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[clint van damme]

I'll revisit this post in the morning when I'm sober and will apologise profusely if I've got the wrong end of the stick but why is everyone ignoring the state of the pitch for fucks sake!!

Absolute fucking disgrace, game shouldn't have gone ahead and definitely wouldn't of if it had been a big premiership fixture. Cost us their goal as well, well that and the fact that grimmer didn't realise that you don't go on your arse when you're playing in a swamp as much as it looks great if it comes off.

 

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[Evo1883]

I think if it was a league game they would have called it off .
But I think with the small gap between legs and the small gap then until Wembley probably forced it on

 

[Nick]

Didn't ignore it, also played a part in our shot hitting the post

Did they say much on sky?

Never seen the ball stop dead like it did before

There wasn't that much rain was there? There's been worse

 

[wingy]

Clive was thinking it was at risk of being stopped.

 

[hill83]

We’ll discuss it further in tile hill pal

 

[Evo1883]

Didn't ignore it, also played a part in our shot hitting the post

Did they say much on sky?

Never seen the ball stop dead like it did before

There wasn't that much rain was there? There's been worse

Just didn’t drain did it .
A lot in a short time on a dry pitch

 

[clint van damme]

this is like that episode of the Simpsons where that fella can see what a fuckin' waste of space Homer is but no one else gets it.

Fuck me, we had threads on the state of the pitch when it was a bit lumpy but 6 inches of water, not a thing!!

 

[clint van damme]

We’ll discuss it further in tile hill pal

yeah, I 'll be canoeing up there.

 

[wingy]

We’ll discuss it further in tile hill pal

The Bell?

 

[hill83]

yeah, I 'll be canoeing up there.

I’m tide of your shit

 

[Evo1883]

I’m tide of your shit

Oh ffs lol

 

[wingy]

I’m tide of your shit

Stop making waves !!

 

[chiefdave]

If it wasn't on Sky doubt they would have started the game let alone finished it. The ball was just stopping dead at certain points completely wrong footing players. Bad for any game but unacceptable for a game as big as this.

 

[wingy]

With all the GPS and local info
and it wasn't forecast looks like my BRO was right about that single Magpie this morning .

 

[SkyBlueSid]

The pitch certainly played a part in their goal. I said at half time that I was a bit concerned that we were defending the deep end in the second half.
I doubt the game would have started had it been a league game. There was standing water and the ball didn't run at all in some places. People on a refereeing website are suggesting that the referee showed weakness in being persuaded to play the game because of the TV presence. He didn't have a great day at all in my opinion.

 

[clint van damme]

I'm going to fuckin' riot next week, win, lose or draw.
Any one link me up with a smoke bomb wholesaler?

 

[CovKid73]

Pitch was a joke - it rained but it wasn't the Amazon, noticed at HT the fork brigade were having a job sticking it in (oooo er Missus) the water was just sitting on top not soaking in. Agree played a part in their goal.

 

[Otis]

We’ll discuss it further in tile hill pal

It was a deluge not a drip, mate.

 

[Nick]

Just didn’t drain did it .
A lot in a short time on a dry pitch

There has been more before before games.

Were there people with forks out pre game like there was at half time?

 

[Hobo]

I'll revisit this post in the morning when I'm sober and will apologise profusely if I've got the wrong end of the stick but why is everyone ignoring the state of the pitch for fucks sake!!

Absolute fucking disgrace, game shouldn't have gone ahead and definitely wouldn't of if it had been a big premiership fixture. Cost us their goal as well, well that and the fact that grimmer didn't realise that you don't go on your arse when you're playing in a swamp as much as it looks great if it comes off.

Reminded me of European tie Notts Forest v Celtic. Everyone said Forest needed to win first leg to stand a chance but it was 0-0. A massive down pour before the game left a sodden pitch. Apparently Clough looked at it just before the game, went in the dressing room and said 0-0 will do us tonight lads.

Forest went to Celtic and did them 0-1 in their own backyard.

 

[Hobo]

We are spoilt with pitches today. Anyone remember the Derby Baseball Ground mud? Or Villa Park having more sand on it than Blackpool beach?

 

[steve82]

We are spoilt with pitches today. Anyone remember the Derby Baseball Ground mud? Or Villa Park having more sand on it than Blackpool beach?

Even early premier league days in the early to mid 90’s some pitches were poor at times and were muddy states.

Ask Tim Flowers what a penalty area used to be like.


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[Hobo]

Pitches used to slope too. There was a lot more to home advantage in the old days.

 

[rupert_bear]

The game should have been abandoned after about 10 minutes and had there been a serious injury the press would have been all over the referee like a rash, it could have been rearranged and played at the Ricoh next Friday and the second leg the following Monday. Also why did it seem one end was much worst than the other ? Pitch can’t be that flat.

 

[stupot07]

I don't think it should have been called off, but the pitch was awful. You don't see it in the PL as they invest in their pitches, in fact I can't remember us ever playing on a pitch like that at the Ricoh pre-wasps, which along with the general pitch state suggests wasps have really skimped on the pitch.

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[clint van damme]

Well, as promised, I've revisited this thread sober and am still really surprised there hasn't been more of a reaction to the state of the pitch, looks like i'm in the minority.

 

[Grendel]

I assume as the weather forecast was no rain they’d watered the pitch beforehand

 

[PTA]

this is like that episode of the Simpsons where that fella can see what a fuckin' waste of space Homer is but no one else gets it.

Fuck me, we had threads on the state of the pitch when it was a bit lumpy but 6 inches of water, not a thing!!

Yeah the frank grimes one. Good analogy tbf.

 

[Legia Sky Blue]

As Grendel says I think it almost certain the pitch had been watered (probably heavily) & the rain that followed took the ground staff by surprise. Having said that having watched football in the 70's I didn't think it was unsafe or unplayable. Unfortunately though it affected us more than Notts, as we generally try to keep the ball on the floor, which was difficult when you couldn't anticipate at what pace the ball would run off the surface. Our home advantage was diluted, given which I'm not too downbeat about the result.

 

[itsabuzzard]

I’m tide of your shit

All washed up?

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[wingy]

All washed up?

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Just need a comment from Skybluedaz now.

 

[Covstu]

To be honest I left the house and took a light top, regretted it instantly when coming out of the engine! It had been forecast for Sunday then arrived about 10 hours early!

 

[oscillatewildly]

To be honest I left the house and took a light top, regretted it instantly when coming out of the engine! It had been forecast for Sunday then arrived about 10 hours early!

You went to the boozer and then the game wearing a lamp shade? Who's been to Milan fashion week then, eh?

 

[Covstu]

You went to the boozer and then the game wearing a lamp shade? Who's been to Milan fashion week then, eh?

i've been dressed as worse things before after a few beers!

 

[ccfcricoh]

Seemed very strange as don't recall seeing the Ricoh pitch like that before, and it's definitely not the first time we've had that kind of rain.

Could the pitch invasion have anything to do with it - as the corner down by block 15 was worse, maybe it got compacted down so the water couldn't drain!