WystonRam Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 4 hours ago, Kathcairns said: Not had to come on and paint a penalty spot yet🤣 LOL, my dad took me to that game too. Kathcairns 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hintonsboots Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 4 hours ago, Kathcairns said: Not had to come on and paint a penalty spot yet🤣 IslandExile and Kathcairns 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elwood P Dowd Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 (edited) By the end of November the only grass at the BBG was located in the four corners 😂 That’s what you get when you locate a Baseball/Football pitch over an existing water way ….Cotton Brook Edited January 11 by Elwood P Dowd Dordogne-Ram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKRam Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 6 hours ago, hintonsboots said: Big Joe Corrigan in goals for City if memory serves me well. 4-0 Derby? hintonsboots and Kathcairns 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 7 minutes ago, SKRam said: Big Joe Corrigan in goals for City if memory serves me well. 4-0 Derby? Absolutely. It's a fair few years ago but was it Paul Power who gave away the pen? SKRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junc21 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 On 10/01/2024 at 10:45, The Scarlet Pimpernel said: More than that as them down the road have a remarkably good pitch. Finances I guess! Forest spent an absolute shed load in the last close season with a full deep renovation including new drainage throughout. Our pitch is now past its sell by date and probably needs a FULL renovation and likely has not been done since it's initial instalation however this is extremely expensive I would think other matters are a priority atm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anag Ram Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 We’ve been planting veg to raise urgent funds for transfers. Swedes are beginning to come up, leading to the occasional bobble. SKRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinman Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 It’s half a million to a million quid for a new pitch. Think we can afford it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 44 minutes ago, tinman said: It’s half a million to a million quid for a new pitch. Think we can afford it? Not sure. How many of us are there? Kathcairns 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SK47 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 For years I've always seen Pride Park as having (consistently) 1 of the best playing surfaces in the country. What has happened in recent times to make the pitch look like a Sunday league pitch? Has the weather done it? Has our gardener gone awol? I have zero idea about football pitch maintenance so just wondering if anyone on here knows why it's not up to its usual standards. 🐏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Wettest few months on record and a league one budget. jake0400 and Returning ram 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernow Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 It was always immaculate right up until admin. It shows that you get what you pay for and when funds are tight, it’s an easy area to make cuts. It’s still one of the best pitches in this division, but we’re a third tier side with a pretty average pitch. If we’re in the Championship next season then there will be extra money for all areas of the club, pitch included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Bon Pony Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 I think it's deliberate personally. Just from the way the sprinklers were used at half time until you could see small puddles on the surface. For the record, I know nothing about groundskeeping, it's just how it seems to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 6 minutes ago, Kernow said: ... it’s an easy area to make cuts. MarsdenRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trappatoni Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Whatever the reason I don't really care and wouldn't if we had the worst pitch in the EFL. Same for both sides, we aren't a keep it on the floor possession side so no point in wasting money on maintaining the pitch beyond the minimum standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 7 minutes ago, trappatoni said: Whatever the reason I don't really care and wouldn't if we had the worst pitch in the EFL. Same for both sides, we aren't a keep it on the floor possession side so no point in wasting money on maintaining the pitch beyond the minimum standard. But the condition of the pitch is not something you can change overnight... or cheaply. We're potentially only a few months from being an ambitious Championship side. Best not let it deteriorate too much! 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ketteringram Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Great Francis Lee goal for the Derby connection. Plus, BBG was often like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Maybe we could start a chant. We used to have green, green grass Blue, blue Sky The Brummies were gonna throw a party on the day that we die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trappatoni Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 16 minutes ago, Mucker1884 said: But the condition of the pitch is not something you can change overnight... or cheaply. We're potentially only a few months from being an ambitious Championship side. Best not let it deteriorate too much! 😉 Why would it matter - in the Championship we are probably going to have less of the ball. Now if Rosenior was manager it'd be different but with Warne whilst we may not just hoof it we aren't playing tika taka. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chesterfield_Ram Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 I think it is normal / acceptable for the pitch not to be pristine at this time of year. Typically, grass doesn’t grow as quickly over the winter months with the usual weather conditions, so with the massive amount of rain we’ve had recently it is probably to be expected that the pitch is looking like it is. Prior to administration, I presume that the grounds people had a larger budget to utilise. I may be wrong on this though. Having a larger budget would allow more work to be done on maintenance with better equipment available to use. I’ve got a feeling that the glowing lights (non technical name) that help create ideal growing conditions for grass were sold by Quantuma to bring in money. Once we get better weather I expect the pitch will start looking better again. Tamworthram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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