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

ShootersHillGuru

swordfish said:

We've got some great players. With a tweak here and there and a new playing surface, I reckon we'll be ripping it up next season 😉

I think the idea is that we don’t have to rip it up so often.

Dazzler21

Dansk_Red said:

ShootersHillGuru said:

Isn’t the funding contingent on operational under soil heating ?

Leyton Orient do not have undersoil heating at present.

 Why do we care about Orient?

I care about what we're doing - we have the system in place just needed the boiler, hopefully the grant covers both. 

Henry Irving

ShootersHillGuru said:

Isn’t the funding contingent on operational under soil heating ?

Not that I've heard.

Undersoil heating is a requirement for premier league clubs, I believe.

killerandflash

In reality these days it's probably only one or two games a season which might be affected by a frozen pitch anyway, so it's not something that bothers me especially. It's not as if we get massive fees for TV games in L1 either.

Amos on the wing

Dansk_Red said:

ShootersHillGuru said:

Isn’t the funding contingent on operational under soil heating ?

Leyton Orient do not have undersoil heating at present.

I know the groundsman at the O’s. Considered too expensive to run to justify installing it. 

Henry Irving

Rather than waste my time watching the men's team I climbed over a wall at the Valley and had a chat with some bloke who was hanging around. 

They said they dont know if there's a boiler going in.

With the pipes, they did tests and doesnt look like there are any leaks in them as the pipes are holding pressure but they won't know for sure until the pitch gets dug up.

Dansk_Red

Not very green having to install  and run a gas boiler😊

Henry Irving

Dansk_Red said:

Not very green having to install  and run a gas boiler😊

We're taking the nuclear option

Stu_of_Kunming

Off_it said:

Stu_of_Kunming said:

Off_it said:

Hang on. So the women's team are paying a legally binding £1million a year for a new Hungarian vegan carvery to be built on the pitch?

Are you stalking me?

Eh?

Not since you got the court order. No.

Well my joke went down like a led balloon.

Alwaysneil

Henry Irving said:

Dansk_Red said:

Not very green having to install  and run a gas boiler😊

We're taking the nuclear option

Seeing as its for Charlton i'll dust off the working nuclear fusion reactor out of Shurgaard i'd been saving for a rainy day and we can fit it under the east stand. 

Henry Irving

Rothko

full rebuild then if the 3G edging has gone

ShootersHillGuru

What’s the deal with the small patches of grass. ?

Pelham123

First dibs on the pitch side club badge Henry ?

drawnablank

ShootersHillGuru said:

What’s the deal with the small patches of grass. ?

Sprinklers?

PaddyP17

ShootersHillGuru said:

What’s the deal with the small patches of grass. ?

Sprinkler covers I guess

clive

ShootersHillGuru said:

What’s the deal with the small patches of grass. ?

Probably where the pitch sprinklers are located.

Henry Irving

ShootersHillGuru said:

What’s the deal with the small patches of grass. ?

Guess they are where watering system is located.

Henry Irving

Rothko said:

full rebuild then if the 3G edging has gone

Needed replacing anyway as was black in places

cafcfan

Henry Irving said:

The pigeons won't like that!

Dazzler21

Henry Irving said:

Looks a bit patchy

Hal1x

cafcfan said:

Henry Irving said:

The pigeons won't like that!

They will love it once its been seeded.

SuedeAdidas

Henry Irving said:

Crying out for a massive cock n balls display on there. 

Typical of the club to be scrimping on cheap tractor drivers who can’t do it. 

sam3110

Whilst they're at it we really need a bigger subs bench

T_C_E

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T_C_E

Only friendly at home v Chelsea.

cafcforever

Being modelled on Stamford Bridge in the 1990’s I see.

TelMc32

Stu_of_Kunming said:

Off_it said:

Stu_of_Kunming said:

Off_it said:

Hang on. So the women's team are paying a legally binding £1million a year for a new Hungarian vegan carvery to be built on the pitch?

Are you stalking me?

Eh?

Not since you got the court order. No.

Well my joke went down like a led balloon.

A led balloon will only go down if there’s a hole in it.  A lead balloon on the other hand…😉

T_C_E

Henry Irving said:

Rothko said:

full rebuild then if the 3G edging has gone

Needed replacing anyway as was black in places

Apologies, but orders were orders 🤷‍♂️

killerandflash

sam3110 said:

Whilst they're at it we really need a bigger subs bench

Not an issue at the moment, but our dugouts will need rebuilding if we ever make the Premier League. They need to be bigger, and evenly spaced either side of the half way line.