sailor_h Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 The pitch is utterly ridiculous for the amount of money that has been spent on it. There hasn’t been that many games played on it this winter. This time last year the pitch was perfect. Is the new groundsman not up to the job? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderpig Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 1 minute ago, sailor_h said: The pitch is utterly ridiculous for the amount of money that has been spent on it. There hasn’t been that many games played on it this winter. This time last year the pitch was perfect. Is the new groundsman not up to the job? What's up with the pitch to make it ridiculous? It looked OK to me on Saturday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sailor_h Posted February 5 Author Report Share Posted February 5 1 minute ago, Spiderpig said: What's up with the pitch to make it ridiculous? It looked OK to me on Saturday It doesn’t look like half the pitch as it did last year. Pun intended meaning half the grass has disappeared!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santheman Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 Undersoil heating had to be turned on during the recent cold snap. Destroys the root system and takes time to recover. Same has happened to Celtics pitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dossertillidie2 Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 Pitch looked better before we spunked £1m on it. Glorious failure of use of funds for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dossertillidie2 Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 13 minutes ago, sailor_h said: The pitch is utterly ridiculous for the amount of money that has been spent on it. There hasn’t been that many games played on it this winter. This time last year the pitch was perfect. Is the new groundsman not up to the job? Where’s the added commercial revenues that burrows stated we would get when it was laid? had hoped we would all be able to get a kick about on it with our mates on a thurs night (for a fee of course) 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 Pitch not looking as good at moment but I genuinely think this is down to the cold weather a few weeks back. Once into milder weather it should be back to usual state. We don't have a home game till Sunday 25th Feb so let's see how it looks then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 Just now, grizzlyg said: Pitch not looking as good at moment but I genuinely think this is down to the cold weather a few weeks back. Once into milder weather it should be back to usual state. We don't have a home game till Sunday 25th Feb so let's see how it looks then. And before anyone comments yes I forgot about tomorrow night!! 😜😜 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderpig Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 1 hour ago, Dossertillidie2 said: Pitch looked better before we spunked £1m on it. Glorious failure of use of funds for me So you would have kept the old pitch then, the one that was looking more like a section of the somme battlefield every season, that was a glorious failure as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motherwell Daft Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 1 hour ago, Spiderpig said: What's up with the pitch to make it ridiculous? It looked OK to me on Saturday It looked blooming shocking, don’t know what game you were watching! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santheman Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 1 hour ago, Dossertillidie2 said: Pitch looked better before we spunked £1m on it. Glorious failure of use of funds for me Seeing as you seem to know everything that's happening within the club you'll know about the issues over the main drainage and how much it was going to cost to fix it and the ongoing maintenance costs before deciding on the current set up. You'll also know who was responsible for the extra work that was required this year to get our safety certificate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbybingo Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 If our hybrid pitch is similar to Celtic's, Rodgers has been complaining about the state of it recently. Tynecastle and Ibrox were also given as examples when ours was being laid, but I haven't heard of any issues there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellgirl Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 20 minutes ago, Spiderpig said: So you would have kept the old pitch then, the one that was looking more like a section of the somme battlefield every season, that was a glorious failure as well. The old pitch looked awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderpig Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 18 minutes ago, Motherwell Daft said: It looked blooming shocking, don’t know what game you were watching! The same one as you, stop being dramatic " blooming shocking" there was feck all wrong with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelmaninOZ Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 1 hour ago, grizzlyg said: And before anyone comments yes I forgot about tomorrow night!! 😜😜 🧐 🤔 You must be getting old mate 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelman1991 Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 17 minutes ago, Spiderpig said: The same one as you, stop being dramatic " blooming shocking" there was feck all wrong with it. You're miles out here. The pitch looked very poor, definitely not up to the standard at this time of the year in the recent past. Mind you "bounce games" on it during the incelement weather recently can't have helped it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motherwell Daft Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 1 hour ago, Spiderpig said: The same one as you, stop being dramatic " blooming shocking" there was feck all wrong with it. Think I know who’s being dramatic ‘n it certainly ain’t me,, maybe go get the eye goggles checked, it’s clearly a while since you’ve been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellfan Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 The pitch has recently looked far worse than in previous years following the significant investment, but, as others have noted, I am sure there is a reasonable explanation for this beyond the new groundsman being shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dossertillidie2 Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 2 hours ago, santheman said: Seeing as you seem to know everything that's happening within the club you'll know about the issues over the main drainage and how much it was going to cost to fix it and the ongoing maintenance costs before deciding on the current set up. You'll also know who was responsible for the extra work that was required this year to get our safety certificate. I do yes. Do I believe it merited £1m (as quoted) to be spent on it. No not particularly. Do I agree in the timing of that spend , no not particularly do i believe the money could have been otherwise spend better elsewhere . Yes I do by your response I presume your are defending that spend and have inside knowledge that it merited the spend and was the appropriate time to spend that cash? I also presume you agreed with the perceived added commerical revenues that were planned from the pitch that we are yet to see? all about opinions my friend and if that’s your own stance then we just hold a different opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanwellfan Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 I have to agree the pitch did not look up to its usual standard. As mentioned by previous poster it may be due to under soil heating being used, I don’t know. Not sure that grass will grow back during Feb/March? we have around 7 to 9 games left then it can rest and recover and we’ll see how it looks next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santheman Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 1 hour ago, Dossertillidie2 said: I do yes. Do I believe it merited £1m (as quoted) to be spent on it. No not particularly. Do I agree in the timing of that spend , no not particularly do i believe the money could have been otherwise spend better elsewhere . Yes I do by your response I presume your are defending that spend and have inside knowledge that it merited the spend and was the appropriate time to spend that cash? I also presume you agreed with the perceived added commerical revenues that were planned from the pitch that we are yet to see? all about opinions my friend and if that’s your own stance then we just hold a different opinion Never believed that there would be any commercial benefits from it unless we were going to host concerts or Christian conventions a la St Johnstone I do believe it was the best decision to use the covid loan money to upgrade it as the annual maintenance costs will be roughly half of what it would have been had we kept the original pitch. Include the money it would have cost to fix the main drain issue which could have continued and cost even more money down the line then imo it made commercial sense. As you say, all about opinions and being able to debate and disagree. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelboy Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 5 hours ago, Spiderpig said: So you would have kept the old pitch then, the one that was looking more like a section of the somme battlefield every season, that was a glorious failure as well. It was the best pitch in the league by far. Right now is the worst it's looked in over a decade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelboy Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 2 hours ago, santheman said: I do believe it was the best decision to use the covid loan money to upgrade it as the annual maintenance costs will be roughly half of what it would have been had we kept the original pitch. According to Burrows....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 I've heard unconfirmed reports there has been some root damage due to the hot air emitted from the Hunter Stand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smiddy Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 am quite sure it will grow lush and green and be the best pitch in the league again ... especially with the manure we put out on it every second week 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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