Hybrid Pitch

[Uberjambo]

On 10/08/2019 at 10:14, Longshanks said:

Just wait till we start having proper music concerts.  Hopefully one day I'll get to see Rammstein at tynecastle, big circle pit in the middle of the pitch

 

Good thought but more likely Murrayfield for them. Tynie is too small. If they ever come back to Scotland.

[Lord Beni of Gorgie]

2 hours ago, afanderson33 said:

Is it not also worth bearing in mind that we may have had prospective signings at the game? You turn up to get a feel of the place and see the pitch in that state and then watch the team lumber around? These things do matter. Appearances do matter. First impressions matter. 

Of course. 

 

But. Big but.

 

There wouldn't be any signings without benefactors chucking money at us. 

 

Not amused by the pitch but there is a wider view, perhaps is not really understood 

[allanwilson1970]

I was embarrassed to sit and look at the state of the pitch. First and foremost and always of the highest priority we are a FOOTBALL club and not a community club. 

 

The community aspect is important but is should never step in the toes of the football club. 

 

New season, new anticipation for the first home game and the pitch is an embarrassment and I frankly do not give a rats if it was aesthetics only.  99 percent of us fans don’t care about the Orchestra we care only about football and spending our hard earned on following our team up and down the country from U16 to U18 to reserves to first team. Spending a large part of my money on this so I expect the same commitment from our board and not to give us sub standard crap for a pitch on the best day of every season, our first home league game.  I am a unnerved about this and also the game yesterday. 

 

[RudiHMFC]

2 minutes ago, allanwilson1970 said:

I was embarrassed to sit and look at the state of the pitch. First and foremost and always of the highest priority we are a FOOTBALL club and not a community club. 

 

The community aspect is important but is should never step in the toes of the football club. 

 

New season, new anticipation for the first home game and the pitch is an embarrassment and I frankly do not give a rats if it was aesthetics only.  99 percent of us fans don’t care about the Orchestra we care only about football and spending our hard earned on following our team up and down the country from U16 to U18 to reserves to first team. Spending a large part of my money on this so I expect the same commitment from our board and not to give us sub standard crap for a pitch on the best day of every season, our first home league game.  I am a unnerved about this and also the game yesterday. 

 

 

Totally agree with you, I'm genuinely worried about where we're currently heading, the pitch being in that state should not be played down by anyone.

[Victorian]

18 minutes ago, jonnothejambo said:

Let's cut to the chase and cut out the procrastination. 

 

If we had played well yesterday and won five nil the pitch would barely get a mention as we all know it will be pristine in a few weeks.

 

This guy's on the ball.

 

All these people jumping up and down on the hyperbole express are at it.     Embarrassment seems to be the buzz word.     Nobody is actually experiencing any embarrassment.     It's a wholly misplaced trope for the purpose of identifying one's self as a self perceived real fan.     It's complete and utter bollocks.

 

I'm not in the least bit concerned about it and I'm as real a Hearts fan as any of these cartoons.

Edited August 11, 2019 by Victorian

[SpruceBringsteen]

5 minutes ago, Victorian said:

 

This guy's on the ball.

 

All these people jumping up and down on the hyperbole express are at it.     Embarrassment seems to be the buzz word.     Nobody is actually experiencing any embarrassment.     It's a wholly misplaced trope for the purpose of identifying one's self as a self perceived real fan.     It's complete and utter bollocks.

 

I'm not in the leasr bit concerned about it and I'm as real a Hearts fan as any of these cartoons.

 

If anyone was genuinely embarrassed by the colour of some grass, they'd be completely incapable of functioning in society.

 

What these lengths actually mean is "I'm unable to take a light slagging from this Hibs boy I ken"

[sadj]

30 minutes ago, Victorian said:

 

This guy's on the ball.

 

All these people jumping up and down on the hyperbole express are at it.     Embarrassment seems to be the buzz word.     Nobody is actually experiencing any embarrassment.     It's a wholly misplaced trope for the purpose of identifying one's self as a self perceived real fan.     It's complete and utter bollocks.

 

I'm not in the least bit concerned about it and I'm as real a Hearts fan as any of these cartoons.

 

21 minutes ago, SpruceBringsteen said:

 

If anyone was genuinely embarrassed by the colour of some grass, they'd be completely incapable of functioning in society.

 

What these lengths actually mean is "I'm unable to take a light slagging from this Hibs boy I ken"

 

Awesome posts...besides any Hibs fan who slags you is an absolute walloper with no grip on reality and selective memory of the last 140years.

[...a bit disco]

"Embarrassed".

 

"Unnerved".

 

"Genuinely worried".

 

 

I'm "genuinely" struggling to understand how some people get through life on a day to day basis.

Edited August 11, 2019 by ...a bit disco

[merseyjambo]

5 hours ago, Ribble said:

 

Doubt we have the sway to move the Edinburgh Festival by a month or two

 

Not saying we do 😁

 

Concerts can be a real good earner for clubs but there is a time for them and that’s not a week before the season starts

[Jamboelite]

14 minutes ago, ...a bit disco said:

"Embarrassed".

 

"Unnerved".

 

"Genuinely worried".

 

 

I'm "genuinely" struggling to understand how some people get through life on a day to day basis.

Yup.

 

And the chat of the £1m pitch being damaged, i hope people are aware that the majority of that money wasnt the cost of the ****ing grass which is all that needs to regrow.

 

You’d think we dug up the whole drainage system, sprinklers and everything else the way people are going on.

 

[SMJ_1874]

The club took expert advice from the suppliers and manufacturers of our pitch before hosting this prestigious concert. Using our home for this was a real coup for AB. Revenue has expanded due to our corporate and retail facilities. AB wants to showcase our ground and this will not be the last concert here.  What’s not to be happy about this? We should applaud forward thinking and business acumen not slating the club for some bare patches of grass that will recover for our next fixture. 

 

Everyone knows this was a test case and once the balance sheets have been counted then expect more of this next year. 

 

[stan]

Supporters take pride in the club and the facilities we own. That includes how things look in the stand and the pitch. There's a massive thread about how good/bad the new facade is. It would be odd if we were blasé about the apparent mess the pitch appears to be, however temporary that may be.

 

If someone was p***ing against the facade or having a dump on the plaza, it'd only be a temporary blight, but it would still annoy me

[Thomaso]

6 hours ago, Nobreath said:

 

 

If we had won yesterday no one would be giving a **** about the pitch apart from a few pantwetters.

 

Absolute nonsense!  Our £1m pitch was a disgrace for the first home league game of the season!

[ramrod]

Clowns on here STILL going on about a pitch that will be back to perfection in a couple of weeks after being shit for one game 

Its all a bit Hibs tbh but funny as never the less 😂

[Ferryjambo99]

Photo from twitter, looks much better. 

 

 

[GYL]

2 weeks to fully recover.....however those Premium seats in the Wheatfield🤔😡if one was mine lol

[gjcc]

7 minutes ago, Ferryjambo99 said:

Photo from twitter, looks much better. 

 

 

 

Good, just in time for Fridays Festival Monster Truck Extravaganza. 

[tynietigers]

1 minute ago, gjcc said:

 

Good, just in time for Fridays Festival Monster Truck Extravaganza. 

😂😂😂

[Byyy The Light]

On 11/08/2019 at 14:42, SpruceBringsteen said:

 

If anyone was genuinely embarrassed by the colour of some grass, they'd be completely incapable of functioning in society.

 

What these lengths actually mean is "I'm unable to take a light slagging from this Hibs boy I ken"

 

😂😂 absolutely nailed it 

[Nobreath]

On 11/08/2019 at 16:51, Cruickshank for Scotland said:

 

Absolute nonsense!  Our £1m pitch was a disgrace for the first home league game of the season!

 

We've obviously got different ideas of what a disgrace is.

 

The performance was a disgrace, the pitch hardly registered. 

[alwaysthereinspirit]

On 11/08/2019 at 11:51, Cruickshank for Scotland said:

 

Absolute nonsense!  Our £1m pitch was a disgrace for the first home league game of the season!

OUR?

[ramrod]

All the idiots foaming at the mouth about the state of the pitch are looking more and more ridiculous with each passing day 😂

[Victorian]

1 minute ago, ramrod said:

All the idiots foaming at the mouth about the state of the pitch are looking more and more ridiculous with each passing day 😂

 

Nah.  They went to moon howler MAX from the off.    They're just ****ing idiots saying less stuff.

[Debut 4]

Think we’ve applied to hold a tough mudder in November.  

[jake]

If this is to be a regular thing .

Could we not have a raised decking that we could hang the lamps under?

 

A small one of cost that we could use repeatedly.

Or am I talking nonsense.

 

 

[Thomaso]

2 hours ago, alwaysthereinspirit said:

OUR?

 

As a Hearts fan - yes “ours”!!

[Thomaso]

2 hours ago, ramrod said:

All the idiots foaming at the mouth about the state of the pitch are looking more and more ridiculous with each passing day 😂

 

Why is that?? Has half the pitch suddenly transformed itself back to a lovely grass covered surface from a cut up dirt pitch in a matter of a few days?? 🤔

[Lord Beni of Gorgie]

The benefits of this concert being seen already today and possibly another few times before August is out. 

 

Very nice people,  lovely concert 

[Graham Thomson]

I was in Tynecastle tonight, the pitch is healing just fine, absolutely no problem.

[Portable Badger]

5 minutes ago, Graham Thomson said:

I was in Tynecastle tonight, the pitch is healing just fine, absolutely no problem.

Graham

you know the rules.           You can't state things like that without pictures !!!

[Dusk_Till_Dawn]

Whether you’re outraged by this or not, it shouldn’t have happened. Very tinpot

[Bridge of Djoum]

On 10/08/2019 at 12:59, Des Lynam said:

I think someone needs to tell Ann it’s a football club she owns. 

I think someone needs to tell you it’s Hearts you support...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allegedly. 

[Coburg Hearts]

1 hour ago, Dusk_Till_Dawn said:

Whether you’re outraged by this or not, it shouldn’t have happened. Very tinpot

So the official opening of the Edinburgh International Festival, one of the world's great festivals, and the prestige that entails, is tinpot? Ok then. 

Also, without the revenue that that and other non-footballing events brings into the club, we may not have been signing anyone this week.

I suppose in your world the grass is always greener........or perhaps not.

[sam?]

I wonder how murrayfield seems to cope with much larger concerts and allegedly the same surface ? 

[johnking123]

Think we did it to soon. The grass is only a year old and we should have left the grass longer in length before doing it. 

[Kiwidoug]

8 hours ago, Graham Thomson said:

I was in Tynecastle tonight, the pitch is healing just fine, absolutely no problem.

Scarf above the heid?

[Justin Z]

39 minutes ago, sam? said:

I wonder how murrayfield seems to cope with much larger concerts and allegedly the same surface ? 

 

Maybe quite similarly. After all, there are far fewer matches played there than at Tynecastle--it just may never have created a conflict so close to a game.

[ramrod]

8 hours ago, Cruickshank for Scotland said:

 

Why is that?? Has half the pitch suddenly transformed itself back to a lovely grass covered surface from a cut up dirt pitch in a matter of a few days?? 🤔

For a start it wasn't cut up and secondly it looks like it's going to be back to perfection for the  next home game . 

So for ONE game the pitch looked bad but played ok . All that hyperbole from some clowns , Hearts fans of otherwise made for hilarious reading tbh . 

[Des Lynam]

16 minutes ago, ramrod said:

For a start it wasn't cut up and secondly it looks like it's going to be back to perfection for the  next home game . 

So for ONE game the pitch looked bad but played ok . All that hyperbole from some clowns , Hearts fans of otherwise made for hilarious reading tbh . 

 

Folk are frustrated with the way things are going. Yes the outrage may have been over the top. 

 

But the pitch shouldn’t have looked like that for the first game of the season. 

 

Anyway we are where we are. 

[the Hearts way]

6 hours ago, Coburg Hearts said:

So the official opening of the Edinburgh International Festival, one of the world's great festivals, and the prestige that entails, is tinpot? Ok then. 

Also, without the revenue that that and other non-footballing events brings into the club, we may not have been signing anyone this week.

I suppose in your world the grass is always greener........or perhaps not.

 

 

Well half it's certainly greener !

[Thomaso]

35 minutes ago, ramrod said:

For a start it wasn't cut up and secondly it looks like it's going to be back to perfection for the  next home game . 

So for ONE game the pitch looked bad but played ok . All that hyperbole from some clowns , Hearts fans of otherwise made for hilarious reading tbh . 

 

Nothing funny about it! Were you at the Ross Co game or see it on TV??? The pitch was a disgrace END OF!

As for going back to perfection - let’s wait and see!

[The Treasurer]

19 minutes ago, Des Lynam said:

 

Folk are frustrated with the way things are going. Yes the outrage may have been over the top. 

 

But the pitch shouldn’t have looked like that for the first game of the season. 

 

Anyway we are where we are. 

Did the pitch affect the game or the football played on it (or what little there was) ?

The answer is no.

So in order to earn the wages of one of our new players for a year we had to play one game with the grass looking not very nice.

 

[The Treasurer]

4 minutes ago, Cruickshank for Scotland said:

 

Nothing funny about it! Were you at the Ross Co game or see it on TV??? The pitch was a disgrace END OF!

As for going back to perfection - let’s wait and see!

A disgrace ??

It looked a wee bit discoloured in patches.

Our old pitch was a disgrace, Fir Park's old pitch was a disgrace, ER's is a disgrace.

The surface was fine just it's appearance didn't look great. It will be back at it's best for the next home game and the club are £100k + better off.

 

[Cut The Crap]

Is the 100k figure documented somewhere?

[Perth to Paisley]

Levein on Saturday said there was no rental fee.

[Pans Jambo]

16 minutes ago, Perth to Paisley said:

Levein on Saturday said there was no rental fee.

Did Ann Budge not say Tynecastle was offered to the festival organisers FOC as long as they picked up the catering and security costs etc. 

 

I would imagine we would have charged for electricity usage & sold drinks etc. So Hearts would have made a small amount of money at least. 

[frodoker]

Whilst undoubtedly the pitch looked crap it played ok. I would imagine the plan was always to try this kind of event at Tynie and lessons will be learned. I doubt we envisaged holding a 150 piece orchestra (I think) so soon but if you look at the pictures its where the stage was and not where the seating was that's the problem. Im sure if any further events are held they will have a better understanding of what needs to be done to stop this happening, for instance I would imagine a boxing ring or smaller stage for bands could be erected far quicker so presumably not cause damage. Anyway we were crap on Saturday and absolutely nothing to do with the pitch.

[I.T.K]

5 minutes ago, Pans Jambo said:

Did Ann Budge not say Tynecastle was offered to the festival organisers FOC as long as they picked up the catering and security costs etc. 

 

I would imagine we would have charged for electricity usage & sold drinks etc. So Hearts would have made a small amount of money at least. 

 

I also think it was seen as a 'loss leader' to show off Tynecastle can hold large events in the future.  

[Justin Z]

1 hour ago, Cruickshank for Scotland said:

 

Nothing funny about it! Were you at the Ross Co game or see it on TV??? The pitch was a disgrace END OF!

As for going back to perfection - let’s wait and see!

 

You really need to calm down. You weren't ranting like this when the pitch under Cathro looked like a mud bog--far, far worse.

 

Seriously, go have a piña colada or something.

[Victorian]

We made £87,526