Greggs 1,787 Posted January 19 Author Report Share Posted January 19 2 minutes ago, crowtherjcbravo said: 1/3 of the pitch doesn't get sun on it during winter meaning thawing it out can be near impossible without it warming up? Concrete block under a section of the pitch, again at the south stand end. Clay under the pitch meaning it's difficult for water to drain away. That's three reasons. I accept your factors..coming back on one of them though. Bradford have bigger stands than we do.. I know all of these facts. Doesn't change the issues though are we just supposed to accept that we can't play at home 2/3 months a season for ever more? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oldshayhead 38 Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 7 minutes ago, oldshayhead said: Happy memories of 2016. Sorry can't download picture at moment.old age not up to technology. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crowtherjcbravo 714 Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 7 minutes ago, Greggs said: I accept your factors..coming back on one of them though. Bradford have bigger stands than we do.. I know all of these facts. Doesn't change the issues though are we just supposed to accept that we can't play at home 2/3 months a season for ever more? Where have we not played at home for 2-3 months of a season? Bradford have had plenty of problems with there pitch. I believe at one point they chose to put money into the playing budget rather than sort the pitch. I also believe they cut the playing budget this season to attend to the pitch more. A lot will be if the sun gets on the pitch. Bradford also have the smaller stand behind the goal. They also probably don't have clay and a concrete block below the surface. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greggs 1,787 Posted January 19 Author Report Share Posted January 19 2 minutes ago, crowtherjcbravo said: Where have we not played at home for 2-3 months of a season? Bradford have had plenty of problems with there pitch. I believe at one point they chose to put money into the playing budget rather than sort the pitch. I also believe they cut the playing budget this season to attend to the pitch more. A lot will be if the sun gets on the pitch. Bradford also have the smaller stand behind the goal. They also probably don't have clay and a concrete block below the surface. We have an issue every single season between January and March. Last season was a rare occurrence that we didn't. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crowtherjcbravo 714 Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 I have just taken this from a bradford city article. “Due to the minimal amount of work that was done on the pitch last summer for well-documented reasons, a lot of organic matter was left in place. “This caused a major reduction in drainage from the surface and led to a far from ideal pitch as the season wore on. “We thank Richard Peel Ground Care. We really appreciate what they’ve done in a short period of time for us.” Quote Link to post Share on other sites
born to moan 1,686 Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 Its cracking the flags in Costa Briggus now. You can play on the lawn at BTM Manor. Bring the goalposts, use my garden shed for changing room. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lewis 626 Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 29 minutes ago, Greggs said: Negative is what I do. We are not just talking about the current season though are we? This is a seasonally problem. Should it just be accepted that we can't play at home in Winter every season? Other clubs do not seem to have the same issues. Even clubs in relatively close proximity to us. Rochdale got there pitch playable on Saturday. Bradford got there pitch playable (even though it got postponed for outside facfors) Huddersfield never seem to have issues. What is so special about us that means we can't play at home between January and March? Huddersfield have under soil heating in place Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crowtherjcbravo 714 Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 2 minutes ago, Lewis said: Huddersfield have under soil heating in place They also have a desso pitch. Ozzy would love one of those. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chadders 3,145 Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 43 minutes ago, Greggs said: Negative is what I do. We are not just talking about the current season though are we? This is a seasonally problem. Should it just be accepted that we can't play at home in Winter every season? Other clubs do not seem to have the same issues. Even clubs in relatively close proximity to us. Rochdale got there pitch playable on Saturday. Bradford got there pitch playable (even though it got postponed for outside facfors) Huddersfield never seem to have issues. What is so special about us that means we can't play at home between January and March? Drainage is the key issue along with the clay beneath the surface that compounds this and without thousands being spent to alleviate this the issue is not going to go away. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flea 6,728 Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Greggs said: We have an issue every single season between January and March. Last season was a rare occurrence that we didn't. In fairness, there has been a marked improvement in the past 3/4 seasons to the amount of games getting called off. It is still not great, however I think some are really over reacting to the situation every time a game gets called off. You can't stop grounds from being frozen really unless you want to spaff hundreds of thousands or more on undersoil heating. It is also a fact that when you have two teams playing on a pitch in wet/snowy weather it will reduce the quality of the playing pitch and its conditions. We are in a situation where we share a ground with the rugby club and the offshoot to that is the pitch will, under normal seasons, take heavy usage in the winter months. Going back 5/6 years the pitch really was a joke. Having to reschedule games in Rochdale and Manchester for example - and knowing any tiny bit of rain would put the game in doubt was starting to become the norm. In the last 3 or 4 seasons however while we still struggle with the corner under the south stand, and while we still see games getting called off, we have seen less games called of than 14 other teams at this level. Statistically we are above average for getting games on. However, lets not let facts get in the way of a moan. Edited January 19 by Flea 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
riccardo259 1,460 Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 Game playable as of the 1:30 inspection, so we'll see how it holds up this afternoon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AJS 969 Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 Well, i hope the forecast is wrong about the 3pm downpour... would have been a lot easier to just play it at Southport but we'll see what happens i suppose Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ewalsh 1,224 Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 What time we saying for the postponement tonight then? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AJS 969 Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 Just now, ewalsh said: What time we saying for the postponement tonight then? Sometime between 5-6. Similar time to the Hartlepool postponment Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chrisbo61 2,438 Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 1 minute ago, AJS said: Sometime between 5-6. Similar time to the Hartlepool won't it be played at haig rd? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AJS 969 Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 4 minutes ago, chrisbo61 said: won't it be played at haig rd? Tommorow night if it ends up getting called off now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ITMAN 1,381 Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 (edited) Posted on Twitter at 14:10 Following a pitch inspection by the referee, the pitch has been deemed playable. We will continue tonight’s game at the Shay. The pitch will be assessed later by the match referee as per match day protocols. Game deemed fit at the early inspection. We now wait to see what the match referee has to say when he turns up. So it either goes ahead tonight at the Shay or we go to Southport tomorrow night. Watching the weather forecast, the rain is not expected to be full on until 21:00. At present in Leeds we have had little or no rain for the last 2 or 3 hours, so hopefully it will be intermittent for the rest of the day. Edited January 19 by ITMAN Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jmc 1,589 Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 Pouring down now and forecast to continue , should have just switched it to tonight 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
woody 485 Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 1 hour ago, crowtherjcbravo said: 1/3 of the pitch doesn't get sun on it during winter meaning thawing it out can be near impossible without it warming up? Concrete block under a section of the pitch, again at the south stand end. Clay under the pitch meaning it's difficult for water to drain away. That's three reasons. Reason 4 - We forget to turn our under soil heating on. Reason 5 - TJA doesn't have his car heater on hot enough. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vinnyweknuts 3,182 Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 5 hours ago, AJS said: Sometime between 5-6. Similar time to the Hartlepool postponment What ever will piss off Jeff suits me Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nw3casc1 871 Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 They thinks it's all over..well it is now...over to you PW... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Roy Race 3,009 Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 Pitch played well after all the fuss, probably suited Southport as they looked very limited barring a couple of players. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Macam blue 725 Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 5 minutes ago, Roy Race said: Pitch played well after all the fuss, probably suited Southport as they looked very limited barring a couple of players. Yes it did Roy, suprised how well it held up. proper football pitch. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hands Off The Shay 428 Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 Looked to be a lot of surface water at the end of the game. Given the forecast can't see Saturday being on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ITMAN 1,381 Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 Oz will work miracles and we will all be back glued to our sets come Saturday..... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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