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I'm pleased they're doing a full job as it looked pretty threadbare quite early on last season.
⛱️ Loftus Road looks a little different today! Monday marked the start of our pitch renovations and this year we're doing slightly more than normal, with a full pitch renovation, additional heating works, and a new 4G surround!#QPRpic.twitter.com/UzSg2T1Fgw
The picture reminds me what the pitch looked like when I started watching Rangers and particularly later when Trevor Francis played for us. It was like the Somme.
Quite an interesting little film on the pitches at LR and Heston
That was great for a lawn nerd like me.
Also really interesting to learn what a hybrid pitch actually is. I always vaguely assumed that the synthetic part was like some sort of plastic netting holding the whole thing together.
WRONG it's the synthetic fibres punched vertically into a deep sand base. Which, as I now know, gradually pull out over time. Hence why the pitch was beginning to look a bit scabby this season and last.
Also interesting to hear that each training pitch costs £1m and that they've increased the groundsman headcount from 2 to 8.
Reminded me of just how sh*t I've let my lawn become.....
The picture reminds me what the pitch looked like when I started watching Rangers and particularly later when Trevor Francis played for us. It was like the Somme.
That patch just east of the halfway line and over towards Ellerslie Rd used to be known as the Slough Of Despond to us SA Rd regulars.
A bit more on the new Deso pitch. It sounds like the owners have paid for this which I assume does not count against FFP
Yep, re-affirming that they are around for the long term.
It is why I am utterly amazed that they do not appear to be changing the day-to-day management organisation we have in place that has so obviously and patently failed miserably.
They are clearly successful businessmen, so how can our currently plight be acceptable? Astounded...
Also really interesting to learn what a hybrid pitch actually is. I always vaguely assumed that the synthetic part was like some sort of plastic netting holding the whole thing together.
WRONG it's the synthetic fibres punched vertically into a deep sand base. Which, as I now know, gradually pull out over time. Hence why the pitch was beginning to look a bit scabby this season and last.
Also interesting to hear that each training pitch costs £1m and that they've increased the groundsman headcount from 2 to 8.
Reminded me of just how sh*t I've let my lawn become.....
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