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New State-of-the-art Pitch at The Valley

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  • usetobunkin
    usetobunkin Posts: 2,300
    edited January 12
    The burn mark on the pitch by the tunnel caused by the pyro looked like it had damaged the surface.
  • Raith_C_Chattonell
    Raith_C_Chattonell Posts: 5,785
    sam3110 said:
    Anyone get any photos or videos of the pre-match atmosphere? Was in the C.E.L so couldn't quite tell but it felt like the whole stadium was turned off apart from us, and we were bathed in a weird light for the Pyro etc
    https://youtu.be/9bzUtpMgOy0
  • 2121
    2121 Posts: 1,356
    Isnt the whole fireworks display a tad embarrassing for a third round game?! 😂

    maybe they think it will convince the kids to come back? 
  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,155
    2121 said:
    Isnt the whole fireworks display a tad embarrassing for a third round game?! 😂

    maybe they think it will convince the kids to come back? 
    Pretty much happens at every evening game in the top flight now. Lights out, displays.

    Just the way the game is. Not sure why it’s embarrassing.
  • 2121
    2121 Posts: 1,356
    I dont think every prem evening game has a fireworks display 😂 or does it?! 
  • KiwiValley
    KiwiValley Posts: 3,438
    Has the club said anything about the state of the pitch? hard, bobbly and patchy.
  • Lewis Coaches
    Lewis Coaches Posts: 5,472
    Rothko said:
    Was wondering if the boiler had been installed 
    Good Question.

    Answer . probably not.


  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 25,062
    edited January 12
    SoundAsa£ said:
    Incidentally, I wasn’t at all impressed with it’s condition.🫤
    It looked really poor considering we've not played on much recently.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 25,062
    edited January 12
    2121 said:
    Isnt the whole fireworks display a tad embarrassing for a third round game?! 😂

    maybe they think it will convince the kids to come back? 
    I thought it looked fantastic , especially when all the lights went out.  What is slightly embarrassing is when the mobile phone lights are on as if it was a Taylor swift Concert. Having said that , if it's kids and not grown men , then let them enjoy the moment. 
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,900
    Bedsaddick said:
    SoundAsa£ said:
    Incidentally, I wasn’t at all impressed with it’s condition.🫤
    It looked really poor considering we've not played on much recently.
    It’s been played on plenty, and compared to where it was last season, it looks good, seen some premier league ones in a worse state 

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  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,665
    Rothko said:
    Bedsaddick said:
    SoundAsa£ said:
    Incidentally, I wasn’t at all impressed with it’s condition.🫤
    It looked really poor considering we've not played on much recently.
    It’s been played on plenty, and compared to where it was last season, it looks good, seen some premier league ones in a worse state 
    QPR's pitch looks much worse, for example.
  • Markg2004
    Markg2004 Posts: 411
    Covered End said:
    Does anyone know if we have a boiler/working under soil heating system?
    Was it used Saturday?
    Did we have to hire a boiler? 
    Up until recently it was the same set up since it was installed. On Saturday it had changed but just out of eyeline, could be as there was a TNT Sports camera there but looked like more pipes now coming our of the system and a water tank of some sort.
  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,155
    2121 said:
    I dont think every prem evening game has a fireworks display 😂 or does it?! 
    Dunno but I definitely saw the lights go out at the Emirates against Liverpool and a recent evening game at City. It's just a thing.

    If done poorly it can be tacky but I don't think ours was at all.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,387
    edited January 12
    SoundAsa£ said:
    Covered End said:
    Does anyone know if we have a boiler/working under soil heating system?
    Was it used Saturday?
    Did we have to hire a boiler? 
    How can you hire a boiler of that capacity for a one off event.
    Just to commission it, flush out and fill the system, hook it up to the necessary utilities it and instal one that size for a one off event, it would take a good few days and cost a bomb…..virtually impossible and certainly not cost effective……IMHO!
    It’s a very large (most likely free standing) industrial item…….nothing remotely like a domestic one.
    Well we did it a few years back, so you're wrong (sorry).
    Which is why I'm asking if we did again.
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 29,095
    Bedsaddick said:
    SoundAsa£ said:
    Incidentally, I wasn’t at all impressed with it’s condition.🫤
    It looked really poor considering we've not played on much recently.
    Me and my Old Man both thought the pitch looked great. No idea how hard or bobbly it is when you walk on it, but it looked like a snooker table from where we were sat in the Upper West.
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,813
    2121 said:
    I dont think every prem evening game has a fireworks display 😂 or does it?! 
    Places like Birmingham do it for every game now, it's way more common than people think
  • Northern_Monkey
    Northern_Monkey Posts: 794
    I’m wondering if they wanted it a little bobbly to disrupt Chelsea and suit a physical long ball game that we were more likely to try. Not that it worked.
  • KiwiValley
    KiwiValley Posts: 3,438
    Northern_Monkey said:
    I’m wondering if they wanted it a little bobbly to disrupt Chelsea and suit a physical long ball game that we were more likely to try. Not that it worked.
    Well, Lampard (Coventry) felt the same about our pitch
  • Raith_C_Chattonell
    Raith_C_Chattonell Posts: 5,785
    I thought it looked a bit threadbare in front of the East stand.  I mean, for a million quid you'd want better, I assume they have some kind of guarantee?



  • EugenesAxe
    EugenesAxe Posts: 3,763
    My nephew went who is Chelsea and he loved the pre match stuff!

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  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 14,047
    They always said it took a couple of years to bed in

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