Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Tony Erdington on July 30, 2016, 05:54:09 PM
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I was there today, and the pitch has lost weight, its all of 6 metres shorter and 2 metres thinner. can the brains trust on here explain, What's the Reason??
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It's so we'll have less pitch to be shit on this season. Eventually the pitch will be 5 metres by 2.
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Dunno, but it looked in poor condition.
Returffed patches, and never seen it so poor at this time of year.
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I was there today, and the pitch has lost weight, its all of 6 metres shorter and 2 metres thinner. can the brains trust on here explain, What's the Reason??
It happens at clubs, different managers like to have larger, smaller pitches to suit the style of football they're aiming for. You're allowed to change dimensions within a certain amount.
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Dunno, but it looked in poor condition.
Returffed patches, and never seen it so poor at this time of year.
I feared this might be the case as soon as PSG pinched our main groundsman.
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It was due to be relaid but postponed due to cost cutting.
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They made some of the groundsmen redundant. That can't have helped.
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I was there today, and the pitch has lost weight, its all of 6 metres shorter and 2 metres thinner. can the brains trust on here explain, What's the Reason??
It happens at clubs, different managers like to have larger, smaller pitches to suit the style of football they're aiming for. You're allowed to change dimensions within a certain amount.
And usually the manager makes the pitch smaller if he is planning on playing Pulis style hoofball. :(
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RDM has no history at all of wanting to play anything resembling long ball let alone football that would be related to the junk Pulis puts out.
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I wish our team finished in same position as Pulis teams !
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The pitch looked ok from where we was sitting.
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I was there today, and the pitch has lost weight, its all of 6 metres shorter and 2 metres thinner. can the brains trust on here explain, What's the Reason??
Sacrilege! The pitch has been the same size every season in my supporting history. I demand the restoration of original size!
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The fact that they had to keep watering it today says something. Quite obviously the club are not satisfied with it. Players were slipping at the start of the match.
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I wish our team finished in same position as Pulis teams !
you could always go support a Pulis team and be content with a lower mid table finish for the rest of your life watching eye bleeding anti football.
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I wish our team finished in same position as Pulis teams !
you could always go support a Pulis team and be content with a lower mid table finish for the rest of your life watching eye bleeding anti football.
Even Albion play better football than us.
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I wish our team finished in same position as Pulis teams !
you could always go support a Pulis team and be content with a lower mid table finish for the rest of your life watching eye bleeding anti football.
Even Albion play better football than us.
You know where to go then, it's not far.
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I wish our team finished in same position as Pulis teams !
you could always go support a Pulis team and be content with a lower mid table finish for the rest of your life watching eye bleeding anti football.
Even Albion play better football than us.
football's a recreational activity. If Pulis' Albion does it for you they're only a couple of miles away. You should enjoy your Saturday's by supporting them. I'll stick with the project that is Aston Villa and gamble on being happier at the end of the season than any of the Albion fans will after another season of Pulis head tennis.
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I was there today, and the pitch has lost weight, its all of 6 metres shorter and 2 metres thinner. can the brains trust on here explain, What's the Reason??
Sacrilege! The pitch has been the same size every season in my supporting history. I demand the restoration of original size!
Gabby's made a diet quotas agreement with the groundsman. It works on the same principle as carbon quotas and trading.
You pay someone else to do the hard yards for you. Apparently Gabby has reported to Bodymoor claiming to have lost 12 square metres of turf over the summer.
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I wish our team finished in same position as Pulis teams !
you could always go support a Pulis team and be content with a lower mid table finish for the rest of your life watching eye bleeding anti football.
Even Albion play better football than us.
football's a recreational activity. If Pulis' Albion does it for you they're only a couple of miles away. You should enjoy your Saturday's by supporting them. I'll stick with the project that is Aston Villa and gamble on being happier at the end of the season than any of the Albion fans will after another season of Pulis head tennis.
Don't believe all the negative hype about the Pullis way. Its a million times more enlightened than the likes of Mick McCarthy, Jack Charlton etc.
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I wish our team finished in same position as Pulis teams !
you could always go support a Pulis team and be content with a lower mid table finish for the rest of your life watching eye bleeding anti football.
Even Albion play better football than us.
You know where to go then, it's not far.
Why would I do that? I've been going to Villa Park since 1976. What a stupid comment to make.
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I wish our team finished in same position as Pulis teams !
you could always go support a Pulis team and be content with a lower mid table finish for the rest of your life watching eye bleeding anti football.
Even Albion play better football than us.
football's a recreational activity. If Pulis' Albion does it for you they're only a couple of miles away. You should enjoy your Saturday's by supporting them. I'll stick with the project that is Aston Villa and gamble on being happier at the end of the season than any of the Albion fans will after another season of Pulis head tennis.
I'm Villa man and boy old son. I don't need you to tell me where to watch my football.
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I wish our team finished in same position as Pulis teams !
you could always go support a Pulis team and be content with a lower mid table finish for the rest of your life watching eye bleeding anti football.
Even Albion play better football than us.
You know where to go then, it's not far.
Why would I do that? I've been going to Villa Park since 1976. What a stupid comment to make.
It's not really, if you're comparing a new manager's team to a Tony Pulis one, then yes go and watch them.
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I wish our team finished in same position as Pulis teams !
you could always go support a Pulis team and be content with a lower mid table finish for the rest of your life watching eye bleeding anti football.
Even Albion play better football than us.
You know where to go then, it's not far.
Why would I do that? I've been going to Villa Park since 1976. What a stupid comment to make.
It's not really, if you're comparing a new manager's team to a Tony Pulis one, then yes go and watch them.
Why would I do that? Bizarre...
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I wish our team finished in same position as Pulis teams !
you could always go support a Pulis team and be content with a lower mid table finish for the rest of your life watching eye bleeding anti football.
Even Albion play better football than us.
You know where to go then, it's not far.
Why would I do that? I've been going to Villa Park since 1976. What a stupid comment to make.
It's not really, if you're comparing a new manager's team to a Tony Pulis one, then yes go and watch them.
Why would I do that? Bizarre...
Because you said they play.....
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I wish our team finished in same position as Pulis teams !
you could always go support a Pulis team and be content with a lower mid table finish for the rest of your life watching eye bleeding anti football.
Even Albion play better football than us.
You know where to go then, it's not far.
Why would I do that? I've been going to Villa Park since 1976. What a stupid comment to make.
It's not really, if you're comparing a new manager's team to a Tony Pulis one, then yes go and watch them.
Why would I do that? Bizarre...
Because you said they play.....
Again like I said... bizarre.
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If you think you're going to win much support by saying you'd rather watch Tony Pulis team, then don't be surprised if people disagree.
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Did I say that? I said Albion played better football than us. As did every other team in the league last season. Should I go and support them all too? Or do I have to believe in a deranged fashion that we play better football than every other team in the country to carry on supporting Villa? Your argument makes no sense...
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Did I say that? I said Albion played better football than us. As did every other team in the league last season. Should I go and support them all too? Or do I have to believe in a deranged fashion that we play better football than every other team in the country to carry on supporting Villa? Your argument makes no sense...
Like I said, if you come on here saying our local rivals play better football than us, then expect a reaction. Please explain what's wrong with someone disagreeing with that?
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Did I say that? I said Albion played better football than us. As did every other team in the league last season. Should I go and support them all too? Or do I have to believe in a deranged fashion that we play better football than every other team in the country to carry on supporting Villa? Your argument makes no sense...
Like I said, if you come on here saying our local rivals play better football than us, then expect a reaction. Please explain what's wrong with someone disagreeing with that?
Do we play better football than them?
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Did I say that? I said Albion played better football than us. As did every other team in the league last season. Should I go and support them all too? Or do I have to believe in a deranged fashion that we play better football than every other team in the country to carry on supporting Villa? Your argument makes no sense...
Like I said, if you come on here saying our local rivals play better football than us, then expect a reaction. Please explain what's wrong with someone disagreeing with that?
Do we play better football than them?
I've no idea, I don't give a shit about them but you obviously do.
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Did I say that? I said Albion played better football than us. As did every other team in the league last season. Should I go and support them all too? Or do I have to believe in a deranged fashion that we play better football than every other team in the country to carry on supporting Villa? Your argument makes no sense...
Like I said, if you come on here saying our local rivals play better football than us, then expect a reaction. Please explain what's wrong with someone disagreeing with that?
Do we play better football than them?
I've no idea, I don't give a shit about them but you obviously do.
Okay. I'm going to apply the never argue with an idiot rule here...
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And i'll apply the same rule to Nurse Ratched whilst they should be on their rounds.
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And i'll apply the same rule to Nurse Ratched whilst they should be on their rounds.
Aha. A stalker...
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Maybe we're about to sign Delap.
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so with the smaller pitch,
are we going to play football?
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It doesn't matter how big the pitch is, football is pretty much the same as it's always been.....get the skilful people up the pitch, give it them in dangerous areas, and expect them to make things happen.
None of this collecting it on the half way line bollocks and casually spraying a 5yd pass
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I take it then that nobody has a clue why?
I,for one, really would like to know.
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I take it then that nobody has a clue why?
I,for one, really would like to know.
Feng shui?
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I take it then that nobody has a clue why?
I,for one, really would like to know.
Feng shui?
Possibly. After last season anything is worth a try.
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I take it then that nobody has a clue why?
I,for one, really would like to know.
Feng shui?
Groundsman has been given a Flymo
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so with the smaller pitch,
are we going to play football?
Doubt it, think we're just trying to stop everone else instead.
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I seem to recall the Permier League wanting to standardize pitch sizes, is that also the case in the Championship?
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I think the standardisation of pitch sizes to 105 x 68 metres only applied to the PL, so I guess we'll go back to the FA regulations, which is anywhere between 90-120 metres long x anywhere between 45-90 metres wide. If the pitch has been made smaller I would think it's to match the average Championship sized pitch so we play on a similar sized pitches home and away. On yesterday's second half showing a slightly smaller pitch is the least of our worries.
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The fact that they had to keep watering it today says something. Quite obviously the club are not satisfied with it. Players were slipping at the start of the match.
Maybe the idea was to wet the pitch so that it increased our ability to control the ball, play our new passing game and possibly prevent the pitch from breaking up underfoot as there is a long season ahead.
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I take it then that nobody has a clue why?
I,for one, really would like to know.
Feng shui?
Another new board member? Maybe he's a pitch specialist?
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To be fair, we have been getting battered by the elite teams on our pitch for years and the large expanse is probably a contributing factor. With the way things are, it may be a good time to implement a fundamental change
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Traore has a 'distance covered' clause in his contract. The reduced pitch size is so that he can cover enough ground to trigger it.
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Traore has a 'distance covered' clause in his contract. The reduced pitch size is so that he can cover enough ground to trigger it.
He's got to get on the bloody thing first !
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I seem to recall the Permier League wanting to standardize pitch sizes, is that also the case in the Championship?
There is but at premier league and ours was always above the minimum which I never really understood given how rubbish we are at home.
Been suggesting narrowing the pitch for years but surprised we've done it on relegation as surely we'll win some more home games regardless this season.
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I take it then that nobody has a clue why?
I,for one, really would like to know.
Feng shui?
Groundsman has been given a Flymo
And the electric lead won't reach if its bigger
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I take it then that nobody has a clue why?
I,for one, really would like to know.
All part of the cut backs!
Expect smaller pies and pints too!
:-/
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Is the pitch definitely smaller ?
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Maybe the players want to be further away from the fans when the going gets tough.
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I don't think this pitch will get far on Dragons Den. We need something better than this to get any money out of them.