Why is our pitch so bad?

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  1. Bid

    Biddy37 Well-Known Member

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    Our pitch has always been great.. What's happened this season
     
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    Given £3.50 a can of coke and a bag of crisps by the board for a quick fix
     
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    Its because in the summer, with much less time between seasons, most clubs elected for basic maintenance just patching up and carrying on. Whereas our grounds team elected to do a full
    reseed, and with only 5 weeks for it to regrow instead of the usual 10 or so, it didn't knit properly and broke up almost immediately.
    Thats how I understand what the Head Groundsman said in a programme interview and implies no criticism.
     
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    Redhelen Well-Known Member

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    Plus more games played in a shorter space of time, so less time to recover between matches I'd have thought.
     
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    Correct.

    It would have ended up in a very similar state had they not tried any renovation. So it was worth the risk.

    It’s been a tough year for the groundsmen at all clubs. An unusual amount of games in such a short space of time with no real time between seasons.
     
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    North Yorks Red Well-Known Member

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    And the weathers been so crap
     
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    Red CB Well-Known Member

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    Very true , the Barnsley area has taken a battering over the last couple of months , loads of rainfall , snow & frosts , all this causing the water table to be very high , one of my hobbies is walking/trecking & everywhere you go the ground is saturated , its hardly surprising the pitch is struggling .
     
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    Lovely frost on my morning dog walk. Very picturesque and a lot less muddy than my last few walks.
     
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    Just speculating, my thoughts about the pitch, could it be the board that appear to be actively looking at getting away from Oakwell, are underfunding pitch maintenance etc???.
     
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    Who pays for it? Landlords or tenants?
     
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    Will the pitch last out the season? Swansea have relayed their pitch could we not do the same? Is it an advantage for us not too. I would have thought with with the technically great players we have it would be a disadvantage to continually play on a poor pitch.
     
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    I take it no body as seen the state of Brentford’s pitch

    How many games they played on it 12 at the most
     
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    The state of the pitch ...?.....It's down to the mineral exploration that's taking place between the halfway line and the corner of the kop / brewery stand
    ( North / East stand )
     
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    Quite a number of clubs have invested in hybrid pitches which stand up much better to poor weather.
     
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    Could be
    Alternatively it could be acid indigestion from the number of player who gob on it
     
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    despite the truth literally being posted above you still think that? There’s no helping.
     
    pompey_red, Jan 24, 2021
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    The league should allow 4G anyway. It’s stupid they made harrogate rip there’s up.
     
    pompey_red, Jan 24, 2021
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    Great point. I reckon that's exactly the reason. They should be contacting you for advice.
     
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    I disagree with this, football on a plastic pitch is a different game. Ball bounces differently, doesn’t travel along the floor as well. Will give the home team an unfair advantage in my eyes.

    I sympathised with Harrogate, especially to rip it up and lay a grass field in a shorter period of time than they usually would have. But I think it’s the right call to play on grass.
     
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