Re: The new iPitch : Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:36 pm  

I can't see it being much of an advantage if any, the majority of the game is played with ball in hand running, the ball doesn't deviate much when comparing [current] all weather pitches and well groomed stadium grass pitches in the summer.
Just deal with it, besides hasn't playing at home always been about having a slight advantage, crowd, changing rooms etc?

Re: The new iPitch : Tue Dec 13, 2011 4:00 pm  

mikej wrote:

Heard on Wire FM yesterday that there are problems with laying the new ipitch as "conditions have to be dry" (basically its too wet!) . Gonna be a very small window between now and the start of the season for it to be laid.

Brilliant.

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Re: The new iPitch : Tue Dec 13, 2011 4:45 pm  

mikej wrote:

Heard on Wire FM yesterday that there are problems with laying the new ipitch as "conditions have to be dry" (basically its too wet!) . Gonna be a very small window between now and the start of the season for it to be laid.

May explain a bit why we haven't arranged any friendlies on it 'just in case'. Doubt it's a major worry as (via Asterix pictures) there has been a fair bit of progress and some of the bottom 'sponge type layer' is down.

Also it's not as if we need to wait for the grass to grow

Re: The new iPitch : Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:48 pm  

Horatio Yed wrote:

I can't see it being much of an advantage if any, the majority of the game is played with ball in hand running, the ball doesn't deviate much when comparing [current] all weather pitches and well groomed stadium grass pitches in the summer.
Just deal with it, besides hasn't playing at home always been about having a slight advantage, crowd, changing rooms etc?

Possibly it could backfire on Widnes. Every other team has to play 1 game on this pitch. Widnes will have to play 14 games on the "alien" surface of grass!