The Wigan pitch

[Paul B]

That pitch did look terrible today on tv, for anyone who was there, did it look just as bad live? It seemed like many players sruggled with it today.

 

 

Agreed, twas BAD.

[Red_Polo]

That pitch was atrocious, even TNS had a better pitch.

Edited February 11, 2006 by Red_Polo

[Nerik]

It was a potato field. We could never get more than 3-4 passes together and thus take the game in our hands.

[Paul B]

That pitch was atrocious, even TNS had a better pitch.

 

 

Yeah, but that was in August (or was it July?)

[Andythered]

TNS played at Wrexham for their home leg. The pitch there is pretty good.

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

commentator put it down to the undersoil heating - makes the pitch damp & soft

[Red_Polo]

Well even Wrexham have a better pitch then lol

 

For a Premiership side to have such a terrible pitch is embarrassing. Chelsea's pitch was crap as well but today's was something else.

[Superjay]

Theres an ongoing arguement in work between me and a RL fan.

 

Theres a big arguement in hull here as to why the pitch is crap, is it down to the footballers or the RL's or a combo of both.

 

I guess today proved me correct.

[Earl Hafler]

Can't believe the Premiership allow clubs to host rugby matches

[Scally Bob]

The pitch was only recently relaid-if you looked behind the goals you could see the join. Apparently it cost them £100,000: I think they were done. It was awful today, we couldn't get the ball knocked about. And it's a big pitch-we should have passed them out of it.

 

I was told that the rugby doesn't harm the pitch as much as the football but surely the problem is that the pitch is in use 12 months a year. They can't re-lay it properly or seed it in the summer. Also, although there were football piches around there before the stadium was built there were also loads of scrapyards and they reckon the ground under the pitch isn't very good.

[ricflairandy]

remdined me of aintree, the pitche is in the air as temamates run on it.

[stressederic]

Thank god we've played at their place now, and not in a few weeks when the Rugby starts up again.

[Koogan]

I think Sami's oggie scare was due to a divot or summat.

[Scally Bob]

at chelsea a small russian miner popped his head out of the turf and headed the ball back towards their player at one point.

Was that when Abramovich ran onto the pitch offering him a hill of beans for his rights to all the minerals, oil and trees in Siberia?

[Paul B]

Was that when Abramovich ran onto the pitch offering him a hill of beans for his rights to all the minerals, oil and trees in Siberia?

 

 

Hey, Scally, do they always play Northern Soul at Wigan's ground? Is "The Snake" a regular half-time song or what? I'm asking since I know you live there and assume you may have ventured in there a time or two.

[Scally Bob]

Hey, Scally, do they always play Northern Soul at Wigan's ground? Is "The Snake" a regular half-time song or what? I'm asking since I know you live there and assume you may have ventured in there a time or two.

They do, yes. Normally they play "Out on the Floor" by Dobie Gray at half time or "Sliced Tomatoes" by the Just Brothers (that's the original tune that was sampled for "Funk Soul Brother"). Yesterday it was Al Wilsdon's "The Snake" and "Two Can Have a Party" by Gaye & Weston during the hit the bar competition. Dobie Gray was on at full time. Personally I can't stand the Al Wilson number.

 

To be a real Soulie you have to be this anal about it.

 

Anyway it's better than "I Feel Good" at the Reebok.

[Mike]

dobie gray...takes me back that.

my brother and cousing were into northern soul.

didn't dobie do the original 'in crowd'?

[Guest Kev]

Anfield is not wearing up that well either, but it's a carpet compared to some.

 

All groundsmen should be forced to spend a week at Highbury, their pitch is always perfect.

[Scally Bob]

dobie gray...takes me back that.

my brother and cousing were into northern soul.

didn't dobie do the original 'in crowd'?

 

He did.

[fyds]

That pitch did look terrible today on tv, for anyone who was there, did it look just as bad live? It seemed like many players sruggled with it today.

I saw the game on Football first when I got back and I think it looked a lot worse in real life - the camera made it look a lot more green and even than it was. There also seem to be a lot of odd shadows across the pitch and corner areas that don't come over on the nore flatly lit TV pictures. Horrible surface.