Yeh is difficult. Even if you played on apremiership pitch 3/4 times a week the wear and tear would soon show even with the resorces available. IF theres just one pitch it boils down to coaches being careful (especially with warm ups etc) good maintenance practices,communication etc. As i said the guys there are doing a good job and im sure it will be better in time.dazSRJFC wrote:I`d like to have come and had a look, but I`m at work first, then training, then over to the Dog.
We have a similar problem with managing the Southend School pitch. We need one or both 9v9 pitches to be in decent condition on Sunday mornings , so with months of seemingly endless rain, it`s difficult for the pitches to drain properly, so training on the pitch is difficult.
I`ve recently found out that largely because of this, our teams train in 8 different venues on about 4 different days/nights.
The realisation of the club`s dream of a central venue where we can all play and train ca n`t come soon enough.
U15 Academy team at the Dog & Duck Sat 11am
Re: U15 Academy team at the Dog & Duck Sat 11am
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Re: U15 Academy team at the Dog & Duck Sat 11am
That's great to hear Chas, but we're not a party to those talks so it seemed a fair question from where I'm sitting. Maybe next time you could input some of that into the announcement on the offy site? The thought had crossed my mind as well, and it's good that our members/ fans are thinking all the same way don't you think? It shows potential for future board members.Chas wrote:The other thing is, do you not think we've actually considered this before making a decision? A number of emails and discussions have already taken place over this and once the decision was made, even more discussions and emails about the logistics of it all.
We don't just decide things on the spur of the moment without taking everything into account (well not most of the time anyway ;)) so I can understand why the Duke got a bit tetchy when you think we haven't considerd stuff that would logically be near the top of our list and has already been discussed to death.
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Re: U15 Academy team at the Dog & Duck Sat 11am
Three of Diamonds wrote:That's great to hear Chas, but we're not a party to those talks so it seemed a fair question from where I'm sitting. Maybe next time you could input some of that into the announcement on the offy site? The thought had crossed my mind as well, and it's good that our members/ fans are thinking all the same way don't you think? It shows potential for future board members.Chas wrote:The other thing is, do you not think we've actually considered this before making a decision? A number of emails and discussions have already taken place over this and once the decision was made, even more discussions and emails about the logistics of it all.
We don't just decide things on the spur of the moment without taking everything into account (well not most of the time anyway ;)) so I can understand why the Duke got a bit tetchy when you think we haven't considerd stuff that would logically be near the top of our list and has already been discussed to death.
Agreed 8-)