Ah, but at last we have a sensible suggestion...RagingBull wrote:Replace the DOR
Replace the Captain
Replace the Board
Replace the Players
Replace the Coaches
Replace the Kit
and now Replace the Turf
When will this madness stop.
Now is the time to returf in front of the Crumbie.
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Re: Now is the time to returf in front of the Crumbie.
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But what do we do in the meantime?
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Same as the Tigers performances this season just grin and bear it as nothing will change it until the next. Or will it that is the question?LE18 wrote:But what do we do in the meantime?
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We'll have to wait until Mauger sorts it out.
Nowadays referees decide matches, players by how much.
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First of all, thanks to RagingBull for giving me the biggest laugh I've had on this forum all season - brilliant !!
Secondly, I too had been thinking about the look of the pitch yesterday, ie poor, and was thinking how I might frame my comments given that it's been a dry and warm autumn and winter so far (OK, I know it's been a bit nippy since Xmas). Couldn't think that our grounds-man would want things as they are so I was pleased to see Iain's comments on here. If the stage was put there, no wonder he's mad about.
But it's not only the stage area that's bad.
Next time you are at a home game, have a look around the whole playing surface: it doesn't look great and we are only just over half way through the season - is that concert the whole answer ?
Presumably the development of the Clubhouse end will make the grounds-man's job even more difficult as even less sunlight and wind will get in .
Perhaps an artificial pitch might not be a bad idea ?? Might improve our back play ??!!
Secondly, I too had been thinking about the look of the pitch yesterday, ie poor, and was thinking how I might frame my comments given that it's been a dry and warm autumn and winter so far (OK, I know it's been a bit nippy since Xmas). Couldn't think that our grounds-man would want things as they are so I was pleased to see Iain's comments on here. If the stage was put there, no wonder he's mad about.
But it's not only the stage area that's bad.
Next time you are at a home game, have a look around the whole playing surface: it doesn't look great and we are only just over half way through the season - is that concert the whole answer ?
Presumably the development of the Clubhouse end will make the grounds-man's job even more difficult as even less sunlight and wind will get in .
Perhaps an artificial pitch might not be a bad idea ?? Might improve our back play ??!!
Re: Now is the time to returf in front of the Crumbie.
Why change it? leads to good old fashioned 'real' rugby.
For when the One Great Scorer comes to write against your name,
He marks - not that you won or lost - but how you played the Game."
He marks - not that you won or lost - but how you played the Game."
Re: Now is the time to returf in front of the Crumbie.
Nigel Owens apparently liked it for being a real rugby pitch!DickyP wrote:Why change it? leads to good old fashioned 'real' rugby.
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Re: Now is the time to returf in front of the Crumbie.
whilst we have better forwards than backs it may not be a bad surface for us
possibly why our home form is considerably better than the away form at the moment
Long term maybe the hybrid pitch will be the option as it is unlikely that the sun/air situation will improve as the stadium continues to develop
I wonder if the real change will come when the crumbie stand is developed, as it is then that the posibility of the pitch being widened becomes a possibility. So it is then that the complete change to the pitch structure can happen.
Not sure why the stage for the concert wasn't put accross the terrace - surely not beyond the wit of some basic mechano style engineering
possibly why our home form is considerably better than the away form at the moment
Long term maybe the hybrid pitch will be the option as it is unlikely that the sun/air situation will improve as the stadium continues to develop
I wonder if the real change will come when the crumbie stand is developed, as it is then that the posibility of the pitch being widened becomes a possibility. So it is then that the complete change to the pitch structure can happen.
Not sure why the stage for the concert wasn't put accross the terrace - surely not beyond the wit of some basic mechano style engineering
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We should role it out across the whole pitch and bring back the good old days
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I think they said on a recent RL Rugby Hour that the concert stage was heavier than they (Tigers) had been told, resulting in the ground beneath the stage being badly compacted. And the solution wasn't as straightforward as just re-laying the pitch.
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Re: Now is the time to returf in front of the Crumbie.
You should have seen it first thing on Saturday, it was holding water and needed forking to allow the water to run away. Never mind, we don't use the wings anyway !!!!twick_tiger wrote:I think they said on a recent RL Rugby Hour that the concert stage was heavier than they (Tigers) had been told, resulting in the ground beneath the stage being badly compacted. And the solution wasn't as straightforward as just re-laying the pitch.
The replacement turf was actually very thick when it arrived, and with that side of the ground getting very little sunlight, it has not taken very well at all.
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I assume then that the promoter is being made to pay through the nose to fix this? If not, why not?twick_tiger wrote:I think they said on a recent RL Rugby Hour that the concert stage was heavier than they (Tigers) had been told, resulting in the ground beneath the stage being badly compacted. And the solution wasn't as straightforward as just re-laying the pitch.
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Re: Now is the time to returf in front of the Crumbie.
Already done through the insurance !Iain wrote:I assume then that the promoter is being made to pay through the nose to fix this? If not, why not?twick_tiger wrote:I think they said on a recent RL Rugby Hour that the concert stage was heavier than they (Tigers) had been told, resulting in the ground beneath the stage being badly compacted. And the solution wasn't as straightforward as just re-laying the pitch.
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In what world is the repairs to the pitch "already done" !?floridaboy wrote:Already done through the insurance !Iain wrote:I assume then that the promoter is being made to pay through the nose to fix this? If not, why not?twick_tiger wrote:I think they said on a recent RL Rugby Hour that the concert stage was heavier than they (Tigers) had been told, resulting in the ground beneath the stage being badly compacted. And the solution wasn't as straightforward as just re-laying the pitch.
We'd be more successful renting the ground to Leicester Allotment Association than a gig promoter as it stands!