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Post by Pricey on Sept 12, 2013 19:32:17 GMT
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Post by stokiejoeofalsager on Sept 12, 2013 19:37:33 GMT
well he's a bell end and knows nothing.  |
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Post by bayernoatcake on Sept 12, 2013 19:41:58 GMT
I thought that too Pricey. And it was only Everton and another who have a smaller pitch due to it physically being impossible to make them any bigger.
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Post by Pricey on Sept 12, 2013 19:49:23 GMT
The thing is whenever I see a game at Old Trafford, Citeh or Villa I always think they've got a big pitch so maybe we've been led to believe something that isn't actually true?
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Post by CrazyPotter on Sept 12, 2013 19:50:54 GMT
Indeed - I also thought they'd all been standardised?
So Pat Nevin's "expert" insight is that larger pitch dimensions give more area to play in? Bloody genius.
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Post by stokiejoeofalsager on Sept 12, 2013 19:56:44 GMT
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Post by dexter97 on Sept 12, 2013 20:01:15 GMT
The erudite Mr Nevin talking bollocks? Surely not?!  |
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Post by Pricey on Sept 12, 2013 20:01:27 GMT
K.22 might be in relation to the sight lines for cameras and fans that Nevin mentions though? |
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Post by stokiejoeofalsager on Sept 12, 2013 20:33:50 GMT
K.22 might be in relation to the sight lines for cameras and fans that Nevin mentions though? i don't really get what he was trying to say there. surely, as the pitches are uniformed in size by law, MOST of the pitches will be of the same dimensions, other than those with extremely tight grounds such as QPR and everton where it's not physically possible. it is physically possible to fit the regulation size pitch into the brit so surely it would be illegal for us to have a smaller pitch, unless we have exploited some sort of loophole. The fact that his figures are so varying for a league with rules on a regulated pitch size suggest his figures are either out of date or wrong. I could be wrong of course, but that's just the way i see it. |
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Sept 12, 2013 20:41:27 GMT
I think he's referring to the situation as it was two seasons ago (i.e. the season after our Cup Final appearance) not how it was last season. Sloppy by Nevin but also sloppy by the BBC who should have done their research properly.
I seem to recall that there are two or three clubs with pitches which can't meet the criteria in the Prem. Ours is NOT one of those three as there is ample grassed area to expand the pitch further if we wanted to - and we have no sightline problems for people or camera positions.
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Post by Pricey on Sept 12, 2013 20:44:20 GMT
Someone needs to find out the truth. I'm not sad enough to email the BBC...*shouts* LAKELAND!
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Sept 12, 2013 20:48:14 GMT
Someone needs to find out the truth. I'm not sad enough to email the BBC...*shouts* LAKELAND! Nah, Pricey, I'm not going to do your dirty work for you, you lazy bugger!  |
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Post by longtimestokie on Sept 12, 2013 22:03:36 GMT
our pitch is 2 yards shorter at each end this year 4 yards on total,, i asume it was to facilitate the goal line technology,, because of where the cameras are positioned ,,,
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2013 23:46:37 GMT
Nevin needs to be condemned to room 101.
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Post by santy on Sept 13, 2013 7:32:39 GMT
Liverpool also have a smaller pitch than the standard, they used to have to get dispensation from UEFA each year as they couldn't even meet the minimum requirements for Europe. At least they don't have to worry about that anymore.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2013 8:58:22 GMT
I thought that too Pricey. And it was only Everton and another who have a smaller pitch due to it physically being impossible to make them any bigger. Fulham? |
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Post by rawli on Sept 13, 2013 9:20:56 GMT
As expert as his fellow Scotch man Dalglish claiming we'd changed the. Size of the pitch when we played Liverpool during our UEFA season. A 'fact' that all the fucking plastic scousers I know quoted back to me after we beat them.
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Post by burge2u on Sept 13, 2013 10:43:35 GMT
Even the smallest area must look like 1000 square yards less to a shortarse like Nevin.
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Post by burge2u on Sept 13, 2013 15:38:32 GMT
Even the smallest area must look like 1000 square yards less to a shortarse like Nevin.
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