Wakefield pitch

[Just Browny]

2 hours ago, daz39 said:

Wonder what the attitude of the Wakey fans would've been if TJ still wore their shirt and this happened at an away game?

I can guarantee you they wouldn't be so dismissive of it then!.

The majority of comments by Wakefield fans have been reasonable.

[GUBRATS]

On 24/02/2023 at 09:34, dboy said:

Delighted to report that the pitch has been treated and re-covered, so action has been taken.

Can you enlighten us with more detail of what they have actually done ?

[RP London]

6 hours ago, GUBRATS said:

Can you enlighten us with more detail of what they have actually done ?

Was just about to ask the same thing as dont know much about how this all works so am interested in what this all entails.

[Davo5]

7 hours ago, GUBRATS said:

Can you enlighten us with more detail of what they have actually done ?

At this time of the year & without major expenditure,very little that will actually make a difference.

[Spidey]

 

[RP London]

10 minutes ago, Spidey said:

 

7 players on antibiotics due to infections.. as mentioned before its not just a few grazes.. burns are nasty things and these are burns. 

If the new inspection finds differently to the original one then questions need to be asked of the RFL and their independent checker. 

no matter what they need to really get to grips with this as this cannot happen again, infections can be nasty and its a hard enough game as it is without adding something that could easily not have happened.

[Szymala]

6 minutes ago, RP London said:

7 players on antibiotics due to infections.. as mentioned before its not just a few grazes.. burns are nasty things and these are burns. 

If the new inspection finds differently to the original one then questions need to be asked of the RFL and their independent checker. 

no matter what they need to really get to grips with this as this cannot happen again, infections can be nasty and its a hard enough game as it is without adding something that could easily not have happened.

 

[Szymala]

Last season ended for Trinity in early September and here we are in March.... 

[Wakey Til I Die]

https://inews.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/wakefield-trinity-huddersfield-giants-super-league-match-new-pitch-inspection-2176813

[muckymunksy]

Kick them out 

[Rioman]

17 minutes ago, Szymala said:

Last season ended for Trinity in early September and here we are in March.... 

The new pitch was down a week after last season finished. When do you suggest it should have been done?

[hunsletgreenandgold]

So I slightly defended Wakey last week over all of this as it felt a little out of their control. I think questions need to be asked about why they haven't brought in the growth lighting systems that we know Leeds have been using. I suspect the rental of that equipment isn't cheap but if in it's current state there's talks of games not been playable, surely now is the time? 

[GUBRATS]

7 minutes ago, Rioman said:

The new pitch was down a week after last season finished. When do you suggest it should have been done?

The problem with this type of pitch is it needs time to grow the real grass , they have to be laid in summer , or have artificial light and heat supplied to grow the natural grass , again unlike a stitched type I don't think there's much else that can be done to repair this short term , it could be a real problem for them 

Also you cannot afford to overuse it , I had a ' conversation ' with Dboy a month or two back , he suggested the company installing it had suggested up to 40 hours usage a week , the LSV pitch which is a stitched type is only used for matches , essentially no more than 3 any given week , with no actual training on it , so no more than about 6/7 hours in total 

[GUBRATS]

1 minute ago, hunsletgreenandgold said:

So I slightly defended Wakey last week over all of this as it felt a little out of their control. I think questions need to be asked about why they haven't brought in the growth lighting systems that we know Leeds have been using. I suspect the rental of that equipment isn't cheap but if in it's current state there's talks of games not been playable, surely now is the time? 

Even those will need weeks to repair any damaged patches this time of the year 

This is a real problem 

[RP London]

23 minutes ago, Rioman said:

The new pitch was down a week after last season finished. When do you suggest it should have been done?

doing it when they did is fine to an extent, the problem is there was no plan in place for the fact that grass doesnt grow at this time of year.. heat lamps or just accepting that it wont actually be ready and play the first few games away either by flipping the fixtures or by renting a different ground to play home games at.. 

none are ideal as they cost you money but this is a terrible situation now IMHO where you are actually doing players harm.

When stadiums are built/rebuilt/modified etc there is often a period of time built in for "issues" where clubs flip fixtures or where they have to play them elsewhere.. this isnt a massivly unusual situation but the way it has been handled seems poor to me. 

Edited February 28 by RP London

[hunsletgreenandgold]

2 minutes ago, GUBRATS said:

Even those will need weeks to repair any damaged patches this time of the year 

This is a real problem 

Oh I agree, it'll still be quite sparse with grass for at least a couple more weeks even with that equipment. But, when i'm reading weather updates saying we're in for the coldest March in years, it'll certainly help speed up the process you'd think. Wakefield could put out a call akin to the small boats of Operation Dynamo - I can see it now, hundreds nay thousands of Wakey residents turning up with desk lamps to tea lights to grow it one blade of grass at a time. 

[GUBRATS]

9 minutes ago, hunsletgreenandgold said:

Oh I agree, it'll still be quite sparse with grass for at least a couple more weeks even with that equipment. But, when i'm reading weather updates saying we're in for the coldest March in years, it'll certainly help speed up the process you'd think. Wakefield could put out a call akin to the small boats of Operation Dynamo - I can see it now, hundreds nay thousands of Wakey residents turning up with desk lamps to tea lights to grow it one blade of grass at a time. 

It's the cannabis farmers you need to help

[RP London]

14 minutes ago, hunsletgreenandgold said:

Oh I agree, it'll still be quite sparse with grass for at least a couple more weeks even with that equipment. But, when i'm reading weather updates saying we're in for the coldest March in years, it'll certainly help speed up the process you'd think. Wakefield could put out a call akin to the small boats of Operation Dynamo - I can see it now, hundreds nay thousands of Wakey residents turning up with desk lamps to tea lights to grow it one blade of grass at a time. 

what a daft post... have you seen how the disposable bbqs leave burnt patches all over the ground.. that's exactly what tea lights would do (just smaller), so you would have to hold it, but then you could burn yourself (HSE definitely getting involved then).. so you need gloves and probably holding it in 2 hands.. thats 1 light in 2 hands!!... to think that would help is just ridiculousness of the most epic of proportions.. 

now head torches, they would be really useful.. you can then hold desklamps in both hands AND have a head torch, 3 lights instead of 2... exponential gains!

Edited February 28 by RP London

[hunsletgreenandgold]

20 minutes ago, RP London said:

what a daft post... have you seen how the disposable bbqs leave burnt patches all over the ground.. that's exactly what tea lights would do (just smaller), so you would have to hold it, but then you could burn yourself (HSE definitely getting involved then).. so you need gloves and probably holding it in 2 hands.. thats 1 light in 2 hands!!... to think that would help is just ridiculousness of the most epic of proportions.. 

now head torches, they would be really useful.. you can then hold desklamps in both hands AND have a head torch, 3 lights instead of 2... exponential gains!

You amateur RP! You've clearly never come across the 16 tea light holder candelabras that my wife insists are dotted around the house....guess who lights them. I'll feedback the rest of your ideas to the thinktank i've just set up with Trinity bigwigs. 

Edited February 28 by hunsletgreenandgold

[RigbyLuger]

On 24/02/2023 at 10:28, daz39 said:

Wonder what the attitude of the Wakey fans would've been if TJ still wore their shirt and this happened at an away game?

I can guarantee you they wouldn't be so dismissive of it then!.

Seem to remember many were of Mathers when he moaned about the pitch at Widnes.

[RigbyLuger]

1 hour ago, Spidey said:

 

Can't League Express find a picture of Belle Vue with the current Super League sponsors?

[dboy]

56 minutes ago, GUBRATS said:

The problem with this type of pitch is it needs time to grow the real grass , they have to be laid in summer , or have artificial light and heat supplied to grow the natural grass , again unlike a stitched type I don't think there's much else that can be done to repair this short term , it could be a real problem for them 

Also you cannot afford to overuse it , I had a ' conversation ' with Dboy a month or two back , he suggested the company installing it had suggested up to 40 hours usage a week , the LSV pitch which is a stitched type is only used for matches , essentially no more than 3 any given week , with no actual training on it , so no more than about 6/7 hours in total 

No, I didn't suggest anything - I stated what the company who installed the pitch have told the club they will potentially achieve.

I don't know either way. I guess it depends heavily on growing and repair periods.

What is clear is that it isn't bedded in yet and they will be lucky to get a match per week, never mind anything else until the roots start to grow on Spring.

Maybe they will have to bite the bullet and spend on the growing lamps.

[RP London]

4 minutes ago, hunsletgreenandgold said:

You amateur RP! You've clearly never come across the 16 tea light holder candelabras that my wife insists are dotted around the house....guess who lights them. I'll feedback the rest of your ideas to the thinktank i've just set up with Trinity bigwigs. 

I haven't come across those and I am ashamed with my lack of knowledge on such things.. however, I shall also keep this newly gained knowledge to myself as the mess left by sodding tea lights around the house I do not want increasing 15 fold!

bringing the 2 ideas together though, could we fashion a candle hat of some sort and really power on?

something similar to this?

[RP London]

6 minutes ago, dboy said:

No, I didn't suggest anything - I stated what the company who installed the pitch have told the club they will potentially achieve.

I don't know either way. I guess it depends heavily on growing and repair periods.

What is clear is that it isn't bedded in yet and they will be lucky to get a match per week, never mind anything else until the roots start to grow on Spring.

Maybe they will have to bite the bullet and spend on the growing lamps.

dont worry about that, the forums on this now... 

a few years ago we came up with 2 novel ways of being able to grow lobster claws on the back of other sea going animals and also how to harvest them (and make it spectator friendly).. if we can do that we can sort this small problem... 

 

 

 

It did split the forum though and I'm not sure we ever properly recovered... we also failed to monetise it properly.. but those are only minor issues.

Edited February 28 by RP London

[ELBOWSEYE]

26 minutes ago, RP London said:

I haven't come across those and I am ashamed with my lack of knowledge on such things.. however, I shall also keep this newly gained knowledge to myself as the mess left by sodding tea lights around the house I do not want increasing 15 fold!

bringing the 2 ideas together though, could we fashion a candle hat of some sort and really power on?

something similar to this?

1 candle for each decade is it

Edited February 28 by ELBOWSEYE