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New State-of-the-art Pitch at The Valley
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They are talking to the grass, encouraging it to press further up the pitch.letthegoodtimesroll said:Anyone else notice pre match on Saturday about half a dozen chaps on the pitch standing in a loose huddle, holding their garden forks presumably and seeming to just be passing the time of day between themselves ?. I don’t have much of a real clue as to why they go on the pitch but naively I’ve always thought it was to wander around the pitch looking for patches to stick their forks into the ground, not to stand there and have a chat.14 -
They are discussing where to place the pigeon sanctuary.4
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Can anyone tell me why despite all the heavy rainfall we’ve had they still insist on watering the pitch ? It makes no sense to me. Maybe some of our pitch experts can enlighten me ?3
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Allows the ball to move faster on the pitch I believe? Most teams do it0
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A question that we have posed too, WSP.WestStandPete said:Can anyone tell me why despite all the heavy rainfall we’ve had they still insist on watering the pitch ? It makes no sense to me. Maybe some of our pitch experts can enlighten me ?0 -
The only thing that I could think of is that if the weather is cold then it stops the pitch getting hard although I’m sure as the temperature drops then it would harden up again but I sure can’t think of any other reason ! It also could be why it looks so bad because of over watering.0
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Ive just been told "Watering a pitch despite rain would help stabilise the grass, overwater and you will get what you have"Only Tony Keohane knows more about pitch maintainance than this guy!
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Hal1x said:
They are talking to the grass, encouraging it to press further up the pitch.letthegoodtimesroll said:Anyone else notice pre match on Saturday about half a dozen chaps on the pitch standing in a loose huddle, holding their garden forks presumably and seeming to just be passing the time of day between themselves ?. I don’t have much of a real clue as to why they go on the pitch but naively I’ve always thought it was to wander around the pitch looking for patches to stick their forks into the ground, not to stand there and have a chat.
But the grass doesn’t want to know5 -
It assists knee slides, an important part of the modern game.WestStandPete said:Can anyone tell me why despite all the heavy rainfall we’ve had they still insist on watering the pitch ? It makes no sense to me. Maybe some of our pitch experts can enlighten me ?5 -
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If what I heard on Saturday is true............... the pitch is heavily rolled now to stop it cutting up too much where the grass is thin/non-existent and certain things were done to save money (against sensible advice) when contract was placed and pitch was re-laid in the summer...... not too much can be done properly until weather improves and footie stops in the summer.2
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didn't help Campbell much!Off_it said:
It assists knee slides, an important part of the modern game.WestStandPete said:Can anyone tell me why despite all the heavy rainfall we’ve had they still insist on watering the pitch ? It makes no sense to me. Maybe some of our pitch experts can enlighten me ?0 -
valleynick66 said:
Still not clear how much the owners spent versus the grant versus the ‘normal’ pitch costs is it?Airman Brown said:Good case study for comparing the integrity of the club’s current communications with the past, in my view. This is an obvious problem which they are saying nothing about. Why not? Nobody is taken in by the silence, although perhaps they don’t want bring it to the attention of the substantive investors?
The fact we are silent on it does suggest the issue is not with the ‘suppliers’. Otherwise wouldn’t we be more public in voicing our concerns?
Just catching up on this thread, so this may have been commented on already. If the club is in dispute with the contractors then that's a good reason not to be more public in voicing our concerns.
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Probably more to do with his technique and execution than the pitch. Did all the hard work, got into a decent position, fluffed it!Hal1x said:
didn't help Campbell much!Off_it said:
It assists knee slides, an important part of the modern game.WestStandPete said:Can anyone tell me why despite all the heavy rainfall we’ve had they still insist on watering the pitch ? It makes no sense to me. Maybe some of our pitch experts can enlighten me ?2 -
Needs more in-match practiceHal1x said:
didn't help Campbell much!Off_it said:
It assists knee slides, an important part of the modern game.WestStandPete said:Can anyone tell me why despite all the heavy rainfall we’ve had they still insist on watering the pitch ? It makes no sense to me. Maybe some of our pitch experts can enlighten me ?0 -
Maybe but a simple we are ‘liaising with ‘ would suffice. But that’s not really been proactively provided.bobmunro said:valleynick66 said:
Still not clear how much the owners spent versus the grant versus the ‘normal’ pitch costs is it?Airman Brown said:Good case study for comparing the integrity of the club’s current communications with the past, in my view. This is an obvious problem which they are saying nothing about. Why not? Nobody is taken in by the silence, although perhaps they don’t want bring it to the attention of the substantive investors?
The fact we are silent on it does suggest the issue is not with the ‘suppliers’. Otherwise wouldn’t we be more public in voicing our concerns?
Just catching up on this thread, so this may have been commented on already. If the club is in dispute with the contractors then that's a good reason not to be more public in voicing our concerns.If you say nothing then it’s not surprising others fill in the blanks.2 -
Can you elaborate ? What wasn’t done to save what sort of sums?WrightCharlie said:If what I heard on Saturday is true............... the pitch is heavily rolled now to stop it cutting up too much where the grass is thin/non-existent and certain things were done to save money (against sensible advice) when contract was placed and pitch was re-laid in the summer...... not too much can be done properly until weather improves and footie stops in the summer.
My cynicism remains how much cash we really stumped up versus any other year.0 -
Now who has a history of trying to save money to impress the powers that be and was given various projects while on "Gardening leave"
I'll be interested to see if Bath RFC get a new pitch in the summer
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We need to sign another veteran player like Hylton, but this time someone who can help our youngsters with their goal celebrations.Off_it said:
Probably more to do with his technique and execution than the pitch. Did all the hard work, got into a decent position, fluffed it!Hal1x said:
didn't help Campbell much!Off_it said:
It assists knee slides, an important part of the modern game.WestStandPete said:Can anyone tell me why despite all the heavy rainfall we’ve had they still insist on watering the pitch ? It makes no sense to me. Maybe some of our pitch experts can enlighten me ?2 -
We are all very good at doing that!valleynick66 said:
Maybe but a simple we are ‘liaising with ‘ would suffice. But that’s not really been proactively provided.bobmunro said:valleynick66 said:
Still not clear how much the owners spent versus the grant versus the ‘normal’ pitch costs is it?Airman Brown said:Good case study for comparing the integrity of the club’s current communications with the past, in my view. This is an obvious problem which they are saying nothing about. Why not? Nobody is taken in by the silence, although perhaps they don’t want bring it to the attention of the substantive investors?
The fact we are silent on it does suggest the issue is not with the ‘suppliers’. Otherwise wouldn’t we be more public in voicing our concerns?
Just catching up on this thread, so this may have been commented on already. If the club is in dispute with the contractors then that's a good reason not to be more public in voicing our concerns.If you say nothing then it’s not surprising others fill in the blanks.
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The club hasn't really done proactive comms since about 2012. It's ingrained in the culture at this point. The practice is say as little as possible about anything except stuff that has no potential to be contentious.valleynick66 said:
Maybe but a simple we are ‘liaising with ‘ would suffice. But that’s not really been proactively provided.bobmunro said:valleynick66 said:
Still not clear how much the owners spent versus the grant versus the ‘normal’ pitch costs is it?Airman Brown said:Good case study for comparing the integrity of the club’s current communications with the past, in my view. This is an obvious problem which they are saying nothing about. Why not? Nobody is taken in by the silence, although perhaps they don’t want bring it to the attention of the substantive investors?
The fact we are silent on it does suggest the issue is not with the ‘suppliers’. Otherwise wouldn’t we be more public in voicing our concerns?
Just catching up on this thread, so this may have been commented on already. If the club is in dispute with the contractors then that's a good reason not to be more public in voicing our concerns.If you say nothing then it’s not surprising others fill in the blanks.4 -
"least said, soonest mended" is a cliché for a reasonAirman Brown said:
The club hasn't really done proactive comms since about 2012. It's ingrained in the culture at this point. The practice is say as little as possible about anything except stuff that has no potential to be contentious.valleynick66 said:
Maybe but a simple we are ‘liaising with ‘ would suffice. But that’s not really been proactively provided.bobmunro said:valleynick66 said:
Still not clear how much the owners spent versus the grant versus the ‘normal’ pitch costs is it?Airman Brown said:Good case study for comparing the integrity of the club’s current communications with the past, in my view. This is an obvious problem which they are saying nothing about. Why not? Nobody is taken in by the silence, although perhaps they don’t want bring it to the attention of the substantive investors?
The fact we are silent on it does suggest the issue is not with the ‘suppliers’. Otherwise wouldn’t we be more public in voicing our concerns?
Just catching up on this thread, so this may have been commented on already. If the club is in dispute with the contractors then that's a good reason not to be more public in voicing our concerns.If you say nothing then it’s not surprising others fill in the blanks.0 -
“Communicate, communicate, communicate” is a much more effective (and profitable) business philosophy…Billy_Mix said:
"least said, soonest mended" is a cliché for a reasonAirman Brown said:
The club hasn't really done proactive comms since about 2012. It's ingrained in the culture at this point. The practice is say as little as possible about anything except stuff that has no potential to be contentious.valleynick66 said:
Maybe but a simple we are ‘liaising with ‘ would suffice. But that’s not really been proactively provided.bobmunro said:valleynick66 said:
Still not clear how much the owners spent versus the grant versus the ‘normal’ pitch costs is it?Airman Brown said:Good case study for comparing the integrity of the club’s current communications with the past, in my view. This is an obvious problem which they are saying nothing about. Why not? Nobody is taken in by the silence, although perhaps they don’t want bring it to the attention of the substantive investors?
The fact we are silent on it does suggest the issue is not with the ‘suppliers’. Otherwise wouldn’t we be more public in voicing our concerns?
Just catching up on this thread, so this may have been commented on already. If the club is in dispute with the contractors then that's a good reason not to be more public in voicing our concerns.If you say nothing then it’s not surprising others fill in the blanks.1 -
Noticed on the OS we're advertising for a Groundperson.
https://cafc.peoplehr.net/Pages/JobBoard/Opening.aspx?v=02a3952d-9eaa-470f-b52b-2abcb8784e320 -
"Groundsperson"!Scoham said:Noticed on the OS we're advertising for a Groundperson.
https://cafc.peoplehr.net/Pages/JobBoard/Opening.aspx?v=02a3952d-9eaa-470f-b52b-2abcb8784e32
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Utter woke nonsense, I know.Off_it said:
"Groundsperson"!Scoham said:Noticed on the OS we're advertising for a Groundperson.
https://cafc.peoplehr.net/Pages/JobBoard/Opening.aspx?v=02a3952d-9eaa-470f-b52b-2abcb8784e325 -
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Need to advertise for a spark too 6 -
Pitch very bobbly today, especially in the second half. Passing became increasingly difficult, as it was bouncing all over the place.
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Looks like a well maintained piece of grass compared to this .
https://youtu.be/qpQC-W6Y26I?si=NKjlIKbb4tZm_Sx- 3
