Making the away team feel unwelcome

[Sussex Nomad]

Paint the dressing room walls some really bright eye splitting colour and blast out Bucks Fizz tracks for the duration of their stay!

 

[NMH]

Demotivational graffiti?

It's more vital that they don't feel so happy on the pitch though

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

I.don't know if it is a new thing,I hope it is as it has obviously worked.My mum works at Amex & is part of the Albion in the community project & was given a tour of withdean this week.

AH. Suddenly a great deal of what you say is put into context.

 

[simmo]

Dunno who the long faired player was in the studio on the football league show but he was suggesting we do so well ans Withers cos teams hate going there and he said at first at Falmer we'll struggle and teams will love playing against us in a nice new stadium. Yet if you look at the previous 3 seasons Withdean form that pisses all over his unresearched point he was trying to make!

Didn't see this, but this is utter b0ll0cks. It has got nothing to do with the stadium (Amex nice or Falmer not so nice) as to whether teams will do well against is. It is about the 11 players on the pitch (plus subs) as to how well we do. All this talk about painted dressing rooms, nice stadium is just really wasting air space when it comes to how we will do in the Championship. It's all about the players playing the football on the pitch.

 

[Postman Pat]

Maybe some posters up like this?

http://www.despair.com/def24x30prin.html

Or this

http://www.despair.com/fail24x30pri.html

 

[Simster]

Maybe some posters up like this?

http://www.despair.com/def24x30prin.html

Or this

http://www.despair.com/fail24x30pri.html

I love that site.


As to the original point, I find myself quite uneasy at the thought of all this "making life uncomfortable" bollocks. It's the sort of thing that clubs with a good deal less class than the Albion might engage in. Home advantage should be home advantage, with the familiarity of surroundings and racaus home support providing the advantage. To me, deliberately making the surroundings worse for the away team than they need to be is bordering on gamesmanship.

 

[Sheebo]

I love that site.


As to the original point, I find myself quite uneasy at the thought of all this "making life uncomfortable" bollocks. It's the sort of thing that clubs with a good deal less class than the Albion might engage in. Home advantage should be home advantage, with the familiarity of surroundings and racaus home support providing the advantage. To me, deliberately making the surroundings worse for the away team than they need to be is bordering on gamesmanship.

I recall Coventry at Highfield Road a few yrs back at half time giving only the half we were due to attack a proper good sprinkling - now that is a lot worse than some psycological research into what colour to paint the away dressing room! I don't mind it, as others do it. If we don't do it we could miss a trick and a very small helping hand towards some results.

 

[Simster]

I recall Coventry at Highfield Road a few yrs back at half time giving only the half we were due to attack a proper good sprinkling - now that is a lot worse than some psycological research into what colour to paint the away dressing room! I don't mind it, as others do it. If we don't do it we could miss a trick and a very small helping hand towards some results.

In that case, Coventry are exactly the sort of shit classless club I'd rather Albion tried to avoid copying. I bet Portsmouth go in for that sort of nonsense too.

 

[Napper]

The away experience may well be nice and pretty in the away end but hopefully it will be anything other than that when they are out and waiting for the trains

 

[8ace]

You have to paint the away dressing room walls though, why not choose a colour that is depressing to the visitors. No-one is saying we are doing a stoke and drying the balls with tea towels or Wimbledon and turning the heating up/down.

 

[Simster]

You have to paint the away dressing room walls though, why not choose a colour that is depressing to the visitors. No-one is saying we are doing a stoke and drying the balls with tea towels or Wimbledon and turning the heating up/down.

Let's paint them BLACK.

 

[backson]

Are we reading too much into the supposed psychology behind this? What's wrong with just PLAYING BETTER THAN THE OTHER TEAM to get results? Maybe I'm old fashioned.

 

[Notters]

I recall Coventry at Highfield Road a few yrs back at half time giving only the half we were due to attack a proper good sprinkling - now that is a lot worse than some psycological research into what colour to paint the away dressing room! I don't mind it, as others do it. If we don't do it we could miss a trick and a very small helping hand towards some results.

That happens all the time, including Brentford away this season.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

We did the sprinkling business at home with Wilkins a few times, I seem to remember.

 

[Acker79]

Paint the floors!

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Are we reading too much into the supposed psychology behind this? What's wrong with just PLAYING BETTER THAN THE OTHER TEAM to get results? Maybe I'm old fashioned.

I'm with you on this. I'm more than happy for fans to want to look forward to visiting us. How many times do we read on here before away games things like "Going to Oldham ? Horrible place, coldest ground in the country". We should be better on the pitch end of.

 

[saslowi]

The away fans are our customers. The money they spend on tickets, refreshments etc. will help pay for new players, players wages and all other expenses. Make them welcome and encourage them to return.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

The away experience may well be nice and pretty in the away end but hopefully it will be anything other than that when they are out and waiting for the trains

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

The away fans are our customers. The money they spend on tickets, refreshments etc. will help pay for new players, players wages and all other expenses. Make them welcome and encourage them to return.

especialy when the seats get damaged

 

[empire]

ffs,this thread cracks me up,zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz,we want a nice intimidating atmosphere,leave it to the wsu to sort that out!!!!!!!!!!