parkfieldowl14 Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Just now, Owl in Nottingham said: Oh I thought this was going to be a referrence to Wilko's team with Bannister and Varadi. Oh happy days and with a resplendent PRESTO stand. It doesn't need painting over. Its needs a good quality clear varnish to bring out the lettering nicely. Excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY Posted February 26, 2022 Author Share Posted February 26, 2022 A view from the north 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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scram Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 (edited) 36 minutes ago, room0035 said: If they are still using the stand excuse then put a big mirror on the North to reflect the sun, job sorted. Funny how from 1995 to 2015 that the stand built for Euro 96, did not affect the pitch at all, it must be the coastal erosion thats causing it to suddenly have an effect after nearly 26 years of no effect. OR Could it be the desso pitch that was put in 5 years ago has not been properly maintained and now has got to a point where it is affecting the playing surface. A mate of mine was head groundsman at a pro club and they had a Desso He was an extremely talented groundsman and was headhunted to be the head groundsman when New Wembley first opened - he said he wouldn't touch it with a bargepole for reasons that quickly became apparent/ Anyway... He used to do the daily maintenance on the pitch at his club - minor repairs and grass cutting etc But the pitch had to be generally maintained by Desso specialists which was by a company contracted to keep the pitch pristine From memory this involved at least one major refurb per season with the pitch stripped so it looked bare - the grass was re-seeded and the artificial fibres were treated by some special machine Then it was given a few weeks to regrow and re-establish In the season they would visit a few times and the pitch invariably look as good at the end of the season as it did at the start This pitch also had premiership rugby on it My guess is that our pitch looks so horrendous because it hasn't been maintained in line with recommendations If it has then we should be due a hefty refund Edited February 26, 2022 by scram 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY Posted February 26, 2022 Author Share Posted February 26, 2022 Near groundsmans cabins under north https://www.agrigem.co.uk/profile-natural-greens-grade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owlinmad Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 More importantly have the bulbs been replaced ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck Rogers Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 To my completely untrained eye or knowledge, something about the Desso when it was first installed looked a bit 'off'. Like it had furrows in it or something. It didn't look the way I expected it to after seeing all the perfect pitches on TV and ours just didn't look as 'smooth' as daft as it sounds. Maybe I was just seeing things but could it be possible it wasn't installed properly to begin with? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadBoy1762 Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire... the A-Team. Paint it green 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helmut_rooster Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 3 hours ago, ANDY said: From biggsy Million Pound Pitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chow Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Flipping hell looks like thorncliffe field in it’s prime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hookowl Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 2 hours ago, Owlinmad said: More importantly have the bulbs been replaced ? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crookesowl Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 It’s awful. It would be good if the club could explain why it’s so bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevthelodgemoorowl Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 GrassMaster Description GrassMaster is a hybrid grass sports playing field surface composed of natural grass combined with artificial fibres. It was developed and patented by Desso Sports in 1993. This hybrid grass system is now developed by Tarkett Sports after a takeover of Desso Sports and has been rebranded since as GrassMaster. Sorry GrassMaster, ours is scheite ! When are you going to fix it ? We got one season out of it, Just one ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 The pitch was dreadful, but I thought we dealt with it very well tbf. Played when we could, but weren't against smashing it long when it suited us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvin Parsnip Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 120 metres of translucent roof sheets on the slope of the roof where clock is would help 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Wylde Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Pitch Craft Again, long, but very interesting - if you're a turf anorak. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy Nickelarse Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 From pitchside , close up on the South Stand side the surface didnt look as bad as it looks on the photos. Didn't really cut up and generally ran true. Didnt impact on the game as far as I could tell. Seen it far, far worse many times over the last 50 odd years and indeed within the kast 10 years. That said obviously not up to normal desso standards admittedly though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SallyCinnamon Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 It’s terrible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Who knows, it might work in our favour, as we will be used to how crap it is. It is embarrassingly bad though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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