Hybrid Pitch

[J80MBO]

26 minutes ago, Haringshairband said:

It's not a £1m pitch the 1m includes new drainage and undersoil heating. I take it people like throwing out the 1m figure to add drama to their posts?

Great post. 

[campbell]

From the studio box it looks in good condition, surely closer up it won’t quite look as good 

[Sharky999]

1 minute ago, campbell said:

From the studio box it looks in good condition, surely closer up it won’t quite look as good 

Agree with your first sentence!!!

hopefully close up it also looks good

Edited January 26 by Sharky999

[graygo]

2 minutes ago, campbell said:

From the studio box it looks in good condition, surely closer up it won’t quite look as good 

 

Let's hope so, can't have it improving or this thread dies.

Well I suppose the "we demand answers" bit will carry on for a while.

[TheOak88]

If it rains it is going to be like the battle of the Somme today. 

[kila]

2 minutes ago, graygo said:

Let's hope so, can't have it improving or this thread dies.

Well I suppose the "we demand answers" bit will carry on for a while.

 

This thread will get bumped in the summer with folk demanding evidence the top was actually skimmed this time

 

 

[kila]

From Sky Sports this morning. Has it been painted green since yesterday?!

 

 

 

 

[been here before]

21 hours ago, TheOak88 said:

 

I would be embarrassed turning up for a Junior game on a pitch like that.

 

 

1 hour ago, TheOak88 said:

If it rains it is going to be like the battle of the Somme today. 

 

 

What a drama queen.

[farin]

The pitch right now. 

 

[Tommy Brown]

2 hours ago, farin said:

 

Wasn't done, should’ve been done. Bad decision making that we’re paying for now. No red herring or conspiracy theory behind this, just bad judgment etc. 👍🏻  

 

Unfortunately, the concert keeps getting thrown in as an excuse for the missed maintenance, where I pointed out there was a 21 day period petween games after the concert. Hence my red herring comment.

 

I am of the opinion that it has been really poor judgement.

[Tommy Brown]

30 minutes ago, kila said:

From Sky Sports this morning. Has it been painted green since yesterday?!

 

 

 

 

 

I remember seeing a documentary on the EPL. it was looking back at the 80's, (pre EPL) pitches were  generally grassless mudbaths.

Aston Villa's in particular, a really bad one. They painted the mud green, players interviwed were laughing at it being like a glue once it got all trampled on and mixed in with the mud.

 

[farin]

3 minutes ago, Tommy Brown said:

 

Unfortunately, the concert keeps getting thrown in as an excuse for the missed maintenance, where I pointed out there was a 21 day period petween games after the concert. Hence my red herring comment.

 

I am of the opinion that it has been really poor judgement.

 

Regardless, it’s done & we have to now get on with it as it is tbh. 

 

[The White Cockade]

I thought pitch looked to have improved on Saturday

Not brilliant to look at but good enough to play football on

[kingantti1874]

Thought it played and looked a fair bit better.. 4 -6 more weeks till the grass starts growing again.. then a refurb in summer.. all good

[fabienleclerq]

2 minutes ago, The White Cockade said:

I thought pitch looked to have improved on Saturday

Not brilliant to look at but good enough to play football on

 

Definitely looked better than the pictures suggested. 

[Cruickshank for Scotland]

The pitch played a blinder yesterday with the Rangers defender slipping on it at Naisy’s goal. ☺️

[upgotheheads]

On 26/01/2020 at 14:12, farin said:

 

Regardless, it’s done & we have to now get on with it as it is tbh. 

 

 

I've seen it a lot worse at this time of year.

[farin]

2 hours ago, upgotheheads said:

 

I've seen it a lot worse at this time of year.

 

Spring & more sunlight aren’t far away which will also help greatly tbh. 

[primrose]

I was speaking to a Celtic fan and they said they had the very same issue with their pitch in its second winter.  (I think ours is from the same supplier.)  They said this winter it has been fine. 

[graygo]

12 minutes ago, primrose said:

I was speaking to a Celtic fan and they said they had the very same issue with their pitch in its second winter.  (I think ours is from the same supplier.)  They said this winter it has been fine. 

 

The Celtic one had a disease, no surprise there I suppose.  

 

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/3775754/celtic-park-disease-pitch/

[primrose]

36 minutes ago, graygo said:

 

The Celtic one had a disease, no surprise there I suppose.  

 

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/3775754/celtic-park-disease-pitch/

😉👌

[Jambof3tornado]

4 hours ago, Cruickshank for Scotland said:

The pitch played a blinder yesterday with the Rangers defender slipping on it at Naisy’s goal. ☺️

And our Sean Clare slipping for the huns goal!!

[Cruickshank for Scotland]

9 hours ago, Jambof3tornado said:

And our Sean Clare slipping for the huns goal!!

There have been no complaints from players though.......

[Jambof3tornado]

4 hours ago, Cruickshank for Scotland said:

There have been no complaints from players though.......

No. But slips happen on any surface, even immaculate ones.

[Hazzaru]

Just now, Jambof3tornado said:

No. But slips happen on any surface, even immaculate ones.

Just ask Stevie G!!!!

[Ex member of the SaS]

18 hours ago, Cruickshank for Scotland said:

The pitch played a blinder yesterday with the Rangers defender slipping on it at Naisy’s goal. ☺️

Heard the ground staff used a pop up sprinkler to trip him up.😁

[I.T.K]

So what was issue with pitch?

 

 

[Smith's right boot]

Pitch again played fine. 

 

Looks OK, not great tho so some work to be done but it plays flat and is not bobbly. 

 

It's always played OK. 

 

 

 

 

[Smith's right boot]

19 hours ago, Cruickshank for Scotland said:

The pitch played a blinder yesterday with the Rangers defender slipping on it at Naisy’s goal. ☺️

 

 

The Goldson one is giff gold. 

 

Hilarious, proper face first stuff. 

[Cruickshank for Scotland]

18 minutes ago, Smith's right boot said:

Pitch again played fine. 

 

Looks OK, not great tho so some work to be done but it plays flat and is not bobbly. 

 

It's always played OK. 

 

 

 

 

So you have said.....and said....and said....😴

[Smith's right boot]

1 hour ago, Cruickshank for Scotland said:

So you have said.....and said....and said....😴

 

Ooft, getting pulled up by you for being repetitive.

 

[busby1985]

Not to be this guy, but the players complain about the pitch. 

[pettigrewsstylist]

6 hours ago, busby1985 said:

Not to be this guy, but the players complain about the pitch. 

BOOM. You can't put that back in the box!! 😃

[jr ewing]

Plays better than it looks. 

[Cruickshank for Scotland]

16 hours ago, Smith's right boot said:

 

Ooft, getting pulled up by you for being repetitive.

 

Works both ways Tosh

[FarmerTweedy]

On 25/01/2020 at 22:56, farin said:

 

There wasn’t enough time between the concert & season start to do it & have a playing surface ready for the next home game. The timing of the concert so close to the new season caused this.. 

The concert was after the first home games. 

[Ex member of the SaS]

Looked way better than the Hibs pitch on TV last night. Maybe just the lights but it looked crap and very bare in places ( matched the crowd in that respect. )

[farin]

 

£8.99 in the club store. 😀 

[BelgeJambo]

26 minutes ago, farin said:

 

£8.99 in the club store. 😀 

My plot looks grand

[Boris5115]

I see the Scotland Women's team are due to play at Tynecastle on 5th June. No idea but how will this effect the maintenance programme that wasn't carried out last close season due to the concert. Surely this isn't going to be jeopardised again. 

[Ex member of the SaS]

With regards condition it looks far better than Celtic's ( and they have the same pitch ) Can't understand how hard can it be to maintain the grass ( even  in winter ) The whole concept of hybrid is to make the grass roots stronger and with the plastic " shoots" make it look green all year round, and much more hard wearing. Whatever the cause of the poor condition, hopefully it's fixed and we should not see a repeat next season.

[kila]

28 minutes ago, Boris5115 said:

I see the Scotland Women's team are due to play at Tynecastle on 5th June. No idea but how will this effect the maintenance programme that wasn't carried out last close season due to the concert. Surely this isn't going to be jeopardised again. 

 

But the concert was after the season had already started...

 

Skimming takes a few weeks or so to recover right? League cup will start 7 weeks after the women's game.

 

 

[gjcc]

On 03/02/2020 at 15:04, farin said:

 

£8.99 in the club store. 😀 

Looks like they’ve done a grand job keeping the grass off the pitch. 

[Tommy Brown]

1 hour ago, kila said:

 

But the concert was after the season had already started...

 

Skimming takes a few weeks or so to recover right? League cup will start 7 weeks after the women's game

 

Let's not start all that again. :Lol:

we proved the concert excuse was not reason.

 

[Mr Elwood P]

1 hour ago, Ex member of the SaS said:

With regards condition it looks far better than Celtic's ( and they have the same pitch ) Can't understand how hard can it be to maintain the grass ( even  in winter ) The whole concept of hybrid is to make the grass roots stronger and with the plastic " shoots" make it look green all year round, and much more hard wearing. Whatever the cause of the poor condition, hopefully it's fixed and we should not see a repeat next season.

I’ve noticed a lot of pitches look in really bad condition currently. Ibrox and the San Siro the last two that stood out as being particularly bad.

[Phil Dunphy]

4 minutes ago, Tommy Brown said:

 

Let's not start all that again. :Lol:

we proved the concert excuse was not reason.

 

 

What an interesting choice of wording.

[Tommy Brown]

14 minutes ago, Phil Dunphy said:

 

What an interesting choice of wording.

 😉

[DarthVodka]

21 minutes ago, Mr Elwood P said:

I’ve noticed a lot of pitches look in really bad condition currently. Ibrox and the San Siro the last two that stood out as being particularly bad.

 

San Siro was always a problem pitch, they used to re-lay it up to 4 times a season just due to the differences in climate in the seasons and high stands affecting natural light getting to it.  This was before hybrid pitches but I guess they still will have issues.

 

The san giro on the other hand, its a shit hole no matter what

[Francis Albert]

2 hours ago, kila said:

 

But the concert was after the season had already started...

 

Skimming takes a few weeks or so to recover right? League cup will start 7 weeks after the women's game.

 

 

One of the groundsmen moles posted that some off season maintenance wasn't done because it would have been a waste of money given the concert plans. I guessed that was skimming and that while a game or two might not have affected grass growth after skimming covering half the pitch completely for days on end might. And the very different appearances of the two halves after the concert seemed to support that theory.

 

[SUTOL]

7 minutes ago, Francis Albert said:

One of the groundsmen moles posted that some off season maintenance wasn't done because it would have been a waste of money given the concert plans. I guessed that was skimming and that while a game or two might not have affected grass growth after skimming covering half the pitch completely for days on end might. And the very different appearances of the two halves after the concert seemed to support that theory.

 

 

But the pitch was fine a couple of weeks after that, and was in great condition till, I think, about the end of October.