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Lads, Our pitch is an absolute disgrace and it will hold us back big time. There hasn't been a game on it in months and it looked like there was a load of Michael Toolans cattle on it grazing for the winter. I think with the players & manager we have & the great football he's trying to play we should have a pitch worthy of cooks beautiful game. Surely there are people in sligo who are qualified in doing pitches so the club should make an apeal for help. No shame in asking for help...
Agree, it was an absolute disgrace today. Even dribbling the ball wasn't even easy and players had to be conscious about a 5 yard pass. Obviously Its not going to suit the type of game we play.
Totally agree for the first time in a few years we have a manager and the player who want to play the game the way it should be played. but the pitch is so bad it,s just holding the team back i feel .I was up in Terryland at the end of november last year with Abbey Utd and the pitch was like a carpet you would have thought it was the start of the season instead of the end of it.And as soon as the game was over they had 4 lads working on it.I know the Sligo Rovers trust are trying to sort this problem but are running into all sorts of bother
couldnt agree more with the above posts.the pitch is a disgrace, at one stage tonight Faz tried to give a simple pass but the ball bobbled and he ended up looking like a fool. Must be very frustaing for professional footballers to ply their trade on surfaces like that. Also we are trying to encourge new supporters to come and watch LOI football, telling them that the standard has improved greatly but its hard to justify it, on pitches such as ours
dont know if you mean the Showgrounds Trust or the BO'RST but the BO'RST have looked into this and unless we can come up with at least €20,000 were hitting a brick wall with Ray Gallagher standing on top of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by red metal
Add an extra zero to that amount. It would cost 200000 to get the pitch repaired properlyQuote:
Originally Posted by Rovers1
yeah but cheapest is €20,000 plus we need winter football back,in order for pitch to rest during summer and temperatures to rise to help the grass.
Where's this figure coming out of?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rovers fan
a 100% reliable source, why?Quote:
Originally Posted by SligoBrewer
The guy who took samples of the pitch a few weeks ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by SligoBrewer
There is a fella living in Sligo who has worked on the resurfacing of old traffered the Bernabau (however its spelt). He's one of the top men in the business.Quote:
Originally Posted by SRFCbrothelutd
Is that the same guy who did Wembley and took samples of our pitch a few weeks ago?:confused: Surely we don't have 2 top groundsmen living in Sligo:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Only1Rovers
Sure DonalE can have a look at it. the greens in Rosses Point are immaculate.Quote:
Originally Posted by sligoman
Ya Im sure he'll have no bother in turning it into a quality surface!Quote:
Originally Posted by Red&White Rover
Gonna need a lot more than that Im afraid.
You've not been out in a while so :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Red&White Rover
Only1Rovers/Sligoman youre both on about the same guy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Only1Rovers
Hes Chairman and CEO of SIS, one of the biggest and best pitch builders in Europe. They have constucted the pitches for Euro 2004 and the World Cup in 2006.But hey we were lucky SG let him take a few soil samples:D
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Could not agree more on the state of the pitch.It is the worst playing surface in the LOI and no amount of spreading BEACH sand on it will cover this up.I Lost count of the amount of stray passes which were directly the fault of the playing surface at Fridays game.More serious than stray passes is players safety.I was in front of Alan Moore in the first half when his foot got caught in the top surface and looked like he twisted his knee.
The Trust (thats The Bit O Red Supporetrs Trust NOT Sligo Rovers Trust)did arrange with SIS group for samples to be taken of the pitch.The long and short is under top surface is almost perfect, soild and drainage top quality.As for top surface , the levels are soenof the worst seen.
In a nutshell €200,000 is the minimum to resurface the pitch.
This is what needs to be dobne in the window we have:
Remove top 40mm (1 day) leave spoil on site, add about 600 tonnes of sand to mix with existing soils and create a new profile (3 days), laser level the pitch to take out the existing levels (1 day) and then install 40mm purpose grown turf and lay new surface (3 days). This is the expensive option but it is dictated because the Rovers play summer soccer. The summer soccer means there is no time to carry out summer renovations .This option which can be carried out in January/early February or at the end of the season.
As with all the problems mentioned on the forum, we all know them and not really much done by stating them here.Now what solution can we provide....
The trust have looked into the problem, we now know what can be done.
Its not a dead duck, a lot of money I agree but think of the benefits and rewards it would provide.
A playing surface that would be conjusive to attractive football,a playing surface that woudl be able to be used more often, palyers safety.
From Friday evenings game I saw enough to know we have a very exciting squad of players which deserve a good palying surface and its about time the club along with supporters , together help sort it out.
If anyone is interested in trying to achieve this the PM me or drop down to a trust meeting and we can see where we can go with it.
NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE
Its well and good talking about resurfacing the pitch I was there yesterday (Sunday) and the divots are still not fixed from Friday Nights game. What is the point of paying 200K for a new pitch if no one is even fixing the divots after the game.
How much did Dundalk pay for their syntetic pitch and how would the annual maintenance costs compare to grass, might be an optiopn if considerably cheaper also would give an advantage in home games.
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Originally Posted by londonred
Dundalk are in hugh trouble with their playing surface. This year they only received a first division licence because of it. If they were to win the first division this coming season then it would mean they have to invest heavily on either bringing the syntetic surface up to european requirements or pulling it up and relaying grass. Either way a huge cost. Their surface was never as good as our all-weather facility and because of that they suffer now.