The gameplan to beat Spurs at home

[Daisuk]

According to http://m.premierleague.com/en-gb/about/handbook-2014-15.html the pitch at WHL is 100 metres long by 67 metres wide.

Most rivals have pitches which meet the new 105m x 68m UEFA standard, so perhaps it's a lack of length rather than width that is behind why visitors don't open up as readily as desired :-k

I simply refuse to believe that the size of the pitch should have anything to say in this. Sure, had the difference been bigger, but when we're talking about 4-5 meters (say 2-3 meters each side of the pitch), it's just peanuts, shouldn't matter at all.

 

[Gutter Boy]

I simply refuse to believe that the size of the pitch should have anything to say in this. Sure, had the difference been bigger, but when we're talking about 4-5 meters (say 2-3 meters each side of the pitch), it's just peanuts, shouldn't matter at all.

I remember Joe Royle deliberately widening the pitch at Maine Road a few meters in 1998 to make more effective use of Peter Beagrie and Nicky Summerbee.

 

[metalgear]

Chelsea do it too right? I recall seeing pictures in the press.

 

[Millsy_Yiddo]

Chelsea do it too right? I recall seeing pictures in the press.

Did Mourinho not move the advertising boards in closer to the pitch or something for their game against Stoke to stop Delap getting a run up for his big throws?