The Etihad Pitch

[Manciniera]

Needs a re-lay. Not sure if it can be done before season ends?

 

[Sir peace frog]

can we play at the mini ground, like real Madrid.

 

[bluemoon32]

can we play at the mini ground, like real Madrid.

Might as well, without crowds it would help us out if the pitch is better

 

[Lavinda Past]

Should be playing at the Academy stadium - Expecting multi-millionaire elite sportsmen perform at top level on a sub-standard pitch is ridiculous

 

[wolfie1988]

Needs a re-lay. Not sure if it can be done before season ends?

It never gets re-laid. It gets stripped and re-seeded essentially.

 

[Manciniera]

It never gets re-laid. It gets stripped and re-seeded essentially.

Definitely an out of season job!

 

[wolfie1988]

Definitely an out of season job!

Unfortunately. Believe it was due its full renovation last year which means digging the whole thing out and it gets new artificial desso strands for the grass to attach itself too.

I genuinely thought we'd see a much better pitch last night than we did. Any regrowth that happened in its time off, didn't help at all

 

[dawlish dave]

can we play at the mini ground, like real Madrid.

Why not, seems a good idea.

 

[Gordyola]

mike doyles dad was called tommy

Correct a police sergeant based in Reddish
Mike was nicknamed Tommy to avoid confusion with Mike Summerbee

 

[Akpowell]

It's a fucking disgrace for the best team in the world

 

[richards30]

As others have said could we not just play at the academy stadium?

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

It's a fucking disgrace for the best team in the world

You are Didier Drogba and I claim my £5.

 

[jay_mcfc]

Not been the same since Ged Coyne left.

How is Ged the mad bastard? He was the only City fan I met pre-takeover that saw us as one of the biggest clubs in the world. He used to tell me constantly we just needed a little investment and better management and we’d win everything. We were in the third tier at the time!

 

[Tricky_Trev]

I too was hoping for it to be better after the break but it was really disappointing. Yes the players were nervous but I think the state of the pitch affected us more

Our pitch might cost us the CL this year, it's disrupting our flow and having twice as much possession as the other team means we have to work twice as much because of it. In the second half you can see our players were exhausted, not to mention the rebounds like the Eddie one, it's a like Russian roulette.

With no spectators I would rather have two away games than play at home or play at a neighboring one.

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”.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

You are Didier Drogba and I claim my £5.

Haha that game was on a par with quite a few of ours.

 

[wolfie1988]

How is Ged the mad bastard? He was the only City fan I met pre-takeover that saw us as one of the biggest clubs in the world. He used to tell me constantly we just needed a little investment and better management and we’d win everything. We were in the third tier at the time!

Works at Avro FC now in Limeside!

 

[JCB001]

Works at Avro FC now in Limeside!

Hope he keeps the pitch better there :) :)

 

[wolfie1988]

Hope he keeps the pitch better there :) :)

It's plastic and I turned my ankle on a patched up part in the goalmouth on Sunday!

 

[jay_mcfc]

Works at Avro FC now in Limeside!

Haven't seen him for about twenty years I reckon but he did make me laugh when he spoke about sunny uplands after we lost to Bury at home.

 

[JCB001]

It's plastic and I turned my ankle on a patched up part in the goalmouth on Sunday!

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