What on earth has happened to the pitch? 17:32 - Jan 27 with 8204 views | Bluesquid | It looked well rough. Some Wolves fans were tweeting about it aswell. | | | | |
What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 19:21 - Jan 27 with 6963 views | Hugoagogo | It's been needing a change for about 5 years now. All comes down to cost. | | | |
What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 19:32 - Jan 27 with 6935 views | Wickets | And Mick wants the grass longer but thats another story! | | | |
What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 20:02 - Jan 27 with 6868 views | BanburyBlue | Over watered | |
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What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 20:02 - Jan 27 with 6871 views | Ryorry |
What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 19:21 - Jan 27 by Hugoagogo | It's been needing a change for about 5 years now. All comes down to cost. |
And when we rightly used to have pride in our pitch, which was regularly commented on for its beautiful & hard-wearing state, with the groundsman (a Mr Ferguson wasn't it?) winning awards for it - best pitch in the league etc. Just another indication of how things have been allowed to slide unacceptably. | |
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What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 20:32 - Jan 27 with 6796 views | sotd78 | Every penny is spent on the playing side. The pitch needs a complete overhaul. It was said last season. We’ll not be doing that anytime soon. | |
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What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 21:10 - Jan 27 with 6717 views | Deano69 |
What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 20:32 - Jan 27 by sotd78 | Every penny is spent on the playing side. The pitch needs a complete overhaul. It was said last season. We’ll not be doing that anytime soon. |
Thought it was relaid pre season? | |
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What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 21:46 - Jan 27 with 6652 views | PhilTWTD | Think it took a bit of a battering on Monday when the U23s played, was a bit rainy if I remember rightly.
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What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 22:33 - Jan 27 with 6569 views | christiand |
What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 19:21 - Jan 27 by Hugoagogo | It's been needing a change for about 5 years now. All comes down to cost. |
No, not the club cutting corners on that too! I suppose ME has looked at it over the last few seasons and thought: 'Well, we don't use that large, rectangular green thing much as the ball is in the air the majority of the time so if we can save a few bob on that.....great!' | |
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What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 22:56 - Jan 27 with 6500 views | bournemouthblue |
What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 22:33 - Jan 27 by christiand | No, not the club cutting corners on that too! I suppose ME has looked at it over the last few seasons and thought: 'Well, we don't use that large, rectangular green thing much as the ball is in the air the majority of the time so if we can save a few bob on that.....great!' |
We basically went from a Champions league groundsman to a Non-league one | |
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What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 22:57 - Jan 27 with 6492 views | SomethingBlue |
What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 20:02 - Jan 27 by Ryorry | And when we rightly used to have pride in our pitch, which was regularly commented on for its beautiful & hard-wearing state, with the groundsman (a Mr Ferguson wasn't it?) winning awards for it - best pitch in the league etc. Just another indication of how things have been allowed to slide unacceptably. |
Yes but hold on — take a look at some of the footage of our pitch during the 1990s. It'd be rewriting history to say it's been universally great. | |
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What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 22:58 - Jan 27 with 6487 views | Plums |
What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 22:56 - Jan 27 by bournemouthblue | We basically went from a Champions league groundsman to a Non-league one |
Didn’t our head groundsman go to St George’s Park? | |
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What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 23:02 - Jan 27 with 6469 views | PhilTWTD |
What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 19:21 - Jan 27 by Hugoagogo | It's been needing a change for about 5 years now. All comes down to cost. |
Longer than that, more than a decade, has been one of those things which has been earmarked to be done after promotion since not long after relegation. Needs work deep down costing six figures. | | | |
What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 23:03 - Jan 27 with 6453 views | 12th_Man | It don't matter what it looks like we don't play on it anyway | |
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What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 23:03 - Jan 27 with 6452 views | Ely_Blue |
What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 21:46 - Jan 27 by PhilTWTD | Think it took a bit of a battering on Monday when the U23s played, was a bit rainy if I remember rightly.
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This! Plus the U18s last week after the Leeds game, that’s 4 games in 2 weeks which is quite a heavy workload on the pitch at the time of the year when the pitch doesn’t get time to recover | |
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What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 23:06 - Jan 27 with 6438 views | PhilTWTD |
What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 23:03 - Jan 27 by Ely_Blue | This! Plus the U18s last week after the Leeds game, that’s 4 games in 2 weeks which is quite a heavy workload on the pitch at the time of the year when the pitch doesn’t get time to recover |
Indeed, they wouldn't have played those two games there had the competition rules not dictated that they had to be played there. Another Youth Cup game on Tuesday, so not going to get any better! | | | |
What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 23:07 - Jan 27 with 6434 views | Hugoagogo |
What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 22:56 - Jan 27 by bournemouthblue | We basically went from a Champions league groundsman to a Non-league one |
A bit harsh on the groundsman. I suspect Alan Ferguson had more funds to use back then, than Ben Connell does now. Having said that, Alan Ferguson is now head groundsman at the England training camp, for very good reason. | | | |
What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 10:41 - Jan 28 with 6157 views | BanburyBlue |
What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 23:02 - Jan 27 by PhilTWTD | Longer than that, more than a decade, has been one of those things which has been earmarked to be done after promotion since not long after relegation. Needs work deep down costing six figures. |
Thats an easy out for the club Phil, what deep down work is needed? Obviously huge issues with light and air in most football grounds but with good agronomic procedures there is no reason it should be in the state it is now. The amount of water that has been poured on it artificially over the last few years (MM's needs apparently?) has obviously saturated it to the extent that all we see game after game is players slipping over and the pitch cutting up! | |
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I know it's a bit out of context on 10:46 - Jan 28 with 6140 views | Dyland |
What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 23:02 - Jan 27 by PhilTWTD | Longer than that, more than a decade, has been one of those things which has been earmarked to be done after promotion since not long after relegation. Needs work deep down costing six figures. |
but "earmarked to be done after promotion..." lols | |
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I know it's a bit out of context on 10:49 - Jan 28 with 6133 views | Deano69 |
I know it's a bit out of context on 10:46 - Jan 28 by Dyland | but "earmarked to be done after promotion..." lols |
As are the Video Screens, Cobbold Stand rebuild and expand and half time unicorn display. | |
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What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 10:52 - Jan 28 with 6125 views | jas0999 |
What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 19:21 - Jan 27 by Hugoagogo | It's been needing a change for about 5 years now. All comes down to cost. |
Yep, Evans doesn’t invest as much into the pitch as he used to. | | | |
What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 11:01 - Jan 28 with 6111 views | backwaywhen | Why have a good pitch when the ball rarely touches it anyway !!!!!! | | | |
What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 12:50 - Jan 28 with 6023 views | LeoMuff |
What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 10:41 - Jan 28 by BanburyBlue | Thats an easy out for the club Phil, what deep down work is needed? Obviously huge issues with light and air in most football grounds but with good agronomic procedures there is no reason it should be in the state it is now. The amount of water that has been poured on it artificially over the last few years (MM's needs apparently?) has obviously saturated it to the extent that all we see game after game is players slipping over and the pitch cutting up! |
Feck me, MM now responsible for the state of the pitch ?? what next ? his evil tentacles behind the Orwell bridge closures, or FBI files indicating a hand in the Rendelsham forest cover up ? | |
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What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 13:00 - Jan 28 with 6003 views | Plums |
What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 12:50 - Jan 28 by LeoMuff | Feck me, MM now responsible for the state of the pitch ?? what next ? his evil tentacles behind the Orwell bridge closures, or FBI files indicating a hand in the Rendelsham forest cover up ? |
It’s far from unusual for the manager to have a say in how the pitch is prepared and watered in particular. He’ll want a surface that suits his tactical plans <reaches for tin hat> | |
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What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 13:02 - Jan 28 with 5994 views | Benters2 |
What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 22:56 - Jan 27 by bournemouthblue | We basically went from a Champions league groundsman to a Non-league one |
Indeed that pitch won awards back in the day! | | | |
What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 13:05 - Jan 28 with 5986 views | Superfrans |
What on earth has happened to the pitch? on 22:57 - Jan 27 by SomethingBlue | Yes but hold on — take a look at some of the footage of our pitch during the 1990s. It'd be rewriting history to say it's been universally great. |
Indeed, our terrible pitch contributed the Bryan Gunn bobble. It isn’t all bad. 😂😂😂😂 | |
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