well firstly looks amazing.
but have the shortened the Pitch on all sides?
but have the shortened the Pitch on all sides?
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good question...... maybe to help our pressing game ?well firstly looks amazing.
but have the shortened the Pitch on all sides?
I still think the alternate lighter strips should be bright yellow in tribute to TH. !
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Meanwhile the Groundsman and his staff are hard at work down at Bloomers. They’re saying the pitch hasn’t looked this good since the day they lost 3-1 to the mighty Wigan, in one of several defeats they suffered in their best trip they’ve been on.
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Meanwhile @We8PNE creams his tangerine underpants. 😂
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To be honest as far as I can remember, Deepdale has always had a beautiful pitch. One thing I am genuinely proud of is our playing surface over the years.. even after losing our last great groundsmen we've done a fantastic job.
I thought Pete Ashy...was still the groundsman and it was his No 2 that left ?
Pete was certainly the groundsman when I scattered my mums ashes on the pitch in 2013.
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Taking pictures of their training ground whilst they training, could open us up Spygate accusations.
Is that Keogh on the left ?
Deepdale pitch has always been spot on for as long as I can remember.
The only other time I've seen it bad was when I came home from studying abroad for a year and went to a game towards the end of the season in league one. Think someone mentioned that the reason it looked in bad shape was because Westley had got the team training on it to try and improve our home form? Might be chatting rubbish but I think that was the case
The only other time I've seen it bad was when I came home from studying abroad for a year and went to a game towards the end of the season in league one. Think someone mentioned that the reason it looked in bad shape was because Westley had got the team training on it to try and improve our home form? Might be chatting rubbish but I think that was the case
Yes you are correct.....Westley was keen to make the pitch rougher so opposition teams couldnt 'out football' us on it.... didnt work!
I understand our pitch has always been very good since the plastic experiment. Due to all the sand and drainage laid for plastic that was still in place when we relayed grass the drainage of the current pitch is far better than it was before the plastic era.....
I've never fear about Deepdale games being postponed for waterlogged pitches since that period...
what we need is some clever person with a Before and After comparison...... last seasons pitch vrs this one....well firstly looks amazing.
but have the shortened the Pitch on all sides?
I seem to remember Simon Grayson saying he had the pitch narrowed before the playoff final against Swindon to match the width dimentions of Wembley. I could be wrong but I got that from somewhere.
Personally, I would like it to be as wide as before (if indeed it was narrowed) to enable us to use the width with our pacey "wingers" or wingbacks.
Personally, I would like it to be as wide as before (if indeed it was narrowed) to enable us to use the width with our pacey "wingers" or wingbacks.
No, it's Ee-Aw.
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Assuming the widths of the stripes are the same - which judging by the dimensions of the penalty area (which are fixed) vs. the pattern of stripes, they are - there seems to be no change at all in the width of the pitch vs. last season.
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Probably right, maybe camera angle.
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Apologies you may be correct. I knew we lost someone, unsure if it was him or the number 2..
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Busy morning?
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No busier than anyone else on here.
Don’t think there’s much change in pitch size since last season but I seem to think the playing surface was closer to the stands 3 or so years ago - need to look at those old vids !
The only time I remember it below par for any period of time was when Westley used it for training.
Otherwise pristine.