pipkin73
Well-Known Member
For the club, in my opinion NO. For most of the players YES.
Look at the facts, whenever we get a large (for our position) following, the players bottle it and we lose (when was the last victory at home in front of a larger than league standard attendance that we won?). When fans turn up, we always seem to bottle it and loose.
So is our club too big for the league they are in?
For me, I think it's has to be the players mind set.
Without getting players in that are above league 1, are we f·"$%&?
The players we have are either on loan and young (so not used to big crowds, or played at a higher level and not made it (possibly as they bottle it in front of more than 6000 fans)). Is this why we play better away from home, less pressure on them so they show the ability they have.
Should we look for players with less obvious talent and sign players used to lower crowds, so when they play at the Ricoh they rise to the occasion rather that bottling it, or players that are used to big crowds so it does not bother them. Either way things need to change FAST, get the mentality of the players right and I think results will come. Get it wrong and a half full stadium will bore them or scare them as even a half full Ricoh is more than they have ever known and bottled again.
Not sure I have put my message across the right way, but I am sure you all know what I mean (after todays result I have hit the alcoholic type of pain killer).
Play Up Sky Blues (sod PUSB you lazy gits lol)
My team forever, I just hope they survive as long as I do
Look at the facts, whenever we get a large (for our position) following, the players bottle it and we lose (when was the last victory at home in front of a larger than league standard attendance that we won?). When fans turn up, we always seem to bottle it and loose.
So is our club too big for the league they are in?
For me, I think it's has to be the players mind set.
Without getting players in that are above league 1, are we f·"$%&?
The players we have are either on loan and young (so not used to big crowds, or played at a higher level and not made it (possibly as they bottle it in front of more than 6000 fans)). Is this why we play better away from home, less pressure on them so they show the ability they have.
Should we look for players with less obvious talent and sign players used to lower crowds, so when they play at the Ricoh they rise to the occasion rather that bottling it, or players that are used to big crowds so it does not bother them. Either way things need to change FAST, get the mentality of the players right and I think results will come. Get it wrong and a half full stadium will bore them or scare them as even a half full Ricoh is more than they have ever known and bottled again.
Not sure I have put my message across the right way, but I am sure you all know what I mean (after todays result I have hit the alcoholic type of pain killer).
Play Up Sky Blues (sod PUSB you lazy gits lol)
My team forever, I just hope they survive as long as I do