The players all like the Ricoh stadium and facilities but hate the surface they have to play onIt’s no coincidence that we play better away on good surfaces. I think better days alluded to the staff and players not being too disappointed at the prospect of not being at the Ricoh as the pitch does their head in so much.
We all would but common sense is not so commonThe players all like the Ricoh stadium and facilities but hate the surface they have to play on
They'd all prefer to stay there despite the state of the pitch
Hoddle was talking about that the other day and reckoned Man Utd have a serious disadvantage when Old Trafford has been used for rugby. Think they only have one game a year there, he'd have a fit if he saw our pitch.Can we get a roll out one like spurs have, nice pitch for us and underneath whatever piece of shit the insects like to hug on.
Of course it's a massive factor. Extra touch before crossing, shooting etc. Bobbles all over the shop.
It's an awful, awful, surface because it's doesnt have the necessary care to accommodate 2 sports.
(Still hope we're on it next season)
Don't agree either. No matter how much you play on it a divot is going to be nigh on impossible to predict the run of the ball on.Don’t agree - as Nick Pickering said yesterday the club using it regularly has the advantage. Also the form has turned round as before Christmas the club were winning at home far more than away and now it’s shifted.
We are set up like an away team at home and it doesn’t work
Robins has said the pitch puts the players off. I’ll take it from the man in charge if it’s all the same.
Ground share with Birmingham for 3 years, playing on a decent pitch whilst building our own Stadium on the Woodlands site. Worked for Brighton whilst the Amex was being built. Short term pain long term gain. The Ricoh pitch will always represent a ploughed field.
It's a factor but we still only won by one goal and we let four in.The pitch is a factor, we couldn't play the incisive one and two touch football we did yesterday at the Ricoh
A probably notI’m not saying it will happen and lots of IFs but....
If we ground share with Birmingham for 3 years and we get planning at Woodlands and SISU actually build a 20,000 Highfield rd 2 that we can call our own I’d take that.
I love the Ricoh but it’s too big, souless and owned by Wasps.
The only part of what I said is unlikely is
A) would SISU actually spend the money to build a stadium
B) are the council going to allow planning
No it all about the pitch....Even after beating an unbeaten club and scoring 5 goals, our goal difference is still only +1.
That tells you everything you need to know.
Defence is porous and attack is toothless.
It's a factor but we still only won by one goal and we let four in.
A good pitch benefits the opposition just as much as it benefits us.
1 of ours was also deflected thats football.I get your point and you are right but dont forget Burge handed them 1goal and 2 were jammy as fuck deflections. So only 1 of there goals was valid from them.
In most home games this season we have been by far the better team, have created loads of chances and simply not put them away. Nothing to do with the way we are set up (thinly failed criticism of Robins), everything to do with not taking chances.Don’t agree - as Nick Pickering said yesterday the club using it regularly has the advantage. Also the form has turned round as before Christmas the club were winning at home far more than away and now it’s shifted.
We are set up like an away team at home and it doesn’t work
Pretty fair assessmentWe've missed eleventy billion sitters this season, the pitch is nothing to do with that.
Let's stop getting too excited and accept the real reason we are missing out on the playoffs instead of making excuses.
The pitch has an effect, especially as we try to play on the deck however our issue (in results) was perfectly evident yesterday at Sunderland.
When teams attack us and leave space we exploit it with pace and make the most of our counter attacking. When the majority of teams come to the Ricoh they get 11 behind the ball and keep compact and we struggle to break them down and find a way.
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