Home truths

[SoccerHQ]

all these stats & facts is all bollocks simple truth we need a new back four

In 09/10 we had one of the best defences in the league....Friedel....Young/Cuellar....Dunne...Collins....Warnock.

We won 8 home games.

[andyaston]

We've been shit at home for far too long. When you think about great home seasons of the last 30 years, there are depressingly few.

This is the number of home wins each season, starting with last season.

5
4
8
8
7
10
7
6
8
9
11
8
8
8
10
9
11
11
6
8
13

And that covers the PL era, hopefully I didn't miss one. For a club that has regularly been top 6-8 during that time that is pretty shit.

It's things like this which make me wonder if Dave W isn't right, and that the ground, the atmosphere and the club is just too big for any team we've had recently.

Without knowing how that compares with similarly inconsistent clubs it's difficult to know how bad those figures are. A cursory glance suggests 8 is about our average, add in half a dozen draws and that's thirty points from home games.

One I always find relevant to this was in 09/10 when we were neck and neck with Spurs for most of the season and they nicked 4th, we won 8 home games that season. They won 14.

For me aswell VP is just not an intimidating venue for quite a few reasons.

We also sit back and feel our way into home games rather than going for the throats of the opposition and making them aware it's going to be a difficult afternoon. We tend to concede the first goal an awful lot in home games and playing catch up in any game is difficult.

Spot on Soccer HQ

[SoccerHQ]

I remember the Manure cup tie in 2002.

Putting away fans right by the Holte end wouldn't be a good idea at all. They'd still be pitch invasions when they score (why can't we get some decent security in that corner or at least a metal barrier to stop people getting on the pitch) which could lead to the Holte end getting involved.

[supertom]

all these stats & facts is all bollocks simple truth we need a new back four

In 09/10 we had one of the best defences in the league....Friedel....Young/Cuellar....Dunne...Collins....Warnock.

We won 8 home games.

If you offered me 8 home wins this season, I'd snatch your hand off mate.
I'd settle for not losing so many home games. Draws are one thing, but losing so many games is not good.

[Weedy]

We need to stop losing games at home and away, it's no good having a good home record if the away is correspondingly crap.
To expand PWS's post, AstonVilla-Mad has a full league record

http://www.astonvilla-mad.co.uk/league_history/aston_villa/index.shtml

[Ads]

all these stats & facts is all bollocks simple truth we need a new back four

In 09/10 we had one of the best defences in the league....Friedel....Young/Cuellar....Dunne...Collins....Warnock.

We won 8 home games.

If you offered me 8 home wins this season, I'd snatch your hand off mate.
I'd settle for not losing so many home games. Draws are one thing, but losing so many games is not good.

9 more points at home last season and we finish 8th.