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Yoowell

Yoowell

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Obvs from Guild Wheel....Harrop on back pitch on his own doing shuttles.
Grass growing nicely elsewhere as per Deepdale...however the pitch nearest the dressing room is like a raised sand bed....could this be the base for a 3G pitch?
 
meanwhile, the new training ground.

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Yoowell said:
Obvs from Guild Wheel....Harrop on back pitch on his own doing shuttles.
Grass growing nicely elsewhere as per Deepdale...however the pitch nearest the dressing room is like a raised sand bed....could this be the base for a 3G pitch?
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Are we going to spend money putting down a 3G pitch when we're going to be moving to Ingol soon???
 
Tino said:
Are we going to spend money putting down a 3G pitch when we're going to be moving to Ingol soon???
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I'm only guessing about the 3G pitch Tino....I couldn't think of any other reason why it hadn't been reseeded like the rest.
 
Yoowell said:
Obvs from Guild Wheel....Harrop on back pitch on his own doing shuttles.
Grass growing nicely elsewhere as per Deepdale...however the pitch nearest the dressing room is like a raised sand bed....could this be the base for a 3G pitch?
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Typical North End, everyone else is on 4g with 5g just coming in and we have to make do with 3g.......
 
I’ve no idea what’s happening at Springfield’s but following the work which has started at Ingol I’ve been told from a couple of trusted sources not to expect the training ground complex to be started for another 18 to 22 months.

It would appear that the owner has either decided to ensure all the property//land is sold first or is hoping we get promoted to fund it.

Personally I do not wish to cause animosity between the fans and the owner or the football club, although I am inclined to officially contact them on behalf of the forum and everyone who signed the petition as I think we have been mugged off.

Of course some sort of clarity from the owner or Football Club would be preferred rather than John Kay’s usual waffle and the generic email responses from Mr. Ridsdale which would save us from doing so.
 
The clubs treatment of the fans on this particular issue in particular is diabolical, It has the effect that all you are is a customer and when loyal customers feel that the service they are getting is not what it was and the business up the road is offering a far superior product they will lose customers by the bus load and it seems that this is the case as more and more MUFC and LFC shirts parade up and down Fishergate, after more than 60 years a PNE supporter it gets more and more difficult to fork out for that season ticket. 🙁
 
Yoowell said:
Obvs from Guild Wheel....Harrop on back pitch on his own doing shuttles.
Grass growing nicely elsewhere as per Deepdale...however the pitch nearest the dressing room is like a raised sand bed....could this be the base for a 3G pitch?
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The gaffer requested the training pitch be a sand fibre mix like at Deepdale rather than a cheap skim job and re-seed. Hence the big operation that's been going on for the last month or so. I'm guessing it was part of his contract negotiations, but it all bodes well for the season to come.

Grass should be coming through soon on the main pitch but they've not been messing about this time - laser levelling and all sorts has been going on. Plenty of heavy plant coming in and out of Springies.
 
JK said:
I’ve no idea what’s happening at Springfield’s but following the work which has started at Ingol I’ve been told from a couple of trusted sources not to expect the training ground complex to be started for another 18 to 22 months.

It would appear that the owner has either decided to ensure all the property//land is sold first or is hoping we get promoted to fund it.

Personally I do not wish to cause animosity between the fans and the owner or the football club, although I am inclined to officially contact them on behalf of the forum and everyone who signed the petition as I think we have been mugged off.

Of course some sort of clarity from the owner or Football Club would be preferred rather than John Kay’s usual waffle and the generic email responses from Mr. Ridsdale which would save us from doing so.
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And this would go completely against what Kay said about not letting the planning permission lapse.
 
Slack Babbath said:
The gaffer requested the training pitch be a sand fibre mix like at Deepdale rather than a cheap skim job and re-seed. Hence the big operation that's been going on for the last month or so. I'm guessing it was part of his contract negotiations, but it all bodes well for the season to come.

Grass should be coming through soon on the main pitch but they've not been messing about this time - laser levelling and all sorts has been going on. Plenty of heavy plant coming in and out of Springies.
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Interesting stuff. Cheers.

Although going to these lengths and costs at Springies only highlights the fact the new training ground won’t be started any time soon.
 
so the injury audit might have highlighted some concern about the training pitches in certain weather conditions....too dry or to wet .....
in which case the work now could be about injury prevention not further training ground 'long grass' /?
 
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