The "pitch"

[Pubey]

I pay GreenThumb £15 every quarter to do my lawn and it looks great. Seems a low-cost solution to me...

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

I think they would do as well to try and re-schedule a home game to give it a 3 week break.

Agree, but could we afford not to have any revenue coming in for a few weeks?.

 

[mattitouk]

If they did try and re-schedule, now would probably be the best time (weather wise and 2 away games coming up) if we could re-schedule the Northampton game (or switch fixture dates with them so we play them away on that Saturday), would mean we wouldn't be playing at Roots Hall again until the 26th September. Due to the short time frame, extremely highly doubtful that would happen though.

 

[LBBlue]

They should have cancelled the Brighton pre season friendly - they must have known then that things were not right.

 

[Chrisb]

I reckon the war chest is somewhere under there and is affecting the grass.

 

[ms brush]

Just seen some 1970s clips from the BBC this morning, and the state of the pitches then was incredible! Massive mud-baths, even in the old first division. I am wondering if we are trying to recreate those days when top level football was still authentic..??

 

[scrounger]

I don't think it is as complicated or as a mystery as one may first suspect. I think it is purely down to bad planning. It was re-seeded too late as the Brighton game came a couple of weeks after doing so when ideally it would be untouched for much longer.

With regards to the watering of the pitch, my understanding is that this is on request of manager and players as the ground hardens extremely quickly. Whether that aids or hinders the current pitch situation is perhaps another discussion.

 

[united we stand]

So reading the Tryst"s minutes, it's the firm we employed fault because their machine broke down doing West Ham's pitch which delayed them coming to us for 2/3 weeks ( remind me who's season starts first).. However , it also says that the firm that normally does it had stopped doing it so this is the first time the new firm has done it. Fingers crossed. Does anyone know what West Ham's pitch is like this season? You would assume with their money they are employing a decent firm ( although I appreciate we may have asked for a different service)

the notes also confirm (again) that it's PB that asks for it to be watered at half time

 

[Trucking shrimper]

So reading the Tryst"s minutes, it's the firm we employed fault because their machine broke down doing West Ham's pitch which delayed them coming to us for 2/3 weeks ( remind me who's season starts first).. However , it also says that the firm that normally does it had stopped doing it so this is the first time the new firm has done it. Fingers crossed. Does anyone know what West Ham's pitch is like this season? You would assume with their money they are employing a decent firm ( although I appreciate we may have asked for a different service)

the notes also confirm (again) that it's PB that asks for it to be watered at half time

why were the doing West Ham's pitch first when half of it was covered throughout August for the IAAF world championships? Seems pointless to me?

 

[mattitouk]

To be fair, if the machine broke down. It is out of the clubs control.

As for the rest? no idea.

Why didn't they get the previous firm they've used before to do it instead? (or was it a locked in contract, if so, surely the fact they had a broken machine would have been a good clause to get out of it?)

As for West Ham, I can only guess they are financially a bigger order than us or they arranged it prior to us, so being next up on the order book, so to speak.

As for PB? requesting it to be watered? that one still beats me, why would a football manager over rule a professional groundsman?... it's a bit like an air hostess telling a pilot how to land a plane!

 

[OldBlueLady]

I don't know, but I would suggest that it might be their training ground, and that it was obviously booked in to be done at a certain time. You don't really normally expect people to move a booking for a new customer, do you?

 

[mattitouk]

I don't know, but I would suggest that it might be their training ground, and that it was obviously booked in to be done at a certain time. You don't really normally expect people to move a booking for a new customer, do you?

I don't really understand what you wrote in all clarity. But I get the jist of it & completely agree, Why would the company move a trusted high profile & probably a much higher earner over a new possible prospect. In hindsight, they should have busted a nut to fix or replace the machine in question (but they didn't). and as you said it was out of the clubs control.

The rest is history, hopefully we have learn't from these mistakes and can only improve on the state of the pitch from now. be it with the new company or with the old one. # lessons learnt and all that.

 

[Crowstone Crevette]

Whilst were in the mood shouldn't you have an 'ic' on the end of pedant :winking:

NO a pedant is someone who is pedantic. :raspberry:

 

[Special Blue]

I don't know, but I would suggest that it might be their training ground, and that it was obviously booked in to be done at a certain time. You don't really normally expect people to move a booking for a new customer, do you?

Unless your an internet/tv package provider of course no names need to be mentioned!