DionDublinsJockstrap
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Thought our passing game was pretty damn good yesterday. Question whether we could play like that on a Ricoh pitch after the first few egg chasing games
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lord_garrincha
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Not an expert on this, but with the pitch getting twice as much use, will it significantly deteriorate?
fernandopartridge
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Let's not get too excited, I can remember St Andrews pitch being a right state in recent years with just one team on it. It's going to have a game a week played on it which is significantly more than the Ricoh
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Seaside-Skyblue
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Arent all pitches slightly curved for water drainage or do you mean something else?
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fatso
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It was constantly getting covered in flying insect shit!
Somerset Sky Blue
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Think seaside is right - lots of pitches are higher in the middle and have a gentle slope away to the edges.
oldskyblue58
CCFC Finance Director
so is the quality of the pitch in Coventry a barrier to our return to the Ricoh? If it suits Wasps game now they could be unlikely to change it. CCFC & players repeatedly highlight it as a problem
The other thought is if it is a problem for wasps and they utilise some of the CVC windfall to improve the infrastructure of the playing surface and go to 5G hybrid or even fully artificial. That would effectively prevent us from using the Ricoh under EFL rules wouldnt it ?
What type of pitch is it at SA that at first glance and from MR comments appears to suit us (ie Natural, 3G, 4G) ?
The other thought is if it is a problem for wasps and they utilise some of the CVC windfall to improve the infrastructure of the playing surface and go to 5G hybrid or even fully artificial. That would effectively prevent us from using the Ricoh under EFL rules wouldnt it ?
What type of pitch is it at SA that at first glance and from MR comments appears to suit us (ie Natural, 3G, 4G) ?
hill83
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Nick
Administrator
If it was 3G or 4G we wouldn't be able to play on it would we?
chiefdave
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Nick
Administrator
Maintenance will play a massive part in it.
chiefdave
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Suspect so. Other teams share with a rugby club and don't have the issues we've seen at the Ricoh. After our first season back Wasps did claim that the company who installed it would be taking over maintenance, would expected them to be involved anyway. Not sure if that happened. If it wasn't done on the cheap I'd be asking for my money back.
Interestingly the pitch we're using at St Andrews, which our manager and players have praised, is the same type they will be using in the rugby world cup.
Liquid Gold
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I heard that the Ricoh pitch was a certain cost and there was a maintenance cost on top of theat. London Wasps decided to go for just the pitch and maintain it themselves, which they clearly are incapable of doing, to save some cash. Rugby and football can be played on the same surface as evidenced by any number of grounds that do it without destroying the pitch.
Nick
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Yeah when they did the massive PR thing about the new pitch the people who laid it said it would be fine for both playing on it if maintained properly all year round.
Then there was a big press overload that they had got some heat lamps in over the winter.
lordsummerisle
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That was just to keep their Southern Hemisphere players warm.
