is just shocking.... There are rumours- unsubstantiated it has to be said- that when the club asked for volunteers before the Sheff Weds game, that the damage was done by fans removing the top of the grass as well as all the snow. Anyone heard anything about this? Surely, the club has to think about returning it for the final few games- because I can't see us getting another point on that surface.
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That said, both teams have to play on it so it's a poor excuse for our home form.
When I was young I was always Colin Powell in the playground 5 a sides. When i debuted for the school team on the right wing I was Colin Powell and today, all these years later, when cutting the lawn for the first time this year, I was, for a brief moment Colin Powell. We all have our heroes, Colin was and is my own.
Our Valley pitch is no where near what we have come to expect, mostly due to the excellent surface we have seen in recent seasons. We don't know what has happened this season in relation to funding for the pitch but I suspect the resources available to Paddy and his team this year may have played a part.
The fantastic pitch produced over many Valley years tells me that the current situation is not down to any shortcomings in our ground staff. It's not what we have come to expect but the pitch each weekend is the same for 22 professionals. While we would all hope to see an immaculate surface week in week out, as many others have said, it hasn't proven to be detrimental to the opposition.
So the solution is clear, we don't like Saturdays, switch all our home games to a Friday under the lights, the points will flow and a late run at the playoffs will follow. In C Powell we trust.
Then you could argue we should've got used to it and adjusted to it better than away sides who turn up, play on it for just 90 minutes and leave with 3 points.
Stop finding pathetic excuses and play football ! Its the same for both teams.
It looks bad sure, but it doesn't affect play as much as you might think.
That is meant to be our home pitch, where our players feel the most comfortable. The away side come to The Valley, seeing that our players don't know how to use that absolute disgrace of turf and it gives them that extra confidence. As the away side, they don't have any real pressure on them anyway so the last thing we, as a club, should be doing is giving them additional reasons to feel as though the home team is going to struggle.