Will teams in tier 2 have an unfair advantage over teams in tier 3

[ThurmastonFox]

Just a quick poll

[Ric Flair]

2000 fans is hardly going to intimidate players from tier 3 teams. Galatassaray levels of hostility, it is not.

[The whole world smiles]

1 or 2 thousand fans spaced miles apart, banned from singing and shouting, rattling around in a 70 thousand seater stadium aren't going to make that much of a difference in terms of lifting their team and putting pressure on refs in my humble opinion. 

[davieG]

Chances are it'll make it worse, they'll be thinking are we this shit? 

[shailen]

I think it's bad for teams who like to sit back and play on the counter. A team like Newcastle for example as their fans would get in their faces for dropping off and not having a go at home. Albeit 2000 fans is barely gonna be noticeable. 

[Sampson]

It's going to have a much bigger advantage in the lower leagues where 1/4 of the capacity is full.

 

I can't imagine in the Premier League that 2,000 fans spread out in a 40,000 seater stadium is going to make much of a difference though.

Edited 28 November 2020 by Sampson

[Paninistickers]

Northern Ireland made a right old racket at Windsor Park with 1500 for the UEFA play off

[Guest seanfox778]

It's too few people to make a real difference. I'm just glad some fans are allowed back, hopefully it's a very small step to normality. 

[Corky]

2k isn't a huge difference at this level.

 

In Leagues One and Two, definitely.

[RoyalBlueGaz]

I think there's a chance it could have more of a negative effect than positive. With low numbers and no singing it'll be easier for players to hear any negative comments if they're not playing great. Not that fans will be actively shouting abuse or criticism, but it won't be long before things like 'Oh FFS' start to come out, and people like to make themselves heard. Fans will be happy being there to start with but other emotions can take over.

 

Now that might have no significance at all, but maybe any positive boost will have less effect than any negative vibes. I don't actually think there'll be much difference either way, but maybe.

[TrentFox]

5 hours ago, davieG said:

Chances are it'll make it worse, they'll be thinking are we this shit? 

I think this argument has merit. The ear strains for what is on the edge of its awareness. I think a small amount of fans will be as much of a distraction for home teams as it will be an advantage. If I was a player, I think I’d take playing in an empty home stadium ahead of one with a few people here and there. 🤷‍♂️

[Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot]

Why no singing? Might as well not bother. 

[whoareyaaa]

Vardy will love it

[FoyleFox]

21 hours ago, Paninistickers said:

Northern Ireland made a right old racket at Windsor Park with 1500 for the UEFA play off

It's a pretty small stadium though, less than 20k capacity. Evans said in an interview they could hear the fans, I wonder if it would be the same with 2000 in a 40 - 70k stadium though?

 

8 minutes ago, whoareyaaa said:

Vardy will love it

There is that