| Update on the pitch 12:23 - Nov 6 with 50666 views | LeanneConnolly |
Please see the below sent to members of the CAB by Jamie Willoughby who has given us permission to share.
"My main message is to reassure all fans that this issue has the 100% focus of the Club, the board and the ownership group. There has understandably been much speculation amongst fans about what action should or could be taken at this point. We are looking at all available options. Some of the more extreme options have significant technical, logistical and/or regulatory challenges associated with them (and in some cases all three of these!) but we are not ruling anything out.
We are working through all of the possibilities with the various 3rd parties involved to assess feasibility. If we consider that any of the options are feasible / deliverable and will materially improve our position, we have the support of the majority ownership group to proceed with them.
In the meantime, we continue to carry out remedial work to the pitch and manage the current situation as best we can"
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| Update on the pitch on 07:09 - Nov 13 with 6262 views | dingdangblue |
| Update on the pitch on 23:00 - Nov 12 by nordenblue |
Didn't we get told covering the pitch wasn't the main issue the problem is the water has nowhere to drain too once it runs off the pitch anyway, not sure how this cures the issue as the same amount of water that falls still wont be able to drain away from around the pitch anyway |
Have the club said this or are you just going off what some message board experts have said? Maybe its the pitch drains that aren't working and these sheets will direct the water away from the pitch and to the edge where they have a chance of draining away? Who knows - guess we'll find out Saturday. |  |
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| Update on the pitch on 08:55 - Nov 14 with 5544 views | TalkingSutty |
| Update on the pitch on 07:09 - Nov 13 by dingdangblue |
Have the club said this or are you just going off what some message board experts have said? Maybe its the pitch drains that aren't working and these sheets will direct the water away from the pitch and to the edge where they have a chance of draining away? Who knows - guess we'll find out Saturday. |
I hope them tent pegs hold..it's a bit breezy today. |  | | |
| Update on the pitch on 09:17 - Nov 14 with 5508 views | D_Alien |
| Update on the pitch on 08:55 - Nov 14 by TalkingSutty |
I hope them tent pegs hold..it's a bit breezy today. |
Especially rough early evening
Hope someone is being deployed to keep watch |  |
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| Update on the pitch on 09:37 - Nov 14 with 5433 views | Dale_4_Life |
A Friday update would be great... We are a Nosy bunch 
So far so good?
Water pitch side perimeter draining away (Somewhere?).
Have the club any drainage expert connections? Can a new super drain be installed pitchside to take away the copious amount of water?. | | | |
| Update on the pitch on 10:24 - Nov 14 with 5287 views | 49thseason |
| Update on the pitch on 09:52 - Nov 14 by TalkingSutty |
If the cover works today and the game goes ahead then it's clearly a viable solution to getting games on. Today's weather is the perfect workout for the durability of the cover. If the water somehow is soaked up from surrounding areas and presents itself on the surface of the pitch then it's time to accept defeat and play games elsewhere because even covering the pitch wont protect it anymore. Fingers crossed the cover works well. [Post edited 14 Nov 9:53]
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| Update on the pitch on 10:24 - Nov 14 with 5289 views | daledaft |
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| Update on the pitch on 10:51 - Nov 14 with 5151 views | TalkingSutty |
| Update on the pitch on 10:24 - Nov 14 by daledaft |
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Sounds like great news. | | | |
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| Update on the pitch on 11:48 - Nov 14 with 4962 views | D_Alien |
Should this prove to work under these conditions, and become a viable solution throughout the rest of the season, we really can't thank the owners enough for funding all this
Bringing in the Macleod staff to manage the covering/removal process will itself be costly but probably a requirement and i'm going to suggest to the Trust that they formally recognise this with a statement on behalf of the fanbase
Perhaps that's something the Trust might actually listen to | |
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| Update on the pitch on 12:44 - Nov 14 with 4802 views | Dale_4_Life |
Great news.
The club taking such proactive swift action is to be applauded. | | | |
| Update on the pitch on 17:38 - Nov 14 with 4332 views | Yorkshire_Dale |
| Update on the pitch on 11:48 - Nov 14 by D_Alien |
Should this prove to work under these conditions, and become a viable solution throughout the rest of the season, we really can't thank the owners enough for funding all this
Bringing in the Macleod staff to manage the covering/removal process will itself be costly but probably a requirement and i'm going to suggest to the Trust that they formally recognise this with a statement on behalf of the fanbase
Perhaps that's something the Trust might actually listen to |
Are the Trust able to help with installation costs as a sweetner? | | | |
| Update on the pitch on 17:47 - Nov 14 with 4292 views | D_Alien |
| Update on the pitch on 17:38 - Nov 14 by Yorkshire_Dale |
Are the Trust able to help with installation costs as a sweetner? |
Doubtful, at the rate they've been losing members recently | |
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| Update on the pitch on 18:54 - Nov 14 with 4105 views | MAK |
Current weather conditions are fairly exceptional and it's wild out there, as I'm sure most Rochdale based folk on here would agree. Without covers, or using the recent covers, tomorrow's game would not be going ahead. If the match plays tomorrow as planned, then enormous credit to the club for sorting the new cover arrangements out. I'm sure its neither easy nor low cost to sort out. There'll probably be plenty of other games that don't go ahead due to waterlogged pitches. | | | |
| Update on the pitch on 19:49 - Nov 14 with 3936 views | Nigeriamark |
| Update on the pitch on 18:54 - Nov 14 by MAK |
Current weather conditions are fairly exceptional and it's wild out there, as I'm sure most Rochdale based folk on here would agree. Without covers, or using the recent covers, tomorrow's game would not be going ahead. If the match plays tomorrow as planned, then enormous credit to the club for sorting the new cover arrangements out. I'm sure its neither easy nor low cost to sort out. There'll probably be plenty of other games that don't go ahead due to waterlogged pitches. |
I'm in Wardle and the wind/rain has been unbelievable today and judging by a few large crashing sounds a couple of roofs may be in trouble!!. If the game is on then clearly we have found a potential solution if money can be found in the future, because they won't get many tests like the last 24 hours. Fingers crossed |  | | |
| Update on the pitch on 20:08 - Nov 14 with 3894 views | Clivert |
The last two hours have been particularly horrific! Can't fault the effort and whatever the club have paid to try and get tomorrow's game on. |  | | |
| Update on the pitch on 21:40 - Nov 14 with 3649 views | Dalenet |
| Update on the pitch on 20:08 - Nov 14 by Clivert |
The last two hours have been particularly horrific! Can't fault the effort and whatever the club have paid to try and get tomorrow's game on. |
It is wild out there. Lorries queueing at Milnrow on M62 due to winds on M62 at Rakewood. Queensway flooded both sides ... barely passable. It would be a shame if the pitch is okay but the area around the ground isn't.
No idea where Aldershot are staying but they are not at the Norton Grange. | | | |
| Update on the pitch on 22:54 - Nov 14 with 3479 views | Yorkshire_Dale |
| Update on the pitch on 21:40 - Nov 14 by Dalenet |
It is wild out there. Lorries queueing at Milnrow on M62 due to winds on M62 at Rakewood. Queensway flooded both sides ... barely passable. It would be a shame if the pitch is okay but the area around the ground isn't.
No idea where Aldershot are staying but they are not at the Norton Grange. |
SoftLad will have many connections over in Accrington from his days there....some plush hotel no doubt. | | | |
| Update on the pitch on 09:43 - Nov 15 with 2916 views | dingdangblue |
| Update on the pitch on 22:54 - Nov 14 by Yorkshire_Dale |
SoftLad will have many connections over in Accrington from his days there....some plush hotel no doubt. |
You can bet on that. | |
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| Update on the pitch on 14:38 - Nov 15 with 2148 views | 442Dale |
Now we’ve got today on, we have a defined route forward. If the new covers have worked in the most extreme of weather, there’s no reason for there to be doubt about future home games.
Of course, this will require significant investment so it’s a decision around a season-long hire agreement or looking at getting them in for individual games and working out what’s best. [Post edited 15 Nov 14:58]
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| Update on the pitch on 17:28 - Nov 15 with 1906 views | Yorkshire_Dale |
Pleased to see the back of that game but big shout to all the groundsfolk and the Club to restore some Pitch Positivity.......and getting the game on despite all that Mother Nature threw at us. | | | |
| Update on the pitch on 18:34 - Nov 15 with 1722 views | nordenblue |
| Update on the pitch on 14:38 - Nov 15 by 442Dale |
Now we’ve got today on, we have a defined route forward. If the new covers have worked in the most extreme of weather, there’s no reason for there to be doubt about future home games.
Of course, this will require significant investment so it’s a decision around a season-long hire agreement or looking at getting them in for individual games and working out what’s best. [Post edited 15 Nov 14:58]
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The possibility of a genuine chance of promotion falling short due to a fixture backlog also needs to be factored into the cost of hiring suitable pitch protection, first things first though massive respect getting todays game on as the rains been absolutely biblical | | | |
| Update on the pitch on 18:56 - Nov 15 with 1654 views | mikehunt |
Jim was interviewed on Radio Noblot this evening. It was nice to hear him have a few words with Keef.
A little teaser from him regarding the pitch, though, wbere he said he expected the pitch to be permanently sorted in a couple of weeks if they can muster everything and "get the backing from the League". If I heard correctly..
Was around about half five if any one has the ability to replay the interview. |  |
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| Update on the pitch on 19:01 - Nov 15 with 1613 views | TalkingSutty |
| Update on the pitch on 18:34 - Nov 15 by nordenblue |
The possibility of a genuine chance of promotion falling short due to a fixture backlog also needs to be factored into the cost of hiring suitable pitch protection, first things first though massive respect getting todays game on as the rains been absolutely biblical |
Agree, those covers are obviously the real deal and they work well. The amount of rain has been biblical but it doesn't seem to have come up through the surface of the pitch and the surrounds weren't flooded. I suppose the problem now would be what happens to the pitch if it rains once the covers are removed and during the lead up to kick off and the match itself. The covers had been removed by 10am this morning. | | | |
| Update on the pitch on 19:11 - Nov 15 with 1561 views | D_Alien |
Walking around the back of the Pearl St stand, there's a been a section of the carpark dug up and refilled, diagonally from the left. It looks like some work has been done to improve the drain | |
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| Update on the pitch on 19:18 - Nov 15 with 1531 views | dalebolt |
| Update on the pitch on 19:11 - Nov 15 by D_Alien |
Walking around the back of the Pearl St stand, there's a been a section of the carpark dug up and refilled, diagonally from the left. It looks like some work has been done to improve the drain |
I saw this but thought it was running cables to the temporary looking portacabin housing some kind of scanner???? |  | | |
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