Looked a bit like a ploughed field.
We're fighting for our lives and a heavy, narrow pitch was a bit of a leveller against Dundalk. Not enough as it turns out but hey ho. But I don't give a toss how it looked on TV. It already cost us thousands having the kick off moved and being televised, we're hardly going to make massive efforts to have it in great shape for the cameras to our own disadvantage.
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I presume the "ploughed" look was down to the impact of the machinery used to cut the grass.
Finn Harps were within their rights to narrow the pitch. They cannot be blamed for the weather.
We have seen terrible pitches when there is no excuse for it. In this case, there is little that Finn Harps could have done about it.
Last edited by redobit; 10/10/2017 at 2:36 PM.
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Fergal: Ya, I have them here.
Manager: Ah good stuff, well give them to this man so, he forgot his!
Pitch doesn't exactly suit Harps either. Paddy McCourt, Mark Timlin, Caolan McAleer, Gareth Harkin, Eddie Dsane and co are not players who suit a physical match on a heavy pitch.
Although a far superior footballing side, Dundalk are also far superior physically too so if it comes to a battle, they can handle themselves there too.
Harps had a chance with Eddie Dsane to go one up, lord knows how he missed it.
Timlin had a shocking tackle that he should have been sent off for, seconds after Gartland got away with a 2 footed tackle.
Houstan was clearly fouled in the lead up to Dundalks corner which they scored from.
Harps had a big penalty shout at the end, shortly before Dundalk got their 2nd.... which was a lovely breakaway and finish
Loads of other things happened in the match from a footballing point of view but all people can focus on is a pitch which had torrential rain on it 2 days before the match (Donegal was the only county in Ireland to get that weather warning)
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