On the Ram Page Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 I haven’t read the Matchday thread as I don’t want to get depressed, so I am not sure if any comment was made about the pitch. This looked in very poor condition - dry, bumpy, grass less in some areas - and I think contributed to our poor start to the game, as we couldn’t control the ball very well. I know we warmed up on it beforehand but that is without the pressure of an opponent breathing down your neck. I know the weather hasn’t been kind recently but we need a decent surface to play on during the last half of the season, so we can make our perceived “class” count against inferior teams. We need a surface where you can trust the roll and bounce. Surprisingly looked very dry in parts and noticeable the water was turned on at half time. hopefully the groundsmen can work wonders and get it rolled flat. Really surprised as I thought we had one of the best playing surfaces in the division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scarlet Pimpernel Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 1 minute ago, On the Ram Page said: I haven’t read the Matchday thread as I don’t want to get depressed, so I am not sure if any comment was made about the pitch. This looked in very poor condition - dry, bumpy, grass less in some areas - and I think contributed to our poor start to the game, as we couldn’t control the ball very well. I know we warmed up on it beforehand but that is without the pressure of an opponent breathing down your neck. I know the weather hasn’t been kind recently but we need a decent surface to play on during the last half of the season, so we can make our perceived “class” count against inferior teams. We need a surface where you can trust the roll and bounce. Surprisingly looked very dry in parts and noticeable the water was turned on at half time. hopefully the groundsmen can work wonders and get it rolled flat. Really surprised as I thought we had one of the best playing surfaces in the division. I mostly agree. It looked very poor. Not sure how much it affected the performance but a very poor pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Hennessy Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Got to say that as poor as the pitch looked it didn't seem to affect Bradford. I can remember the days when we used to win awards for our playing surface at Pride Park...so not sure what's changed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 5 minutes ago, Terry Hennessy said: Got to say that as poor as the pitch looked it didn't seem to affect Bradford. I can remember the days when we used to win awards for our playing surface at Pride Park...so not sure what's changed... The wettest last few months on record and a league one budget. bimmerman and ramsbottom 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NottsRam Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 7 minutes ago, Terry Hennessy said: Got to say that as poor as the pitch looked it didn't seem to affect Bradford. I can remember the days when we used to win awards for our playing surface at Pride Park...so not sure what's changed... Last season our ground staff won team of the season for the PP pitch. Surely it can only be the extreme weather that has affected things? Junc21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scarlet Pimpernel Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 3 minutes ago, NottsRam said: Last season our ground staff won team of the season for the PP pitch. Surely it can only be the extreme weather that has affected things? More than that as them down the road have a remarkably good pitch. Finances I guess! RadioactiveWaste 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Budget is probably the limiting factor. The more money you have the mitigation you can do against darkness and weather. Those giant lighting arrays they run over pitches in the winter to encourage the grass to grow probably run up some electric bill, fancy semi-symthetoc pitch turf etc etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derbados Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Didn’t we have that SIS grass installed a couple of years ago and weren’t we the first or one of the first clubs to have it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 At least with Warne in charge the state of the pitch can't impact any of our slick passing play, because there isn't any. RoyMac5, MickD and Dcfcsr92 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simmo’s left foot Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 1 hour ago, JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta said: At least with Warne in charge the state of the pitch can't impact any of our slick passing play, because there isn't any. 🥱boring. DerbyAleMan, Wolfie20 and Tamworthram 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 11 minutes ago, Simmo’s left foot said: 🥱boring. It was a tongue in cheek remark. RoyMac5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8Leeds Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Hopefully the sh!te on the pitch last night will help the grass grow. DiggerB, OoooMarkWright and hintonsboots 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alty_Ram Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Noticeable that Warne made a point of mentioning the pitch in his post match interview - didn't seem particularly impressed with it. He said something like "we have to go again on Monday on that pitch/surface" and I'm pretty sure he didn't just mean at home. Tamworthram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimeram Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 The pitch didn't seem to bother our players in the 1970s. A good player can adapt. Ask Archie, Toddy and Mac, they did alright on a far worse pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazloW Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 The pitch looks as bad as I’ve ever seen it at PPS. They should be able to play on anything though. Nevertheless, ain’t gong to help the run-in cos can’t see how it can get any better. Perhaps that’s why Vickers was encouraged to bypass the midfield altogether last night and launch it every opportunity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 (edited) 3 minutes ago, LazloW said: The pitch looks as bad as I’ve ever seen it at PPS. They should be able to play on anything though. Nevertheless, ain’t gong to help the run-in cos can’t see how it can get any better. Perhaps that’s why Vickers was encouraged to bypass the midfield altogether last night and launch it every opportunity? Think that was more down to the mistakes he made when trying to play out from the back tbh. I nearly snoozed off and when I blinked and then saw the pitch I thought we were playing at the BBG! It looked as bad as that. 😄 Edited January 10 by RoyMac5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammieib Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Almost as if I started a thread on this just a week ago lol Spanish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSD Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 (edited) Too busy playing Rugby type football on the pitch.... In all seriousness, it's the middle of the winter, we've had heavy rain for the last couple of months. With the budget we have, I'm not surprised the pitch isn't 100%. Until we see a full on mud bath in the 6 yard box and centre circle then the pitch is fine with me. Edited January 11 by SSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 3 minutes ago, SSD said: Too busy playing Rugby type football on the pitch.... In all seriousness, it's the middle of the winter, we've had heavy rain for the last couple of months. With the budget we have, I'm not surprised the pitch isn't 100%. Until we see a full on mud bath in the 6 yard box and centre circle then the pitch is fine with me. Bring it on. It served us well at the BBG 😀 Kathcairns, Dordogne-Ram and SSD 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathcairns Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 43 minutes ago, Tamworthram said: Bring it on. It served us well at the BBG 😀 Not had to come on and paint a penalty spot yet🤣 SKRam, NottsRam and Dordogne-Ram 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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