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THAT PITCH!!!!

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  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,822
    The pitch looks awful, but didn't play too badly given the wet conditions. probably easier to defend on than attack with width though.
  • Wiggins_whiskers
    Wiggins_whiskers Posts: 77
    Interesting stats re the pitch. I believe it has now become a psychological factor for the players. Prior to the Sheffield Wednesday game (the first where the pitch started to deteriorate massively) our home league record read as follows:
    P- 14
    W- 4
    D- 5
    L- 5

    Our home record from Sheffield Wednesday onwards reads like this:
    P- 5
    W-0
    D-1
    L- 4

    Food for thought....
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 64,284
    edited March 2013
    Thought it held up alright today. Looked like a swamp against Millwall after all the rain and was a bit bobbly today but expected much worse. Just shows that we can win on this surface. Really important psychological hurdle jumped today.
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,822
    It plays ok unless it is very wet. Looks terrible though.
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 29,010
    The pitch says the same thing about you Muttley.
    ;-)
  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,900
    edited March 2013
    MuttleyCAFC said:

    It plays ok unless it is very wet. Looks terrible though.

    Not as bad as Blackpool or Huddersfield IMO. Nice surface to look forward to on Tuesday though at the Amex :-)
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,822
    Off_it said:

    The pitch says the same thing about you Muttley.
    ;-)

    I scrub up ok!
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,244
    Best the pitch has looked since before the Sheff W game.
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,822
    I went to the darts last week and saw the heat lamps in the North stand goalmouth.
  • razil
    razil Posts: 15,041
    I gather conditions have hindered reseeding efforts. Anyone notice Swansea's stadium appears to have sections of roof that allow sunlight to the pitch - or perhaps its just 'design'

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  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,822
    We have sections of roof that allow this too. When you look at the football league show - you see quite a few sick pitches. I think the weather has not been kind, which is the biggest albeit not the only factor.
  • paulbaconsarnie
    paulbaconsarnie Posts: 9,436
    MuttleyCAFC said:

    I went to the darts last week and saw the heat lamps in the North stand goalmouth.

    I thought I saw a set of them yesterday tucked away in between the west and jimmy south stand.
  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,812
    MuttleyCAFC said:

    I went to the darts last week and saw the heat lamps in the North stand goalmouth.

    They're on standby for Haynes' next hammy problem .
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,483
    You think ours is bad .. The Keepmoat Donny: Donny v Swindon looks like it's being played on a pitch made from corrugated rubber
  • daveaddick
    daveaddick Posts: 1,926
    It's true we are not the only club with this problem and you have to take into account the unusually wet weather we had last year I am sure this must have had something to do with the deterioration of the playing surface but there is no doubt it is affecting the game regardless of the fact that both teams are playing on it. Hopefully it will get sorted for next seasonI I would suspect that right now it's too late to do anything to improve it for the last 3 games.
  • Essex_Al
    Essex_Al Posts: 3,591
    My mate who has been a groundsman for 35 years e-mailed the club enquiring as to why the pitch was in such a bad state and they replied it was because of the bad weather!
  • delroofer
    delroofer Posts: 857
    Leeds will be in for a shock next week after seeing the great condition of Elland Road on television.

    Did they have different weather to us then?
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,405
    There are some terrible pitches around the country, Doncaster's is almost completely brown and bald, but the Blackpool one is appalling! This is it from February, and it's probably got worse since...
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  • Norfolk_Addick
    Norfolk_Addick Posts: 2,289
    You could really smell the mud and grass yesterday. Anyone else smell it?
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,822
    It isn't a carpet but plays better than it looks as long as it isn't too wet.

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  • JollyRobin
    JollyRobin Posts: 1,706
    Surely it's only a matter of time before we go back to so called "plastic pitches". You look at Saracens new stadium. Over there they are playing professional rugby on a surface that needs no upkeep whatsoever, never wears and yet acts completely like grass. Yes back in the old days of Boundary Park & Loftus Road being coated in knee grazing plastic, topped with sand it was never going to work, but artificial turf has moved on considerably in the last 30 odd years and it's something we should start to re-consider.
  • HandG
    HandG Posts: 2,138
    I must admit I haven't really noticed it the last two weeks.......
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 64,284
    edited April 2013
    I did wonder why they got the sprinklers out at half time yesterday.
  • HardyAddick
    HardyAddick Posts: 1,649
    was playing well but then started to cut up in front of the west stand in second half after the sprinklers were turned on!
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,405
    Watching MOTD yesterday, Stoke's pitch is in superb condition, perfect for their slick passing football. Bit wasted really :-)
  • Ross
    Ross Posts: 4,420
    It was horrible when the sun was out. It was making the mud really shiny.
  • 1StevieG
    1StevieG Posts: 10,972
    And not a pigeon in sight. Why? Because the buggers have eaten all the seed!

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