Quote Originally Posted by Tichi1 View Post
All this bollox from Brighton and other threatened premier teams about they will only play the season out at neutral grounds as long as there is no relegation, as playing at neutral grounds disadvantages them - HOW?

Don't make me laugh!

Playing home or away or at a neutral venue - what is the differnce if there are no crowds in attendance? surely the "Advantage" of playing at home is having the crowd behind you? as these fixtures will all be behind closed doors there wont be any crowds? I struggle to understand their logic, it's obviously yet another self preservation tactic used by the teams that would likely to go down in normal circumstances...

Finish the season now, top three up, bottom three down all round - it's an act of god [Or the Chinese] that has stopped the season in it's tracks...
Pitch preparation for one, each team can set the size of the pitch within allowed parameters, they keep the grass long to slow down passing teams, cut it short to help them if they are a passing team. Soak the pitch to make it heavy underfoot or the opposite, numerous ways to legally get advantages from your home ground.

The majority of clubs get their points from home matches...