crookesowl Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 (edited) Negative tactics not seen for many years. The pitch is now much narrower than 2019/20 season. See for yourselves - look at the position of the Astro and side line... Edited October 4, 2020 by crookesowl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post marconi Posted October 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 4, 2020 Nah we’ve pushed the stands further out. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 And we still allow opponents the freedom of S6 to put last minute assists in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashley8 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 It's not been full size for years now. When we we only had loan players we couldn't handle the space. Sadly it's never gone back. If it has bee narrowed again then it's down to wanting to play crap. Let's face it that is an achievement he HAS achieved (Sadly) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dykwim Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 That’s rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew_Owl Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Remember when Irvine had it widened for Sedgwick and Teale, and players struggled to take throw in from the lack of space because of the advertising boards in front of the north stand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopparberg Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Why can’t all pro pitches be the same size? I always associate shortening the pitch with long throws. Welcome to Sheffield Wednesday Callum Patterson. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crookesowl Posted October 4, 2020 Author Share Posted October 4, 2020 14 minutes ago, Kopparberg said: Why can’t all pro pitches be the same size? I always associate shortening the pitch with long throws. Welcome to Sheffield Wednesday Callum Patterson. It was narrow v Watford too. But yes it does mean his throws are in range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopparberg Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 22 minutes ago, crookesowl said: It was narrow v Watford too. But yes it does mean his throws are in range. Indeed. Has to be from the start of the season doesn’t it and can’t be changed. Really makes you wonder what this means for our tactics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oh_weds_we_love_you Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Could change it to a PowerLeague sized pitch and we still wouldn’t score a 2nd goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanzaroteowl Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Take any advantage you can. That's what winning is all about. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatter Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 It’s been changed several times in the 60 plus years I’ve been a Hillsborough regular. In the 1950’s It was said to be one of the largest playing areas in the football league. Bigger than Wembley if memory serves correctly. The largest narrowings I remember was in Ron Atkinsons early days but I don’t remember anyone thinking it negative. Rather the actions of a savvy manager. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trev Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Less running about. Good work Garry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N0rtherner Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Did the rest of you study those two photos even? It looks the same really, just that those black granules (or whatever they're called) have been cleaned up further over the sidelines this season compared to last? Can't see any difference to actual pitch size; boxes/lines seem the same in both, but the gray/black area varies, but that's all over the sidelines anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smackavolley Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 5 minutes ago, N0rtherner said: Did the rest of you study those two photos even? It looks the same really, just that those black granules (or whatever they're called) have been cleaned up further over the sidelines this season compared to last? Can't see any difference to actual pitch size; boxes/lines seem the same in both, but the gray/black area varies, but that's all over the sidelines anyway. The pitch has definitely been narrowed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buxtongent Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 As far as I am aware, the only pitch with the Maximum area, and certainly for years the largest playing area, was the old Doncaster Rovers pitch , the one opposite the Racecourse . Some clubs, even the top clubs are constructed so that there is little 'running area' and the terraces are closer to the pitch, giving the impression of smaller pitches. Whether this season's pitch is smaller/narrower can only be determined by the distance from the edge of the penalty area to the touch line, since the dimensions of penalty & goal areas are standard by law Even so, we still don't seem to take 'home advantage' so what difference?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxonOwl Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Difficult to tell for sure but I agree that the penalty area to touch line looks pretty similar to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzys Dad Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 It’s a lot easier to press, like we are doing , on a smaller pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crookesowl Posted October 5, 2020 Author Share Posted October 5, 2020 2 hours ago, N0rtherner said: Did the rest of you study those two photos even? It looks the same really, just that those black granules (or whatever they're called) have been cleaned up further over the sidelines this season compared to last? Can't see any difference to actual pitch size; boxes/lines seem the same in both, but the gray/black area varies, but that's all over the sidelines anyway. I did question myself but I believe it is narrower. Its the Astro edging put in with the deso pitch. It doesn’t move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smackavolley Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 13 minutes ago, crookesowl said: I did question myself but I believe it is narrower. Its the Astro edging put in with the deso pitch. It doesn’t move. The training pitches have been narrowed as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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