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Quality of the Pitch

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  • charltonkeston
    charltonkeston Posts: 7,373
    I think Paddy worked minor miracles season after season to get it looking as good as it did but not even he can polish a turd.
    Even during the good times I always felt the pitch was not as good as it could have been after the first month or so of each season. The drainage was always an issue, the goal mouths wore out as did the touch lines and all of it cut up badly. Maybe that old pitch cost us a few points, it certainly wasn't an advantage. I would have liked, (a bit of hindsight here), some of the money Pardew wasted spent on the pitch. That way at least he would have left us with something more than when he arrived.

    It is good to see a top quality playing surface at the Valley and it would be hard to believe there is a better pitch in our league, it is truly outstanding and it and the groundsmen deserves all the praise they are receiving.


  • PL54
    PL54 Posts: 10,757
    But will Nathan thank Yann in his acceptance speech?
  • colthe3rd
    colthe3rd Posts: 8,486
    Who said Roland wouldn't have us challenging for titles?
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,237
    Callumcafc said:

    Good stuff. It really has been a carpet all season.

    Shag Pile ?

  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,274
    Highly Commended.

  • luke1
    luke1 Posts: 203
    Playing on the pitch next Sunday :)
  • ilovelucy
    ilovelucy Posts: 220
    Groundspeople - unsung stalwarts.
  • bolloxbolder
    bolloxbolder Posts: 7,971
    Rotherham won Championship pitch of the year.
  • sm
    sm Posts: 2,960
    bolloxbolder said:

    Rotherham won Championship pitch of the year.

    Must be all the hot air and saliva from their gobby manager.
  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    just shows the bloke shagging had poor seeds

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  • Jayajosh
    Jayajosh Posts: 2,880
    bolloxbolder said:

    Rotherham won Championship pitch of the year.

    If their pitch contributed to them getting 3 points against Reading to secure Championship status then I'm delighted we were runners up.
  • Raith_C_Chattonell
    Raith_C_Chattonell Posts: 5,696
    It's all very well, but something has been taken away from football.

    (The Valley in 1937 and 1951.) Man city thawing out- using what looks like roasted chestnut braziers.
  • Dippenhall
    Dippenhall Posts: 3,921
    Used to be a man's game. Grass!!! Players today don't know they're born.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,652
    Raith_C_Chattonell said:

    It's all very well, but something has been taken away from football.

    (The Valley in 1937 and 1951.) Man city thawing out- using what looks like roasted chestnut braziers.

    Interesting comment. I'm sure the football purists would disagree but I think you might have a point.

    Sure the quality of the football suffered but there was something about the difference between the summer and winter months when some teams and players were better suited to the winter pitches.

    Might just as well play on a carpet these days.

    Perhaps nostalgia has given me a false perspective

  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,237
    bolloxbolder said:

    Rotherham won Championship pitch of the year.

    Typical, they managed to get that application in on time !

  • PL54
    PL54 Posts: 10,757
    bolloxbolder said:

    Rotherham won Championship pitch of the year.

    Did they buy theirs last close season or have they maintained it for a while ?
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,237
    PL54 said:

    bolloxbolder said:

    Rotherham won Championship pitch of the year.

    Did they buy theirs last close season or have they maintained it for a while ?
    They use a heavy roller ?

    Steve Evans

  • doronron
    doronron Posts: 819
    so glad we got our pitchback to what a championship pitch should be,we showed this season football can be played,not like last year,now looking forward to the Bournemouth game
  • Uboat
    Uboat Posts: 12,201
    Getting a new one, again.

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  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,053
    Seems strange.

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  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,107
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,933

    Nobody was missing the 'good old days' when we had that aweful pitch 3 seasons ago
    Raith_C_Chattonell said:

    It's all very well, but something has been taken away from football.

    (The Valley in 1937 and 1951.) Man city thawing out- using what looks like roasted chestnut braziers.

  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,116
    Seems pointless and a waste of money, I hope it isn't.
  • O-Randy-Hunt
    O-Randy-Hunt Posts: 10,704
    Played on it a few weeks ago. Considering there would have been no work done on it since the season finished, it was still like a carpet to play on.

    Barely a bobble on it.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,722
    Missed a trick, they could have sold it off to the fans.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,053
    guinnessaddick said:

    Missed a trick, they could have sold it off to the fans.

    Quite right. We just bought a 4sq inch piece of the Nou camp grass for 24 Euros.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,955
    guinnessaddick said:

    Missed a trick, they could have sold it off to the fans.

    Especially the centre circle...
  • lancashire lad
    lancashire lad Posts: 15,639
    no it might be stained
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    killerandflash said:

    guinnessaddick said:

    Missed a trick, they could have sold it off to the fans.

    Especially the centre circle...
    It's been over seeded.

  • Davo55
    Davo55 Posts: 7,846
    edited June 2015
    I would much rather the pitch was over-invested in than under-invested in, as before. But, it does seem a strange use of limited funds when there is a lot of player signings/contracts to be sorted.

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