That explains why we have W7 D3 L4 at home
And W6 D4 L4 away.....
Doesn't seem to have anything to do with Sixfields as home and away form is almost identical.
Could this have some weight? Lets be honest at the Ricoh, would we have been facing opposition looking around pre kick off and saying "wow super nice pitch and stadium, I can't wait to play on this" and be raising their game against one of the big boys of league 1? Would our often fickle and moaning fans have got on the players backs early and affected the teams form?
Is playing at a ground like sixfields creating a level playing field and putting the team under less pressure?
Would we have been half as successful this season if we had played at the Ricoh?
If we end up in the playoffs and get promoted, would you say it had been a blessing in disguise? Or would we have performed as well or better had we been at the Ricoh?
There seems a change in the teams demeanour and there are no 'we are the big I am' status among the players, helping them to get to their heads down and concentrate on games more, instead of turning up at a stadium that had them feeling they were still kings in a poor league, thus getting back to what matters - winning games.
Has the sixfield experience helped the manager and team?
Last season
Home at the Ricoh
W7 D7 L9 28 points g29 Ga27
Away
W11 D4 L8 37 points g37 ga32
Opposition teams did seen to like to play at the Ricoh.
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Could this have some weight? Lets be honest at the Ricoh, would we have been facing opposition looking around pre kick off and saying "wow super nice pitch and stadium, I can't wait to play on this" and be raising their game against one of the big boys of league 1? Would our often fickle and moaning fans have got on the players backs early and affected the teams form?
Is playing at a ground like sixfields creating a level playing field and putting the team under less pressure?
Would we have been half as successful this season if we had played at the Ricoh?
If we end up in the playoffs and get promoted, would you say it had been a blessing in disguise? Or would we have performed as well or better had we been at the Ricoh?
There seems a change in the teams demeanour and there are no 'we are the big I am' status among the players, helping them to get to their heads down and concentrate on games more, instead of turning up at a stadium that had them feeling they were still kings in a poor league, thus getting back to what matters - winning games.
Has the sixfield experience helped the manager and team?
This is not an argument for or against. We ALL want to be back at the Ricoh.
It's just a point worth thinking about. I personally feel the pressure has been less at sixfields and the same mentality has been taken away from home as a whole, due to a variety of circumstances the club are in. Got to have some influence for me.
As for Pressley, he too has helped in that regard. He is not the big I am and has come down from little old Falkirk with an objective and I'd say no pressure due to the circumstances he is surrounded with. Back at the Ricoh surroundings I think the demeanour of the squad would have been different, that's all.
W12 | D7 | L4 |
I do think Pressley has a bigger influence on the players then the supposed big game mentality other teams might have got at the Ricoh. He tends to be very positive, and keeps the players minds on the field. That could have happened at the Ricoh, but guess while we have people happy to be a Sixfields because they think it helps the form, we will never truly know.
It works both way to suit what people want.
If we were doing shit at the shed, the shed would be used as the reason.
We are a good team this season, I think we would be even closer to the playoffs or even in them right now with everyone behind us at the Ricoh.
We've been doing ok this season at 'home' but surely it can only be a hindrance in the long run?
I'm not happy being at sixfields one bit. I do think many fans and club alike have found it difficult to let go of past 'highs' and the big club demeanour. It's long since been over and perhaps sixfields has brought us down to realisation at the level we are competing in. Once that is realised we might get out of it. I just think playing at the Ricoh kept us in the 'big club' world of expectation and created or perhaps hampered endeavours on the pitch.
We are a big club. "Big" is a comparative statement, and we are bigger than the vast majority, including most in this division. And we're certainly bigger than fucking Sixfields.
Our team are professional Footballers--if they played on Radford rec they should still be
able to perform to their highest level. In fact the cabbage patch they play on now would
be hard pressed to compete with the rec.
Could this have some weight? Lets be honest at the Ricoh, would we have been facing opposition looking around pre kick off and saying "wow super nice pitch and stadium, I can't wait to play on this" and be raising their game against one of the big boys of league 1? Would our often fickle and moaning fans have got on the players backs early and affected the teams form?
Is playing at a ground like sixfields creating a level playing field and putting the team under less pressure?
Would we have been half as successful this season if we had played at the Ricoh?
If we end up in the playoffs and get promoted, would you say it had been a blessing in disguise? Or would we have performed as well or better had we been at the Ricoh?
There seems a change in the teams demeanour and there are no 'we are the big I am' status among the players, helping them to get to their heads down and concentrate on games more, instead of turning up at a stadium that had them feeling they were still kings in a poor league, thus getting back to what matters - winning games.
Has the sixfield experience helped the manager and team?
If you disregard any thoughts that playing away from the Ricoh may have actually had a positive effect on team performances then please tell me what happened when we did play there? We went from bad to worse in the Championship and then got relegated!
If you disregard any thoughts that playing away from the Ricoh may have actually had a positive effect on team performances then please tell me what happened when we did play there? We went from bad to worse in the Championship and then got relegated!
If you disregard any thoughts that playing away from the Ricoh may have actually had a positive effect on team performances then please tell me what happened when we did play there? We went from bad to worse in the Championship and then got relegated!
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