Sedgwick wrote:Does anyone know what the official rule is with playing somewhere else?
I know it never happens but with there being no fans couldn't we use the training ground?
MTFCMAD wrote:bellwhiff wrote:Why weren’t the covers on ?
How do you know they weren’t ?
part time pete wrote:Frost covers do not project the ground from rain or melting snow.
I think we only have frost covers and not rain covers.
bellwhiff wrote:part time pete wrote:Frost covers do not project the ground from rain or melting snow.
I think we only have frost covers and not rain covers.
Really? Bearing the state of the surface, I’d have thought keeping rain off would be a decent idea. Also it’s easier to push snow off covers than it is off grass.
MTFCMAD wrote:Sedgwick wrote:bellwhiff wrote:Why weren’t the covers on ?
Covers do very little against snow and rain.... Snow/water just sits on top and then has nowhere to go until you pull them off and it goes onto the pitch anyway.
Im sure covers main thing is for frost?
Isn't there usually an interview with mez when its called off
Harrogates pitch is covered in snow but there getting fans to help clear it.
Apparently we cant do that.
DogsDoDahs wrote:Firstly i am no expert of drainage and football pitches but i remember somebody coming on this forum about 18 months ago who was very well informed on drainage and seeding of playing surfaces.
He pointed out that the re-seeding was done poorly on a small budget and was ridiculed for it.
He said that drainage is key will soak aways running in a correct line to the lowest point being found by laser lining the complete pitch before re-seeding is done otherwise a few days of rain will leave it looking like a paddy field. Looking like his prediction was accurate now and come close season that will now need to be done. Basically the drainage was done badly and needs doing right next time.
Martin Shaw wrote:What Mez said is: “Because of the effects of the pandemic in the close season, we weren’t able this year to prepare the pitch to its full capacity. There is therefore a drainage issue, which is causing a problem with water getting through the surface and into the drain, as will have been noticeable in our last home game against Southend United.”
So the problem started during Lockdown 1.0. Whether more could have been done since Lockdown 1.0, I don't know. And whether Mez could have been allowed to work on the pitch earlier, I don't know.
We did go 4 years without a game being called off for bad weather between 2014 and November 2018.
DogsDoDahs wrote:I also hope Mez gets more support and late xmas pressies too. But its no use laying a desso pitch unless you get the drainage pipes right in the first place. The last time the drainage was altered was 18 months ago and caused the comments to be made by a person who had worked on new pitches in both the premier league and the championship and he stated it was being done wrong and on the cheap so its not irrelevant IMO. That's when the drainage problems really started and its got nothing to do with lockdown and lack of pre season prep because to put it right means starting over again from scratch and putting right what was done poorly 18 months ago.
kevin kents tasce wrote:DogsDoDahs wrote:I also hope Mez gets more support and late xmas pressies too. But its no use laying a desso pitch unless you get the drainage pipes right in the first place. The last time the drainage was altered was 18 months ago and caused the comments to be made by a person who had worked on new pitches in both the premier league and the championship and he stated it was being done wrong and on the cheap so its not irrelevant IMO. That's when the drainage problems really started and its got nothing to do with lockdown and lack of pre season prep because to put it right means starting over again from scratch and putting right what was done poorly 18 months ago.
I’d be interested to read the thread again as on the face of it, the poster was completely right
oldweststander wrote:The pitch has been great over the last few seasons and has always held up well in bad weather. I remember the days when if the trainer dropped his sponge the match was abandoned due to waterlogging.
Obviously, Mez is correct, not enough time, after furlough, to do a proper job on the pitch.
Question, was it a good decision to furlough the head groundsman?
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