Cagey Posted July 6, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2023 Motherwell's groundsman has left them. I wonder if Saints have poached him. Probably following Burrows to Pittodrie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garydavidson Posted July 8, 2023 Report Share Posted July 8, 2023 On 7/6/2023 at 3:55 PM, Cagey said: Motherwell's groundsman has left them. I wonder if Saints have poached him. Probably following Burrows to Pittodrie. Think he had problems with the physical side of it and that is why he has given it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chips Posted August 5, 2023 Report Share Posted August 5, 2023 Pishing rain in Perth right now and meant to be all day, can only mean one thing... guaranteed the sprinklers will be on pre match... this practice still baffles me 🤣 Cagey, Brian Potter and Aitchy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted December 18, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2023 No home games til wed 24th January,not even cup game so pitch should have no problems this season. MySpazz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havana Saint Posted December 18, 2023 Report Share Posted December 18, 2023 28 minutes ago, Cagey said: No home games til wed 24th January,not even cup game so pitch should have no problems this season. Was looking a bit bumpy around the halfway line on Saturday, but certainly a big improvement this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndb Posted December 21, 2023 Report Share Posted December 21, 2023 Perth has been blessed with a lot of precipitation, I never remember the craigie burn ever torrenting like it has. We used to play by the banks on rope swings etc.! If only we could have picked up the Muirton pitch and put it in MCD. It always seemed a perfect sward and we used to see it at close quarters invading the pitch (nicely) At least it isn't a plastic fantastic I suppose. But then we are playing fitba and no Subbuteo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aitchy Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 On 12/18/2023 at 7:22 PM, Cagey said: No home games til wed 24th January,not even cup game so pitch should have no problems this season. Did not look the greatest today. Hearing that the players are unhappy with it as well. I appreciate there has been a significant amount of rain over the past few months, buts it not as though we have been playing on it twice a week. Would have thought it would have been in much better condition given the money we spent on it in the summer. The Kinross Saint and SaintJet 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setting Son Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 53 minutes ago, Aitchy said: Did not look the greatest today. Hearing that the players are unhappy with it as well. I appreciate there has been a significant amount of rain over the past few months, buts it not as though we have been playing on it twice a week. Would have thought it would have been in much better condition given the money we spent on it in the summer. Saints players struggle to pass to a teammate on plastic pitches so what state the McD pitch is in shouldn’t matter MySpazz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted February 18 Author Report Share Posted February 18 Pitch is a disgrace again. At least that fucin Muppet wasn't watering it today but he kept watering it during prob ably the wettest 2 months in history. something has to be done we can't spend another £100 k on it. we have to find a decent groundsman and just let the existing guy cut the grass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saline Saint Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 Yes he was actually watering it today,just prior to kick off, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crieffsaintandy Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 Someone needs to take the remote control off him, like dancing on ice today and it's back to its bobbling best, pity as I believe it stopped the Rangurs playing their silky brand o football with the likes of that big John Lundstram on par with Messi!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kinross Saint Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 There’s a job going at Dens maybe he should apply.. How much has to be invested before the only common denominator left is the staff looking after the pitch. Stan Harris was wise enough to remove Flaherty… surely our Hibs fan and his team is next? Aitchy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saline Saint Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 Watched Morton Hearts last night,Morton’s pitch looked immaculate,thought for a moment it was plastic,pretty sure it wasn’t. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted March 12 Author Report Share Posted March 12 On 7/6/2023 at 3:55 PM, Cagey said: Motherwell's groundsman has left them. I wonder if Saints have poached him. Probably following Burrows to Pittodrie. I think the last time I saw Motherwell pitch on tv it wasn't much better than ours. maybe our grounded is looking after theirs as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndb Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 On 4/1/2023 at 7:24 PM, slf said: I miss muirton park pitch but we didnae hae a fountain Yes it was the biggest and one of the best. Pity that couldn't have just been lifted and transported. But is it more to do with the foundations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garydavidson Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 1 hour ago, johndb said: Yes it was the biggest and one of the best. Pity that couldn't have just been lifted and transported. But is it more to do with the foundations? I think undersoil heating was the tuning point as it used to be a great surface. dave mc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy Posted March 13 Report Share Posted March 13 22 hours ago, garydavidson said: I think undersoil heating was the tuning point as it used to be a great surface. Undersoil heatintg ruined Kilmarnocks pitch too, i believe. Being unable to properly sort it led to them moving to an artificial pitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted March 23 Author Report Share Posted March 23 I don't think the US heating was required much this season. With the pitch not being played on for a month and all the rain , sun and mild weather the pitch should be like a bowling green next Saturday. PerthSaint01 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aitchy Posted March 31 Report Share Posted March 31 Does anyone on here have any knowledge as to why the pitch always gets saturated just before kick off? The sprinklers pre match resulted in the scoreboard end of the east stand becoming almost flooded. It was noticeable in the early stages of the game that the players were struggling to keep their footing in that area of the pitch and the edge of the pitch was covered in big puddles as a result of the use of the sprinklers. Not having a go, as there may be a reasonable explanation, but on the face of it, it just seems strange that we would want to make an already suspect pitch churn up so easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy Posted March 31 Report Share Posted March 31 44 minutes ago, Aitchy said: Does anyone on here have any knowledge as to why the pitch always gets saturated just before kick off? The sprinklers pre match resulted in the scoreboard end of the east stand becoming almost flooded. It was noticeable in the early stages of the game that the players were struggling to keep their footing in that area of the pitch and the edge of the pitch was covered in big puddles as a result of the use of the sprinklers. Not having a go, as there may be a reasonable explanation, but on the face of it, it just seems strange that we would want to make an already suspect pitch churn up so easily. I think they're constantly seeding it because it gets churned up by the tractor he drives over it every week, so they have to try and water it. He was going around sprinkling seeds on it at half time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawman Posted March 31 Report Share Posted March 31 47 minutes ago, RandomGuy said: I think they're constantly seeding it because it gets churned up by the tractor he drives over it every week, so they have to try and water it. He was going around sprinkling seeds on it at half time. I thought it was sand he was throwing about, either way though I can’t see how doing it at half time makes a difference. He actually walked right through one of the kids games with the mini goals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mc Posted March 31 Report Share Posted March 31 3 hours ago, Aitchy said: Does anyone on here have any knowledge as to why the pitch always gets saturated just before kick off? The sprinklers pre match resulted in the scoreboard end of the east stand becoming almost flooded. It was noticeable in the early stages of the game that the players were struggling to keep their footing in that area of the pitch and the edge of the pitch was covered in big puddles as a result of the use of the sprinklers. Not having a go, as there may be a reasonable explanation, but on the face of it, it just seems strange that we would want to make an already suspect pitch churn up so easily. Makes the ball move quicker , most players prefer a fast pitch as opposed to a slow sticky one.Even Accies watered their plastic pitch to speed it up.Thats my penny’s worth anyway MySpazz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crieffsaintandy Posted April 2 Report Share Posted April 2 I thought the grass was left too long on Saturday but maybe to slow the diddies attack down, was hoping the Hibee was in the running for the diddies groundsman job,maybe he's waiting on the easter road gig coming up! Wonder if he has as many sprinklers in his own back garden!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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