[Albion] Amex pitch

[PILTDOWN MAN]

It looks bare in a lot of places. Not bad but compared to other premiership pitches not great

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

Watching on BT in HD when you get a close shot of the pitch it is awful again this year, the goalmouth was quite churned up.
Compared to other PL pitches it is not good.
I was going to mention it during the match but didn't.
I know it has rained a lot but so has it everywhere.
The last thing it needed was watering.
Also I have said since The Amex opened that the pitch has never been as good as the pitches you see at most other grounds.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Watching on BT in HD when you get a close shot of the pitch it is awful again this year, the goalmouth was quite churned up.
Compared to other PL pitches it is not good.
I was going to mention it during the match but didn't.
I know it has rained a lot but so has it everywhere.
The last thing it needed was watering.
Also I have said since The Amex opened that the pitch has never been as good as the pitches you see at most other grounds.

I agree

 

[blue-shifted]

We need to think about this.

If we're going to be FANNYING around trying to play out from the back, the last thing we want are divots

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Seems very heavy and slow to me at the moment.

Must be tactical then, because they thoroughly water the pitch before every game, no matter how much its rained in the preceding hours and days leading up to the match - and despite Southern Water's expensive pitchside advertising asking people not to waste water

 

[RossyG]

Frankie Howard out

 

[Giraffe]

It doesn’t help with all these knee slide celebrations. Mooy left tractor sized tracks after his goal the other day.

 

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Watching on BT in HD when you get a close shot of the pitch it is awful again this year, the goalmouth was quite churned up.
Compared to other PL pitches it is not good.
I was going to mention it during the match but didn't.
I know it has rained a lot but so has it everywhere.
The last thing it needed was watering.
Also I have said since The Amex opened that the pitch has never been as good as the pitches you see at most other grounds.

Has to be the ground staff. The pitch is relayed every season.

 

[spongy]

I've always thought the stadium is the wrong way round.

During the winter the pitch probably doesn't see any natural sunlight (not that we've had a lot anyway) due to the height of the west stand and the low sun.

The lower height stand should have been the west stand to allow more sunlight onto the pitch.

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

Seems very heavy and slow to me at the moment.

I said this to my mates on Wednesday - seems to be quite tacky with players losing their footing more than usual.

 

[RossyG]

It probably doesn’t help that at least ten blokes run on the pitch at halftime and poke the grass with sticks. In full view of the stewards, too, I might add! I’m amazed nothing’s been done about it.

 

[Saunders]

Must be tactical then, because they thoroughly water the pitch before every game, no matter how much its rained in the preceding hours and days leading up to the match - and despite Southern Water's expensive pitchside advertising asking people not to waste water

Very important when it has rained non stop for 6 months and they are enforcing water meters anyway.

 

[studio150]

I've always thought the stadium is the wrong way round.

During the winter the pitch probably doesn't see any natural sunlight (not that we've had a lot anyway) due to the height of the west stand and the low sun.

The lower height stand should have been the west stand to allow more sunlight onto the pitch.

Won't they have lamps on the pitch when natural sunlight is at a minimum. With advancements in technology I wouldn't have thought that the height of the stands would be too much of an issue.

 

[studio150]

It looks bare in a lot of places. Not bad but compared to other premiership pitches not great

I would have thought that the Amex grass would be a lot shorter than other English Premiership pitches. and by football standards would be far superior.

 

[Chicken Run]

Watching on BT in HD when you get a close shot of the pitch it is awful again this year, the goalmouth was quite churned up.
Compared to other PL pitches it is not good.
I was going to mention it during the match but didn't.
I know it has rained a lot but so has it everywhere.
The last thing it needed was watering.
Also I have said since The Amex opened that the pitch has never been as good as the pitches you see at most other grounds.

I agree too.

 

[Chicken Run]

Won't they have lamps on the pitch when natural sunlight is at a minimum. With advancements in technology I wouldn't have thought that the height of the stands would be too much of an issue.

Most nights driving past you can see the somewhat orange glow of said lamps

 

[BNthree]

Most nights driving past you can see the somewhat orange glow of said lamps

And the lamps are in place during the day too. In a previous job I had to go to the Amex occasionally on weekdays and every time I visited during the winter the lamps were out and on the pitch. They're stored in the players' car park on match days.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Has to be the ground staff. The pitch is relayed every season.

No it’s not. It is skimmed off but certainly not relaid. Underneath the surface is a woven mat. Currently there’s two types of pitch in use at the top clubs, one which uses artificial grass along with grass and one that uses a mesh matting, ours is the latter. Arsenal, Spurs, Wembley and many others use the former.

 

[monty uk]

I've always thought the stadium is the wrong way round.

During the winter the pitch probably doesn't see any natural sunlight (not that we've had a lot anyway) due to the height of the west stand and the low sun.

The lower height stand should have been the west stand to allow more sunlight onto the pitch.

The whole stadium is actually 45 degrees out from the named stands.

West Stand should be called south west
East Stand should be called north east
South Stand should be called south east
North Stand should be called north west

Due south is actually a point at the corner of the south and west stands if you were to stand on the centre spot.

The Goldstone, on the other hand, really was North - South - East - West.

Call me a nerd if you like, but it is fairly clear on satellite views on Google maps.