New pitch!

Originally Posted by Fountz

..as ever, a hive of activity ! - let me guess ..lunch break ?!:shakehead:

We're paying for this you know.. we're £#%&!ing paying for this !

They're all lurking on the Thiago thread.

Originally Posted by Parlabane

Not being daft but if I was having a do say a BBQ or something in the middle of August I wouldn't wait until end of June / beginning of July to relay the turf

Why didn't they rip the old pitch up back in may after the last game and give the new one time to bed in

I can imagine it now " hello this is MUFC we would like a new pitch ... When can you fit us in ..... 20% discount to have it done in July you say ? . "

They started the day after the legends match.

Originally Posted by Parlabane

Not being daft but if I was having a do say a BBQ or something in the middle of August I wouldn't wait until end of June / beginning of July to relay the turf

Why didn't they rip the old pitch up back in may after the last game and give the new one time to bed in

I can imagine it now " hello this is MUFC we would like a new pitch ... When can you fit us in ..... 20% discount to have it done in July you say ? . "

Grass seed won't take in May, something to do with the barometric pressure - very poor germination. Optimal time to lay turf is June/July. That's exactly what happened to us in the 90s.

I made this up.

Originally Posted by Lok

They started the day after the legends match.

Fair enough, but just seems daft to take a chance on the pitch to accommodate a meaningless friendly.

Originally Posted by toseeunited

That geezer with the camera is probably doing a new photo shoot with the Sikhs.

"Give me some attitude, act like you own the gaff...lovely"

It's a Desso pitch (e.g. Wembley) and apparently it requires an "underlayer", which I suspect is what is pictured, through which they inject artificial turf fibres, then cover with sand and grass seed; it's Gas Mark 10 for 2 hours after that.

The new seeds grow through the underlayer and artificial fibres to knit together.

Result, one perfect, hard-wearing, and fast pitch, suitable for spaniards and one-legged Equadorians.

Originally Posted by IanStoreyLess

It's a Desso pitch (e.g. Wembley) and apparently it requires an "underlayer", which I suspect is what is pictured, through which they inject artificial turf fibres, then cover with sand and grass seed; it's Gas Mark 10 for 2 hours after that.

The new seeds grow through the underlayer and artificial fibres to knit together.

Result, one perfect, hard-wearing, and fast pitch, suitable for spaniards and one-legged Equadorians.

Loving ISL

Originally Posted by IanStoreyLess

It's a Desso pitch (e.g. Wembley) and apparently it requires an "underlayer", which I suspect is what is pictured, through which they inject artificial turf fibres, then cover with sand and grass seed; it's Gas Mark 10 for 2 hours after that.

The new seeds grow through the underlayer and artificial fibres to knit together.

Result, one perfect, hard-wearing, and fast pitch, suitable for spaniards and one-legged Equadorians.

Turf knowledge bomb from ISL.

Originally Posted by IanStoreyLess

It's a Desso pitch (e.g. Wembley) and apparently it requires an "underlayer", which I suspect is what is pictured, through which they inject artificial turf fibres, then cover with sand and grass seed; it's Gas Mark 10 for 2 hours after that.

The new seeds grow through the underlayer and artificial fibres to knit together.

Result, one perfect, hard-wearing, and fast pitch, suitable for spaniards and one-legged Equadorians.

yhgr

Same pitch as Wembley, we have done well there tbf

Originally Posted by IanStoreyLess

through which they inject artificial turf fibres, then cover with sand and grass seed

Is this Wayne's new hair treatment?

Originally Posted by Drexl

Is this Wayne's new hair treatment?

It requires 20 million artificial fibres (the pitch, not Wayne's bonce).

United offered 15m.

this vid explains it. they can either insert the artificial fibres after relaying turf or put them in first and then seed the pitch...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VNiArKmJ10

Originally Posted by toseeunited

this vid explains it. they can either insert the artificial fibres after relaying turf or put them in first and then seed the pitch...

It's TWO AND A HALF MINUTES! Who am I, Johnny Got All Day?














(good video)

Originally Posted by Grimson

It's TWO AND A HALF MINUTES! Who am I, Johnny Got All Day?














(good video)

clever init

That's one hell of a camber (is that the right word) around the pitch there...

Originally Posted by Scabs

That's one hell of a camber (is that the right word) around the pitch there...

yes. Adverse camber, I think. Goodison park is the worst I've seen for it. If you sat on the front row of the lower bullens you can only see players from the waist up, on the other side.

Originally Posted by Sloppy

Looks like they've missed a bit.

Originally Posted by dunk

Looks like they've missed a bit.

They might be going for astroturf along the edge there, covering the technical areas and the side where the subs warm up.

Or they have measured it all wrong, like the carpet in our box room, and they will need a set of wardrobes to cover it.