Alderweireld 'There is no Wembley curse'

[mawspurs]

Toby Alderweireld has dismissed the 'Wembley curse' as the reason for Tottenham's slow start to the season.

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[E17yid]

No rational person believes in curses but you'd have to be deluded to not acknowledge the massive, negative effect that playing at Wembley is having on our game. It's all psychology and confidence, innit. Gunna be a long old season. I'd rather we just played 38 away games, we look like we're playing away at Wembley as it is but at least our opponents wouldn't get a raging hard on when they come to Wembley.

 

[Insomnia]

I hate Wembley

 

[Jenko]

Well maybe 'curse' is pushing it but theres enough upheaval to easily stop a title challenge before it starts. Hopefully we can perfect how to play on the big pitch and finish the season stronger than ever as a result, with a cup or two to boot.

 

[whitesocks]

That lineo who called Son offside in the first half against Burnley would have had dogs abuse at very close quarters at WHL.
From my stream the crowd did not react at all to a very bad decision.

Then Burnley defenders were continually handling the ball, and the ref did not want to know. At WHL he would have been under real pressure to give us free kicks, but at Wembley, no-one cares.

There have been studies on this, and home advantage is a very real thing, and much of it is down to fans applying pressure to the officials. And this is not happening at Wembley.

Perhaps someone can explain why this is, but my guess is the more committed fans found themselves nearer the pitch at WHL, but are priced out at wembley to the distant stands where they cannot be heard.