"It’s not just tactics on the pitch for visiting teams to the Ricoh. When the arena was built several things were designed to unsettle the away players. Whilst the home dressing room is spacious, a regular shape and a normal temperature with access to a warm up area that is undercover but akin to the outdoor temperature, the away dressing room is right under the kitchens making it hot and stuffy and the players only have access to the pitch for warm ups meaning, especially for winter/night games, the team is forced from one extreme of temperature to the other. To make the team talk more difficult the away dressing room is an irregular shape and has a pillar in the centre meaning not everyone can see each other. On the way to the tunnel the corridor diminishes in height so when the away team are approaching the home team they get the illusion that they’re a lot taller than they are. Finally, even if the above don’t work and the away team wins there aren’t quite enough showers for them and there’s no hooks for their towels"
http://thetownend.com/index.php?topic=50865.0
Can see the oppo quaking in their boots. clearly intimidated
http://thetownend.com/index.php?topic=50865.0
Can see the oppo quaking in their boots. clearly intimidated
