Home truths

• #150 Reply
  Posted by SoccerHQ on 18 Sep, 2013 21:39
• Quote from: royvilla949 on 15 Sep, 2013 17:47

  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.
• #151 Reply
  Posted by andyaston on 18 Sep, 2013 21:44
• Quote from: SoccerHQ on 18 Sep, 2013 21:22

  Quote from: Chris Smith on 15 Sep, 2013 16:06

  Quote from: Montbert on 15 Sep, 2013 15:55

  Quote from: PeterWithesShin on 15 Sep, 2013 15:44

  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
• #152 Reply
  Posted by SoccerHQ on 18 Sep, 2013 21:53
• 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.
• #153 Reply
  Posted by supertom on 18 Sep, 2013 22:00
• Quote from: SoccerHQ on 18 Sep, 2013 21:39

  Quote from: royvilla949 on 15 Sep, 2013 17:47

  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.
• #154 Reply
  Posted by Weedy on 19 Sep, 2013 13:15
• 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
  
  
  
• #155 Reply
  Posted by Ads on 19 Sep, 2013 13:22
• Quote from: supertom on 18 Sep, 2013 22:00

  Quote from: SoccerHQ on 18 Sep, 2013 21:39

  Quote from: royvilla949 on 15 Sep, 2013 17:47

  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.