[Albion] Watching every away game

Kalimantan Gull said:

I'm not sure what to make of being able to watch every away game now we're in the premier league - it's great to be able to see every Albion game but at the same time it means we see a lot more poor performances or games where we are under the cosh, which colours our opinion of the team.

I always enjoy going to a few away games each season, they can be great days out, even when - as often happens - the result goes against us. But most of the time, in olden days, for most of us away games would happen on the radio or we'd just see the score. Poor performances would be quickly passed over as we enjoyed the next home game - that's where the majority of us see us play.

There are very few teams who put in good away performances consistently over a few seasons. But now with every game on the telly we can scrutinise these performances in far more detail, and I'm not sure its particularly healthy for us!

(yes, I'm aware we've won more away than at home in the past year (!) , but I still think performances have been more dominant at home, with luck and circumstances colouring that fact)

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Kalimantan Gull said:

I'm not sure what to make of being able to watch every away game now we're in the premier league - it's great to be able to see every Albion game but at the same time it means we see a lot more poor performances or games where we are under the cosh, which colours our opinion of the team.

I always enjoy going to a few away games each season, they can be great days out, even when - as often happens - the result goes against us. But most of the time, in olden days, for most of us away games would happen on the radio or we'd just see the score. Poor performances would be quickly passed over as we enjoyed the next home game - that's where the majority of us see us play.

There are very few teams who put in good away performances consistently over a few seasons. But now with every game on the telly we can scrutinise these performances in far more detail, and I'm not sure its particularly healthy for us!

(yes, I'm aware we've won more away than at home in the past year (!) , but I still think performances have been more dominant at home, with luck and circumstances colouring that fact)

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neilbard said:

Clearly you never watched any of Hughton's away performances then?

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Guinness Boy said:

Aways for me, when things were normal, were a day or weekend on the beer. Jolly boys outing where the score was largely an irrelevance (unless we won against Palace or the game was something like the double come-back against Fulham culminating in Dunky's goal and the limbs behind the goal). I can barely remember some of the away games I've been to in terms of action but very much remember the day out. And you've always got the worst view.

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neilbard said:

Clearly you never watched any of Hughton's away performances then?

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Guinness Boy said:

Aways for me, when things were normal, were a day or weekend on the beer. Jolly boys outing where the score was largely an irrelevance (unless we won against Palace or the game was something like the double come-back against Fulham culminating in Dunky's goal and the limbs behind the goal). I can barely remember some of the away games I've been to in terms of action but very much remember the day out. And you've always got the worst view.

Now I sit through each and every missed pass and scuffed shot, on the sofa with my son, seemingly either later in the evening or at lunchtime. Sometimes I will have a beer or two or some cheap wine. Others I will stay sober. Not once have I had a good, big get together in a pub even. So every move is dissected in my brain, every miss extends the boredom and thanks to ****ing VAR I don't even celebrate when we score.

In short, the OP has a very good point.

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