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Offline SoccerHQ

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Re: Kicking towards the Holte
« Reply #15 on: February 05, 2023, 11:14:59 PM »
I couldn't tell you which way round the kicks off have been, but apart from Man U, the home perfomances have all been a bit shit. Even the Leeds game we didn't really deserve to win, as Emery himself acknowledged.

We should've knocked 8 past Brentford and they're only a few points off 5th currently. That was attacking the Holte first half for sure.

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Re: Kicking towards the Holte
« Reply #16 on: February 05, 2023, 11:17:33 PM »
I meant since Emery has been here.

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Re: Kicking towards the Holte
« Reply #17 on: February 05, 2023, 11:37:54 PM »
Does it really matter or actually make much difference?

Absolutely none whatsoever.

Yet the players obviously think it does. They haven’t just broken with tradition on a whim.
It’s a desperate whim. Since this present obsession started we have won 3 drawn 1 and lost 2. Not exactly incredible home form.

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Re: Kicking towards the Holte
« Reply #18 on: February 06, 2023, 01:38:29 AM »
They said Martinez chose yesterday

They kicked off yesterday so he must have chosen.

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Re: Kicking towards the Holte
« Reply #19 on: February 06, 2023, 05:54:11 AM »
Its like 3.00 kick offs , does it matter, it should not. But its tradition.
The Holte sucking the ball in during a second half onslaught is probably something that happened only in my head
But ,without trying to research it I bet Newton heath attack the Stretford and l/pool the Kop in the second half.

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Re: Kicking towards the Holte
« Reply #20 on: February 06, 2023, 06:03:37 AM »
With Villa fans at both ends it doesn’t make any difference anymore. I can see why they did it when away fans were in the lower North Stand but when that changed so did any preconceived ideas that we got any advantage out of it.

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Re: Kicking towards the Holte
« Reply #21 on: February 06, 2023, 06:42:56 AM »
Exactly, as Lee Johnson the old Bristol City manager once said ‘two home ends makes a massive difference, it’s an unfair advantage and needs to be looked into by the FA, authorities, Police and MI5.’ Not word for word but it was along those lines.

I quite like us kicking towards the Holte in the first half.

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Re: Kicking towards the Holte
« Reply #22 on: February 06, 2023, 08:33:56 AM »
Exactly, as Lee Johnson the old Bristol City manager once said ‘two home ends makes a massive difference, it’s an unfair advantage and needs to be looked into by the FA, authorities, Police and MI5.’ Not word for word but it was along those lines.

I quite like us kicking towards the Holte in the first half.

That comment was after Villa 5 Bristol City 0 on 01/01/2018. There were the usual New Year celebrations before kick off. One of their fans phoned R5Live to say that you could see who Villa's big game was against as they had fireworks before the match.

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Re: Kicking towards the Holte
« Reply #23 on: February 06, 2023, 08:38:13 AM »
I wonder whether Martinez likes it. He really does vibe off the crowd reaction and if he's in the Holte too, perhaps it really motivates him.

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Re: Kicking towards the Holte
« Reply #24 on: February 06, 2023, 01:15:12 PM »
If it doesn't matter, which way we kick off, why don't we make a fast start kicking towards the North Stand.

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Re: Kicking towards the Holte
« Reply #25 on: February 06, 2023, 03:35:09 PM »
Does it really matter or actually make much difference?

Absolutely none whatsoever.

It obviously does psychologically.  We've scored quickly 4 out of 5 times when we've done it.  You can understand why Emi want to kep that up.

Leiceter - kicked towards Holte - scored in 9 mins
Leeds - kicked towards Holte - scored in 12 mins

Stevenage - Didn't kick towards Holte.  Stevenage had early goal disallowed.
Wolves - Didn't kick towards Holte, Wolves took lead
Liverpool - kicked towards Holte, Liverpool took early lead (didn't work)
Man U - kicked towards Holte - scored in 7 mins
Brentford - kicked towards Holte - scored in 2 mins

Personally I prefer watch us attack the Holte in the second half, but it is clearly making a difference.


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Re: Kicking towards the Holte
« Reply #26 on: February 06, 2023, 04:06:26 PM »
Not in a sample so small it isn't!

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Re: Kicking towards the Holte
« Reply #27 on: February 06, 2023, 04:37:42 PM »
Not in a sample so small it isn't!
I think 4 out of 5 is pretty complelling - at least enough to make Emi to want to keep doing it.  Particularly when the 5th was Liverpool. 

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Re: Kicking towards the Holte
« Reply #28 on: February 06, 2023, 05:39:08 PM »
Not in a sample so small it isn't!
I think 4 out of 5 is pretty complelling - at least enough to make Emi to want to keep doing it.  Particularly when the 5th was Liverpool. 

There's more to this than scoring first. We did that against Leicester and lost the game. We did it first against Leeds, and probably should have lost the game.

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Re: Kicking towards the Holte
« Reply #29 on: February 06, 2023, 05:50:42 PM »
Do they take windshear and sunlight into account when picking ends?

 


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