It's part of the reason the Nou Camp is so big. Barcelona use their pitch to their strength, if only we could do the same. Our stadium is so restrictive in so many ways. Sort it out Levy you fucking eggman!
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Yes it does. But the pitch size hasn't changed all of a sudden. Why are we not training/preparing for the conditions that we know are going to be there at the Lane?
Doubt many would disagree - but it sounds ridiculous to use that as an excuse and somewhat naive. If were creating chances at least - would be a different story
What is an 'eggman'?
Not sure Poch is using it as an excuse but a lot of manager Van Gaal in particular are like this, Van Gaal had the training pitch ripped up at United so it was like the old trafford pitch, it's called small margins. At this level the difference between the top 4 and bottom 4 might be very small and the more things in your favour the better.
Our pitch suits counter attacking teams and bully boy teams, expansive types of games require a large pitch to be most effective. AVB and Poch like to hold the ball and press high, that compresses play at the opposition end of the goal, having a large pitch makes 'parking the bus' more difficult. As Schmoodspur said Barca have a very large pitch and we are trying to play a style similar to them.
To me it does beg the question of our overall stratagy. If Levy wants expansive Barca style football, how can we achieve this without the players and on a smaller pitch, it seems to me our sqaud of misfits and White Hart Lane are more suited to Redknapp/Sherwood/Allardyce/Pulis as manager than someone like AVB/Poch. For me these are the reasons why we need the manager to run the transfers and too build a new stadium then we will be in a better position to move down this route.
Train on a slightly smaller pitch. Then the overpaid kumquats will appreciate the extra space come match day.
amazing how brendans tippy tappy bollocks has yielded consecutive 5nil and 3nil wins.........
I say scrap training all together - train at home instead. Then everyone can appreciate the fresh air and natural grass on matchdays
Hardly tippy tappy, they played on the counter the last 3 times at the lane and hit us like a train, remined me of how Redknapp used to get us playing with Bale.
Not necassarily true.
I use to work out all these great moves on my subbetteo pitch with the little plastic players as a kid, but i was still shit when i transfered them to school playing field....Or even the park for that matter
Jokes aside,its a fair point.
Nah, we won 2-1 2 years (3 matches) ago, but I take your point.
did you even watch Liverpool smash us last year?
The problem is a lot of fans are just sofa fans that get most of their knowledge via FIFA or Football Manager
You're deluded
Yes.
We didnt have a single shot on target if im not mistaken.
Which I'm not:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25287554
A man who looks like an egg, Avi.