otid Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 A bit random i know, but do we actually pay any of the four muppets who come onto the pitch at HT with the forks? I loathe to call them groundstaff because they look like they don't know a pitch from a piss. One was wandering round staring at his phone half the time, another was entertaining himself waving at friends in the crowd and the other two looked as interested as Davis in a Thursday night testimonial at Rawtenstall. The pitch IS a bit of a mess and it WOULD have been useful to have groundstaff preparing and maintaining for the second half, especially in the half we were attacking. Fucking wasters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarddog73 Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 9 minutes ago, otid said: A bit random i know, but do we actually pay any of the four muppets who come onto the pitch at HT with the forks? I loathe to call them groundstaff because they look like they don't know a pitch from a piss. One was wandering round staring at his phone half the time, another was entertaining himself waving at friends in the crowd and the other two looked as interested as Davis in a Thursday night testimonial at Rawtenstall. The pitch IS a bit of a mess and it WOULD have been useful to have groundstaff preparing and maintaining for the second half, especially in the half we were attacking. Fucking wasters! Be careful you will have the head groundsman calling you a weapon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcfluff1985 Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 13 minutes ago, yarddog73 said: Be careful you will have the head groundsman calling you a weapon Maybe that was the one on his phone, updating his twitter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 I'm not in any position to criticise,and I thought he tthrew the groundstaff under the bus but who knows given what you've said, but RW in his press conf after the game said we will now change tactics because we can't play a passing game on theat pitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 30 minutes ago, otid said: A bit random i know, but do we actually pay any of the four muppets who come onto the pitch at HT with the forks? I loathe to call them groundstaff because they look like they don't know a pitch from a piss. One was wandering round staring at his phone half the time, another was entertaining himself waving at friends in the crowd and the other two looked as interested as Davis in a Thursday night testimonial at Rawtenstall. The pitch IS a bit of a mess and it WOULD have been useful to have groundstaff preparing and maintaining for the second half, especially in the half we were attacking. Fucking wasters! We probably do pay them but if their usual role is as part of the groundstaff we probably don’t pay them much. If they usual do something else we still won’t pay them much. I’m not sure how much benefit forking a pitch in random spots for 15 minutes has on a pitch the next hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wardie Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 I've seen them replacing the odd divot here and there but to be honest, what can they do with that playing surface? Wellens cannot blame the pitch for the losses though, as they don't play on it every week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 (edited) 13 hours ago, rudemedic said: We probably do pay them but if their usual role is as part of the groundstaff we probably don’t pay them much. If they usual do something else we still won’t pay them much. I’m not sure how much benefit forking a pitch in random spots for 15 minutes has on a pitch the next hour. True, a fork up the backside of our players from the kick off would be much more effective. Edited January 28, 2018 by BP1960 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frizzell54 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Use a heavy roller to flatten the bl**dy thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kowenicki Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Pitch is a mess. Blokes who come on at half time look like disinterested vagrants. Head groundsman is a weapon... allegedly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightDN123 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 This is off topic from this topic but anyway, why if you have a blue badge do you get to park for free ? Everyone else has to pay why do blue badge holders not have to. I take my Grandma to the games regularly and we have to use her blue badge, it really confuses us as to why we don’t have to pay, we feel we should. Just wondered if anyone knew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markspark92 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Dident we hire a company to take care of the pitch this season instead of a single head groundsman thought I read that somewhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 27 minutes ago, LightDN123 said: This is off topic from this topic but anyway, why if you have a blue badge do you get to park for free ? Everyone else has to pay why do blue badge holders not have to. I take my Grandma to the games regularly and we have to use her blue badge, it really confuses us as to why we don’t have to pay, we feel we should. Just wondered if anyone knew Disability discrimination reasonable adjustment. The same way owning a blue badge gives you some leeway in terms of parking restrictions. Lots of places charge blue badge holders but it isn't universal. Presumably you park at the back of the RRE. I've never seen anyone take money there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 10 minutes ago, Markspark92 said: Dident we hire a company to take care of the pitch this season instead of a single head groundsman thought I read that somewhere There was an announcement that made it look like we were spending far more for the pitch. When we couldn't pay the tax or wages. Draw your own conclusions... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astottie Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Keeping off both topics on this thread but not wanting to open a new thread.For the Bon viveurs amongst you I went to Wood for lunch yesterday. It was excellent and the man himself was cooking but the cherry on the cake (not literally) was 20% off with my season ticket. Top man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetramfixer Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 2 hours ago, astottie said: Keeping off both topics on this thread but not wanting to open a new thread.For the Bon viveurs amongst you I went to Wood for lunch yesterday. It was excellent and the man himself was cooking but the cherry on the cake (not literally) was 20% off with my season ticket. Top man! Is that an advertised offer or was you being a bit cheeky and asked him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kowenicki Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 1 hour ago, thetramfixer said: Is that an advertised offer or was you being a bit cheeky and asked him? I know it was available for the first month after he opened. Surprised it’s still going now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astottie Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 (edited) Someone told me when it opened. It didn't dawn on me that it might be first month but you might be right as when I mentioned it to the maitre d he said oh I knew we used to. anyway he checked it and was fine with it. Showed my season card to the waiter and he said I've never seen one of these before! Cheeky bugger.Must have been a red and if you are interested pigeon and fig halibut with a pistachio crust rhubarb and white chocolate botttle of Argentinian Malbec Edited March 24, 2018 by astottie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjointed Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 9 hours ago, astottie said: Someone told me when it opened. It didn't dawn on me that it might be first month but you might be right as when I mentioned it to the maitre d he said oh I knew we used to. anyway he checked it and was fine with it. Showed my season card to the waiter and he said I've never seen one of these before! Cheeky bugger.Must have been a red and if you are interested pigeon and fig halibut with a pistachio crust rhubarb and white chocolate botttle of Argentinian Malbec The pigeon and fig, what was that like, sounds a decent combination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Mikey Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 2 hours ago, disjointed said: The pigeon and fig, what was that like, sounds a decent combination. They do a good range of craft beers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astottie Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 12 hours ago, disjointed said: The pigeon and fig, what was that like, sounds a decent combination. Very tasty. Came with some posh lardons , endive and a jus. Very informal and you can see the cooking going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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