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[Albion] Teams that switch ends at kick off
- Thread starter Giraffe
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A very smug tactic.
May work more at a place like Newcastle considering the pitch is on the side of a hill with a huge slope.
May work more at a place like Newcastle considering the pitch is on the side of a hill with a huge slope.
scooter1
How soon is now?
Anything to try and upset an applecart
dadams2k11
ID10T Error
We always score towards the North.
Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
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Because it also means you don’t kick towards your fans in the second half either.
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.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
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.
Because you want to kick toward your own fans in the second half, too?
I always tend to think it's a sign of how they're expecting the game to go. Are they going to be chasing the game and want to be playing toward their own fans, or are they expecting to take a lead, and want their fans behind them as they set up a rear guard. Switching ends like this suggests to me Newcastle were expecting/hoping to take the lead and wanted their fans behind them for the second half onslaught - our previous games this season have all seen us be more productive in the second half than the first.
Everton did, yes.
Think Bournemouth did it last season as well if I remember Karou's last minute winner in front of the away end correctly, so didn't work then.
Brok
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- Dec 26, 2011
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It must be an advantage for the attacking team if the defending team have the sun in their eyes, surely.
Greg Bobkin
Silver Seagull
- May 22, 2012
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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.
Certainly recall Palace doing it a couple of times, too their advantage.
Dirty Dave
Well-known member
Yes, including when they became the first team to beat us in a league match at the Amex
Uh_huh_him
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- Sep 28, 2011
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Why would you describe it that way?
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.
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
The tinpot clubs have tried when desperate for points, you wouldn’t expect a champions league side to though 