The Pitch

[minesahartington]

8 hours ago, S8TY said:

Did we not pay a fortune to have some synthetic weave sown in with the grass when Clement was here I think ?

Cost a fortune, our pitch was an embarrassment last season but did look a lot better towards the end of the season

That’s because there was no football played on it

[Coneheadjohn]

Got a fair bit to do.

[Anag Ram]

4 minutes ago, Coneheadjohn said:

Got a fair bit to do.

Nice to see they're prepared for our treatment table ?

[Woodypecker]

We've got a few players than need putting out to grass. Where on earth (LOL) can we put them, now??

 

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[atherstoneram]

14 hours ago, S8TY said:

Did we not pay a fortune to have some synthetic weave sown in with the grass when Clement was here I think ?

Cost a fortune, our pitch was an embarrassment last season but did look a lot better towards the end of the season

Thats because only half the pitch was being used

[richinspain]

Every time I skim down the thread titles I read this one as "Derby pitch invasion going ahead".

[MickD]

On 14/05/2021 at 08:41, Woodypecker said:

We've got a few players than need putting out to grass. Where on earth (LOL) can we put them, now??

 

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Tell them to sod off.

[ImARam2]

2 hours ago, MickD said:

Tell them to sod off.

Why would you want to turf them off ?

[MickD]

13 hours ago, ImARam2 said:

Why would you want to turf them off ?

There are certainly grounds for it.  Put them to the sward.

[rammieib]

I’m not sure the big thing here - it’s being properly reseeded like it is every normal year.

We have full time groundsman - their not part time employees whose job suddenly disappears in the off season.

[CornwallRam]

On 15/05/2021 at 14:57, richinspain said:

Every time I skim down the thread titles I read this one as "Derby pitch invasion going ahead".

I saw a photo on Twitter of everyone on the pitch after the Brighton play off semi in 2014. That was an awesome afternoon. I remember them telling everyone to keep off the pitch, but just giving in to the inevitable. 

Then the following season when we were abjectly pathetic against Reading, the club were also warning everyone to stay off the pitch - that almost seemed to be in hope rather than expectation.

Oddly, I can't remember any after match, on the pitch celebrations since 2014, despite Rowett, Wassall and Lampard getting us to the play offs. Did I miss something?

[Kernow]

9 minutes ago, CornwallRam said:

Oddly, I can't remember any after match, on the pitch celebrations since 2014, despite Rowett, Wassall and Lampard getting us to the play offs. Did I miss something?

To be fair in those seasons, we finished in 5th or 6th place. Don't think fans would sabotage the pitch before playing the play-off home leg, and they weren't going to invade the pitch after the first leg when we were 3-0 down to Hull or 1-0 down to Leeds.

If we'd got through to the final with the second leg at home, fans would be on the pitch, no doubt about it.

[Mucker1884]

37 minutes ago, CornwallRam said:

I saw a photo on Twitter of everyone on the pitch after the Brighton play off semi in 2014. That was an awesome afternoon. I remember them telling everyone to keep off the pitch, but just giving in to the inevitable. 

Then the following season when we were abjectly pathetic against Reading, the club were also warning everyone to stay off the pitch - that almost seemed to be in hope rather than expectation.

Oddly, I can't remember any after match, on the pitch celebrations since 2014, despite Rowett, Wassall and Lampard getting us to the play offs. Did I miss something?

Final Home games of each season...

(PO seasons in bold)...

 

13/14 - A big win on the night, and on aggregate, to see us comfortably through to the PO final, and our last end-of-season pitch invasion.

14/15 - The aforementioned Reading damp squib game, and ultimate failure to reach the PO's.

15/16 - Lost 0-3 to Hull in PO 1st leg, with little realistic hope of pulling a rabbit out of a hat at their place!

16/17 - Beat Wolves 3-1 in the league, but finished 9th (13pts outside of PO's).

17/18 - A 1-0 win over Fulham in PO 1st leg, but with little realistic hope of holding on at their place.

18/19 - Lost 0-1 to The Dirties in PO 1st leg... with little realistic hope of pulling a rabbit out of the hat at their place!   ?

19/20 - Guard of Honour for The Dirties... 10th place finish, 6pts outside PO's... and no fans.  Biggest celebration that day was the hilarious goal swing between The Swans & The Dogs!  ?

20/21 - I'd rather not discuss it... but pretty sure that would have ended with a pitch invasion, had we all been there!

 

Wow!  Reading that back, we really were the nearly men, weren't we!  How the hell are we still in this bloody division!  ?

Edited May 16, 2021 by Mucker1884

[Mucker1884]

22 minutes ago, Kernow said:

To be fair in those seasons, we finished in 5th or 6th place. Don't think fans would sabotage the pitch before playing the play-off home leg, and they weren't going to invade the pitch after the first leg when we were 3-0 down to Hull or 1-0 down to Leeds.

If we'd got through to the final with the second leg at home, fans would be on the pitch, no doubt about it.

Beat me to it.

Had to research mine though, so took me time to post it!  ?

[Rab a dab doo]

I think the money being spent on Pride Park could be better spent on tidying up the Racecourse opposite as we may actually end up having to play there next year,

[Day]

 

[Rab a dab doo]

So at least we are getting ready to play if nothing else.

[MackworthRamIsGod]

It shows that finances cant be that dire if we can afford to have the pitch improved.

[1967RAMS]

When I read there’s a new pitch at Derby. I thought another bunch of chancers had turned up to buy the club 

[Archied]

35 minutes ago, MackworthRamIsGod said:

It shows that finances cant be that dire if we can afford to have the pitch improved.

Only if we’ve paid up front