@spendius,
spendius wrote:
We would say that NE plays badly away from home.
What's with you Yanks with the on the road thing. It ended when you got to the Pacific coast. Years ago.
If you look at an atlas of the world, Spendius, the UK is just a little pink dot compared to the U.S.
When I lived (squatted, actually) in London, I could go to Devon or Glasgow and never be far from home. Even by thumb, which was my mode of travel.
But when I was younger and stuck out my thumb in Virginia heading for California: that was a road thing. 3,000 miles through plains, deserts and mountains.
A lot of American literature makes reference to the "road."
Baseball uses the notion of "road trips" frequently. A team will finish a stand at home and then will go on a week or so tour of other cities.
Calling it an "away from home" stint would sound pretty silly.
