i don't see why we have to change our tactics when we play away. It's still a football pitch with 2 goals.
Thats a very good point and one that was mentioned on here a few days back if i recall correctly. It is quite strange why players/management/fans all think about away games differently. Definately a mental thing but where that came from in the first place i dont know.
Totally agree, think I mentioned it the other day. At the end of the day its a game of football. As a player you should be mentally strong enough to not let the people/surroundings/pitch put you off.
However, if you have a seperate away formation as we appear to do have, then instantly the players know its an away match due to the formation...then the fact it is an away match will play on their mind, then the fact we havent won an away match since feb or scored an away goal since good friday will play on their minds too
The whole point of it being an away match is that it should be harder to get a result due to the number and louder atmosphere of the home fans - so why the fuck treat Walsall as an away game, us lot up in the corner made more noise than the whole Walsall support put together.
In fact why treat most games in this league as either home or away when generally support is terrible at all grounds, so it shouldn't make any difference.
As you say Dan if the players are made more aware of it being 'away' as it were, then it will reflect in their play - if they play the same system regardless of where they play then they will be much more comfortable - and it would mean that teams would have to react to how we play, rather that us always waiting to see how the opposition will play - which is why we concede the first goal(s) so bloody often!
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