Looking Lush

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Looking Lush

Postby Grayhoundend » Wed Jul 16, 2025 6:46 pm

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Re: Looking Lush

Postby Pooly_Imp » Wed Jul 16, 2025 6:52 pm

Grayhoundend wrote:
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Give it a few weeks.
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Re: Looking Lush

Postby Grayhoundend » Wed Jul 16, 2025 6:57 pm

Takes some beating the bunker
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Re: Looking Lush

Postby Pooly_Imp » Wed Jul 16, 2025 7:26 pm

Just keeping it real.
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Re: Looking Lush

Postby Kettering Poolie » Wed Jul 16, 2025 7:37 pm

Other than cutting the grass- has the pitch had any significant work done to it?

We've normally had an update during the summer - but as now seems the way, even that is shrouded in mystery and the ever growing wall of silence that has engulfed the whole club over the last six months.
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Re: Looking Lush

Postby Gerry Mandrake » Wed Jul 16, 2025 7:43 pm

They've probably just give it a spray paint knowing Pools, it'll be falling apart by October.
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Re: Looking Lush

Postby loyal_fan » Wed Jul 16, 2025 8:17 pm

Kettering Poolie wrote:Other than cutting the grass- has the pitch had any significant work done to it?

We've normally had an update during the summer - but as now seems the way, even that is shrouded in mystery and the ever growing wall of silence that has engulfed the whole club over the last six months.


Didnt Paul Frosts hard hitting expose reveal work is on going on the pitch?
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Re: Looking Lush

Postby Kettering Poolie » Wed Jul 16, 2025 8:35 pm

Think there was a tractor in the background - ready to scrape all the shit off the pitch that was deposited during the season..

Thought they were going to put some drainage in, or significant work like flattening it out- so the surface wasn't as bobbly- maybe I dreamt that bit up!
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Re: Looking Lush

Postby Grayhoundend » Wed Jul 16, 2025 9:24 pm

Pooly_Imp wrote:Just keeping it real.


Far from it.
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Re: Looking Lush

Postby Grayhoundend » Wed Jul 16, 2025 9:26 pm

Kettering Poolie wrote:Other than cutting the grass- has the pitch had any significant work done to it?

We've normally had an update during the summer - but as now seems the way, even that is shrouded in mystery and the ever growing wall of silence that has engulfed the whole club over the last six months.


They were pictures on X about 3-4 weeks ago, I posted at the time but some don,t care, Not You Kettering :wink:
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Re: Looking Lush

Postby Pooly_Imp » Wed Jul 16, 2025 9:27 pm

Grayhoundend wrote:
Pooly_Imp wrote:Just keeping it real.


Far from it.


So it's been given more attention than last year then? cos it got real bad real quick. That's good news if so.
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Re: Looking Lush

Postby Essex poolie » Wed Jul 16, 2025 11:38 pm

Today I saw a picture pf Boston united pitch which they stated had been worked on at a cost of 10k in comparison theirs looked like bowling green.
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Re: Looking Lush

Postby bobby lemonade » Wed Jul 16, 2025 11:41 pm

Essex poolie wrote:Today I saw a picture pf Boston united pitch which they stated had been worked on at a cost of 10k in comparison theirs looked like bowling green.


And ours doesn't?
Looks pretty good to me, or am I missing something?? sctatchinghead
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Re: Looking Lush

Postby Flying Hogans » Wed Jul 16, 2025 11:45 pm

Have a look on Rob Law's Twitter page if you want to know more.
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Re: Looking Lush

Postby Kettering Poolie » Thu Jul 17, 2025 1:55 am

Not on Twitter/ X
Thought the club might have posted a story on the club website for luddites like me!
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Re: Looking Lush

Postby kevin pooles gloves » Thu Jul 17, 2025 3:51 am

Grayhoundend wrote:
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Is that the new midfield (birds :lol:) getting used to the pitch!
Looks good.
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Re: Looking Lush

Postby Snowy » Thu Jul 17, 2025 6:10 am

That looks good enough for a team with a will to win mentality, all we need is such a team.

Watched footage of Derby v West Ham back in the 70’s recently…the pitch was manicured wet mud with four islands of grass in the corners….it looked like a chocolate cake with icing marking the out the lines…but a cracking match…..but it showed what can be done with spirit and a will to win regardless of conditions.
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Re: Looking Lush

Postby kevin pooles gloves » Thu Jul 17, 2025 7:34 am

: I'd say team spirits are different today.

The wage gaps between players can't help especially when the big hitters go into can't be arsed mode blowing win bonuses for the lower paid players.

A decent promotion bonus should suit the full club.

Obviously not this season like.

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Re: Looking Lush

Postby accrington fan » Thu Jul 17, 2025 9:51 am

kevin pooles gloves wrote:: I'd say team spirits are different today.

The wage gaps between players can't help especially when the big hitters go into can't be arsed mode blowing win bonuses for the lower paid players.

A decent promotion bonus should suit the full club.

Obviously not this season like.

:text-lol:

can go back nearly 100 years now and players were never paid the same then. a quid or two difference was a lot back then but players attitudes were quite different and its more than just most back then were more local than now.
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Re: Looking Lush

Postby Bluestreak » Thu Jul 17, 2025 10:34 am

Looks photoshopped to me bbolt
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck it is probably a duck!
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Re: Looking Lush

Postby Grayhoundend » Thu Jul 17, 2025 10:42 am

bobby lemonade wrote:
Essex poolie wrote:Today I saw a picture pf Boston united pitch which they stated had been worked on at a cost of 10k in comparison theirs looked like bowling green.


And ours doesn't?
Looks pretty good to me, or am I missing something?? sctatchinghead


Bobby Every club is better all round than pools, To some.
Don,t have a clue why they support Pools, They don,t really do they.
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Re: Looking Lush

Postby accrington fan » Thu Jul 17, 2025 10:46 am

Grayhoundend wrote:
bobby lemonade wrote:
Essex poolie wrote:Today I saw a picture pf Boston united pitch which they stated had been worked on at a cost of 10k in comparison theirs looked like bowling green.


And ours doesn't?
Looks pretty good to me, or am I missing something?? sctatchinghead


Bobby Every club is better all round than pools, To some.
Don,t have a clue why they support Pools, They don,t really do they.

or the ones who are the first to go OTT if the team does well. no half measures i,m afraid.
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Re: Looking Lush

Postby accrington fan » Thu Jul 17, 2025 10:52 am

Gerry Mandrake wrote:They've probably just give it a spray paint knowing Pools, it'll be falling apart by October.

october, more like after the warm up on the first game on it like last season.
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Re: Looking Lush

Postby loyal_fan » Thu Jul 17, 2025 2:12 pm

Credit where due pitch looks good and reading Twitter seems like a lot of work has gone into it…obviously we won’t know how it stands up until season progresses but plenty of other stuff to criticize before this imo
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Re: Looking Lush

Postby Grayhoundend » Thu Jul 17, 2025 2:35 pm

Why is Mr Nice guy splashing the cash.
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Re: Looking Lush

Postby kevin pooles gloves » Thu Jul 17, 2025 3:26 pm

Grayhoundend wrote:Why is Mr Nice guy splashing the cash.


Make ya mind up.

Shelly/Radgy/Shelly/RadgyShelly. bbolt
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Re: Looking Lush

Postby Grayhoundend » Thu Jul 17, 2025 6:39 pm

kevin pooles gloves wrote:
Grayhoundend wrote:Why is Mr Nice guy splashing the cash.


Make ya mind up.

Shelly/Radgy/Shelly/RadgyShelly. bbolt
:naughty: :lol:


Put the names in a hat Kevin, Anyway Featherstone says Raj is going nowhere :wink:
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