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I thought the pace of the pitch caught a few of our players out at times on Weds. it was REALLY heavily watered too. Sometimes the hall just flew out of play as soon as the ball hit the ground. I hope our first team gets a couple of sessions on the pitch b4 Saturdays game.
It looked great and the new pop out sprinklers were very fancy. It did seem to play far too fast and at times the players struggled to control (and catch up with) the ball. It'll be interesting to see how the players on Saturday cope.
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How did the pitch look last night? on 07:39 - Aug 11 with 1671 views
How did the pitch look last night? on 01:18 - Aug 11 by ArnieM
I thought the pace of the pitch caught a few of our players out at times on Weds. it was REALLY heavily watered too. Sometimes the hall just flew out of play as soon as the ball hit the ground. I hope our first team gets a couple of sessions on the pitch b4 Saturdays game.
Agree but this means once we do get a grip of it visiting teams could really struggle?!
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How did the pitch look last night? on 08:15 - Aug 11 with 1568 views
How did the pitch look last night? on 01:18 - Aug 11 by ArnieM
I thought the pace of the pitch caught a few of our players out at times on Weds. it was REALLY heavily watered too. Sometimes the hall just flew out of play as soon as the ball hit the ground. I hope our first team gets a couple of sessions on the pitch b4 Saturdays game.
Im not so sure this is the case, the players have been training on this style of pitch at playford road for some time already.
How did the pitch look last night? on 07:39 - Aug 11 by tractor_lady
Agree but this means once we do get a grip of it visiting teams could really struggle?!
I did wonder that myself.
That said, all we've done with the new pitch (as I understand it) is bring our pitch up to the same level as most of the PL and Championship now. So Stoke, for example, would already have a lot of experience of this type of pitch I would imagine.
to be honest, there was some areas where the grass obviously looked like it needed more time but the bounce seemed more predictable and stable across the field and their was evident backspin on the ball at times from deep lobs which helped Jackson when chasing some of those passes (notable difference in tactics with both Evans and Ball sending long balls to the corners).
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