Giordano Posted 31 July, 2011 Share Posted 31 July, 2011 Noting that Nigel made several references to the pitch not being slick enough for his style of football it made me consider how teams might use that against us and if an element of our team was better suited to one season or another. I can see some teams deliberately creating poorer pitches to counter our pass from the back style in the most practical physical way possible! Luckily we can swop players around as , for me, we have some natural winter and summer players who are most comfortable in one seaon and ok in the rest. For example Jaidi is clearly a winter player. Boggy pitches with the ball sticking, the ball can't move quickly and often ends up in the air a lot more=suits our massive CB totally. Lambo and Barnard fits that too. In midfield I'd say Hammond and chaplow are the most comfortable winter players whilst at fullback probably Richardson. I'm not saying those guys won't start on slick passing pitches as much as the Connolly Morgans oxo type players but sure that it's a factor in our nigels mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintNeil90 Posted 31 July, 2011 Share Posted 31 July, 2011 To be honest, in this league I think the majority want to zip the ball around. We are not top dogs anymore so I doubt teams will try and counter us quite as much as they did in League One. I also think the standard of pitches are much higher in this league so wont be much of a problem either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 31 July, 2011 Share Posted 31 July, 2011 I don't see this as a major issue, most pitches in the Championship cope very well in the winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulwantsapint Posted 31 July, 2011 Share Posted 31 July, 2011 Probably saints best performance last season was Oldham away in jan on an awful pitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 31 July, 2011 Share Posted 31 July, 2011 Probably saints best performance last season was Oldham away in jan on an awful pitch Scored the most goals, yes - but i'd say our best actual performance was against Huddersfield at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogo_saint Posted 2 August, 2011 Share Posted 2 August, 2011 I might be wrong but wasn't jaidi awesome at the end of last season? when the pitches would have been good? Not saying I dont agree with the point, I definitely believe some players are better suited to different weather, and it should affect selection. Perhaps the boggy pitches affects how tired he gets? running in thick mud for 90 mins as opposed to a lawn style turf? just thinking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldskoolsi Posted 2 August, 2011 Share Posted 2 August, 2011 In days of old Kachloul was a perfect summer payer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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