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.
Other teams have managed to get points on it and they only play on it once a season. We've had more practice on it than any other team have.
It only really affects the game when it is wet as the ball sticks in the muddy bits. The last couple of games, I think there were only a couple of bad bobbles. It does look horrible though. I think playing matches in the middle of a monsoon - home to Hull and a few other games where it rained heavily did the initial damage and the winter weather has compounded it. A perfect storm as it were.
As we should be more used to playing on it, it should favour us shouldn't it?
It's not exactly Stamford Beach though is it? Players can adapt quickly to gusting winds,driving rain and heat.Should an uneven pitch be a problem then? Having said that,was the pitch dug-up and grown again from seed last close season---don't recall the website saying so. Saracens' new pitch is artificial and looks to hold up very well with no astro turf-type burns from it,as far I know. What does one cost to install?
i bet we still try and hire it out at the end of the season, the thing is an absolute disgrace it should be sealed off at the end of the season and repaired, relayed, re seeded what ever it is they do but get it done
It's not exactly Stamford Beach though is it? Players can adapt quickly to gusting winds,driving rain and heat.Should an uneven pitch be a problem then? Having said that,was the pitch dug-up and grown again from seed last close season---don't recall the website saying so. Saracens' new pitch is artificial and looks to hold up very well with no astro turf-type burns from it,as far I know. What does one cost to install?
my son played in a rugby festival on the saracen's pitch before their game on sunday, everyone was free to walk on the pitch if they wanted and the game itself wasn't too bad.
the festival had about 8 clubs each putting out 2/3 teams so quite a few extra ticket sales generated from the parents and children,as to play you had to buy your match ticket, though it was a long day.
basically the pitch is extremely low maintenance and i'd guess is available to be rented out anytime there is no match.
Those artificial pitches are meant to be bad for ankle/knee/hip joints, so if we got one then we'd probably have more physios and a higher medical bill!
As a follow up to the pitch discussion, there's an interesting piece on the Blackpool OS on their pitch problems. Plant Parasitic Nematodes apparently...
After the wettest year on record and the coldest winter for some time, the playing surface is clearly in a poor condition at the moment. After several soil samples and tests, it has been found that we have plant parasitic nematodes. All soils contain nematodes, most are beneficial or fungal feeding species which contribute positively to the soil environment. They can be indicators of good soil health.
Plant parasitic nematodes feed on plants and attack turf grass in two main ways:
Ectoparasites – these nematodes live in the soil, feeding externally on plant root cells. This causes reduced root function and abnormal root morphology.
Endoparasites – these nematodes live for much of their life cycle inside plant roots where they feed on root cells. Endoparasites usually cause major morphological and physiological abnormalities in the roots. For example, root knot nematodes are particularly damaging endoparasites and ther feeding causes severe root galling and loss of root function. Affected turf will be shallow rooted, chlorotic and will lose leaf density.
I definately think it cost us today. One of our main threats should have been the pace of Haynes, but you could see a few times that he didn't dare go flat out today in case he ended up going flat out literally.
Beyond a joke now. Its worse than some of the sh*t lower league pitches you see on old FA cup footage from the 60s and 70s.
If there's no money to sort it then fair enough i get that, but what i don't get is how its actually got to this state in the first place. How can the likes of Welling United, Danson Park, Meridian and Hall Place have better pitches than we have? It's pathetic.
Beyond a joke now. Its worse than some of the sh*t lower league pitches you see on old FA cup footage from the 60s and 70s.
If there's no money to sort it then fair enough i get that, but what i don't get is how its actually got to this state in the first place. How can the likes of Welling United, Danson Park, Meridian and Hall Place have better pitches than we have? It's pathetic.
I think it got in that state when 30 odd supporters shovelled the snow off before the Sheff Wed game and took half the pitch with it. Not their fault though and it's not the pitches fault we are crap at home. Pitch hasn't been bad all season
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As we should be more used to playing on it, it should favour us shouldn't it?
I had the chance to play on it a couple of years ago, but there is no way I would pay a penny this year.
Players can adapt quickly to gusting winds,driving rain and heat.Should an uneven pitch be a problem then?
Having said that,was the pitch dug-up and grown again from seed last close season---don't recall the website saying so.
Saracens' new pitch is artificial and looks to hold up very well with no astro turf-type burns from it,as far I know.
What does one cost to install?
the festival had about 8 clubs each putting out 2/3 teams so quite a few extra ticket sales generated from the parents and children,as to play you had to buy your match ticket, though it was a long day.
basically the pitch is extremely low maintenance and i'd guess is available to be rented out anytime there is no match.
The weather has suddenly turned a bit warmer, maybe the grass will start growing again!
http://www.talksport.co.uk/magazine/virals/130307/video-probably-funniest-corner-kick-youll-ever-see-193135
http://www.blackpoolfc.co.uk/news/article/pitch-update-709234.aspx?pageView=full#anchored
Well here's an idea to improve it. Sure we could find enough supply in the local area.
Embarrassment.
If there's no money to sort it then fair enough i get that, but what i don't get is how its actually got to this state in the first place. How can the likes of Welling United, Danson Park, Meridian and Hall Place have better pitches than we have? It's pathetic.