| Game Off 12:25 - Jan 20 with 25674 views | Daley_Lama |
Waterlogged pitch |  |
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| Game Off on 15:14 - Jan 20 with 3052 views | 442Dale |
| Game Off on 15:11 - Jan 20 by TVOS1907 |
Is that picture definitely from today? if so, why are the rugby lines still so prominent? |
Note the bloke wearing this season's Errea bench coat. |  |
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| Game Off on 15:16 - Jan 20 with 3043 views | DaleiLama |
Take away the stands and it could be a park Sunday League pitch anywhere. Take away the white lines and it could just be a park on a flood plain. |  |
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| Game Off on 15:17 - Jan 20 with 3026 views | DaleFan7 |
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| Game Off on 15:17 - Jan 20 with 3024 views | DaleFan7 |
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| Game Off on 15:18 - Jan 20 with 3016 views | DaleFan7 |
Something needs doing and quickly. It might have rained a bit over the last week but not enough to make a pitch that waterlogged. | | | |
| Game Off on 15:20 - Jan 20 with 2996 views | Thacks_Rabbits |
We have no money remember to improve the pitch, sign players, improve facilities etc etc. Everything this season has been embarrassing and today is no different. Can’t think of a time in the 35 years I have followed us I have ever been more disenchanted. |  |
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| Game Off on 15:20 - Jan 20 with 2994 views | D_Alien |
Lovely winter's afternoon out now, perfect conditions for a game of football...
This game would've been played on the old surface during the 60s/70s. With modern pitch technology and theories, something has gone missing from the very basics of playing surfaces |  |
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| Game Off on 15:27 - Jan 20 with 2943 views | RooleyMoorBlue |
| Game Off on 15:12 - Jan 20 by meeee |
Oh fair enough, I had no idea they invested in rain covers. On the picture I saw this morning it just looked like a plastic sheet covering the pitch |
They haven`t. They don`t seem to know what rain covers are. |  | | |
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| Game Off on 15:32 - Jan 20 with 2911 views | Dale23years |
| Game Off on 14:52 - Jan 20 by 442Dale |
As mentioned earlier, the state of the pitch was one of the questions sent to the Trust to be asked at their meeting with the club.
The club themselves have a responsibility to produce something ahead of that meeting or any further request for an explanation though, they should WANT to be doing that for their supporters.
I fully expect that to happen. |
We should be getting answers today not waiting for a meeting with a club. It's a disgrace that our pitch is Luke this, no apology, no statement on our tinpot twitter account.
With the pictures knocking around showing the state of the pitch,it's show how low our club has dropped, but come May again it will be #teamrochdale crap again. | |
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| Game Off on 15:33 - Jan 20 with 2908 views | dingdangblue |
| Game Off on 14:29 - Jan 20 by SalwaDale |
That looks pretty horrendous. I hate football. |
What about beach ball? |  |
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| Game Off on 15:37 - Jan 20 with 2885 views | DaleiLama |
| Game Off on 15:33 - Jan 20 by dingdangblue |
What about beach ball? |
Tough mudder? | |
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| Game Off on 15:50 - Jan 20 with 2799 views | joecooke |
Even Accrington got their game on,really not good enough . |  |
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| Game Off on 16:14 - Jan 20 with 2668 views | DaleFan7 |
| Game Off on 16:06 - Jan 20 by 442Dale |
They can’t make it much worse. Let them play. |
Hornets game is already postponed. | | | |
| Game Off on 16:18 - Jan 20 with 2641 views | 442Dale |
| Game Off on 16:14 - Jan 20 by DaleFan7 |
Hornets game is already postponed. |
If that’s the case it’s an indication that they don’t expect the pitch to be playable in 24 hours time.
With that in mind, what was different this time yesterday?
Maybe this will be explained in due course. | |
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| Game Off on 16:21 - Jan 20 with 2626 views | DaleFan7 |
| Game Off on 16:18 - Jan 20 by 442Dale |
If that’s the case it’s an indication that they don’t expect the pitch to be playable in 24 hours time.
With that in mind, what was different this time yesterday?
Maybe this will be explained in due course. |
I think you're being a tad optimistic there. | | | |
| Game Off on 16:33 - Jan 20 with 2568 views | dingdangblue |
| Game Off on 16:21 - Jan 20 by DaleFan7 |
I think you're being a tad optimistic there. |
24 days? | |
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| Game Off on 17:01 - Jan 20 with 2460 views | nordenblue |
| Game Off on 16:18 - Jan 20 by 442Dale |
If that’s the case it’s an indication that they don’t expect the pitch to be playable in 24 hours time.
With that in mind, what was different this time yesterday?
Maybe this will be explained in due course. |
The mushroom treatment will do... | | | |
| Game Off on 17:24 - Jan 20 with 2357 views | since58 |
| Game Off on 17:01 - Jan 20 by nordenblue |
The mushroom treatment will do... |
Always been fed s@@t always will be. | | | |
| Game Off on 17:50 - Jan 20 with 2263 views | Dale23years |
| Game Off on 17:24 - Jan 20 by since58 |
Always been fed s@@t always will be. |
Still no statement from our concerned directors/chairman | |
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| Game Off on 17:57 - Jan 20 with 2227 views | hxdale |
Probs had the sprinklers on.. shambles |  | | |
| Game Off on 18:00 - Jan 20 with 2204 views | Shun |
Still no apology?
Does anybody know how much it cost last season to relay the pitch? If we stick with this one there will be more postponements, that's unavoidable. Tally up the cost of replacing Saturday afternoon matches with Tuesday evening ones, added to the lost income from the more than likely relegation (as opposed to at least giving us a chance if we had a good playing surface!), and relaying the pitch now surely has to be seen as the best option.
And that's just from a financial point of view. I've not even touched on the other implications of having a pitch like that such as any likely injuries, how it represents the absolute antithesis of the style of football that we've become to be known, the sheer unprofessionalism, the appalling lack of respect for fans (when we have situations like today), and what a joke it makes us look like.
I remember Hill being apoplectic about the state of Rotherham's Don Valley pitch a few years ago. There was something about a nail being found on it, but he also hugely criticised the actual pitch. Ours is far worse than that now, so I'd like to hear Hill's thoughts on the situation. Or the board's. Or in fact can anyone from the club tell us what's going on? What is the plan with regards to this pitch? Because there needs to be one. |  | | |
| Game Off on 18:06 - Jan 20 with 2178 views | 442Dale |
| Game Off on 18:00 - Jan 20 by Shun |
Still no apology?
Does anybody know how much it cost last season to relay the pitch? If we stick with this one there will be more postponements, that's unavoidable. Tally up the cost of replacing Saturday afternoon matches with Tuesday evening ones, added to the lost income from the more than likely relegation (as opposed to at least giving us a chance if we had a good playing surface!), and relaying the pitch now surely has to be seen as the best option.
And that's just from a financial point of view. I've not even touched on the other implications of having a pitch like that such as any likely injuries, how it represents the absolute antithesis of the style of football that we've become to be known, the sheer unprofessionalism, the appalling lack of respect for fans (when we have situations like today), and what a joke it makes us look like.
I remember Hill being apoplectic about the state of Rotherham's Don Valley pitch a few years ago. There was something about a nail being found on it, but he also hugely criticised the actual pitch. Ours is far worse than that now, so I'd like to hear Hill's thoughts on the situation. Or the board's. Or in fact can anyone from the club tell us what's going on? What is the plan with regards to this pitch? Because there needs to be one. |
Now, now, let's not ask for too much. Such basics take time.
Even now, I'd be very surprised if they didn't release a statement very soon. That it could and should have been online by now is to the club's detriment. But that's on them. Every hour that passes reflects incredibly badly on them, but they still have an opportunity to at least look like they want to build bridges with a VERY loyal fanbase.
In the meantime, there's lots of info on the Youth Team game with an interview too. Super. | |
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| Game Off on 18:15 - Jan 20 with 2152 views | since58 |
| Game Off on 18:06 - Jan 20 by 442Dale |
Now, now, let's not ask for too much. Such basics take time.
Even now, I'd be very surprised if they didn't release a statement very soon. That it could and should have been online by now is to the club's detriment. But that's on them. Every hour that passes reflects incredibly badly on them, but they still have an opportunity to at least look like they want to build bridges with a VERY loyal fanbase.
In the meantime, there's lots of info on the Youth Team game with an interview too. Super. |
Don't hold youre breath 442 or you might turn purple as I am with rage at this moment in time. | | | |
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