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Post by ChrisKamarasPerm on Aug 17, 2012 21:43:20 GMT
Just caught the end of a sky sports news report and I'm sure it said the premier league has a standard pitch size this year? Wheel away if already covered
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Post by knype on Aug 17, 2012 21:44:43 GMT
Just caught the end of a sky sports news report and I'm sure it said the premier league has a standard pitch size this year? Wheel away if already covered Always has had mate, minimum and maximum.... |
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Post by Tonarme on Aug 17, 2012 21:46:14 GMT
apparently all pitch sizes are to be the same this year!
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Post by philb on Aug 17, 2012 21:46:36 GMT
Says they're all going to have to be the same size now doesn't it???
Good job we played with a bigger pitch in the Europa League last season!
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Post by ChrisKamarasPerm on Aug 17, 2012 22:03:45 GMT
Yeah I'm sure it said we all have the same size pitch this season. Tone won't be happy
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Post by markscfc72 on Aug 17, 2012 22:13:47 GMT
Yeah every pitch same size
TP said something along the lines of we had to make pitch much bigger for Europa League and we did well in that and also that the new premier league size isnt as big as the Europa sized one last year
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Post by prem4stoke on Aug 17, 2012 22:17:49 GMT
So I take it all teams have to use the smallest size due to some clubs only having the area not much bigger than Stokes pitch size last season. You obviously can't make the pitch bigger than it can physically be.
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Post by march4 on Aug 17, 2012 22:18:24 GMT
Won't it work to our advantage that the bigger pitches will have to be made smaller which should suit us.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2012 22:21:21 GMT
Won't it work to our advantage that the bigger pitches will have to be made smaller which should suit us. Yeah....and if they made the goals 6 yards wider , then there's a chance Sidebay would score...   |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2012 22:21:52 GMT
Won't it work to our advantage that the bigger pitches will have to be made smaller which should suit us. It's a good point, but we'd need to know what the dimensions are before making that judgement. Winning 5 more games away won't do us much good if we start to lose most of our home games. |
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Post by march4 on Aug 17, 2012 22:22:44 GMT
Won't it work to our advantage that the bigger pitches will have to be made smaller which should suit us. Yeah....and if they made the goals 6 yards wider , then there's a chance Sidebay would score... Mama - score! No, I just can't see it mate |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2012 22:24:17 GMT
Yeah....and if they made the goals 6 yards wider , then there's a chance Sidebay would score... Mama - score! No, I just can't see it mate Jesus Wept...! Neither can I...! |
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Post by voodooray1863 on Aug 17, 2012 22:24:32 GMT
ban the towls, make every pitch the same size
hard not to think its all about us with these new rules, fuck em we are stoke and we use this patter to our advantage.
like pulis said we played on a bigger pitch in europra league home games and we did ok in that. Bring it on.
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Post by march4 on Aug 17, 2012 22:28:02 GMT
Mama - score! No, I just can't see it mate Jesus Wept...! Neither can I...! Mama has more important things to do on the pitch than sully his boots shooting at goal |
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Post by jbstokie on Aug 17, 2012 22:29:15 GMT
What are the new dimensions?
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Post by Gods on Aug 17, 2012 22:29:26 GMT
Almost beggars belief that there isn't a standard pitch size already.
Can you imagine a tennis match where the players turn up and the court is some random size between a minimum and a maximum.
It would just be laughable.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2012 22:29:37 GMT
Jesus Wept...! Neither can I...! Mama has more important things to do on the pitch than sully his boots shooting at goal Yes....Like having those splints lanced from his arse.... |
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Post by prem4stoke on Aug 17, 2012 22:36:42 GMT
Almost beggars belief that there isn't a standard pitch size already. Can you imagine a tennis match where the players turn up and the court is some random size between a minimum and a maximum. It would just be laughable. Yeah because a football player can kick a ball 140mph from one side of the pitch to the other |
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Post by Gods on Aug 17, 2012 22:56:06 GMT
Almost beggars belief that there isn't a standard pitch size already. Can you imagine a tennis match where the players turn up and the court is some random size between a minimum and a maximum. It would just be laughable. Yeah because a football player can kick a ball 140mph from one side of the pitch to the other I'm in tune with your sarcasm but I am not sure how that negates the argument for a standard football pitch size? |
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Post by march4 on Aug 17, 2012 22:57:07 GMT
Mama has more important things to do on the pitch than sully his boots shooting at goal Yes....Like having those splints lanced from his arse.... And he's still our most effective player in spite of his suffering ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2012 23:00:50 GMT
It's me who's fucking suffering , and the poor sods who have bought a season ticket....!
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Post by march4 on Aug 17, 2012 23:02:50 GMT
It's me who's fucking suffering , and the poor sods who have bought a season ticket....! I know, you all have my sympathies; sitting there wishing you could as effective as Mama must be a real trial for many |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2012 23:09:06 GMT
He should be on trial for false pretences...A Striker...WTF...?
I'm off to iron me long johns...
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Post by prem4stoke on Aug 17, 2012 23:13:50 GMT
Yeah because a football player can kick a ball 140mph from one side of the pitch to the other I'm in tune with your sarcasm but I am not sure how that negates the argument for a standard football pitch size? I agree with you really, it's just that tennis sizes have always been the same and football pitches have always been different. It has always been part of the way to adapt tactics accordingly, a team game not a one on one. I agree with goal line technology so I guess to be fair the pitches should be the same size but not a must. |
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Post by yogibear78 on Aug 17, 2012 23:15:29 GMT
The pitch is always the same size on the radio |
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Post by march4 on Aug 17, 2012 23:19:13 GMT
The pitch is always the same size on the radio Doesn't it overhang the edges? |
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Post by stokeramblers on Aug 17, 2012 23:36:23 GMT
QPR have the smallest pitch in the league I think and they have precious little extra to play with. If they make their pitch bigger they'll be playing in the stands.
So we can assume that if it's being standardised that most other pitches will be getting smaller.
Which of course would be to our advantage.
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Post by stokelad84 on Aug 17, 2012 23:38:31 GMT
Mr Wenger won't be happy  |
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Post by stokeramblers on Aug 17, 2012 23:43:10 GMT
Mr Wenger won't be happy He'll be furious! I really can't see this being true to be honest. The big clubs hold sway in England and I can't see the likes of United, City & Arsenal settling for something like this. They love their big pitches as they can tear teams apart on them. Surely it'll just be the same regulations as last season with min/max dimensions to adhere to. Otherwise we'll all have pitches the size of QPR's unless special dispensation is made for them. |
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Post by Olgrligm on Aug 17, 2012 23:45:22 GMT
Don't the Campions' League clubs all have identically sized pitches due to European constraints? Arsenal don't have one set of lines for the league that mark out something the size of a cricket pitch, with a tiny pitch for Europe.
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