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Jekyll and Hyde

Jekyll and Hyde

pnenycx

pnenycx

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Can someone explain home vs away form? Again today we were superb away against a decent Reading. And this without Pearson and Davies.
At home there's no fluency and seemingly determination.
 
I think its becoming a bit of a mental block for the players when at Deepdale to with the bad run of form, pressure etc once the first one comes I can see them putting a run together. Hopefully, the away form carries on aswell!
 
paddysr said:
At home we are facing teams that are defensively minding, playing with 11 men behind the ball and trying to stop us winning
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That is true but must be the case for all the top teams. We have showed away we have the personnel to damage other teams.
I think we should dispense with crosses into the box which more often than not are cleared by their centre halves and instead have players running at and into the box. Play low balls into the box. Show more determination and aggressiveness in attack.
 
Fuck it, let hypnotise the lads and pretend we’re playing away every week.

Put them up in a hotel the night before and everything.

Perhaps we can use the rumoured privilege we have of making teams swap their kits so we can always play in Green.
 
Great away win, should have been four, as someone suggested on a previous thread, play all games away and play in green.
 
All joking aside, are we actually allowed to change our kit at home. I’d definitely agree with playing in green, if it gives the players some kind of physiological lift.
 
In fact better idea we play at Bloomfield Road, can't get more away than that
 
paddysr said:
At home we are facing teams that are defensively minding, playing with 11 men behind the ball and trying to stop us winning
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I wouldn't go quite that far Paddy, some teams have enjoyed just as much possession than us at home, too much in all honesty. The tempo is certainly a difference, we force teams into mistakes, more in your face, in all areas of the pitch, I've said it many times, it suits us more than any other style of play. Fishers return certainly made a huge difference, as having much more of a threat down that right hand side
 
It’s down to space in behind. Away from home the opposition push forward leaving gaps to run in to, and we are brilliant, Potts n Sinclair revel in it. Away teams at Deepdale deny it and we are clueless and have been all of 2020.
We need more players upfield at home to score goals
 
Naughton's moustache said:
I wouldn't go quite that far Paddy, some teams have enjoyed just as much possession than us at home, too much in all honesty. The tempo is certainly a difference, we force teams into mistakes, more in your face, in all areas of the pitch, I've said it many times, it suits us more than any other style of play. Fishers return certainly made a huge difference, as having much more of a threat down that right hand side
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Its not necessarily about possession. If you watch their average positions on the pitch they are 5 yards further back than teams we play away.
 
Have we now got a total mental block at home after such a poor run?. How much is down to fear and apprehension?. Is it purely tactical or a bit of both?
 
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