[Albion] Bizarrely flat evening

[Bozza]

What a strange night at the Amex.

So flat on the pitch and also off it.

It started with the teams coming out to a half full stadium and never really got going at all.

Roll on Fulham and a nice leisurely Saturday 3pm fixture.

 

[Sheebo]

Yeh it had an odd feeling to it. Didn't help that we weren't able to dominate like we usually do. Oh well, point gained.

 

[HAILSHAM SEAGULL]

Strange that the three games following the international break have given three lack lustre performances.
Brentford home, lost 2-0
Preston home, draw 1-1
Aston Villa home, draw 1-1.
Thank heavens thats it now till March.

 

[Bry Nylon]

What a strange night at the Amex.

So flat on the pitch and also off it.

It started with the teams coming out to a half full stadium and never really got going at all.

Roll on Fulham and a nice leisurely Saturday 3pm fixture.

Saturday 3pm fixture. That's the key right there.

Football was never meant to played at 7.45 on a Friday night. It's been a long week at work and the sudden gear-shift from work-mode to football-mode is just to sudden.

Somehow, Tuesday night at 7.45pm feels 'right' but Friday at 7.45pm just feels artificial and and the atmosphere always reflects that. Saturday at 3pm is the perfect time for league football - especially once the clocks have gone back and the leaves are blowing off the trees. Friday night should be about anticipating the game - not coming home from it.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

What a strange night at the Amex.

So flat on the pitch and also off it.

It started with the teams coming out to a half full stadium and never really got going at all.

Roll on Fulham and a nice leisurely Saturday 3pm fixture.

shocking viewing in the pub ,so much for the Amex full house lots of empty blue seats on view ,apart from that a fair result imho
regards
DR

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Always the same the first game back after an international break. That's three times it's happened this season. The team seems to lose all momentum.

 

[lost in london]

Minute's silence perhaps didn't help, but not blaming that, a cagey start evolved into something flat and odd. Their goal was equally mundane and routine.

 

[theboybilly]

I thought it was a decent match to be honest. Sure we didn't really put our usual stamp on proceedings but everybody seemed to put in a shift. Villa had their game-plan that largely nullified us and that was by far the most disappointing thing. Apart from a soft goal Villa didn't really threaten for the first hour and for 10 minutes in the second half I thought we'd got our act together and were going on to take all the points. Bringing Grealish on changed all that. He is a class act when he plays like that...his first through ball was top draw and we were lucky not to concede. Happily Villa will now hopefully go on to be thorn in the sides of those teams challenging at the top. That is the good thing I take from tonight

 

[pb21]

What a strange night at the Amex.

So flat on the pitch and also off it.

It started with the teams coming out to a half full stadium and never really got going at all.

Roll on Fulham and a nice leisurely Saturday 3pm fixture.

I agree a strange evening atmosphere particularly considering it was a Friday.

Both the crowd and the players seemed tetchy, I don't know why?

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Like I said the time to get excited is the return fixture and not before.

SASTA didnt help the atmos today either.

 

[Nixonator]

North stand was shockingly poor, the quietest it's been in a long time, drowned out by that dreadful yippee-ayy-oh shit 1st half.

2nd half was a competition between the North and the away support to see who could be quietest.

Team performance a reflection of the support, rather than the other way around IMO.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

What a strange night at the Amex.

So flat on the pitch and also off it.

It started with the teams coming out to a half full stadium and never really got going at all.

Roll on Fulham and a nice leisurely Saturday 3pm fixture.

Yes. Funny we all said the same.

Thought our support was poor tonight, but everything felt wrong.... Strange


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[BBassic]

I really enjoyed the game. Proper tactical battle. Atmosphere was all Villa until we scored and then it went quiet all over.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

North stand was shockingly poor, the quietest it's been in a long time, drowned out by that dreadful yippee-ayy-oh shit 1st half.

2nd half was a competition between the North and the away support to see who could be quietest.

Team performance a reflection of the support, rather than the other way around IMO.

IMO it is the opposite. The crowd gets excited by good play on the pitch. You cannot manufacture atmosphere.

 

[dazzer6666]

shocking viewing in the pub ,so much for the Amex full house lots of empty blue seats on view ,apart from that a fair result imho
regards
DR

Complaining about seeing empty seats from the pub. Righto.

Anyway, we said the same.....was odd right from the start. Even Reynolds messed up the team announcement pre kick off, completely out of synch with the big screens. GOSBTS wasn't belted out like usual either.

 

[Mr deez]

Our atmosphere was poor because villa started so loud.

 

[Mr deez]

IMO it is the opposite. The crowd gets excited by good play on the pitch. You cannot manufacture atmosphere.

What? Fans should support whatever, not wait to be entertained first.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Complaining about seeing empty seats from the pub. Righto.

Anyway, we said the same.....was odd right from the start. Even Reynolds messed up the team announcement pre kick off, completely out of synch with the big screens. GOSBTS wasn't belted out like usual either.

my point being some people on here were wetting themselves over an Amex sell out ,it was there for all to see lots of empty seats
regards
DR

 

[Giraffe]

Couldn't help feeling that that was an example of what we would face if we went up.

Villa were physically stronger than us and it showed. We had to scrap but tired. That would be a relegation battle in the Premier League. If we go up we will be outclassed a lot unless we invest well. But we will be outmuscled as well. Only Dunk, Duffy and Murray competed physically with Villa.

 

[dazzer6666]

my point being some people on here were wetting themselves over an Amex sell out ,it was there for all to see lots of empty seats
regards
DR

Seems about 10-15% of STHs miss out on each game. Not unexpected on a Friday night I guess.