| What’s been most surprising to you this season? 12:33 - Mar 17 with 11609 views | Illinoisblue |
On or off the pitch?
1. The fact that members of the press/media are counted in attendance figures. (This will never make any sense)
2. Finding out the head analyst at goalkeeper,com - who convinced us to buy Muric - has zero experience in professional football and only job since leaving university was at Tesco. This is all on LinkedIn if it sounds too far fetched to be true.
3. Just how much better the ground looks now. [Post edited 17 Mar 12:35]
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| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 12:35 - Mar 17 with 5929 views | homer_123 |
On point 1 - the fact that season ticket holders are included whether they turn up or not. |  |
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| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 12:35 - Mar 17 with 5902 views | Illinoisblue |
| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 12:35 - Mar 17 by homer_123 |
On point 1 - the fact that season ticket holders are included whether they turn up or not. |
Hasn’t that always been the case? | |
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| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 12:37 - Mar 17 with 5879 views | Kieran_Knows |
The cupboard which had half a staircase in when they were doing the renovation works at the stadium. |  |
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| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 12:38 - Mar 17 with 5840 views | FrimleyBlue |
2 - That's incredible. Don't suppose he has any links with M/A's brother in law does he...
Mine
I was suprised at how painful VAR actually is when you are watching your team involved in it. Didn't feel the same frustation when it's just a neutral game, but when it's your own, by god it's painful. |  |
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| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 12:40 - Mar 17 with 5825 views | MattinLondon |
Always surprises me how many people pour onto the pitch at the end of the match from the dugouts and its immediate area. Years ago, it was just a few people and the subs, now it so many more. |  | | |
| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 12:43 - Mar 17 with 5787 views | Blueschev |
The huge step up in Physicality in the top division. Every team seems much bigger than us. Palace for example aren't very nice to watch, I certainly wouldn't want a season ticket, they're a team of giant athletes who are boringly effective. |  | | |
| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 12:54 - Mar 17 with 5671 views | bsw72 |
| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 12:37 - Mar 17 by Kieran_Knows |
The cupboard which had half a staircase in when they were doing the renovation works at the stadium. |
The footings for the old floodlights still being in the ground also. |  | | |
| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 12:58 - Mar 17 with 5597 views | Churchman |
The gap between Premier League and Championship. You have to see it to believe it. |  | | |
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| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 12:59 - Mar 17 with 5597 views | gainsboroughblue |
| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 12:43 - Mar 17 by Blueschev |
The huge step up in Physicality in the top division. Every team seems much bigger than us. Palace for example aren't very nice to watch, I certainly wouldn't want a season ticket, they're a team of giant athletes who are boringly effective. |
I think that's mine too.
Years ago, a Philogene, Hutch type player would need to play in the top division to avoid all the brick sh1thouses that were in the lower leagues.
The Prem is truly a league of bionic men now. |  |
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| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 12:59 - Mar 17 with 5591 views | BseaBlue |
| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 12:43 - Mar 17 by Blueschev |
The huge step up in Physicality in the top division. Every team seems much bigger than us. Palace for example aren't very nice to watch, I certainly wouldn't want a season ticket, they're a team of giant athletes who are boringly effective. |
This. You can really say how the game is played by numbers in the top division. |  | | |
| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 13:05 - Mar 17 with 5526 views | SitfcB |
| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 12:35 - Mar 17 by Illinoisblue |
Hasn’t that always been the case? |
Yep but so has the journos/staff thing hasn’t it? |  |
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| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 13:09 - Mar 17 with 5482 views | homer_123 |
| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 13:05 - Mar 17 by SitfcB |
Yep but so has the journos/staff thing hasn’t it? |
Yup.
I can understand Journo's being included as they are there but including ST holders who haven't attended is the odd bit. | |
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| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 13:17 - Mar 17 with 5403 views | stonojnr |
| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 12:35 - Mar 17 by Illinoisblue |
Hasn’t that always been the case? |
Yes, for decades |  | | |
| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 13:21 - Mar 17 with 5377 views | stonojnr |
| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 12:43 - Mar 17 by Blueschev |
The huge step up in Physicality in the top division. Every team seems much bigger than us. Palace for example aren't very nice to watch, I certainly wouldn't want a season ticket, they're a team of giant athletes who are boringly effective. |
That's definitely a thing, must be all those protein drinks they're giving them ;)
What I've not got my head round yet is where these players come from in terms of you don't see them in lower leagues working their way up. They just appear in the Prem, and our experience with our players is theres more to playing at Prem level than just having the fitness, physicality, so how they do they learn those skills ? | | | |
| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 13:23 - Mar 17 with 5347 views | hype313 |
Amazing what a lick a paint an do, to be fair to Clegg he did try and rally us all to go and throw a few brushes around but no one bothered.
Sad indictment on our fanbase. |  |
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| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 13:24 - Mar 17 with 5330 views | stonojnr |
For me it is the wafer thin margins between winning or losing are and how you have to have a 9/10 game, all game to compete.
The teams we've face just need one tiny way through our setup, and they score, of course when we give them big gaps they score more
But it's just that you think you're matching up, and blink of an eye and you're a goal down. | | | |
| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 13:25 - Mar 17 with 5314 views | bsw72 |
| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 13:24 - Mar 17 by stonojnr |
For me it is the wafer thin margins between winning or losing are and how you have to have a 9/10 game, all game to compete.
The teams we've face just need one tiny way through our setup, and they score, of course when we give them big gaps they score more
But it's just that you think you're matching up, and blink of an eye and you're a goal down. |
or 3 down even . . . | | | |
| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 13:25 - Mar 17 with 5302 views | textbackup |
On 2, that really is something I’d never have MA getting done over by. That is embarrassing and he will be hurting bad from that |  |
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| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 13:27 - Mar 17 with 5278 views | TractorJack |
| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 13:24 - Mar 17 by stonojnr |
For me it is the wafer thin margins between winning or losing are and how you have to have a 9/10 game, all game to compete.
The teams we've face just need one tiny way through our setup, and they score, of course when we give them big gaps they score more
But it's just that you think you're matching up, and blink of an eye and you're a goal down. |
Yeah, this. I was confident we could compete with the bottom half teams but the difference between that and picking up results is massive |  | | |
| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 13:27 - Mar 17 with 5265 views | stringy |
| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 12:59 - Mar 17 by gainsboroughblue |
I think that's mine too.
Years ago, a Philogene, Hutch type player would need to play in the top division to avoid all the brick sh1thouses that were in the lower leagues.
The Prem is truly a league of bionic men now. |
that's such a good point; I think it was the Fulham game at home that totally shocked me - they were all like running backs, enormous, fast *and* skillful - where do they come from, is this what Category A academies are now aimed at producing? |  | | |
| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 13:28 - Mar 17 with 5251 views | Vic |
As others have said, the speed, strength and general skill level of so many players in the prem. The fact that two teams (plus Saints) that blew the rest of the Championship out of the water a year ago are just nowhere this season says it all. |  |
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| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 13:30 - Mar 17 with 5218 views | BasingstokeBlue |
| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 13:09 - Mar 17 by homer_123 |
Yup.
I can understand Journo's being included as they are there but including ST holders who haven't attended is the odd bit. |
ST holders who can't attend ensure others will use their seat(s) - the missus and I certainly do and I'm sure most other ST holders do the same - it's not difficult, given the constant demand for home tickets (even if you use the club's refund option). I certainly haven't noticed any empty seats in the ground for a couple of seasons, now. |  |
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| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 13:33 - Mar 17 with 5178 views | le2blue |
MA having a minder? |  | | |
| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 13:35 - Mar 17 with 5148 views | textbackup |
| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 13:27 - Mar 17 by stringy |
that's such a good point; I think it was the Fulham game at home that totally shocked me - they were all like running backs, enormous, fast *and* skillful - where do they come from, is this what Category A academies are now aimed at producing? |
Hard work in the gym can get you so far, if you don’t have the genetics naturally tho, a bit stuck | |
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| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 13:37 - Mar 17 with 5106 views | homer_123 |
| What’s been most surprising to you this season? on 13:30 - Mar 17 by BasingstokeBlue |
ST holders who can't attend ensure others will use their seat(s) - the missus and I certainly do and I'm sure most other ST holders do the same - it's not difficult, given the constant demand for home tickets (even if you use the club's refund option). I certainly haven't noticed any empty seats in the ground for a couple of seasons, now. |
Def are a few empty around us. | |
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