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Thread: The pitch
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16-01-2021 05:59 PM #31
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16-01-2021 06:00 PM #32This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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16-01-2021 06:05 PM #34
watching the Glasgow v Edinburgh rugby just now, whatever that surface is GET IT it looks great
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16-01-2021 06:06 PM #35This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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16-01-2021 06:06 PM #36
We are back to the mantra being preached when Leeann Dempster first came to the club, but which seems to be backslid on at times.
That was, if you take care of the little things as carefully as the big obvious things all of these small fractions end up making a difference. As others have pointed out, this club for the most part signs footballers, it's no accident we go for folk like Allan, Murphy and Newell. We spend 5 million quid on somewhere for them to train and no doubt spend a fortune every year running the place.
What's the point of all that when you then provide them with a ploughed field to play on that immediately turns every game into a physical long ball battle where their superior ability is taken out of the equation? It's too late for this season, but before the next one our seemingly never ending pitch issues really need to be addressed, either that or we save a pile of money and just sign a whole load of journeymen bruisers more suited to football on a quagmire.
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16-01-2021 06:09 PM #37This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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16-01-2021 06:11 PM #38
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Don’t people think it’s the weather of late ?? We’ve had snow, ice and rain dominant for the last 2-3 weeks - this last week it’s been murder - brutally cold and overnight we had torrential rain in edinburgh. The pitch looked horrible, but it’s not really surprising I don’t think ..
Let’s see what it looks like in the next month ..
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16-01-2021 06:11 PM #39This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
- essential work wasn’t done in the summer due to the furlough. For as long as I can remember Hibs have ripped up and re-seeded the whole pitch in the summer.
- the atrocious weather we have had over the last week or so.
- this time of year we don’t get light to the pitch due to the height of the stands and we don’t have the massive lighting rigs they have down south that costs hundreds of thousands of pounds.
This isn’t penny pinching or mismanagement, it is purely down to circumstances out with the clubs control.
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16-01-2021 06:14 PM #42
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16-01-2021 06:20 PM #45
Is our pitch maintenance contracted out or do we employ a couple of people to look after it full time?
I'd be curious to know what the difference in cost would be for each option and which provides better results. What do other clubs in Scotland do?PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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16-01-2021 06:22 PM #46
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16-01-2021 06:24 PM #47
I always think Easter Road seems to be particularly affected when undersoil heating is needed, it harms all pitches but I think we seem to just have a bigger deterioration than others?
It's maybe perception just with watching more games on it?
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16-01-2021 06:27 PM #48This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I’m only guessing now but I’d imagine the cooler temperatures hinder the drainage too, freezing up and preventing water from draining off.
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16-01-2021 06:29 PM #49This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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16-01-2021 06:30 PM #50
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Invest in a hybrid pitch. If we want to play good football could be as good an investment as any player
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16-01-2021 06:32 PM #51
It’s gone downhill since Tam McCourt stopped doing it. That man had horticultural magic running through his veins.
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16-01-2021 06:36 PM #52This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Of course once again we are back to the merits of summer football, there's a muckle big light in the sky that's brilliant for growing pitches from April to September.
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16-01-2021 06:57 PM #54
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I cant see us paying for a hybrid pitch when we are making budget cuts all over the club due to covid.
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16-01-2021 07:23 PM #55
I think the sand made it look worse than it actually was. The ball seemed to travel along the surface ok.
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16-01-2021 07:42 PM #56This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The pitch has been awful most of the season, it’s not just the last week. And every year is the same around now, we shouldn’t just accept that.
I’d question if it really cost ‘hundreds of thousands of pounds’ for the lights, however, we shouldn’t just neglect the pitch because of costs. One place in the league is hundreds of thousands of pounds and we are making it hard for ourselves. We want entertainment, we want fast free flowing attacking football, we want our undoubtedly better footballers to be able to play football, not worry about the next bobble or slip.
I’d be extremely surprised if it isn’t something Ron is looking at, it’s a huge part of the way we play and as such should be given the money required to keep it in shape all year round.
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16-01-2021 07:46 PM #57This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteEvery gimmick hungry yob,
Digging gold from rock and roll
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He'll die before he's sold.
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16-01-2021 07:48 PM #58
It looks terrible on sportscene , there will be junior grounds in better condition
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16-01-2021 08:47 PM #60This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
A hybrid pitch is only worth the money if we can afford to maintain it. They cost millions to lay and still require upkeep the same way a grass pitch does.
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