SiJ 49,047 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 I figured it was just us in the top two divisions with a crappy pitch this season, but it seems to be a problem with nearly every team. What's happened then? Have clubs furloughed ground staff? Has it been an exceptionally harsh winter? 2 Link to post Share on other sites
marconi 6,849 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 We’ve been spoiled. Pitches are not that bad compared to the past. Picture of our semi win at Villa Park 1966. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites
alanharper 32,958 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 The Leeds pitch is the worst I've seen in the PL for a long time, and it's not even been played on for 3 weeks before today. Looks like they've let the rhinos train on it. I don't mean Leeds Rhinos, literally some rhinos. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
kirksandallowl 1,985 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 All their grounds men have obviously had a bust up with the chairmen about lack of investment in the pitch and stormed out meaning they only have the YTS lads looking after the pitches. Link to post Share on other sites
edmontonowl 11,340 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 1 hour ago, marconi said: We’ve been spoiled. Pitches are not that bad compared to the past. Picture of our semi win at Villa Park 1966. I watched West Ham v QPR on Big Match Revisited. The pitch was a bog but Dave Thomas was dancing around opponents like a ballerina. How good would he have been on the pristine pitches available now? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
SiJ 49,047 Posted January 16 Author Share Posted January 16 Fulham pitch looks cut up a bit too. There were clips from Blackburn earlier and that's as bad as ours. I'm wondering if teams have reduced ground staff or reduced their hours or something? Pretty much every side in the Prem and Champ has these desso pitches nowadays. Link to post Share on other sites
hirstyboywonder 13,301 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 4 minutes ago, SiJ said: Fulham pitch looks cut up a bit too. There were clips from Blackburn earlier and that's as bad as ours. I'm wondering if teams have reduced ground staff or reduced their hours or something? Pretty much every side in the Prem and Champ has these desso pitches nowadays. It does seem strange that so many are cutting up badly, thought that was why clubs spent so much on Desso style pitches. Could it be that they had to play on them in the summer and then only had a relatively small break before football started again when they would normally have longer to work on them in the good weather months? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
HullOwlPhil 4,235 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 The pitch at Ellend Road is a disgrace. Link to post Share on other sites
Django 1,911 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Not enough time to re lay the surfaces between seasons I would imagine 2 Link to post Share on other sites
SiJ 49,047 Posted January 16 Author Share Posted January 16 21 minutes ago, Django said: Not enough time to re lay the surfaces between seasons I would imagine You may well be right on that. Link to post Share on other sites
owls maniac 10,608 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Not sure this was best way to deal with snow on the pitch 2 Link to post Share on other sites
helmut_rooster 8,066 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 5 hours ago, HullOwlPhil said: The pitch at Ellend Road is a disgrace. So are the peasants that frequent it. Link to post Share on other sites
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