Iâm amused you think 60k pissed up arseholes donât have some influence on the game.
Just because the players are âmulti millionaire professionalsâ doesnât mean they are machines and immune to the psychological inspiration \ intimidation that the fans can generate.
With 88 Premier League games having been played this season, we are almost a quarter of the way through.
The majority of games have ended in an away win â 43 per cent. This compares to 38 per cent of games which have been won by the home team, and a 19 per cent have ended in a draw.
Looking back over the years, this shows a big increase in the number of away wins. Last season the figure was 31 per cent, a year earlier it was 34 per cent and in 17/18 it was just 28 per cent.
So, if your team is playing away from home in an empty stadium, they appear to have more chance of winning than if they were playing against a home crowd. This will be especially of value to football gamblers, who wager on games from big leagues each week.
I think what the pandemic is showing is that mangers that rely on emotion and getting the crowd behind the team to mask their own tactical/technical deficiencies are being found out, e.g. Neil Lennon, Jurgen Klopp. But tactically astute managers are thriving when all that emotion and noise is stripped away, e.g. Brendan Rodgers, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Steven Gerrard.
Great point. Also that 2 out of 3 managers considered excellent have managed a Welsh Club. Iâd expect Big MIck McCarthyâs stock to rise hugely when he gets the sack from Cardiff in 2 months time.