Watfood

[Tom Bott]

Are they putting on the pitch to attract so many Pigeons for both the Swansea and Watford games.
Maybe they should adopt the fallow field principle

 

[Nightsweats]

Think it's symptomatic of the general infestation of vermin in all big cities where takeaway food and morons throwing stuff on the streets is the norm.
We are a long way from the coast but seagulls are invading the environments of indigenous birds. Crookes Valley Park being a classic example. Not helped by idiots feeding the damn things.

 

[Gimli]

Pigeons have been a good omen in the last 2 games.

 

[Blade56]

Did they count them in attendance figures?

And who knows what’s in them feckin £5.50 hotdogs

 

[jim2007]

Did they count them in attendance figures?

Pigeons, no. Cats, yes, I think we established.

 

[Berkshire Blade]

Dunno but the pitch has looked better in recent seasons. Maybe some contaminated mud on a pigs boots from the under 23s derby?

 

[DifferentClass]

Think it's symptomatic of the general infestation of vermin in all big cities where takeaway food and morons throwing stuff on the streets is the norm.
We are a long way from the coast but seagulls are invading the environments of indigenous birds. Crookes Valley Park being a classic example. Not helped by idiots feeding the damn things.

Was in Blackpool last week and I saw fewer gulls there than I see on a general commute down to Crystal Peaks.

 

[Tom Bott]

And who knows what’s in them feckin £5.50 hotdogs

Oddly hot dog was my nick name for decades.

Though I always preferred my real name - Frank Furter.

 

[Gin&Juice]

Praise he Birdman Sinclair and his pigeons.

 

[ZLB]

Did they count them in attendance figures?

And who knows what’s in them feckin £5.50 hotdogs

Did somebody say hot dogs? Mmmm.

 

[DifferentClass]

Did somebody say hot dogs? Mmmm.

 

[finlaytheblade]

Dunno but the pitch has looked better in recent seasons. Maybe some contaminated mud on a pigs boots from the under 23s derby?

The pitch is not as good as has been previous ,maybe they only last about 5 good years and deteriorated from then on.
Pigs been commenting on there's also .

 

[Berkshire Blade]

The pitch is not as good as has been previous ,maybe they only last about 5 good years and deteriorated from then on.
Pigs been commenting on there's also .

Maybe we've stopped spending on it?

 

[relish]

Probably just the weather. We had a very wet November and the pitch got quite cut up. It takes a while for it to recover over the cold months when there’s little growth.
Have they reseeded it? Could be what is attracting the pigeons (although it seems a bit early in the year for seeds to germinate).

 

[pommpey]

I thought it was 65% synthetic with grass weaved in? New drainage system underneath an all.

Fucking pigeons can be sorted with a .22 or some person with a Falcon

pommpey

 

[shorehamview]

Oddly hot dog was my nick name for decades.

Though I always preferred my real name - Frank Furter.

Chip O’Lata?

 

[Jimmy Fleck]

where’s the shirecliffe sniper when you need him?

 

[ekke287]

where’s the shirecliffe sniper when you need him?

That’s the last thing we need, pigeons with hamstring issues.

 

[MobileBlade]

Probably just the weather. We had a very wet November and the pitch got quite cut up. It takes a while for it to recover over the cold months when there’s little growth.
Have they reseeded it? Could be what is attracting the pigeons (although it seems a bit early in the year for seeds to germinate).

They feed and seed it all year round and use the heat lamps to replicate the sun. The photo of the appointment of the new womens team manager last week shows the heat lamp in the position where the pigeons were feeding for the last two games which suggests they have been doing a bit of work in those areas.

 

[Boxer Blade]

I thought it was 65% synthetic with grass weaved in? New drainage system underneath an all.

Fucking pigeons can be sorted with a .22 or some person with a Falcon

pommpey

My mates got a parrot if it's any help

 

[pommpey]

My mates got a parrot if it's any help

Is he a pretty boy?

Parrot Story #3986

Back just after the Second World War in Victoria Park in Portsmouth central, there used to be a menagerie. In there was a grey parrot of remarkable skills. Obviously, being a sailor town (as it was back then) this parrot had some spectacular language including:

1. "Fuck off!"
2. "Fuck off, yooou CUNT!" (emphasis on the 'cunt')
3. "Show us your CUNT!" (it recognised women and would say this specifically to them)
4. "Get tae FUCK!" (in a Scottish accent too)
5. "Suck my COCK!" ('cock' would be almost screamed)
6. "Yoooou UGLY fucking CUNT!" (it liked the word 'cunt')
7. "WANKER!" (this was usually the response to many people saying 'who's a pretty boy, then?')

This it would do, whilst looking as though it couldn't be bothered and sat almost roosting. The schoolkids loved it.

The bird was removed for a Royal visit twice but never destroyed as the proprietors allegedly found it most hilarious and a bit of a tourist attraction

pommpey

 

[Boxer Blade]

Is he a pretty boy?

Parrot Story #3986

Back just after the Second World War in Victoria Park in Portsmouth central, there used to be a menagerie. In there was a grey parrot of remarkable skills. Obviously, being a sailor town (as it was back then) this parrot had some spectacular language including:

1. "Fuck off!"
2. "Fuck off, yooou CUNT!" (emphasis on the 'cunt')
3. "Show us your CUNT!" (it recognised women and would say this specifically to them)
4. "Get tae FUCK!" (in a Scottish accent too)
5. "Suck my COCK!" ('cock' would be almost screamed)
6. "Yoooou UGLY fucking CUNT!" (it liked the word 'cunt')
7. "WANKER!" (this was usually the response to many people saying 'who's a pretty boy, then?')

This it would do, whilst looking as though it couldn't be bothered and sat almost roosting. The schoolkids loved it.

The bird was removed for a Royal visit twice but never destroyed as the proprietors allegedly found it most hilarious and a bit of a tourist attraction

pommpey

It wasn't a parrot was it Pompey, come on tell the truth it was your grandad, wasn't it. Captain Polly.

 

[pommpey]

It wasn't a parrot was it Pompey, come on tell the truth it was your grandad, wasn't it. Captain Polly.

It was my dad who told me about it TBH

pommpey

 

[Snowflake]

Think it's symptomatic of the general infestation of vermin in all big cities where takeaway food and morons throwing stuff on the streets is the norm.
We are a long way from the coast but seagulls are invading the environments of indigenous birds. Crookes Valley Park being a classic example. Not helped by idiots feeding the damn things.

Sorry to upset you, but seagulls don’t exist. There are many varieties of gull, some stay around the coasts, but many live inland and have done so for years.
A pair of peregrine falcons on one of the high buildings around town would begin to sort them out !

 

[PokerBlade]

Did they count them in attendance figures?

And who knows what’s in them feckin £5.50 hotdogs

£5.50 for a hotdog? No wonder the pigeons are eating the scraps instead of buying their own.

 

[PokerBlade]

Sorry to upset you, but seagulls don’t exist. There are many varieties of gull, some stay around the coasts, but many live inland and have done so for years.
A pair of peregrine falcons on one of the high buildings around town would begin to sort them out !

Hold on. If peregrine comes from the Latin for foreigner, and these falcons are native to the UK, don't peregrine falcons not exist for the same reason seagulls don't exist?

How many ornithological lies are there!?

 

[Dellas Cowboys]

Hold on. If peregrine comes from the Latin for foreigner, and these falcons are native to the UK, don't peregrine falcons not exist for the same reason seagulls don't exist?

How many ornithological lies are there!?

Many for the gull(ible)

 

[Finn Keane o' Balmaqueen]

"The Wisdom Of Pigeons"

 

[Snowflake]

Hold on. If peregrine comes from the Latin for foreigner, and these falcons are native to the UK, don't peregrine falcons not exist for the same reason seagulls don't exist?

How many ornithological lies are there!?

No. It would be foreign in Italy not over here. At least before AD 43.

 

[darleyblade]

Think it's symptomatic of the general infestation of vermin in all big cities where takeaway food and morons throwing stuff on the streets is the norm.
We are a long way from the coast but seagulls are invading the environments of indigenous birds. Crookes Valley Park being a classic example. Not helped by idiots feeding the damn things.

I agree about not feeding them, but in your example the "seagulls" are black-headed gulls that don't live only at the coast. They have been breeding inland, by lakes and reservoirs, for many years and competing with other birds in all of that time.

There's no way to get rid of the Lane's feral pigeons without massive expense - and even then probably not. I actually liked watching them on Saturday in the second half - I'm in the Westfield corner - and thought that maybe they were helping to protect our goal.