Perhaps Mick did it to lessen the chance of players hearing themselves being booed.
2009/9/29 Marcus Chantry <marcus.chan...@macquarie.com> > you might be correct. for everyone's interest, here are the dimensions > of every pitch for this season: > > Manchester City, City of Manchester Stadium, 116 x 77 Yards, 8932 > Manchester > United, Old Trafford, 116 x 76 yards, 8816 Blackburn Rovers, Ewood Park, > 115 x 76 yards, 8740 Everton, Goodison Park, 112 x 78 yards, 8736 Aston > Villa, Villa Park, 114 x 75 yards, 8550 Hull City, K C Stadium, 115 x 74 > yards, 8510 Arsenal, Emirates Stadium, 114 x 74 yards, 8436 Sunderland, > Stadium of Light, 114 x 74 yards, 8436 Wigan Athletic, JJB Stadium, 114 x > 74 yards, 8436 Portsmouth, Fratton Park, 115 x 73 yards, 8395 Chelsea, > Stamford Bridge, 110 x 75 yards, 8250 Fulham, Craven Cottage, 110 x 75 > yards, 8250 Liverpool, Anfield, 110 x 75 yards, 8250 Birmingham City, St. > Andrews, 110 x 74 yards, 8140 Tottenham Hotspur, White Hart Lane, 110 x 73 > yards, 8030 Bolton Wanderers, Reebok Stadium, 110 x 72 yards, 7920 Burnley, > Turf Moor, 112 x 70 yards, 7840 Wolves, Molineux, 110 x 70 yards, 7700 West > Ham United, Boleyn Ground, 110 x 70 yards, 7700 Stoke, Britannia Stadium, > 110 x 70 yards, 7700 > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* nswolves@googlegroups.com [mailto:nswol...@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *LEESE Matthew > *Sent:* Tuesday, 29 September 2009 3:09 PM > > *To:* nswolves@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* [NSWolves] Re: This weekend > > You don't necessarily need a wide pitch to play with wingers who you > expect to beat their man and get a cross in. If they have the pace/ability > to get past the player in front of them, doesn't matter too much how wide > the pitch is. Last year we stretched teams across the pitch and created gaps > elsewhere that we were able to exploit. I just think if we try something > similar this year there's a good chance it will backfire against many of the > teams we'll face. As you've seen so far, a big part of our game plan this > year seems to be about pressing teams when they're in possession and > stopping them from playing too much. If we give Arsenal, Chelsea, Man Utd > etc a nice big pitch to play their football on we won't be able to execute > that tactic nearly as well and they'll murder us. Also, from what we've seen > so far it would appear 'The Neck' has been brought in to give us a different > option, and not as our preferred/starting option. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* nswolves@googlegroups.com [mailto:nswol...@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *Marcus Chantry > *Sent:* Tuesday, 29 September 2009 2:54 PM > *To:* nswolves@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* [NSWolves] Re: This weekend > > Agree it could be the right thing to do tactically but you can't get away > with changing the pitch parameters without recruiting the necessary players > to suit the revised conditions/tactics. We did well last year with wingers > on a wide pitch but if Mick didn't think that was the correct way to play in > the premiership why didn't he also get some hard battling midfielders > to pressure teams in the now confined space in the middle of the park. why > buy a tall centre forward if you're not planning to play down the wings and > give him crosses to feed off. Just seems a bit strange to me. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* nswolves@googlegroups.com [mailto:nswol...@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *LEESE Matthew > *Sent:* Tuesday, 29 September 2009 2:38 PM > *To:* nswolves@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* [NSWolves] Re: This weekend > > The season before last Albion were promoted from the Championship, > outplaying teams with (pains me to say it) very neat, passing football. They > were a way better footballing side than any team in the Championship and > tried to play exactly the same the following season in the Premiership. Only > thing was they came up against teams doing the same as them, only better. > They got relegated. > > I reckon its smart thinking to have narrowed the pitch. While we may have > been able to stretch teams across our wide pitch in the Championship last > year, this year we're going to come up against far better teams who would > actually use that extra space to do to us what we did to teams last year. > Horses for courses and all that. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* nswolves@googlegroups.com [mailto:nswol...@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *Steven Millward > *Sent:* Tuesday, 29 September 2009 2:22 PM > *To:* nswolves@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* [NSWolves] Re: This weekend > > It was an odd decision, especially given we are aiming to be the > youngest, fittest side in the league. One would think that we'd want the > big pitch to make other teams run around and tire more easily? Perhaps it > wasd more about being able to press teams more easily. > > I assume you had no complaints about Mick's own width during those magical > hours you spent with him in Perth? Is that why you call him "Thick Mick"? > It's making my eyes water just thinking about it > > 2009/9/29 Marcus Chantry <marcus.chan...@macquarie.com> > >> I think the whole width debate is quite interesting. If Thick Mick ever >> intended to play with 2 wingers to create true width, why did he choose to >> reduce the width of the Molineux pitch to the minimum allowed under premier >> league rules? I think Halford or Castillo can provide the grit in midfield >> that would allow Milijas the freedom to be the creative force. >> >> >> >> *Marcus Chantry* |* ** Associate Director* >> >> *Senior Product Manager - Macquarie Life* >> Level 3, 1 Shelley Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia >> *T* +61 2 8232 4259 | * **M* 0448 887 627 >> >> *E **marcus.chan...@macquarie.com* >> ** >> >> >> >> *P* >> >> >> *Please consider the environment before printing this email.* >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* nswolves@googlegroups.com [mailto:nswol...@googlegroups.com] *On >> Behalf Of *Steven Millward >> *Sent:* Tuesday, 29 September 2009 1:46 PM >> *To:* nswolves@googlegroups.com >> *Subject:* [NSWolves] Re: This weekend >> >> It's going to be like this all season I suspect. Might come down to >> the last game to see if we can stay up. I'm still hopeful but I don't >> expect early safety or relegation. >> >> I reckon a draw on the weekend is a likely outcome. >> >> Milijas has been quite lazy from all the reports I read and we know what >> Mick thinks of that. However, a touch of class that scores the winner is >> worth 90 minutes of running around. >> >> I think with Milijas in we are also lightweight in midfield, especially if >> we want to keep some width. We haven't seen true width yet with both Jarvis >> and Kightly in the side. If we can have those two then I'd be for keeping >> both Henry and Castillo in. >> >> There's a lot of debate over 442 vs 451 on Mol Mix. 442 is probably right >> for us but we lack a true trequartista. Keogh is the closest we've got but >> he can't seem to score. Can anyone else fill that position? 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