While watching the game on telly between PSV and AC my mind wasn't far from the showgrounds. I watch both sides as they moved the ball about and just wondered would they be capable of playing that type of football on the showgrounds surface. In fairness to Rovers they do try to get the ball down and play a bit, ask anyone that has been in Terryland, Tolka, St. Coleman's. Then the taught struck me - these are all away games :confused:
Rovers have played all their best games away from home.
Then I remembered being told that should we ever qualify for the Premier Division our pitch will have to be brought up to the regulation size?
Our pitch presently is nine mitres shorter than what the EUFA Licencing dictates. That's by my reckoning nearly forthy feet :eek:
We are trying to play open constructive football on a postage stamp!!!
No wonder the likes of Limerick and Monaghan can come over and pin us back. Our pitch is ideal for the long ball pundates.
We're on a hiding to nothing and it's our own fault.
I made a phonecall and there's no plans in the immediate future to extend the playing surface, it seems the floodlights have to be moved (again), the ones at either end of the new stand.
