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May 13, 2020 14:36:46 GMT
Post by gastower on May 13, 2020 14:36:46 GMT
Passing the Mem today and I see our pitch is being ripped up for re seeding so it doesnt look like we will be playing any home games in the near future with or without a crowd
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Post by Gas-Ed on May 13, 2020 14:39:49 GMT
I think that’s pretty much common knowledge. How could the efl justify weekly tests for all players and staff when we can’t even get the frontline workers in hospital tested? Football before 2021 is not going to happen in my opinion.
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May 13, 2020 14:42:27 GMT
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on May 13, 2020 14:42:27 GMT
Agree, but there must be a finite time to re seed a pitch in the most economical way, utilising as much daylight hours as possible.
This is probably the most optimum time of the year to reseed..
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Post by Marshy on May 13, 2020 14:58:45 GMT
Passing the Mem today and I see our pitch is being ripped up for re seeding so it doesnt look like we will be playing any home games in the near future with or without a crowd What for, there’s fuckall wrong with it? I’ve seen worse bowling greens.
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Post by pucklegas on May 13, 2020 15:20:39 GMT
Passing the Mem today and I see our pitch is being ripped up for re seeding so it doesnt look like we will be playing any home games in the near future with or without a crowd What for, there’s fuckall wrong with it? I’ve seen worse bowling greens. Amazing agreed bit of a waste of money as we ve got nowt.
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May 13, 2020 15:23:14 GMT
Post by gastower on May 13, 2020 15:23:14 GMT
The groundsman has been working on it recently which seems a bit pointless.But may be we entered into an agreement where they re seeded every year. Never the less these contractors produce excellent work.Any grass experts out there who can explain why it requires this total re work ?
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Post by Antonio Fargas on May 13, 2020 16:00:40 GMT
Doubt they're re-laying it completely. They might just be scraping the top few mill of the pitch off, to get better grass growth. eg: www.carlisleunited.co.uk/news/2019/may/pitch-renovation-work-under-way/With the last game of the season now a distant memory the focus for groundsman Dave Mitchell is to set about the playing surface and training pitches to make sure everything is in place when the squad gets back together for pre-season training at the end of June. Dave picked up yet another ‘highly commended’ award from the Football League this season as the quality of his pitch continues to impress through what are often difficult weather conditions. With work started yesterday [Monday] on the main Brunton Park pitch, and the training pitches at Brunton Park and Creighton Rugby Club to follow, we caught up with the Blues' groundsman to talk about what will happen to the pitch over the course of the next few weeks. "We’re taking about 10mm off the top of the pitch which will basically remove the majority of the vegetation [grass] as well as the organic rubbish that has built up over the last two seasons," Dave explained. “That will clean it all up, and we’ll obviously work around the sprinklers and the holes for the goalposts, which can be slightly awkward to get at. “We’ll then spread 58 tonnes of sand on top of that, before we use a ProCore machine, which is the machine we would use pre-match if we were forecast a lot of rain to make sure there are enough drainage holes in the pitch. “When we use that machine, if we get a fine day like today, the idea is that the sand vibrates itself down the holes the machine creates, which creates drainage channels. Once we’ve done that, we’ll level it with the drag mat and brushes, before the lads seed it and finish it off.” “The idea is to clean off the rubbish that builds up at the top of the pitch,” he added. “When the top layer is taken off it smells like the seaside, and that’s just everything that shouldn’t be in there getting taken out. Once the work is done everything will be cleaner, and the drainage will be better, which makes maintaining it much easier. “If the weather plays ball, we hope to have the work completed by the end of the week. We’ll be putting a little bit of sand and seed on the training pitch at Brunton Park, and a little bit of sand on the pitch up at Creighton to maintain those pitches as well. “If we get the work finished this week, it gives us just under seven weeks before the first home friendly on 9 July for it to grow and be ready for a match.”
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Post by legas on May 13, 2020 16:04:31 GMT
They’re ripping up the turf to sell to b&q to finance our £24bn debt I expect.
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May 13, 2020 16:12:16 GMT
Post by Topper Gas on May 13, 2020 16:12:16 GMT
I think that’s pretty much common knowledge. How could the efl justify weekly tests for all players and staff when we can’t even get the frontline workers in hospital tested? Football before 2021 is not going to happen in my opinion. But surely we need to wait until the final decision is confirmed? The Pompey CEO suggested earlier today that no decisions have been made plus if football isn't going to start til 2021 there's no rush to reseed the pitch! Regardless if football is now over at the Mem can't the club officially tell us instead of Tweeting daily about playing Spot the f'ing ball?
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May 13, 2020 16:16:28 GMT
Post by axegas on May 13, 2020 16:16:28 GMT
Even if they announced tomorrow that Football would be returning for Rovers, they can't start until June 1st at the earliest so I assume there is plenty of time for work to happen on the pitch, but as has already been pointed out it's highly unlikely that Football will return at the mem until August at least.
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May 13, 2020 16:50:37 GMT
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Post by ineedgas on May 13, 2020 16:50:37 GMT
Maybe it's being ripped up and sent to Sunderland as a reminder of the last game of the season
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Post by pucklegas on May 13, 2020 17:11:36 GMT
The groundsman has been working on it recently which seems a bit pointless.But may be we entered into an agreement where they re seeded every year. Never the less these contractors produce excellent work.Any grass experts out there who can explain why it requires this total re work ? Keith Valle, I'll get my coat 😂😂
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Post by Gas-Ed on May 13, 2020 18:41:37 GMT
I think that’s pretty much common knowledge. How could the efl justify weekly tests for all players and staff when we can’t even get the frontline workers in hospital tested? Football before 2021 is not going to happen in my opinion. But surely we need to wait until the final decision is confirmed? The Pompey CEO suggested earlier today that no decisions have been made plus if football isn't going to start til 2021 there's no rush to reseed the pitch! Regardless if football is now over at the Mem can't the club officially tell us instead of Tweeting daily about playing Spot the f'ing ball? Have you ever tried to seed a lawn in Autumn?
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May 13, 2020 18:51:51 GMT
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Post by darkbluegas on May 13, 2020 18:51:51 GMT
But surely we need to wait until the final decision is confirmed? The Pompey CEO suggested earlier today that no decisions have been made plus if football isn't going to start til 2021 there's no rush to reseed the pitch! Regardless if football is now over at the Mem can't the club officially tell us instead of Tweeting daily about playing Spot the f'ing ball? Have you ever tried to seed a lawn in Autumn? www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52644313Think it’s pretty clear the grass will have plenty of time to grow
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May 13, 2020 19:25:26 GMT
Post by Topper Gas on May 13, 2020 19:25:26 GMT
But surely we need to wait until the final decision is confirmed? The Pompey CEO suggested earlier today that no decisions have been made plus if football isn't going to start til 2021 there's no rush to reseed the pitch! Regardless if football is now over at the Mem can't the club officially tell us instead of Tweeting daily about playing Spot the f'ing ball? Have you ever tried to seed a lawn in Autumn? No, but seeded it plenty of times in June!
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May 13, 2020 23:53:41 GMT
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Post by daniel300380 on May 13, 2020 23:53:41 GMT
I think that’s pretty much common knowledge. How could the efl justify weekly tests for all players and staff when we can’t even get the frontline workers in hospital tested? Football before 2021 is not going to happen in my opinion. But surely we need to wait until the final decision is confirmed? The Pompey CEO suggested earlier today that no decisions have been made plus if football isn't going to start til 2021 there's no rush to reseed the pitch! Regardless if football is now over at the Mem can't the club officially tell us instead of Tweeting daily about playing Spot the f'ing ball? Seen Plymouth did their pitch weeks ago, think Tranmere did there's as well. We are not the first and we won't be the last. If it's only the top layer, it would probally be ready by the time we have to play anyway.
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Post by LJG on May 14, 2020 7:58:04 GMT
The groundsman has been working on it recently which seems a bit pointless.But may be we entered into an agreement where they re seeded every year. Never the less these contractors produce excellent work.Any grass experts out there who can explain why it requires this total re work ? It's obvious. Wael has commandeered the turf for his own personal benefit because the family are no longer prepared to service the debt.
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May 14, 2020 9:23:06 GMT
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Post by Antonio Fargas on May 14, 2020 9:23:06 GMT
Just posted from Wael's isolation in Jordan:
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May 14, 2020 9:33:21 GMT
Post by Topper Gas on May 14, 2020 9:33:21 GMT
But surely we need to wait until the final decision is confirmed? The Pompey CEO suggested earlier today that no decisions have been made plus if football isn't going to start til 2021 there's no rush to reseed the pitch! Regardless if football is now over at the Mem can't the club officially tell us instead of Tweeting daily about playing Spot the f'ing ball? Seen Plymouth did their pitch weeks ago, think Tranmere did there's as well. We are not the first and we won't be the last. If it's only the top layer, it would probally be ready by the time we have to play anyway. Seriously, you think grass seed grows to make a L1 standard pitch in just a couple of weeks?
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May 14, 2020 9:55:22 GMT
Post by Antonio Fargas on May 14, 2020 9:55:22 GMT
Seen Plymouth did their pitch weeks ago, think Tranmere did there's as well. We are not the first and we won't be the last. If it's only the top layer, it would probally be ready by the time we have to play anyway. Seriously, you think grass seed grows to make a L1 standard pitch in just a couple of weeks? They're not seeding it, they're cutting the growth back to the roots.
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