GreenThing":1wtp9lkh said:Biggs":1wtp9lkh said:I think it's more to stop fans congregating outside the ground. I reckon there'd be thousands of fans outside Anfield at the game they'd be lifting the trophy in.
Also a lot of the advantages that teams get from playing at home are from the actual pitch dimensions and surroundings. I've heard a couple of players say there was a specific seat or advertising hoarding they'd aim cross-field passes to, for example.
What sort of idiot would stand outside the ground when the tram is playing behind closed doors?
As for home advantage, surely that should still be maintained, else what is the point of the weighted points average suggested for leagues which do not play the remaining games?
There is a lot of nonsense being written about the apparent advantage of teams playing 'at home' in an empty stadium. There was a big piece of editorial in one of the daily newspapers showing that last weekend in the German Bundislig [sic] something like 8 games out of 12 were won by the away team. I may have not from memory got the stats exactly correct but the thrust of the argument is well proven. I am sure the equivalent game played in a crowded stadium would have produced more predictable results.