Because it also means you don’t kick towards your fans in the second half either.I don’t understand why every away team who wins the toss doesn’t do it. If the home team want to kick towards their own fans in the second half and you have the opportunity to stop them doing it then why wouldn’t you?
I think the opposite. I don’t think we like it when it happens but I could be wrong. Anyway, they were playing into the Sun for the 1st 30mins or so and hopefully that out them off a bit.I don’t like it. It feels wrong. But how often does it work? Often seems to give us a bit of a first half boost.
I think, but have no evidence, that's the only time it has been an advantage to the away side. It's something our circle usually comment on, and I'm fairly sure Brighton win those games where the opposition win the toss and turn us around.Didn’t Everton do it last season? Worked well then.
I don’t like it either, does feel wrong!
Because you want to kick toward your own fans in the second half, too?I don’t understand why every away team who wins the toss doesn’t do it. If the home team want to kick towards their own fans in the second half and you have the opportunity to stop them doing it then why wouldn’t you?
Everton did, yes.Didn’t Everton do it last season? Worked well then.
I don’t like it either, does feel wrong!
It must be an advantage for the attacking team if the defending team have the sun in their eyes, surely.I think the opposite. I don’t think we like it when it happens but I could be wrong. Anyway, they were playing into the Sun for the 1st 30mins or so and hopefully that out them off a bit.
I posted about it in the match thread. Burnley did it and won 3-0 and Everton did too. I'm sure other teams have and it feels like we always come off second best.I don’t like it. It feels wrong. But how often does it work? Often seems to give us a bit of a first half boost.
Certainly recall Palace doing it a couple of times, too their advantage.
Why would you describe it that way?Yes, including when they became the first team to beat us in a league match at the Amex
It has happened fewer than 10 times in the Amex era I would hazard. I suspect most teams prefer to play into their own support in the second half, hence the choices made. This is why it seems a bit weird when they flip.I think, but have no evidence, that's the only time it has been an advantage to the away side. It's something our circle usually comment on, and I'm fairly sure Brighton win those games where the opposition win the toss and turn us around.
Maybe some clever stato has the records.