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I don’t really get the 38 away games bit. Don’t get why it’s so difficult for a group of professionals to play on a different piece of grass for one season. For opposing teams I’m sure it also became just another ground. Bit weak this wembley pat on the back/excuse of ours
Nothing to get. It's complete BS. I'm sure there are a few initial psychological edges to a regular home ground but ultimately the home advantage really stems from the fact your entire life routine isn't uprooted, e.g. no travel, no distant hotel etc. The other stuff like how the pitch performs, the familarness of the changing rooms sinks in after a couple of matches.
The whole Wembley hoo doo was nonsense as well. It's not as if we never struggled at WHL to break teams down. We had a wonderful record at WHL the season before but people forget that we struggled in a fair few of those matches until one of our star players popped up with a wonder goal or we scored from a set piece etc. That said, I think we may have converted a couple of draws into wins had it been WHL but I doubt we'd be much better of than 3 to 5 points.
On balance it's been a very good season. Had we played at WHL instead of Wembley? I think we may have been a more comfortable third, maybe even got second. The only thing I'll wonder is whether we would have blown it against Juventus had the game been at WHL. But realistically, we'd have probably played our CL games at Wembley again even if we had been at WHL so it's a moot point.