The Etihad Pitch

[wolfie1988]

Yes I know it is hence the smiley.....hope your ankle is ok ....who were you playing for ?

;)

Just an inter squad friendly for a Vets team to blow the cobwebs away! Not sure it worked!

 

[bluevalley]

I would suggest that’s an overreaction considering our home record in all competitions this season is P23 W19 D3 L1 and we’ve won 12 of the last 13, scoring 31 and conceding 7. Seems like we’re on a fortunate run considering it’s “Russian roulette”.

Only lately the pitch was this bad.

We are the better team, if we had a better pitch the game would have been more fluid and we would have probably scored more goals.

Of course it's not just the pitch, refereeing, player mistakes, etc,.. the more you control these variables the more chance you have to win. It might be an overreaction but in tight games small details can be the difference between a win or a loss and in knock out stages there are no second chances.

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

Agree.

Madrid are playing matches on their training ground, we should play ours at the minihad so that pitch can get ripped up and relaid.

they are doing it as grounds being done up. not the pitch lol

 

[ancoats]

i think the mini etihad could be a good option to use if we get into the semi final of the champions league. but i think uefa would not lets us unless it gets really bad at the etihad

the summer and plans for a new pitch and safe standing being put in and hope for fans coming back next season
means we will have a fresh start and no gigs this summer and i am so looking forward to next season

 

[jay_mcfc]

This is a disaster now. The turf that came up from when Jesus fell into the Leeds defender was shocking.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Have we changed the groundsman recently? The pitch had been horrible for months now.

 

[RayCTID]

Shite

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Obviously watered like fuck pre-game, first 15 mins a player per minute was slipping until it dried out a bit.

Don't see why we don't move to the mini ground,if we're not allowed for league games as Madrid play at the training ground for CL games I can't see why we can't.

 

[Bayblue]

Lots of players slipping today - including their keeper for our goal

 

[Utter bobbins]

There are no end of experts on Bluemoon regarding absolutely anything I now know where to come for my gardening tips

 

[mat]

Have we got rag groundstaff employed?

 

[Lavinda Past]

Not quite as bad as Hough End... yet

If we get some bad weather in the next few weeks, we could see a few tons of shale laid down for the final few games.

 

[levets]

This is a disaster now. The turf that came up from when Jesus fell into the Leeds defender was shocking.

First 10 minutes, players lost their footing 7 times? Something not right.

 

[Utter bobbins]

It has been said before the pitch was due to be relayed end of last season couldn’t happen. The pitch will have a shelf life which has obviously passed nothing can be done about it

 

[levets]

Lots of players slipping today - including their keeper for our goal

If he hadn’t slipped we wouldn’t have scored. Torres scuffed it :-(

 

[give it to gordon]

It's a desso pitch which has a life span. It was due to be changed/rebuilt at the end of last season.
Due to only a few weeks between seasons there wasnt time to do this.
Its due to be replaced at the end of this season. So theres not alot that can be done, the pitch has come to the end of its life.
As annoying as it is I am sure the ground staff are doing their best.
The problem was out of Citys hands due to the pandemic.

This thread is like the complaints book at a golf course lol all golfers are better than highly qualified greenkeeper;)

 

[Utter bobbins]

It's a desso pitch which has a life span. It was due to be changed/rebuilt at the end of last season.
Due to only a few weeks between seasons there wasnt time to do this.
Its due to be replaced at the end of this season. So theres not alot that can be done, the pitch has come to the end of its life.
As annoying as it is I am sure the ground staff are doing their best.

This thread is like the complaints book at a golf course lol all golfers are better than highly qualified greenkeeper;)

Same -people who blame the greens for their shite putting

 

[give it to gordon]

Same -people who blame the greens for their shite putting

Exactly :)

 

[RobMCFC]

I was expecting the gopher from Caddyshack to stick its head out of the turf today. Pitch looks awful.

 

[Stelea]

Nothing to do with the pitch today, just a shit performance and team selection.
At least we don’t need to moan about the pitch for the next 5 games