO does more harm than good, with Munro being the main culprit. Time to punt the punt, and bring back attacking football.