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[ccfcway]

Played 13

Won 3
Drawn 5
Lost 5

 

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[SkyBlue_Bear83]

Boring

 

[ccfcway]

Boring

much of that is down to the vast amount of empty seats. They need to look at this for next season, bring the crowd closer to the pitch like MK Dons, might create a bit more of an atmosphere

 

[coundonskyblue]

I don't really see how its the seats.

Lowest crowd of the season - 8862 v Crawley 3-1 City win.

Biggest crowd of the season - 15185 v Shrewsbury 0-1 City loss.

Surely the whole empty seats/atmosphere thing would have meant today was the best home performance of the season?

 

[Markyboy67]

Its not about seats its about ability and belief.. We lack belief on our own ground. Teams come here and frustrate us.. We fail to take gifts.. Thus we are far to often mugged off..

 

[Otis]

Its not about seats its about ability and belief.. We lack belief on our own ground. Teams come here and frustrate us.. We fail to take gifts.. Thus we are far to often mugged off..

Not about the stadium at all.

It's not rocket science.

1. When we are away from home the onus is on the home team to do the pressing. We play on the counter attack and it reaps rewards.

2. At home we are expected to do the pressing, can't counter attack and have difficulty breaking teams down.

It's all about how we set ourselves up at home and how differently we set ourselves up away.

We have to play a different game at home and the onus is on us to dictate and press. On the counter attack away, upon breaking our players have more space.

 

[tippex9]

Spot on Otis, discussion closed.

 

[Cigarfingers]

Not to forget the pressure of home games and knowing that as soon as there is a misplaced pass or shot off target you get some idiots start booing. Least on away days its the fans who want to give 110% support.

 

[ccfcway]

Spot on Otis, discussion closed.

not quite

5k fans singing and cheering at MK Dons.

Home fans behave differently, and in a stadium where there is more empty seats than people, it can not help at all.

 

[Block19]

The stadium has had a curse put on it that's why we win away....

 

[ccfchandsy]

Yep it was built on gypsy land apparently they cursed it when they got kicked off it to build it
Or so I heard

 

[Ashdown1]

I think Otis nailed it to be honest. Today though we created enough opportunities, it was just one of those games where our forwards fluffed their lines and when they got it right so did their keeper who made some great saves. We'll be back !!!

 

[ccfcway]

well, now it home to a bunch of squaters