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Everybody is still missing the point.
the point I am trying to make is that when a pitch is starved of natural sunshine it is difficult to recover from the beating it takes from both football and rugby.The pitch we have now is so badly damaged by the things you mention it may need more than TLC and £42,000 to prepare it for another season.
But there are a lot of pitches that haven't been affected as much as ours has this season. It's been cold all over the country and all teams have had their pitch covered.
Brentfords pitch was in great condition, or looked it. How did theirs survive the weather so well?
Bangormaine,Looking at that pitch at Rangers I see the perimiter of the pitch is in a poor state right upto the touchlines,only the inplay pitch is actually looking very good.Im no expert and maybe wrong,but that looks like the main playing area has been re-turfed recently? and I don't accept its down to the linesmen and subs running up because its all the area outside the lines that are effected.If it was down to natural sunshine being provide why has'nt it helped the perimeter areas?
Well lets face it it's been well fed with all the S""T teams that have played on it this season including the blue half of Glasgow As a point of order SM not everybody has missed the point, in defence of Andy and his team I for one have said previously it was the covering pitch that caused the problem, on this very forum
I think you're getting unecessarily defensive here SM.Bangormaine wasn't having a go, merely showcasing the sort of investment that would need to be made to ensure the Keepmoat was lush green all year... investment that is beyond Rovers.If (and only if, SM) there was funds available to make some extra-investment towards the pitch, then wouldn't the most practical solution be to alter the West Stand roof to allow some sunlight onto it, thus limiting the amount it had to it. I would imagine that's be more cost effective and giver greater all round benefit than heating lamps or undersoil heating
Today is the Dons last game for quit a while cos of the pitch being done so work should start this week