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Post by nws on Sept 14, 2021 22:09:04 GMT
Is very poor. I watched Herne Bay lose 2-1 there tonight (goals from Jay May and Ter Horst). The bounce is slow the roll of the ball seems to vary. Ashford play a long ball game to counteract it. Poor old Herne Bay struggled to pass it around. You could see players taking three or four touches to control the ball. Who laid it? Bob the Builder?
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Post by sword65 on Sept 15, 2021 1:13:10 GMT
Is very poor. I watched Herne Bay lose 2-1 there tonight (goals from Jay May and Ter Horst). The bounce is slow the roll of the ball seems to vary. Ashford play a long ball game to counteract it. Poor old Herne Bay struggled to pass it around. You could see players taking three or four touches to control the ball. Who laid it? Bob the Builder? You build anything on a swamp its gonna get fucked up. |
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Post by nws on Sept 15, 2021 8:30:00 GMT
Ha ha... I was hoping for some more in depth explanation but yes, point taken😂😅
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Post by jdl on Sept 15, 2021 15:05:29 GMT
Didn't they lay it themselves and cock it up completely, so that it had to be re-laid?
Probably the problem is not the way the grass was laid, but the quality of the surface underneath, and I suspect they didn’t dig that up and redo it.
Expensive things, 3G pitches – can’t be done on the cheap.
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Post by nws on Sept 15, 2021 18:05:26 GMT
Didn't they lay it themselves and cock it up completely, so that it had to be re-laid? Probably the problem is not the way the grass was laid, but the quality of the surface underneath, and I suspect they didn’t dig that up and redo it. Expensive things, 3G pitches – can’t be done on the cheap. I'd say this is probably spot on |
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Post by headstone on Sept 16, 2021 7:48:06 GMT
I thought Herne Bay were the better footballing team, but Ashford dug deep (nothing to do with the pitch) when they lost Tommy Fagg (the best player on the pitch) to a second yellow. Furthermore, the bar doesn't stock any proper beer, even in bottles (they used to); on the plus side, I was able to get a half portion of chips at half price. And they produce a good programme. An excellent crowd of 320 bolstered by several travellers (I mean HB-ites). And I didn't see nws there. Overall a good evening out.
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Post by nws on Sept 16, 2021 8:53:51 GMT
I thought Herne Bay were the better footballing team, but Ashford dug deep (nothing to do with the pitch) when they lost Tommy Fagg (the best player on the pitch) to a second yellow. Furthermore, the bar doesn't stock any proper beer, even in bottles (they used to); on the plus side, I was able to get a half portion of chips at half price. And they produce a good programme. An excellent crowd of 320 bolstered by several travellers (I mean HB-ites). And I didn't see nws there. Overall a good evening out. I didn't know you were attending, hs! I was with the travelling support behind the goal. I thought HB paid the price for trying to play on the floor on that pitch. Didn't press enough when the Ashford player was sent off. Most frustrating. My win hoodoo continues! |
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Post by daveu on Sept 16, 2021 12:35:00 GMT
Didn't they lay it themselves and cock it up completely, so that it had to be re-laid? Probably the problem is not the way the grass was laid, but the quality of the surface underneath, and I suspect they didn’t dig that up and redo it. Expensive things, 3G pitches – can’t be done on the cheap. They did indeed do it on the cheap and totally fucked it up. Subsequently relaid at great expense but seemingly no a lot better by all accounts. |
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Post by La femme de Vic Jobson on Sept 16, 2021 12:59:14 GMT
Didn't they lay it themselves and cock it up completely, so that it had to be re-laid? Probably the problem is not the way the grass was laid, but the quality of the surface underneath, and I suspect they didn’t dig that up and redo it. Expensive things, 3G pitches – can’t be done on the cheap. They did indeed do it on the cheap and totally fucked it up. Subsequently relaid at great expense but seemingly no a lot better by all accounts. Out of curiosity, was that before or after they appointed their new DoF? |
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Post by davec on Sept 16, 2021 13:08:44 GMT
They did indeed do it on the cheap and totally fucked it up. Subsequently relaid at great expense but seemingly no a lot better by all accounts. Out of curiosity, was that before or after they appointed their new DoF? I had to look that up and when i found out who it was i suspected financial shenanigans (allegedly) |
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Post by headstone on Sept 18, 2021 8:48:44 GMT
PBB was behind me in the bar - from the programme notes he seems to be in charge of commercial stuff. Horses for courses, eh!
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