The pitch

[Nick]

Are our players skillfully enough to notice.
After all we played Shit at Port Vale and their pitch was ok, we also were dreadful in the first half at Carlisle.

Funny how we talk about this every season we knew it would happen so why the shock.

Port vale pitch was awful.

 

[letsallsingtogether]

Port vale pitch was awful.

Better then ours.

 

[Johhny Blue]

It's one of those things I always think about when the media or some fans try to make out the modern player is far fitter and better technically. It's bollocks, players in those days put up with pitches which were for half a season like a ploughed field, and evaded tackles that would have a modern player on the floor before it even came in. Also the ball they played with was heavier too.

The good ole days.
Maybe it will work to our advantage against Stoke!

 

[covcity4life]

Do we really like to play football? I think we're quite direct this season, not necessarily long ball but we try and get the ball forward quickly. That said, it's not easy even to do that.

Looking at the state of the pitch. it's in an absolute mess for this time of year, has maintenance been curtailed in the Wasps / ACL cost cutting drive?

Agree. We rarwly play good one touch passing etc. I am not too worried about the pitch

 

[singers_pore]

We play very direct football especially since Burge has been booting it long instead of trying to build out from defense. I sometimes wonder whether our fans pay any attention.

 

[Otis]

We play very direct football especially since Burge has been booting it long instead of trying to build out from defense. I sometimes wonder whether our fans pay any attention.

I think you will find it is a combination. We do often kick it long from Burge, but he does also throw it out from the back and when we get it down we don't JUST play it long. We quite often try to work it from side to side and wing to wing on the floor.

Shipley, McNulty and Bayliss all like to play little flicks and one twos, especially Shipley, who is always giving the ball and then going for the immediate return.

It's a mixture. Not as much on the deck now as earlier in the season, where pretty much everything was thrown out by Burge, but we do also like the ball on the deck, especially Shipley, Bayliss, McNulty, DKE.

 

[Adge]

I think it might be the fans fault that the pitch is knackered-remember they ran on it it once or twice from the stands last season.

 

[BackRoomRummermill]

A hammered pitch is the best game leveller ever , throw in some gale force wind and rain and it’s anyone chance

 

[Otis]

A hammered pitch is the best game leveller ever , throw in some gale force wind and rain and it’s anyone chance

Been plenty of teams come here and just hit long balls and Wycombe especially, who just had that one sole tactic.

With teams that try to play through the middle I think it is going to get sticky and increasingly bobbly and cut up. Definitely going to be harder to play good football.

We have indeed though started to go a bit longer a bit more often of late.

Be interesting to see how games progress on this ever deteriorating pitch.

 

[BackRoomRummermill]

Yes agree Otis , you have to play to the conditions , I have not seen the pitch at Ryton recently but suspect it is 18 th green at glen eagles , it can effect so much but I always view it as both teams have to play it

 

[Londonccfcfan]

Im not sure if it is the worst pitch in the football league, but it sure hell looks the worst pitch in all four divisions.

 

[pastythegreat]

W***s clearly aren't putting into the pitch what they could/should. Considering it was hailed as the "pitch of all pitches" we haven't had a full season of green yet!
Although right now it's not a concern to me, we have a shit pitch in a league full of shit pitches! Much the same when we were in L1, if we get promotion. It will, however, become a concern IF we manage to get back into the Championship, IF at that point were still playing at the Ricoh. Our shit pitch isn't gaining any unwanted attention in L2 but would stick out like a sore thumb in the Championship!

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[chiefdave]

“The pitch and conditions are getting tougher with every game and obviously difficult for both sides.

“The pitch was really bad this week, the worst it’s been since I have been here.

“It was dry, sticky and bobbly and not a game to try to pass the ball and we ended up playing to the conditions and maybe got the benefit of it a good few times getting in behind them.”

 

[Otis]

Both Barrett and Maguire-Drew are apparently ball playing footballers though.

We will have to see how they pan out.

 

[Captain Dart]

Both Barrett and Maguire-Drew are apparently ball playing footballers though.

We will have to see how they pan out.

Good for the run in to the season end, the pitch should be OK once good weather kicks in.

 

[stupot07]

Even the guardian things its poor..

<snip>Mark Hughes will play the part of embattled visiting manager; the Ricoh Arena will provide the pudding of a rugby-scarred playing surface; <snip>



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[Nick]

Spot the grass.

 

[skyblueelephant76]

Even the guardian things its poor..

<snip>Mark Hughes will play the part of embattled visiting manager; the Ricoh Arena will provide the pudding of a rugby-scarred playing surface; <snip>



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They were talking about how bad it was on BBC Radio 5 earlier aswell, they said there was 30 yards of pitch in the centre with no grass on it.

 

[Nick]

They were talking about how bad it was on BBC Radio 5 earlier aswell, they said there was 30 yards of pitch in the centre with no grass on it.

Just posted the image Stoke have posted!

 

[Esoterica]

Spot the grass.

That is absolutely shocking by modern standards, even with 2 games a week on it. Doyle said it was the worst he'd played on there in his last post match interview.

 

[Nick]

 

[Hobo]

The pitch was obviously perfect today

 

[speedie87]

Looking on Twitter the whole country seem to be slagging off the pitch after the highlights more than anything else.

 

[Otis]

The pitch was obviously perfect today

 

[Johnnythespider]

Currently being ruined by our rugby playing landlords.

 

[ccfcway]

Currently being ruined by our rugby playing landlords.

genuine question, what is an optimum rugby pitch?, for some reason I would have thought it should be longer and a bit more rough than a football pitch ?

 

[steve82]

Bad press for our landlords too with all the talk in the media about the state of the pitch.

 

[lifeskyblue]

Funny I didn’t think the pitch was as bad as it had been New Years Day...ball didn’t bobble as much.


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[Otis]

Bad press for our landlords too with all the talk in the media about the state of the pitch.

Fook flying they give a don't.

Rearrange these words into a coherent sentence.

 

[steve82]

Fook flying they give a don't.

Rearrange these words into a coherent sentence.

There's no such thing as bad publicity as they would say...

 

[Earlsdon_Skyblue1]

Looks like paradise compared to the pitch I had to play on yesterday.

Complete and utter mud bath, also waterlogged round the centre circle. You couldn't walk through it, let alone run!

 

[Johnnythespider]

genuine question, what is an optimum rugby pitch?, for some reason I would have thought it should be longer and a bit more rough than a football pitch ?

I would have thought as long as it takes a stud and provides a firm footing for the backs the length of the grass would be fairly unimportant, obviously within reason. As for the forwards the muddier the better, but I've never played rugby so would probably have to ask someone who has.

 

[Otis]

I would have thought as long as it takes a stud and provides a firm footing for the backs the length of the grass would be fairly unimportant, obviously within reason. As for the forwards the muddier the better, but I've never played rugby so would probably have to ask someone who has.

50% of them are brain-dead and the other 60% of them can't hear you because of their cauliflower ears.

Oh and they can't add up either.

 

[higgs]

Pitch looked better then

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[Otis]

Pitch looked better then

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I'm glad you said 'then!'

Just looking at that pic I would have assumed that Wasps had started to rip all the sky blue seats out.