[Albion] The Amex: where winless runs go to die

[Bozza]

I'm not sure how we are rolling out the red carpet though.

Exactly.

The carpet is actually colour-matched to the visitors.

So, Liverpool would have a red carpet, for example. Spurs would have white and Palace would have brown.

 

[Terry Butcher Tribute Act]

You can ask the club to change the layout of the ground as much as you want, unless a group come up with a variety of new and catchy songs, the atmosphere will always be shite

 

[Weststander]

Not sure that the England cricket team of the past 30 years is a good benchmark, given that they have broken a few records in positive sense during that period.

I'm not sure what records Albion have been on the wrong side of though.

In that period we‘ve played supposedly out of sorts Australian teams back into form. The Albion fail to beat at home play an assortment of teams crushed by everyone else …. a ton of excuses by fans, often their goalie was incredible. Ending losing runs.

 

[SpongebobSquarepants]

I say to my son every home game let’s get into them right from the start. The crowd are all up for it anticipating the match. The chants are getting started. And them we knock it around the back for the first couple of minutes to quiet everything down. I don’t get it

 

[BN41Albion]

Amex is an anti-fortress.

Too many plastics. Too many negative fans. Not good enough support. Easy away day.

Our home form will always be mediocre/shite until this changes. I've given up with the issue - hoping it will change as we grow more die-hard fans over time.

But that, in a nutshell, is why it is easy for teams to get a result here, even when they're up against it.

Why do you bother going? You seem to hate making the effort to go to home games. Have you ever been to any other PL ground (or most other leagues for that matter) ? The Amex is nowhere near as bad as you constantly make out atmosphere wise etc - certainly not much different to most other grounds.
A team's home form is nothing to do with atmosphere, anyway.

Anyway, te the OP's question - this season it certainly feels like it, but I think spurs fans especially will have something to say about that!

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Amex is an anti-fortress.

Too many plastics. Too many negative fans. Not good enough support. Easy away day.

Our home form will always be mediocre/shite until this changes. I've given up with the issue - hoping it will change as we grow more die-hard fans over time.

But that, in a nutshell, is why it is easy for teams to get a result here, even when they're up against it.

Homework for this evening:

 

[BN41Albion]

- it's a well established fact that the 'home advantage' of a supportive home fanbase can affect results.

It's not an established fact at all

 

[HangletonGull]

It's a game of football not a war.

Besides, what exactly do the club/fans do that makes the Amex "too welcoming"?

No but want to win games , 1st the away fans being behind the goal (being changed) , 2nd have you seen the likes of Newcastles away dressing rooms ? , if I have to continue then you don’t do too many away games

 

[HangletonGull]

I'm not sure how we are rolling out the red carpet though.

Allowing away fans to easily buy tickets in the home end being one

 

[Weststander]

No but want to win games , 1st the away fans being behind the goal (being changed) , 2nd have you seen the likes of Newcastles away dressing rooms ? , if I have to continue then you don’t do too many away games

Well Bloom/Barber think there’s something in it, in moving away fans from behind a goal and TV cameras.

 

[sussex_guy2k2]

The awful acoustics don’t help.

 

[oldboyroy]

Surely what's happening on the pitch dictates the atmosphere?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Is it the ground? Is it the fans? Is it bad luck? Is it the padded seats? Is it the players?

Something must be to blame, or, is it, as someone once said, it is what it is?

 

[Weststander]

No one blamed the supporters when we got over the line in two key at the time 6-pointers versus Bmuff and Fulham. The team turned up from the whistle, the crowd support was great was start to finish.

 

[BN41Albion]

No one blamed the supporters when we got over the line in two key at the time 6-pointers versus Bmuff and Fulham. The team turned up from the whistle, the crowd support was great was start to finish.

Absolutely. The atmosphere at the Amex ebbs and flows with what's going on on the pitch generally. It can be quiet; it can be fantastic. Same as every other ground in this country pretty much. @Mustafa II seems to absolutely love having a dig at the fans at the Amex at any given opportunity with completely bullshit 'facts' linking atmosphere to home form.

 

[Hometownglory]

Amex is an anti-fortress.

Too many plastics. Too many negative fans. Not good enough support. Easy away day.

Our home form will always be mediocre/shite until this changes. I've given up with the issue - hoping it will change as we grow more die-hard fans over time.

But that, in a nutshell, is why it is easy for teams to get a result here, even when they're up against it.

Exactly the same as City. They have been shit over the past 10 years since all their plastics came too.

 

[BN41Albion]

Exactly the same City. They have been shit over the past 10 years since all their plastics came too.

The atmosphere at Anfield is largely terrible too unless it's a big game. They seem to have done alright this season. And if ever there were a 'family' atmosphere its at Fulham and Bournemouth - they have both also done pretty well this season.

 

[Weststander]

The atmosphere at Anfield is largely terrible too unless it's a big game. They seem to have done alright this season. And if ever there were a 'family' atmosphere its at Fulham and Bournemouth - they have both also done pretty well this season.

My theory …. it’s the tension of games, the jeopardy of the scoreline. Unless anyone has a three goal lead, the home team are just a goal away from it starting to go belly up. Virtually every PL team these days has spent a shedload on game changers. Even 17th placed West Ham have Bowen, Paqueta and Kudus who can ruin a home win.

 

[The red pepper kid]

The shite home atmosphere affecting results problem has spanned many players and many managers now.

It's the biggest long-term issue we have at this club that affects our success.

Nope many EPL fans are shite until they score

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Our away fans are amazing. Always have been. They're inspirational in our great away results.

Whether you buy into it or not - it's a well established fact that the 'home advantage' of a supportive home fanbase can affect results. It's blindingly obvious that the players want it - they actively try to encourage it. Just as it's obvious that players respond to it - on the rare occasions that the Amex is buzzing, the players respond and we get some fantastic results (Potter's return at Chelsea is a great example of this, but there are many).

Well he’s back again in a fortnight let’s see