Was this also a new tactic from Deano that won the game?

[Buzzer]

At half-time there was so much water poured onto the pitch. I seem to recall reading about Wolves doing it in a European game.

Can't recall it happening at a previous game.

 

[BensGrandad]

I cannot recall it ever being done at The Goldstone, Gillingham or Withdean but it may have been, none the less it seemed to work.

 

[Horsham Gull]

Meanwhile Wilkins revealed that he asked for a drenching at half-time! The Albion boss felt the pitch needed watering to quicken the pace of the game. "I felt that the pitch was a little bit slow in the first half and as a result our play was quite slow and quite pedestrian at times," explained Wilkins. "We want to play a fast flowing game and normally the pitch gets watered before each game.

"However today we felt that there was enough moisture in it and so we didn't water it, but once the first half got underway you could see that the ball was quite sticky in the grass so during the half I gave Steve Winterburn a quick ring and asked him if we could get some water on it at half-time so that we could speed up our play a little.

from seagulls.co.uk

 

[Buzzer]

great find, HG. Goes to show that Deano isn't as naive as people make out.

Perhaps Deano is a shrewd cookie and all that sitting in the stands with his mobile does pay dividends.

 

[Yorkie]

It says they didn't water the pitch before the game so he was putting right a wrong decision made beforehand.

 

[Early Doors]

It says they didn't water the pitch before the game so he was putting right a wrong decision made beforehand.

You don't like Deano do you?

 

[Barrel of Fun]

It says they didn't water the pitch before the game so he was putting right a wrong decision made beforehand.

:thud:

I don't think one would realise how the pitch is going to play, until it is played upon properly. Very harsh, Yorkie. I know you are not his biggest fan, but that was scraping the bottom of the barrel a bit!

 

[Yorkie]

:thud:

I don't think one would realise how the pitch is going to play, until it is played upon properly. Very harsh, Yorkie. I know you are not his biggest fan, but that was scraping the bottom of the barrel a bit!

I'm commenting on his quote. See the second paragraph. It wasn't tactics but correcting something not done before.
Observation not criticism.

 

[saltash seagull]

It says they didn't water the pitch before the game so he was putting right a wrong decision made beforehand.

and have you never made a mistake?

 

[Yorkie]

and have you never made a mistake?

Of course but nobody ever claimed it was my good tactics.

 

[Titanic]

I thought they were flooding the pitch so we could bring on a sub.

 

[Yorkie]

I thought they were flooding the pitch so we could bring on a sub.

Excellent

 

[cjd]

I thought they were flooding the pitch so we could bring on a sub.

Very funny.........but the main theme on threads this afternoon is "bickering".

 

[Titanic]

Very funny.........but the main theme on threads this afternoon is "bickering".

Sorry... top bickering there yourself mate! You must be very proud

 

[larus]

I wasn't aware that we should expect Wilkins to be qualified in the finer nuances of ball speed on grass in different conditions. Perhaps someone else advised him that the pitch was OK, but he was able to notice that it could do with watering.

Just maybe.

 

[Horsham Gull]

maybe US tipped him off

 

[blue'n'white]

Yes but if anyone noticed it was only the half towards which we were attacking that got watered - hopefully Luton don't complain about it

 

[algie]

Yes but if anyone noticed it was only the half towards which we were attacking that got watered - hopefully Luton don't complain about it

That is sly if true

 

[Titanic]

Yes but if anyone noticed it was only the half towards which we were attacking that got watered - hopefully Luton don't complain about it

That is simply untrue. There were four hoses in action, two in each half.