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Gridsy
 Post subject: Re: The Pitch
PostPosted: Tue Feb 13, 2018 9:45 pm 
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rosie47 wrote:
the whole thing is just embarrassing to watch. anyone who enjoys this might as well start watching whoever the lowest-level team in the area is, it's the same thing and much cheaper.


But as long as we're trying to play like Barcelona and it is enough to pull the wool over some eyes....
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keyser soze
 Post subject: Re: The Pitch
PostPosted: Tue Feb 13, 2018 9:50 pm 
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Gridsy wrote:
rosie47 wrote:
the whole thing is just embarrassing to watch. anyone who enjoys this might as well start watching whoever the lowest-level team in the area is, it's the same thing and much cheaper.


But as long as we're trying to play like Barcelona and it is enough to pull the wool over some eyes....

Some people have short memories. Coz it was sooo much better under RN. But you're one of the new WUMs aren't you? I'm losing track...

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rosie47
 Post subject: Re: The Pitch
PostPosted: Tue Feb 13, 2018 10:06 pm 
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Gridsy wrote:
rosie47 wrote:
the whole thing is just embarrassing to watch. anyone who enjoys this might as well start watching whoever the lowest-level team in the area is, it's the same thing and much cheaper.


But as long as we're trying to play like Barcelona and it is enough to pull the wool over some eyes....

well, I'd quite like us to at least have a go at playing good football to be honest.
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SG19 Cowshed Das Boot
 Post subject: Re: The Pitch
PostPosted: Wed Feb 14, 2018 3:11 pm 
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The pitch is the same for both teams.
If our management and/or players can't cope with them, unlike other teams in this league, then shame on us for turning them into delicate petals unable to cope with the reality of pitches found every year in this League, at this time of year...

rosie47 wrote:
the whole thing is just embarrassing to watch. anyone who enjoys this might as well start watching whoever the lowest-level team in the area is, it's the same thing and much cheaper.

I also watch Level 7 teams in the area.
The effort, guts, grit & determination those players exhibit, puts most of our underperforming Level 3 squad to shame.
It's not the same thing, it's "Even Better Than The Real Thing" atm, imho ;)

£10 a game on the gate though, isn't massively cheaper than the £14.60 a game lowest-priced season-ticket for MK Dons, particularly when you take the luxuriously spacious legroom, comfy seats, and other world-class stadium facilities we enjoy.

However, £10 on the gate versus our £22 on the gate, is indeed much cheaper, and worryingly so for walk-up spectators wanting some entertainment on a Saturday afternoon, especially when the £10 option is better entertainment than the £22 thing, atm.

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Silverous
 Post subject: Re: The Pitch
PostPosted: Wed Feb 14, 2018 4:09 pm 
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On a more serious note - how much difference does the pitch make? I would've thought it would affect both teams, and that the more concerning issue would be potential injury a la Chuks.
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Kempstondons6
 Post subject: Re: The Pitch
PostPosted: Wed Feb 14, 2018 4:40 pm 
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BertieWoostersDonsClub wrote:
Silverous wrote:
On a more serious note - how much difference does the pitch make? I would've thought it would affect both teams.

It depends on two things: if one team gets to play on the poor pitch more often, then they have an advantage as they will have more experience on it, and on how best to play on it.
If, however, the pitch is only poor for one game because of bad weather, then it depends on the style of play that teams wish to play. If one team want to pass along the floor, and the pitch makes that impossible, then a team with a more direct style clearly have an advantage as the pitch does not effect their preferred style. This is why, decade after decade, poor pitches are described as a "leveller" when small clubs host big clubs: because the technical superiority of the bigger club cannot be reflected on a poor pitch.
So, although both teams have to play on a poor surface, it can often be that one of the teams would actually choose to play on a poor surface (and sometimes "help" create the poor state of the pitch), in order to give them an advantage.


Didn’t wolves once get the local fire brigade to flood their pitch prior to a European cup game?
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Silverous
 Post subject: Re: The Pitch
PostPosted: Wed Feb 14, 2018 6:06 pm 
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BertieWoostersDonsClub wrote:
Silverous wrote:
On a more serious note - how much difference does the pitch make? I would've thought it would affect both teams.

It depends on two things: if one team gets to play on the poor pitch more often, then they have an advantage as they will have more experience on it, and on how best to play on it.
If, however, the pitch is only poor for one game because of bad weather, then it depends on the style of play that teams wish to play. If one team want to pass along the floor, and the pitch makes that impossible, then a team with a more direct style clearly have an advantage as the pitch does not effect their preferred style. This is why, decade after decade, poor pitches are described as a "leveller" when small clubs host big clubs: because the technical superiority of the bigger club cannot be reflected on a poor pitch.
So, although both teams have to play on a poor surface, it can often be that one of the teams would actually choose to play on a poor surface (and sometimes "help" create the poor state of the pitch), in order to give them an advantage.


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Aliramone
 Post subject: Re: The Pitch
PostPosted: Wed Feb 14, 2018 8:48 pm 
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Don Direction wrote:
Maybe League Two has a better quality of pitches?

Now ya talking!! :ugeek:
Perhaps we could play next year in our Woughton 'dome'! (It would accommodate our home crowd of 19) :ugeek:

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