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Stolen from another forum but so true.........

Why do we do this first half and not second when we need the noisy end

of the ground to lift the players during the closing stages. The old

argument of the sun is cobblers, it gets lower 2nd hald so is worse for

Green to have to defend it. We used to always attack the Barclay 2nd

half and there were some incredible stats cited once concerning the

advantage of this...... Can anyone explain it?

Seems like even schoolboy tactics to me would utilise this advantage

instead of handing it over to the opposition and their fans....... But

then I guess Worthington hasn''t yet got to the schoolboy tactics page,

he''s still stuck in ''work rate and work ethic'' by A Hughes.

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There is something in Iwan''s book saying that thre reason is due to the perceived slope of the pitch.

Apparently it''s slightly downhill towards the River End.

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Maybe it''s because Norwich often don''t play well after half time and continuously give the ball back to the opposition. Also if the first half hasn''t been great then the fans are less likely to sing in the second half. There is noise at the beginning of the game when there is renewed positivity from the previous match!!

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[quote user="Islington Canary"]

There is something in Iwan''s book saying that thre reason is due to the perceived slope of the pitch.

Apparently it''s slightly downhill towards the River End.

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I thought they got rid of that when they re-did the pitch a couple of years ago?

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[quote user="T07"]Stolen from another forum but so true.........


Why do we do this first half and not second when we need the noisy end of the ground to lift the players during the closing stages. The old argument of the sun is cobblers, it gets lower 2nd hald so is worse for Green to have to defend it. We used to always attack the Barclay 2nd half and there were some incredible stats cited once concerning the advantage of this...... Can anyone explain it?


Seems like even schoolboy tactics to me would utilise this advantage instead of handing it over to the opposition and their fans....... But then I guess Worthington hasn''t yet got to the schoolboy tactics page, he''s still stuck in ''work rate and work ethic'' by A Hughes.



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You only have to look at the Watford and Ipswich games to see how the opposition supporters helped them towards the end of the game to get the winner. It would be much harder for the opposition if they were not attacking their supporters second half, whereas City would be roared on towards the Barclay - imagine the atmosphere if we needed to get a winner towards the end of the game, it would be immense.

 

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[quote user="kneeelo 74"]It is a tradition that has gone back years and years that we shoot towards the riverend second half, it seemed to work well under Mike Walker and also Man United and Newcastle last season[/quote] Didn''t seem to make much difference yeaterday! There was a fair amount of noise coming out of the Barclay second half and some good banter with the Derby fans. I was sitting in ther Jarrold stand. It does frsutrate me how little noise that stand makes. Even during the pre-match ''On the Ball City'' rendition, the noise from the Jarrold is minimal!

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[quote user="kneeelo 74"]It is a tradition that has gone back years and

years that we shoot towards the riverend second half, it seemed to work

well under Mike Walker and also Man United and Newcastle last

season[/quote]

Then my memory is corrupted.... When I used to satnd in the Barclay

eraly 70''s and then the River End early 80''s it was def the policy

(rightly so) to attack the Barclay 2nd hald. Its was one of the things

that pissed me off having to stand in the River End with my Mrs....

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[quote user="Cantley"][quote user="Islington Canary"]

There is something in Iwan''s book saying that thre reason is due to the perceived slope of the pitch.

Apparently it''s slightly downhill towards the River End.

[/quote]

I thought they got rid of that when they re-did the pitch a couple of years ago?

[/quote]

 

i thought the same thing myself?

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