Ayrfan1910 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 David Bates' sell on clause Fair enough 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted April 4, 2018 Author Share Posted April 4, 2018 Telt ye. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wardy Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 44 minutes ago, We Are Pars Fans! said: Professional football should be played on grass.... Aye but we don’t play any football... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALDERON Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 (edited) Some of the real grass pitches around Scotland are in a shocking state right now to be honest. That and the fact postponements any time from Nov to April are a real possibility makes the argument for plastic a bit stronger to be honest. Worst pitches I've seen this season have been grass. Edited April 4, 2018 by CALDERON 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.R.FC Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 (edited) What’s our record like on plastic? I’d reckon it must compare favourably to our away form on grass. Do Forfar have a plastic pitch? That’s the only defeat I can think of. Hopefully it doesn’t affect our outstanding home form and we can get accustomed to it quickly. Edited April 4, 2018 by R.R.FC 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 "hallowed turf" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSDR 88 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Accustomed to it quickly? We train on the stuff every day. As well as the standard of artificial pitch going down at San Starko is far superior to what’s at Michael Woods. Anyway, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I’m all for the artificial pitch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Assuming we’re in the play-offs our final match will be May 5th or May 12th/13th. We’ll need to host a League Cup match by July 17th at the very latest. Can the pitch be ripped up, any building work completed (it was mentioned before that the pitch needs widened) and an artificial one installed, tested and be in a playable state in two months? Feels very rushed to me. That’s without considering any necessary building works for changing facilities, etc - so likely there would be no community hire for the first season. I’m not massively sold on the whole thing so maybe I’m looking at it negatively. But it seems like we might be trying to move a bit too quickly here... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Assuming we’re in the play-offs our final match will be May 5th or May 12th/13th. We’ll need to host a League Cup match by July 17th at the very latest. Can the pitch be ripped up, any building work completed (it was mentioned before that the pitch needs widened) and an artificial one installed, tested and be in a playable state in two months? Feels very rushed to me. That’s without considering any necessary building works for changing facilities, etc - so likely there would be no community hire for the first season. I’m not massively sold on the whole thing so maybe I’m looking at it negatively. But it seems like we might be trying to move a bit too quickly here... How long does it take to get an artificial pitch down? Two months seems like loads of time but I have absolutely no idea. Guess you would want some friendlies on it before the league cup games too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamA Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 The pitch at Bayview was laid in 7 weeks from start to finish . From what I understand there is a lot more earth moving to be done at Starks than at Bayview though. It is achievable but very very tight 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithie Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Was there not some chat that it came to light there was a lot of work required around the perimeter of the pitch? something to do with the 'run off' which was posing a bit of an issue? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.R.FC Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 1 hour ago, WSDR 88 said: Accustomed to it quickly? We train on the stuff every day. As well as the standard of artificial pitch going down at San Starko is far superior to what’s at Michael Woods. Anyway, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I’m all for the artificial pitch. You do realise that training and playing a match are entirely different? And as you’ve acknowledged in your same post the pitch at Starks will be different to Michael Woods. Much like grass pitches, different artificial pitches can have totally different feels. Starting the season on plastic pitch which has only just been installed and we won’t have even played any friendlies on is an undeniable disadvantage to the norm and will definitely take a period to get used to. However, that’s the short term view and only a small gripe. Long term it will be a benefit to us. I would like to think it has been researched thoroughly and they have already made contact with clubs/groups who have indicated they would be regular users. Not only will it help increase income through the week it will allow us to bring Community and Kids groups to Starks Park on a regular basis which can only be a good thing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
true_rover Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Would playing the League Cup games somewhere else be an option to give another month? Wouldn't be the first team to do it (I think Falkirk played at Airdrie or Clyde for a group game) - the question would be where we could. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Perhaps one day we'll actually find out who's paying for the damn thing. Hopefully this sum isn't being borrowed against the club. Did we get any grants? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALDERON Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 11 minutes ago, Michael W said: Perhaps one day we'll actually find out who's paying for the damn thing. Hopefully this sum isn't being borrowed against the club. Did we get any grants? Nah, we sacked him in 2015. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Would playing the League Cup games somewhere else be an option to give another month? Wouldn't be the first team to do it (I think Falkirk played at Airdrie or Clyde for a group game) - the question would be where we could. East Fife would be the obvious option. However, to lose out on money from home friendlies and then home cup ties would be a bit of a dent in the budget, I would’ve thought. The claim has always been that the pitch doesn’t impact the playing budget... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers_Lad Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 5 hours ago, Paco said: Assuming we’re in the play-offs our final match will be May 5th or May 12th/13th. We’ll need to host a League Cup match by July 17th at the very latest. Can the pitch be ripped up, any building work completed (it was mentioned before that the pitch needs widened) and an artificial one installed, tested and be in a playable state in two months? Feels very rushed to me. That’s without considering any necessary building works for changing facilities, etc - so likely there would be no community hire for the first season. I’m not massively sold on the whole thing so maybe I’m looking at it negatively. But it seems like we might be trying to move a bit too quickly here... Do you seriously think this is going to happen in time for next season if at all? 4 hours ago, Raithie said: Was there not some chat that it came to light there was a lot of work required around the perimeter of the pitch? something to do with the 'run off' which was posing a bit of an issue? There was 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers1992/1993 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 It’s happening. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donny86 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Is the suggested pitch size (100x61) not a bit smaller than we have just now? Might solve the run off issue 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers_Lad Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 “Currently the recommended gold standard pitch size is 105m by 68m with a 4m runoff,” he said. “This is bigger than our current pitch size so to comply we would have to make significant alterations to the pitch surrounds, which we are currently investigating. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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