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New State-of-the-art Pitch at The Valley
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I understand the head groundsman was previously responsible for a golf course. Probably why the grass has been cut so short.Scoham said:Noticed on the OS we're advertising for a Groundperson.
https://cafc.peoplehr.net/Pages/JobBoard/Opening.aspx?v=02a3952d-9eaa-470f-b52b-2abcb8784e32
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We know it is crap but it doesn't seem to be getting any worse.2
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A possible club mottoMuttleyCAFC said:We know it is crap but it doesn't seem to be getting any worse.50 -
I dread to think the state it is going to be in after the women's game today. Torrential rain for the last hour.0
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Think its forcast to rain pretty much for the next 48 hours,still be watering the pitch on Tuesday night no doubtClem_Snide said:I dread to think the state it is going to be in after the women's game today. Torrential rain for the last hour.2 -
There was a big puddle forming by the centre circle and the halfway line towards the AC stand yesterday before the game.0
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perhaps it can be added to that new sign?Holdkneebomb said:
A possible club mottoMuttleyCAFC said:We know it is crap but it doesn't seem to be getting any worse.1 -
Which looked a lot worse where the sprinklers were on.guinnessaddick said:There was a big puddle forming by the centre circle and the halfway line towards the AC stand yesterday before the game.0 -
The pitch didn't get any worse during the women's game.2
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Proper pitches before football went wokefadgadget said:Looks like a well maintained piece of grass compared to this .
https://youtu.be/qpQC-W6Y26I?si=NKjlIKbb4tZm_Sx-
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Scoham said:Noticed on the OS we're advertising for a Groundperson.
https://cafc.peoplehr.net/Pages/JobBoard/Opening.aspx?v=02a3952d-9eaa-470f-b52b-2abcb8784e32
I've sent my application in, I can get mustard stripes on our lawn, where do I sign...🙄0 -
I can get mustard stripes in my boxers.eastterrace6168 said:Scoham said:Noticed on the OS we're advertising for a Groundperson.
https://cafc.peoplehr.net/Pages/JobBoard/Opening.aspx?v=02a3952d-9eaa-470f-b52b-2abcb8784e32
I've sent my application in, I can get mustard stripes on our lawn, where do I sign...🙄3 -
Funny, my son just mentioned that to me just now when we were discussing the state of the pitch for tomorrow night. It's been raining on & off since Sat night & I'd imagine the pitch is going to be rather heavy going in 24 hours time.guinnessaddick said:There was a big puddle forming by the centre circle and the halfway line towards the AC stand yesterday before the game.0 -
Arguably perfect condotions to give Ahadme a run out.golfaddick said:
Funny, my son just mentioned that to me just now when we were discussing the state of the pitch for tomorrow night. It's been raining on & off since Sat night & I'd imagine the pitch is going to be rather heavy going in 24 hours time.guinnessaddick said:There was a big puddle forming by the centre circle and the halfway line towards the AC stand yesterday before the game.2 -
Getting some grief from Gillingham’s Groundsman so gave him some back 😂
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Fid he used to be our groundsman by any chance? Any chance he'd come back?0
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They gotta let their ponies crap somewhere...T_C_E said:Getting some grief from Gillingham’s Groundsman so gave him some back 😂3 -
there is more to life than Keohane - just forget him
Not sure Gills are correct as we received a large grant for our new pitch4 -
lancashire lad said:there is more to life than Keohane - just forget him
Not sure Gills are correct as we received a large grant for our new pitch
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Sadly no!Alwaysneil said:Fid he used to be our groundsman by any chance? Any chance he'd come back?I did ask. 😉0 -
Okay this is what I have been told. The club were informed that the pitch needed another two weeks to stabilise prior to the season's start. But they went ahead with the PSF vs Portsmouth anyway. It was this match that wrecked any chance of the pitch doing what it was supposed to. The plastic stuff never got the opportunity to blend properly with the real grass and is now mostly lying flat.
The weather, women's games, etc, etc is really not making any difference.
Obviously the club will not have any comeback on the installers if they did not follow their advice.
It will likely fix itself during the summer months.12 -
I can’t make upcafcfan said:Okay this is what I have been told. The club were informed that the pitch needed another two weeks to stabilise prior to the season's start. But they went ahead with the PSF vs Portsmouth anyway. It was this match that wrecked any chance of the pitch doing what it was supposed to. The plastic stuff never got the opportunity to blend properly with the real grass and is now mostly lying flat.
The weather, women's games, etc, etc is really not making any difference.
Obviously the club will not have any comeback on the installers if they did not follow their advice.
It will likely fix itself during the summer months.
my mind if this sounds plausible or not.On the one hand the experts saying it needs 2 weeks but CM and co feeling they were financially committed to the Portsmouth game might account for the decision.But then to ignore the advice when you supposedly spent a substantial sum of investors cash on the pitch (I’m still suspicious how much we spent versus the grant) seems unlikely given I doubt we made much money on the Friendly. Particularly if the jeopardy is losing any guarantee / support from
the contractors.Just don’t know what to really think.0 -
The bigger question for me is whether the job was completed late by the installers. If not, there may be an argument that we could not cancel the game as we were under the impression the pitch would have been ready 2-3 weeks earlier when agreeing the installationcafcfan said:Okay this is what I have been told. The club were informed that the pitch needed another two weeks to stabilise prior to the season's start. But they went ahead with the PSF vs Portsmouth anyway. It was this match that wrecked any chance of the pitch doing what it was supposed to. The plastic stuff never got the opportunity to blend properly with the real grass and is now mostly lying flat.
The weather, women's games, etc, etc is really not making any difference.
Obviously the club will not have any comeback on the installers if they did not follow their advice.
It will likely fix itself during the summer months.
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They were just too late in getting it done...0
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Which 'They'eastterrace6168 said:They were just too late in getting it done...0 -
The club...heard them admit it on the Q&ADazzler21 said:
Which 'They'eastterrace6168 said:They were just too late in getting it done...0 -
Charlie said " We were a bit late in getting it started perhaps"...eastterrace6168 said:
The club...heard them admit it on the Q&ADazzler21 said:
Which 'They'eastterrace6168 said:They were just too late in getting it done...2 -
What’s the betting we still do the Corporate pitch hire at the end of the season ? 🙂0
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Tell him that the grass isn’t always greener.T_C_E said:
Sadly no!Alwaysneil said:Fid he used to be our groundsman by any chance? Any chance he'd come back?I did ask. 😉1
