Home advantage, away disadvantage?

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As some have commented, the poor playing surface at Coventry was possibly a factor in United's below-par performance last night; the other possible factors have understandably received more attention. There was a huge difference in the performance between the Swindon match on Saturday, and last night's gritty victory. The current squad need to play the ball on the ground, and at home on the Desso pitch have been playing some really good football; they clearly struggled with their passing, control, and running with the ball last night. There is no point playing hoof-ball with our small squad. How many poor surfaces await us between now and May? If I was an opposing manager, I would have the pitch ploughed up before playing the Blades.

 

[PokerBlade]

It won't suit us, but nor will it be an excuse. We have plenty of lads that are experienced at this level and will have played on these pitches before. All it means is you have to work harder.

 

[Rodley]

Disagree. It was a crap pitch and we're not going to be "at it" every game.

 

[Ldn_Rd_Blades]

I think Coventry did really well closing us down and not giving us space, that's why they hardly had a shot from open play

 

[Pittsburg Blade]

I agree, Coventry are not too far from being a very good side. They should turn it around even without any help from their fans.

 

[seanbeenstattoo]

To say the average age of Coventrys side last night was 22 against ours of 26 they did pretty well.
That said,the pitch,the whistling wankers,the weird environment,Coutts being a passenger from his early knock all contributed to an under par performance.
Personally Im more up after the battling performance got us 3 points than the insipid crap we served up against Shrewsbury and Bury.