The Pitch....

[RUL]

Fkn awful! Surely we'd be as well getting 4G for the last few years at the Pitt because that's a total nonsense of a park out there today?

[ABZ RED]

It's not often we play 4 games on it in 12 days. Or 6 home games in February.

[RUL]

What, it wasn't in the same condition at the exact same time last year?

 

 

[tightbreeks]

Were they cutting the grass in the winter when nothing grows?

[ABZ RED]

What, it wasn't in the same condition at the exact same time last year?

f**k knows, probably. But I'm thinking that if we had the standard 2 maybe 3 in the whole month then it might be in a half decent state compared to 4 in 12 days.

[RUL]

Can't argue but its been like this the last couple of years min, that game was crying out for a flat pitch with no bumps, total farce.

[Scarface]

Fkn awful! ...that's a total nonsense of a park out there today?

 

True dat.

[minijc]

The pitch is second to none, according to Willie Miller.

[madjockmcferson]

I remember a few years ago someone put weedkiller on it by mistake didn't they?

 

Besides, im assuming the ground is heavily sand based and the frost and snow in dec and jan and feb wouldn't have helped.....probably not much the groundsman could have done about it....

[RUL]

Totally, groundsman is probably fighting mission impossible but that's not a football pitch out there.

[Mrs_Mols]

watching sky sports 4. Our pitch looks like the grass at wimbledon compared to Motherwells tattie field. 2-0. lawl.

[RAZOR]

I'm putting my cv in. They clearly need a professional.

[fine-n-dandy]

watching sky sports 4. Our pitch looks like the grass at wimbledon compared to Motherwells tattie field. 2-0. lawl.

 

Whilst it's always funny to see the OF get beat, a Well win means our top six chance (& with it around

[RUL]

Are you serious? With 6 games to go you feel there's no chance when we're 3 points behind 6th?

[weapon]

Totally, groundsman is probably fighting mission impossible but that's not a football pitch out there.

 

The groundsman hisna got a chance of keeping a nice lush pitch, the weather is against him and there's no money to help out.

 

If we had the money we'd have those big light machines over the pitch as soon as the game is done to help the grass grow like in the premiership, but we don't have the money so we play on a tattie field instead!

[Jute]

Having to have the undersoil heating on for most of the winter will not have helped the pitch or having the number of games we have had over a short space of time. Paying the price for two bad winters in a row.

[scarlet pimpernel]

we should go with a synthetic pitch. all scottish sides should.

[fine-n-dandy]

Are you serious? With 6 games to go you feel there's no chance when we're 3 points behind 6th?

 

Ignore 6th the now cos Utd are basically going to get up to 5th & maybe even 4th with their games in hand most likely. It's too much to ask now imo, the chances of overcoming Well are slim (although yes we do play them again) we may quite easily catch ICT yes but the other three (Utd, Kilie, Well) I think it's to big an ask. Add the fact that we will also be having to compete with St Johnstone, ICT & now Hibs again, the chances of us getting enough points in the six remaining games are slim to none.

 

we should go with a synthetic pitch. all scottish sides should.

 

NO........... We should not.

 

Why would we want that? You think it's hard to attract decent players with little money now.

[scarlet pimpernel]

Ignore 6th the now cos Utd are basically going to get up to 5th & maybe even 4th with their games in hand most likely. It's too much to ask now imo, the chances of overcoming Well are slim (although yes we do play them again) we may quite easily catch ICT yes but the other three (Utd, Kilie, Well) I think it's to big an ask. Add the fact that we will also be having to compete with St Johnstone, ICT & now Hibs again, the chances of us getting enough points in the six remaining games are slim to none.

 

 

 

NO........... We should not.

 

Why would we want that? You think it's hard to attract decent players with little money now.

 

perfect playing conditions for every match instead of having to play on a beach for half a season.

[fine-n-dandy]

perfect playing conditions for every match instead of having to play on a beach for half a season.

 

& half the players getting injuries all the time & I'm not just talking the serious injuries like young Fyvie's ligaments, no I'm also talking about the muscle strains & niggling injuries that often are caused by or are agrivated again by artificial surfaces (even the bestest newest versions) a lot of players with certain types of injuries in the past cannot even train on these surfaces for fear of agrivating old injuries.

 

Unless we could throw silly money out on wages, then very few decent players would want to come & play here then.

[scarlet pimpernel]

& half the players getting injuries all the time & I'm not just talking the serious injuries like young Fyvie's ligaments, no I'm also talking about the muscle strains & niggling injuries that often are caused by or are agrivated again by artificial surfaces (even the bestest newest versions) a lot of players with certain types of injuries in the past cannot even train on these surfaces for fear of agrivating old injuries.

 

Unless we could throw silly money out on wages, then very few decent players would want to come & play here then.

 

nah, that wouldn't be an issue. look to the east, the big stadium in moscow has an all weather pitch. perfectly safe and playable.

[fine-n-dandy]

nah, that wouldn't be an issue. look to the east, the big stadium in moscow has an all weather pitch. perfectly safe and playable.

 

Yes & so does Norway (half the top flight are artificial surfaces) & they have plenty injury problems, I have asked guys I work with over here & very few like them & usually because of the reasons I have stated.

 

Football should be played on GRASS ask anyone (even Cheech & Chong) American 'football' can keep their play ground surfaces

[scarlet pimpernel]

Yes & so does Norway (half the top flight are artificial surfaces) & they have plenty injury problems, I have asked guys I work with over here & very few like them & usually because of the reasons I have stated.

 

Football should be played on GRASS ask anyone (even Cheech & Chong) American 'football' can keep their play ground surfaces

 

never any injuries caused by the sort of play encouraged by muddy pitches then.

[fine-n-dandy]

never any injuries caused by the sort of play encouraged by muddy pitches then.

 

 

 

Maybe we should just play indoors then as well

[scarlet pimpernel]

 

 

Maybe we should just play indoors then as well

 

now you're just being silly. scotsman in scared of progress shocker.

[fine-n-dandy]

now you're just being silly. scotsman in scared of progress shocker.

 

Progress? How the fk is it progress?

The beautiful game was meant to be played on grass & without fkn female referees with PMT.

[K-9]

Ignore 6th the now cos Utd are basically going to get up to 5th & maybe even 4th with their games in hand most likely. It's too much to ask now imo, the chances of overcoming Well are slim (although yes we do play them again) we may quite easily catch ICT yes but the other three (Utd, Kilie, Well) I think it's to big an ask. Add the fact that we will also be having to compete with St Johnstone, ICT & now Hibs again, the chances of us getting enough points in the six remaining games are slim to none.

Kind of agree with that. Looking at fixtures going to be very very hard for us to push into top 6. United got far easier fixtures (6 home games to go) and have still to play ICT twice so one of them will be picking up points in both those games.

[K-9]

And plastic pitches would kill football in Scotland.

[Red Loon]

Were they cutting the grass in the winter when nothing grows?

 

Last time it was in such a mess they blamed it on the rugby international in the November

[scarlet pimpernel]

And plastic pitches would kill football in Scotland.

 

or change the culture so we play football rather than kick and run.