Jaydubz Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Does anyone know if the budget has been cut for the pitch because it looked awful today? Not far from how it used to look before we installed the Desso.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Groundsman only on £75 a week rest is coming later 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark77 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Wasn't re-laid over the summer (due to lack of time). The pitch is now well over a year old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLOwl Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 6 minutes ago, mark77 said: Wasn't re-laid over the summer (due to lack of time). The pitch is now well over a year old. Do desso pitches get relaid every summer? I thought they were just over seeded otherwise the plastic desso fibres would get damaged? Either ways, the pitch is shocking, ball bobbling all over the place. Needs a light roll and more pitch lamps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowl Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Players have been slipping on it so much now for almost a year. But for once, our players were mostly okay on it and only Coventry's players were slipping. Maybe we've finally realised a change of studs would help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sternlad Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Its beginning to look a lot like...... Bannon's thatched roof!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huddyowl Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Desso pitches do not needed to be relayed every year I have been an agronsmist for 30 years working on sports pitches and golf courses the current weather and Wear and tear over the last few months does not help 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asteener1867 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 maybe DC forgot to buy that bit back?............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowl Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 1 minute ago, huddyowl said: Desso pitches do not needed to be relayed every year I have been an agronsmist for 30 years working on sports pitches and golf courses the current weather and Wear and tear over the last few months does not help Do you think there's a reason for players slipping so much on this surface. It's been like this for almost a year now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robowl4life Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 4 minutes ago, huddyowl said: Desso pitches do not needed to be relayed every year I have been an agronsmist for 30 years working on sports pitches and golf courses the current weather and Wear and tear over the last few months does not help Bet you nearly soiled yourself when you saw state of the pitch... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmonbones Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Not only do they not need relaying, with the lack of playing or a considerable time it should be in decent state. Have we been training more on the pitch or has it not been maintained? It still needs lifting and aerating to stop the soil from compressing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otley Owl Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 5 minutes ago, huddyowl said: Desso pitches do not needed to be relayed every year I have been an agronsmist for 30 years working on sports pitches and golf courses the current weather and Wear and tear over the last few months does not help I get the wear and tear, but what about the weather hasn't helped? It's seemed fairly average. Just interested. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owlinmad Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Big Tones tactics. We play in the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLOwl Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 13 minutes ago, huddyowl said: Desso pitches do not needed to be relayed every year I have been an agronsmist for 30 years working on sports pitches and golf courses the current weather and Wear and tear over the last few months does not help Most other pitches are in a far better state than ours. Just watching the Everton v Arsenal game and I can’t see a single bit of mud. It looks pristine. We’re doing something wrong, either training on it too much or something wrong with the structure of it. All the slipping is from the top surface being unstable and that is further backed up by the bits of turf that get kicked up a lot of times during a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huddyowl Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Hillsborough pitch to me looks like the grass as been cut a little to short not much grip and thinning in certain areas it's down to ground staff allot of pitches in pram raise the hight a little and water before the match and half time to speed the surface up as you will have seen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLOwl Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 4 minutes ago, huddyowl said: Hillsborough pitch to me looks like the grass as been cut a little to short not much grip and thinning in certain areas it's down to ground staff allot of pitches in pram raise the hight a little and water before the match and half time to speed the surface up as you will have seen I think it looks short because of the thinning that you mention. That could be easily remedied in the next 10 days with pre germinated seed, germination sheets and watering and feeding and cutting. It’s really not that hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crookesowl Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Lights are still on every night. It’s not a lack of investment 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huddyowl Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 It would be interesting to know how much they are using the artificial lights this is great for winter warmth and rootzone growth winter fertilisers can be applied more often Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmonbones Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 I won't lie, I don't know the state of the pitch. Is it as bad as a few are suggesting? I saw one pitch that had some kind of blight today on sky - I don't imagine that is something that spreads between pitches!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLOwl Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 5 minutes ago, huddyowl said: It would be interesting to know how much they are using the artificial lights this is great for winter warmth and rootzone growth winter fertilisers can be applied more often The lights aren’t for warmth, just the right light for growing. It has been mild for a week now though so that should have helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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