Are we letting the grass grow under our feet

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getting new sods from a turf accountant

 

[s4-blade]

If i'm right, next season will be our last playing on grass. Next close season we are getting desso installed (hybrid grass) which most prem teams and wembley have. So it better be a good 'un, the end of an era. A sad day for grass

 

[MobileBlade]

If i'm right, next season will be our last playing on grass. Next close season we are getting desso installed (hybrid grass) which most prem teams and wembley have. So it better be a good 'un, the end of an era. A sad day for grass

I was told it was a two year project to lay it correctly because of the underwork that needs to be done. The undersoil hearing is also been reworked. The Rotherham pitch is the same as what we are laying - I was at their semi final last week and was able to go out onto the pitch and it was in stunning condition to be honest. The commitment cost wise from the club is massive - and it does not effect FFP !!!!

 

[blade too long]

desso is just a type of grass, it was cultured near aberystwyth at the national institute for grass, it more ryegrass and fescue hybrid that is harder wearing. thats the type of job I wanted , watching grass grow

 

[s4-blade]

desso is just a type of grass

eeerm no it isn't.
From Wiki: Desso GrassMaster is a sports playing field surface composed of natural grass combined with artificial fibres. The artificial grass fibres are injected 20 centimetres (7.9 in) deep, and cover about 3% of the surface. While the grass is growing, the roots intertwine with the artificial fibres. The designers claim this anchors the field to create a solid, even structure with good drainage and 'playing comfort'.

 

[blade too long]

its not new using man made fibres to strengthen the root but its still a natural grass , with reinforced roots

 

[SotonBlade]

YAWN.......

 

[s4-blade]

its not new using man made fibres to strengthen the root but its still a natural grass , with reinforced roots

That's not the point. And plastic doesn't have roots. Anyway, UTB

 

[LoughboroBlade]

it was cultured near aberystwyth at the national institute for grass

There's a National Institute for Grass?! Are we getting the goals decorated with the state of the art goal netting researched from the Royal Institute for Mesh Excellence?

 

[Pinchy]

I was told it was a two year project to lay it correctly because of the underwork that needs to be done. The undersoil hearing is also been reworked. The Rotherham pitch is the same as what we are laying - I was at their semi final last week and was able to go out onto the pitch and it was in stunning condition to be honest. The commitment cost wise from the club is massive - and it does not effect FFP !!!!

It is indeed. I wonder where the money is coming from? And making decent offers for players as well? If I didn't know better, I'd think we had a genuinely wealthy benefactor committed to significantly backing our club. What a deluded pipedreamer I am!

 

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ITS THE INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL , BIOLOGICAL AND RURAL SERVICES , or the college of grass as its affectionately known known, where all types of grass are hybrided
name the 3 grass types in the picture

 

[LoughboroBlade]

ITS THE INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL , BIOLOGICAL AND RURAL SERVICES , or the college of grass as its affectionately known View attachment 8517 known, where all types of grass are hybrided
name the 3 grass types in the picture

Green, yellow, GM.

 

[s4-blade]

ITS THE INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL , BIOLOGICAL AND RURAL SERVICES , or the college of grass as its affectionately known View attachment 8517 known, where all types of grass are hybrided
name the 3 grass types in the picture

Green, long and humbug? 3 out of 3?

 

[blade too long]

its an exacting science , this grass growing, not just buying a box of seeds from Wilko

 

[CarlingBlade]

Stay on the grass

 

[Russ]

I think they missed a trick here. A square yard of the hallowed turf: £10....

They would be queueing round the south stand car park...

(10% discount for season ticket holders (Monday) / blades revival (Tuesday) / loyalty points holders over 2,500 as long as you joined the Membership scheme (Weds.) / anyone with Blades tattoos, Brayford Beards or 5UFC number plates (Thurs.) / General Sale (Fri/Sat/Sun)...

 

[JOEYDEE]

ITS THE INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL , BIOLOGICAL AND RURAL SERVICES , or the college of grass as its affectionately known View attachment 8517 known, where all types of grass are hybrided
name the 3 grass types in the picture

OI! What you doin on my lawn ???

 

[JOEYDEE]

ITS THE INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL , BIOLOGICAL AND RURAL SERVICES , or the college of grass as its affectionately known View attachment 8517 known, where all types of grass are hybrided
name the 3 grass types in the picture

Oi ! What you doin on my lawn ???

 

[mulroeblade]

Our stadium announcer might let us on the pitch now.

 

[BornOnShorehamStreet]

Our stadium announcer might let us on the pitch now.

You have to bring your own seeds though

 

[Pinchy]

OI! What you doin on my lawn ???

Can I come round to have a look at it when England are playing in the World Cup?

 

[Esablade]

I have a few pals who are quite interested in synthesising grass...last time I went out with em' I had to retire 'early' with a flashing bout of paranoia...

Be warned!

 

[Kenilworth]

I was told it was a two year project to lay it correctly because of the underwork that needs to be done. The undersoil hearing is also been reworked. !!

Will it be much louder than before ?

 

[BladeFisher]

ITS THE INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL , BIOLOGICAL AND RURAL SERVICES , or the college of grass as its affectionately known View attachment 8517 known, where all types of grass are hybrided
name the 3 grass types in the picture

Looks like my back garden.

 

[Hartley Hare]

Me and Brayford enjoying some grass

HH

 

[georgebernardshaw]

Should grow OK with all the shit that's been on it over the years

 

[stringjunior]

View attachment 8515

Look at where they've taken the top layer off. Are we having a shorter wider pitch next year?

 

[Linz]

Look at where they've taken the top layer off. Are we having a shorter wider pitch next year?

They tend to move the pitch round a bit most years.

With all the problems they had on the South Stand touchline (the Somme) this year, they might just be shifting the playing surface further towards John Street.

One request for the OCD amongst us.... can the halfway line actually line up with the halfway point of John Street this year?

 

[BornOnShorehamStreet]

They tend to move the pitch round a bit most years.

With all the problems they had on the South Stand touchline (the Somme) this year, they might just be shifting the playing surface further towards John Street.

One request for the OCD amongst us.... can the halfway line actually line up with the halfway point of John Street this year?

From that pic, are they moving it possibly a little towards the Kop end as well, Linz?