Irishadrian Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Read Baks' comment that he would prefer an away tie in the play-offs and a closer look shows why. Of the 6 teams vyeing for the Championship or the Playoffs 2 have lost just 2 home games 2 have lost 3 1 has lost 4 and the Rebels have lost 7 In fact we are the only "top" team to have scored more points away than at home But why should this be? Everyone plays everyone else This has cost us a realistic chance of the Championship also the larger the crowd the more likely we are to lose We have lost every game where the crowd was 300+ Do any of you have any thoughts about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Don't think there's anything in the crowd. Played against Kettering & Rugby earlier this season away and won comfortably in front of decent crowds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Two theories: coincidence or we are just better set up as a counter attacking unit and find it slightly easier when the oppo come onto to us more which tends to be the case in away games. Still no good in over analysing. We have a good side and the plays offs are in our hands with two games to go. Win them both and first target reached COYR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishadrian Posted April 20, 2014 Author Share Posted April 20, 2014 Chris That's the paradox really we can perform well in front of large partisan crowds away from home but fail at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Cox Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Except today apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishadrian Posted April 21, 2014 Author Share Posted April 21, 2014 Not persuaded Where did the bulk of todays crowd come from? Aylesburys previous 5 home gates 88,119,81,92,117 Hardly a partisan home crowd today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Baker Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Does anyone really think that because there are an extra 100 people at the game that the lads will freeze and lose the game??? come on really??? We have had one bad weekend in the last 15, put it in context, and lets start talking about this weekend, and hopefully trying to secure a play off position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Rebel and a Saint Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Will said Neil. IrishAdrian - have you not noticed that we outnumber the home fans at almost every ground in this league? Almost every game is like a home game. We just have to back the boys against Chertsey on Saturday and get into the playoffs. Anything can still happen if we get there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammer_rebel Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Does anyone really think that because there are an extra 100 people at the game that the lads will freeze and lose the game??? come on really??? We have had one bad weekend in the last 15, put it in context, and lets start talking about this weekend, and hopefully trying to secure a play off position. 1 person thinks that...... Don't want the lads thinking that all the fans think this way! I was as frustrated as anyone at the game yesterday I personally think has nothing to do with crowds! We don't have wooz.. Adam.... Ryan in the team all good leaders and we got a knock from losing after a great run! All we got to do is win sat and we're in the playoffs after our run in dec I didn't think playoffs were a possibility now we are so close!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloughRebelBoy Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Looking at the teams we could play in the play offs *should we get over the finishing line on Saturday * (including possibility of Dunstable dropping into them), we are guaranteed a bit of a midweek journey after work to follow the Rebels (whoever we may play), so need as many fans to make the effort and get to the game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishadrian Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 So who is this person who thinks the team will freeze when an extra 100 fans are present? It certainly isn't me My OP made it clear that I found it a bit puzzling that all home games with 300+ have been lost and asked if anyone could think of a reason A rebel and a saint of course I know how few fans some of our rivals attract but the number of home fans plus the number of travelling Slough fans still doesn't amount usually to a large crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
readingrebel Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Irish, nothing more than pure coincidence. We've lost 4 home league games where the attendance has been over 300 but we've also lost 3 home league games where the attendance has been below 300. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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