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Re: Tigers pitch is a disgrace

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But they do cost the best part of one million pounds and we are currently laying out for new training ground, multi-storey car park and possibly the Granby Halls site. Plus of course the Crumbie stand will need replacing in the very near future which may affect any new pitch.
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johnthegriff - given the list of current expenditure, I would not register astonishment if the Crumbie redevelopment was put on the back burner for a few years.
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johnthegriff wrote:But they do cost the best part of one million pounds and we are currently laying out for new training ground, multi-storey car park and possibly the Granby Halls site. Plus of course the Crumbie stand will need replacing in the very near future which may affect any new pitch.
Is anything happening with training ground right now? The others are some way off aren't they? And that £1m will be spread over the life of the pitch, which presumably is long.
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DCat wrote:johnthegriff - given the list of current expenditure, I would not register astonishment if the Crumbie redevelopment was put on the back burner for a few years.
I was speaking to Mr Cohen a couple of weeks ago and he told me the multi storey is the next project,. the Holland & Barratt is quite a way off !
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DCat wrote:johnthegriff - given the list of current expenditure, I would not register astonishment if the Crumbie redevelopment was put on the back burner for a few years.
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floridaboy wrote:
DCat wrote:johnthegriff - given the list of current expenditure, I would not register astonishment if the Crumbie redevelopment was put on the back burner for a few years.
I was speaking to Mr Cohen a couple of weeks ago and he told me the multi storey is the next project,. the Holland & Barratt is quite a way off !
The multi-storey will unlock revenue to do everything else, so that's not surprising. If I'm not misremembering the Crumbie replacement is unlikely to add any extra capacity so I doubt there is much financial incentive to do it any time soon.
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I wouldn't be surprised if the Crumbie development did not happen before the next World Cup. They need the extra time pre-season to minimize any costs involved (i.e. fewer games having to be played elsewhere).

I also doubt that we will be up to sellout capacity each week before then so any redevelopment would be purely be to improve the facilities.
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ourla wrote:
johnthegriff wrote:But they do cost the best part of one million pounds and we are currently laying out for new training ground, multi-storey car park and possibly the Granby Halls site. Plus of course the Crumbie stand will need replacing in the very near future which may affect any new pitch.
Is anything happening with training ground right now? The others are some way off aren't they? And that £1m will be spread over the life of the pitch, which presumably is long.
But then there is the £250k every time it's relaid. I believe soccer clubs tend to do this every season with a desso pitch.
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The pitch (for football) is renovated each summer, but the Desso plastic system binding the pitch is not touched and lasts i believe around ten years. The summer renovations generally consist of shaving off all the grass and reseeding.

I think Exeter are the only team with a Desso pitch. It was interesting to see how it played against Saracens last Saturday. Even though there was a lot of grass missing owing to the weather, the surface was very firm and solid under foot, with no mud.

The difference between Exeter's pitch and a premiership football one, is i don't not believe it receives the expensive artificial light treatment during the winter to ensure growth. I would think Tigers would also not be able to stand this cost (they should share with Leicester city !).

So with inclement winter weather, we can still expect Tigers pitch to be without grass in places even with Desso. But it will play much better even though it doesn't look like the Kings Power pitch.
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LittleBigG wrote:I wouldn't be surprised if the Crumbie development did not happen before the next World Cup. They need the extra time pre-season to minimize any costs involved (i.e. fewer games having to be played elsewhere).

I also doubt that we will be up to sellout capacity each week before then so any redevelopment would be purely be to improve the facilities.
There won't be extra time from the next World Cup. There was only extra time this time because it was in this country.
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Sajerj wrote:The pitch (for football) is renovated each summer, but the Desso plastic system binding the pitch is not touched and lasts i believe around ten years. The summer renovations generally consist of shaving off all the grass and reseeding.

I think Exeter are the only team with a Desso pitch. It was interesting to see how it played against Saracens last Saturday. Even though there was a lot of grass missing owing to the weather, the surface was very firm and solid under foot, with no mud.

The difference between Exeter's pitch and a premiership football one, is i don't not believe it receives the expensive artificial light treatment during the winter to ensure growth. I would think Tigers would also not be able to stand this cost (they should share with Leicester city !).

So with inclement winter weather, we can still expect Tigers pitch to be without grass in places even with Desso. But it will play much better even though it doesn't look like the Kings Power pitch.
The idea of sharing the "lamps" is a good one, I think LCFC pay around £25,000 to hire the lamps over the period, anyone who has been down to the city will testify to the quality of the pitch
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Difference in City v Tigers pitch probably has something to do with 1.5-2.0 tons of scrummages all over the pitch, that weight churning up the surface really needs to be considered. :smt045
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