UPTHEPORT wrote:Stan A. Einstein wrote:UPTHEPORT wrote:Stan A. Einstein wrote:faerun exile wrote:Exile 1976 wrote:Was our game the only game called off due to a frozen pitch yesterday?
No there were others in L1, L2 and NL. Half a dozen maybe in total.
Of course are postponed because of inclement weather. But that is not really the issue. The issue is that some are of the view that the Rodney Parade pitch is substandard.
That is a view with which I agree.
It's what we got we unfortunately can't do much about it at the moment
Anyway name a better surface with as much use in top professional sports
You will struggle
The problem Jim is that we have not done anything about it for the last eight years.
We have we have a hybrid pitch which the past few seasons has worked well it was due to be changed in summer but because of covid was postponed
It's something we just got to live with no point moaning
To answer your first question about use, the answer is unequivocally there isn’t a ground to be named, as no one else is daft enough to permit it. Probably thinking of us is why the ELF have inserted a no to sharing with two rugby sides clause.
As for the pitch, I agree that it was rumoured that the plan was to relay it.
Now let be remind you that when this was last undertaken the Club was expected to contribute a third of the cost, which is being repaid at £50k a year. I suspect for this alleged 10 year life pitch we will also be expected to contribute a further third, maybe as much as half, even though the first debt has yet to be fully repaid. Yet all the while, and despite the County’s investment, the WRU will continue to rent out the facilities to all and sundry, totally disregarding any concerns we may have about over use of the pitch.
Is this something we should seriously be prepared to live with? We need either a stronger and more equitable sharing agreement with the Dragons, or failing that an urgent plan to move. After all we have only 18 months left of the present agreement.