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

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  • Scoham said:
    I understand the head groundsman was previously responsible for a golf course. Probably why the grass has been cut so short.

  • We know it is crap but it doesn't seem to be getting any worse.
  • I dread to think the state it is going to be in after the women's game today. Torrential rain for the last hour.
  • I dread to think the state it is going to be in after the women's game today. Torrential rain for the last hour.
    Think its forcast to rain pretty much for the next 48 hours,still be watering the pitch on Tuesday night no doubt
  • There was a big puddle forming by the centre circle and the halfway line towards the AC stand yesterday before the game.
  • We know it is crap but it doesn't seem to be getting any worse.
    A possible club motto
    perhaps it can be added to that new sign?
  • There was a big puddle forming by the centre circle and the halfway line towards the AC stand yesterday before the game.
    Which looked a lot worse where the sprinklers were on. 
  • The pitch didn't get any worse during the women's game.
  • Crusty54 said:
    The pitch didn't get any worse during the women's game.
    Wonder if it’s reached its worst possible point and will be stable until given a chance to improve 
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  • fadgadget said:
    Looks like a well maintained piece of grass compared to this .

    https://youtu.be/qpQC-W6Y26I?si=NKjlIKbb4tZm_Sx-
    Proper pitches before football went woke  :D
  • edited January 27
    Scoham said:

    I've sent my application in, I can get mustard stripes on our lawn, where do I sign...🙄
  • Scoham said:

    I've sent my application in, I can get mustard stripes on our lawn, where do I sign...🙄
    I can get mustard stripes in my boxers. 
  • There was a big puddle forming by the centre circle and the halfway line towards the AC stand yesterday before the game.
    Funny, my son just mentioned that to me just now when we were discussing the state of the pitch for tomorrow night. It's been raining on & off since Sat night & I'd imagine the pitch is going to be rather heavy going in 24 hours time. 
  • There was a big puddle forming by the centre circle and the halfway line towards the AC stand yesterday before the game.
    Funny, my son just mentioned that to me just now when we were discussing the state of the pitch for tomorrow night. It's been raining on & off since Sat night & I'd imagine the pitch is going to be rather heavy going in 24 hours time. 
    Arguably perfect condotions to give Ahadme a run out. 
  • Getting some grief from Gillingham’s Groundsman so gave him some back 😂

  • Fid he used to be our groundsman by any chance? Any chance he'd come back?
  • T_C_E said:
    Getting some grief from Gillingham’s Groundsman so gave him some back 😂

    They gotta let their ponies crap somewhere...
  • there is more to life than Keohane - just forget him 
    Not sure Gills are correct as we received a large grant for our new pitch
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  • edited January 30
    Fid he used to be our groundsman by any chance? Any chance he'd come back?
    Sadly no! 

    I did ask. 😉
  • cafcfan said:
    Okay this is what I have been told. The club were informed that the pitch needed another two weeks to stabilise prior to the season's start. But they went ahead with the PSF vs Portsmouth anyway. It was this match that wrecked any chance of the pitch doing what it was supposed to. The plastic stuff never got the opportunity to blend properly with the real grass and is now mostly lying flat. 
    The weather, women's games, etc, etc is really not making any difference.

    Obviously the club will not have any comeback on the installers if they did not follow their advice.

    It will likely fix itself during the summer months.
    I can’t make up
    my mind if this sounds plausible or not. 

    On the one hand the experts saying it needs 2 weeks but CM and co feeling they were financially committed to the Portsmouth game  might account for the decision. 

    But then to ignore the advice when you supposedly spent a substantial sum of investors cash  on the pitch (I’m still suspicious how much we spent versus the grant) seems unlikely given I doubt we made much money on the Friendly. Particularly if the jeopardy is losing any guarantee / support from
    the contractors. 

    Just don’t know what to really think. 
  • edited January 30
    cafcfan said:
    Okay this is what I have been told. The club were informed that the pitch needed another two weeks to stabilise prior to the season's start. But they went ahead with the PSF vs Portsmouth anyway. It was this match that wrecked any chance of the pitch doing what it was supposed to. The plastic stuff never got the opportunity to blend properly with the real grass and is now mostly lying flat. 
    The weather, women's games, etc, etc is really not making any difference.

    Obviously the club will not have any comeback on the installers if they did not follow their advice.

    It will likely fix itself during the summer months.
     The bigger question for me is whether the job was completed late by the installers. If not, there may be an argument that we could not cancel the game as we were under the impression the pitch would have been ready 2-3 weeks earlier when agreeing the installation 

  • They were just too late in getting it done...
  • They were just too late in getting it done...
    Which 'They'
  • edited January 30
    Dazzler21 said:
    They were just too late in getting it done...
    Which 'They'
    The club...heard them admit it on the Q&A
  • Dazzler21 said:
    They were just too late in getting it done...
    Which 'They'
    The club...heard them admit it on the Q&A
    Charlie said " We were a bit late in getting it started perhaps"...
  • What’s the betting we still do the Corporate pitch hire at the end of the season ? 🙂
  • T_C_E said:
    Fid he used to be our groundsman by any chance? Any chance he'd come back?
    Sadly no! 

    I did ask. 😉
    Tell him that the grass isn’t always greener.
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