A massive amount of top flight sport is won in the mind. That's certainly true with the

Home/away thing in football. Average sides fear away games, and their mental approach is therefore wrong from the outset. Average sides also gain a huge amount when playing at home: OUR fans, OUR pitch, OUR fortress.

Then consider that the same applies in reverse, with average sides who come to CR having the same mentality issues as we have on our travels. So they look for a point, we're suited to that kind of tight, bitty sort of game, we win our fair share of them, and draw most of the others.

This doesn't mean that Hughton is setting us out defensively. I honestly don't think he is. I think the problem is in the players' heads - but they share that with many, many other teams.

Posted By: thebigfeller on March 29th 2014 at 21:47:40

Message Thread

Why is it so much more difficult away? Are the team that mentally weak? (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 29, 21:41:25
- It's baffling sometimes. (NCFC) - bird table, Mar 29, 22:18:13
- Well, in any line of work (NCFC) - SeattleSounders, Mar 29, 22:12:32
  - Excellent post (n/m) (NCFC) - Chalk Hill Bitter, Mar 29, 22:22:34
- It's a good question (NCFC) - Huge Small, Mar 29, 22:06:47
- weak leaders off and on the pitch. (n/m) (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Mar 29, 22:03:05
  - Yep (n/m) (NCFC) - norway, Mar 29, 22:03:22
- But Sunderland last week and Swansea this were incomparable too. Therein lies the crux (n/m) (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Mar 29, 21:50:20
  - Must all be down to Yobo ;) (n/m) (NCFC) - norway, Mar 29, 21:51:58
- A massive amount of top flight sport is won in the mind. That's certainly true with the (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Mar 29, 21:47:40
  - It really does seem that it has that much influence (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 29, 21:59:57
    - Well yes. But did you see how someone like Clive Woodward was treated by Southampton? (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Mar 29, 22:03:58
      - Exact (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 29, 22:04:41
        
        ly. (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 29, 22:04:53
        
        Yella Ly (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Mar 29, 22:08:25
        
        ha! (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 29, 22:09:55
    - Team desperately needs someone to take charge on (NCFC) - SeattleSounders, Mar 29, 22:02:11
  - I think it is too late... Our attacking play has been poor since he arrived. (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Mar 29, 21:57:24
  - I think you could be right with that (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Mar 29, 21:52:02
- Lot of it comes down to basic personality, fear of failure (NCFC) - SeattleSounders, Mar 29, 21:45:25
  - Yep it appears they want to play for him, but aren't inspired by him (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 29, 21:48:09
  - how does that explain the difference between home and away form (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Mar 29, 21:46:08
    - Hughton has shown himself to be cautious negative manager (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Mar 29, 21:51:52
    - Nope, but success at home feeds on itself, while failure on (NCFC) - SeattleSounders, Mar 29, 21:51:39
      - I largely agree, but then how does a team with very little steel (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Mar 29, 21:53:37
        
        As someone said above, they need all the conditions to (NCFC) - SeattleSounders, Mar 29, 21:57:24
        
        again, I kind of agree, but against West Ham (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Mar 29, 21:59:59
        
        Exception that proves the rule (NCFC) - SeattleSounders, Mar 29, 22:04:02
        
        West Ham gave us a goal, which sparked our excellent comeback (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Mar 29, 22:06:08
        
        ... (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Mar 29, 22:08:16
        
        Yes, Hughton is responsible for the results on the pitch. (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Mar 29, 22:10:15
        
        Agree about West Ham (n/m) (NCFC) - norway, Mar 29, 22:03:48
        
        This is not meant divisively (NCFC) - norway, Mar 29, 21:56:05
        
        I think there's enough blame to go around (NCFC) - SeattleSounders, Mar 29, 22:00:32
        
        I agree with that (NCFC) - norway, Mar 29, 22:03:05
        
        Thing is, we all know when we are on the verge of real trouble... (NCFC) - phrankin, Mar 29, 21:58:35
        
        it's a possibility, but Hughton's record at other clubs suggsets otherwise (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Mar 29, 21:58:34
        
        The manager signed, picks, and coaches the players. (NCFC) - phrankin, Mar 29, 22:01:34
        
        so in that case the manager is 100% responsible for the wins against (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Mar 29, 22:03:43
        
        Yep, he is responsible. (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Mar 29, 22:05:28
        
        No. We have one of the lowest wage bills in the division. We have players who can't do it (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Mar 29, 21:58:07
        
        Maybe we have good but mentally weak players (NCFC) - norway, Mar 29, 22:01:50
        
        meh, we have a far stronger squad than Palace who sit 1 point below us. (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Mar 29, 22:01:09
        
        we don't (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Mar 29, 22:02:01
        
        yes we do, and if we don't, Hughton has criminally wasted our funds (NCFC) - phrankin, Mar 29, 22:04:38
        
        what are you on about? (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Mar 29, 22:07:05
        
        Palace have the weakest squad in the league. (NCFC) - phrankin, Mar 29, 22:09:51

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