Home or Away?

[Serious Sid]

When playing a team from a higher league is it better to play them home or away? I get the impression that playing away might pump the team up more - backs against the wall and all that. Yesterday I could feel the resolve and sheer determination from here. Would the feeling have been as strong if we had been playing at home? I am not suggesting we wouldn't have been as committed if we had played at home but we may not have seen it as such a mountain to climb.

[Eastside Urchin]

not too sure,i think the camradery of going to somewhere like borehamwood could pull the players together more but a big game at the bridge always manages to get the players up for it.

[Serious Sid]

I am not sure either so thought it would be interesting to hear what others thought. I think it is human nature that the bigger the task then the harder you try.

[Eastside Urchin]

i think the atmosphere is likely to be slightly better at away games if big numbers of fans go away like yesterday,we had about 100 standing on the terrace opposite their main stand and we couldn't hear their fans sing,not sure that they did,but it must of gave our guys a lift.At home when there has been over 800 in the ground there has always been a brilliant atmosphere especially when the bigger clubs have come down,i remember being in the eastside for the tranmere,stevenage and burton games and it was electric

[Serious Sid]

Well I am certainly praying for a home tie next round.

 

And if our lads don't get a standing ovation when they run on to the pitch next Saturday I shall be very disappoined. Well it will be a standing ovation from the Riverside cos the Eastside are standing all the time.

[Eastside Urchin]

after watching the game yesterday knowing that we were up against a free scoring team of late who are a division above us i would fancy us against anyone at our gaff

[Mitchurchin]

Next saturdays game looks as tough as yesterdays (provided it is still Fleet that we're playing). They're flying high in their league and scoring lots of goals.

 

As for home or away draw, if we're at home then I think we need to up the noise levels a bit and kind of get the singing a bit more co-ordinated. When we're away I think we generally make more noise as we know it helps the lads.

 

I'm just glad to be in the next round, bring on whoever fancies a game against this side.

[tinky]

oi super urchin...eastside or riverside babes??

[Eastside Urchin]

never sat on the riverside so wouldn't know