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Posted November 27, 2014 04:53 · last edited November 27, 2014 05:02

I think it's possible we'll play a higher line at home and be more attacking. Or try it at first with McG back and all...

I have to actually ask this. What difference does it make if its home or away? Play it depending who you are playing against, not what field you are playing on cause last I checked, all football fields are roughly the same.

I agree with that, but it does not produce the same outcome for all teams.

My own three cents' worth is - this is all in the mind, as in: being mentally soft. That is not a sin, and it can be worked on.

Except for those times when we were in absolute top flight (like when we got Riera), the Nix are often somewhat low on confidence, and this results in a poorer form away (except some notable exceptions). The opposite crowd affects them. It does not matter so much when we are playing a poor team away (like CCM this season) but it is the key difference when playing against a good team away (like, say, Perth are right now because the fact we lost at home to them must have been in the back of our players' minds).

I may be out on a limb here, and unfairly so, but the above theory would be tenable if such confidence issue was unwittingly maintained, transmitted and somehow reinforced by senior players with low confidence who then pass it on to others. That is the only reason this problem would carry on from season to season. Maybe Manny and Siggy are OK, but others? Is Lia high on confidence? Is Brockie?

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Mainland FC edited November 27, 2014 05:02

Jeff Vader wrote:

martinb wrote:

I think it's possible we'll play a higher line at home and be more attacking. Or try it at first with McG back and all...

I agree with that, but it does not produce the same outcome for all teams.

My own three cents' worth is - this is all in the mind, as in: being mentally soft. That is not a sin, and it can be worked on.

Except for those times when we were in absolute top flight (like when we got Riera), the Nix are often somewhat low on confidence, and this results in a poorer form away (except some notable exceptions). It does not matter so much when we are playing a poor team away (like CCM this season) but it is the key difference when playing against a good team away (like, say, Perth are right now because the fact we lost at home to them must have been in the back of our players' minds).

Mainland FC edited November 27, 2014 05:01

Jeff Vader wrote:

martinb wrote:

I think it's possible we'll play a higher line at home and be more attacking. Or try it at first with McG back and all...

I have to actually ask this. What difference does it make if its home or away? Play it depending who you are playing against, not what field you are playing on cause last I checked, all football fields are roughly the same.

I agree with that, but it does not produce the same outcome for all teams.

My own three cents' worth is - The Nix is always somewhat low on confidence, which results in poorer form away (except some notable exceptions). It does not matter when we are playing a poor team away (like CCM this season) but it may be the small significant difference playing against a good team away (like say Perth are right now, because the fact we lost at home to them must be in our players' minds).

I may be out on a limb here, and unfairly so, but this would be tenable if such confidence issue was (unwittingly) maintained and reinforced by senior players who then pass it on to others. That is the only reason this would carry on from season to season.