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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: philsky on July 10, 2010, 07:41:36 pm

Title: Pitch
Post by: philsky on July 10, 2010, 07:41:36 pm

Anyone,

What the score with the pitch ?

Has any progress been made or are we playing on concrete again this coming season ?

How come we dont go back to 100% grass ?

Title: Re:Pitch
Post by: not on facebook on July 10, 2010, 07:46:47 pm

you must have been reading my mind fella as i have been thinking on same lines since sharp signed,as if rovers are forward thinking enough to layout that much for bill what approach do they have too the pitch.

its common knowlodge that rovers game is better on a good surface.

Title: Re:Pitch
Post by: RoversDave on July 10, 2010, 07:48:22 pm

It looked green and lush on Wednesday.

Title: Re:Pitch
Post by: philsky on July 10, 2010, 07:48:55 pm

Snap; I was just think out goes 1.15 bar on Billy the Kid and then surely we should move off a hard court !

Title: Re:Pitch
Post by: Sheepskin Stu on July 10, 2010, 07:51:21 pm

Do you think someone has hoovered up those inner tubes Phil?

Title: Re:Pitch
Post by: philsky on July 10, 2010, 07:55:16 pm

Front is as flat as a pancake.

Chiro confirmed today that ive wripped my calf properly so no 10k tomorrow and 4 weeks without any pressure on it.

I'll send you the two photos

Title: Re:Pitch
Post by: Sheepskin Stu on July 10, 2010, 08:00:32 pm

Despite all that you can't say it wasn't worth it!  :laugh:

Title: Re:Pitch
Post by: philsky on July 10, 2010, 09:12:59 pm

agreed

every bit of it

Title: Re:Pitch
Post by: eastender on July 10, 2010, 11:42:25 pm

philsky wrote:

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Anyone,

What the score with the pitch ?

Has any progress been made or are we playing on concrete again this coming season ?

How come we dont go back to 100% grass ?

I'm no expert but the pitch is 97% grass (3% fibre to stop it cutting up). The hardness is down to the sand base and the  super efficient drainage,I think. :unsure:

Title: Re:Pitch
Post by: Old Popsider on July 11, 2010, 01:59:11 pm

eastender wrote:

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philsky wrote:

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Anyone,

What the score with the pitch ?

Has any progress been made or are we playing on concrete again this coming season ?

How come we dont go back to 100% grass ?

I'm no expert but the pitch is 97% grass (3% fibre to stop it cutting up). The hardness is down to the sand base and the  super efficient drainage,I think. :unsure:

Surely all grass would be better? I know that the old BV pitch cut up badly at times, also went bald in places at times in the goal area and sometimes down the edges where the lino's ran, but generally speaking the pitch stood up well to a season's worth of football. No plastic bits interwoven into that pitch. Usually it was a credit to all the groundsmen who ever worked it.

Old BV turf was generally regarded as one of the best in the Football League - even Wembley wanted to buy it after that was ruined by a Horse of the Year show.

How about some thoughts/feedback from the current groundsman?