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Didn't the pitch look good last night, looks like new goal posts and netting as well as it is striped red now

The edges of the pitch looked nice and neat and I think it looked better without the advertising boards there, but obviously they are going to return, nice and full I hope.

It was also nice to see the new sign on the Arkells and the side of it painted red, makes the ground look that bit neater as well.

Looks much better than it has for years that's for sure.

Only grumble is the size of the food queues and they haven't cleaned the seats yet like they normally do every year so you end up sitting on a seat with dried on mud from last season, I'm sure things like this will be sorted for the Tranmere game as well though....Rome wasn't built in a day - apparently !  ;D

And it is a shame the away section seats have not been painted red to blend in

I know little moans and in the grand scheme of things are tiny but if you don't meantion then nobody knows !

Didnt go last night as i finished work late...sounded a good game and fair play to Harry for bringing such a strong team..i think the food huts need sorting,the Town End food is dire,like you said theres always a few things that take a moan and a groan to iron out.

I think wait until the season gets underway properly before moaning about the food and queues, sure we'll see some improvement.

Watkins said in the matchday programme that the improvements will not be complete until mid August. Still gives a month to sort out a few things. The away end of the Arkell's seats will be made red but the priority was given to the rest of the stand.

Was also nice to see something for the kids last night, the fair ride and 'win a teddy stall' outside the ground and the jugglers inside.

OK, not relevant for most of us, but if it gets Jr to badger mum and dad to go again then it's good.

Only pity was the game was possibly a bit late for some of the younger ones. Not that it matters too much.

Speak for yourself mate that teddy bear stall was brilliant.

the advertising hoardings have gone forever, the old style ones the players had to leap over if they ran too fast off the pitch, they're just gonna have the advertising boards around the stadium on the barriers of the stands (if you can see what i mean). thats a pretty poor description but i'm tired, had a long day :(

i saw the highlights on SSN and the pitch looked like fucking wembley.

bravo triseros

Anyone know if they are planning on improving the PA System, it is still crap it was a shame that when they bought Hazard onto the pitch thouse of us in the DR Stand couldn't hear what he was talking about properly I was only catching bits of his chat

I though the DR had good PA, is it broken, or has it always been like that?

Its always been shit.

Its odd though, when I walk to football I walk down the cycle path that goes down the back of DR and towards Greenbridge....along that path I can hear the PA system fine!!!

In the toilets, the PA system is also fine

In the stand, you cant make out a thing!!!

Is it not to do with the angle of the speakers?  I don't think they positioned them very well acoustically, although I'm no expert on the subject.

Everyone bring egg boxes to the next game and we'll sort out the acoustics.

Actually in true tannoy style that last post should have read

I i no do wih th ngle of the sp   ers?  I on't thi the posit  them very ll acoustically, though I' no ex on the subject

  Let's face it....the makeover has been minimal.  Still looks pretty much like the CG I know and love...getting rid of the picket fences was a good move, but the advertising boards still look on a par with Highworth Town.

  The pitch always looks good at the start of the season....there are underlying long term problems which will probably cost 500K + to ameliorate,  to my knowledge these haven't been addressed.

  What the new regime have done so far is worthy, but they surely must realise the extent of the problems with what they've taken on. It's perhaps fair to say they've arrested the decline, but it will take an awful of effort and investment to get forward momentum. 

i guess any money spent now is to a large extent dead money if/when we decide to redevelop or move.

 It's a fair point...can't see anything happening on that front for many a day.

  Economic recession.

True, the investment may be a bit hard to come by I suppose. Look at Rovers.

 Look at the New Swindon Company...tasked with a town centre regeneration, so far seems to have produced some notable holes in the ground....and a hideous shed at Hawksworth.

The netting has been striped red for over 4 years now - they are the nets and stansions that I bought in exchange for a VIP day on my 40th - they are being replaced this year with plain white ones...

The pitch stood up to the first game better than last year and if you think it looked good against Southampton Portsmouth wait til Cardiff - we're treating the grass for disease at the moment that makes the leaves yellow (although I have to admit from a distance it doesn't really notice) and then feeding with more fertilizer.  It should be the best it's looked in years and to be honest we actually have a budget this year to keep feeding and treating it which means it should stay healthier through the winter -thank you F&Co...

Southampton???  Pompey fans will love you fella!!

 :-[ Duly corrected :-[

Can't wait to see your handy work on the 9th mate, you still feel the positive vibes going on at the club?

I love the horticultural updates - nice forks lads.
Do you think we'll get a mole attack? Little bastards with their cute twitchy noses and spade-like front paws; denizens of the deep and scourge of all lawn masters.

Talking of tidy ups, what did you think of the new look program then.

I thought it was aright myself. Plus it has the added advantage of the non-standard size screwing up programme collectors. They are bound to have ring binder, or wallets or something. mwhahahaha.

I also look after the cricket pitch at the back of my house in Compton Bassett and had a spate of Moles about a month ago - unfortunately for them I worked out there pattern and duly dispatched all of them with my Beretta in the space of about 3 days...  

It's quite difficult for moles to get in the CG without a ticket these days but the Beretta's on stand by if needed...

Handy tip...  Moles are easy to locate when they are working - the darkest mound is generally the freshest and the one where they are pushing soil - be patient and watch it for about 10 minutes and when the soil starts to move shoot the mound on the bottom edge of the pile  :bye:

You live in Compton Bassett? I never knew that!!

Very positive, investments are being spent wisely, although we are looking for sponsors to supply wet weather clothing and other items to see us through the season.

The grass is definately greener on the F&Co side of the fence  :D

Hell yeah! Been there 6 years this year - I'm almost classed as a legal immigrant now!  Mind you the house and dogs are in a bit of a mess!

bomb site! (http://gallery.me.com/paul.rossiter/100018)

Thats funny cause I thought I had seen you in my (I say My its not actually mine) sports centre before???

I quite liked it striped Red and white (shows how much notice I've taken over the years) as it is obviously blends in with the rest of the ground

There you go although you're more likely to see me down the White Horse (http://www.comptonbassett.com/whitehorse) gym drinking Hoegaarden!!

Very interesting!

Fact of the day: Moles do not exist in Ireland.

Oi don't belieeeeeve it.

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc210/thereverend_22/1ated.jpg

  That's a corking fact...if only the IRA had realised they could saved on a lot of kneecapping.

Nor do snakes. Is that beacuse moles eat snakes, or is it because the snakes ate all the moles & then died due to lack of food ?

I think St George killed them all.

The club badge on the side of the Arkells Stand is a nice touch

even tho it could have done with being twice the size! :P

never mind, there are other ways to satisfy her.

i thought that when i saw it the other day

teach me, oh master! take me as your padowan! :P

:moon:

that doesn't look much like victor meldrew to me.

the hornichloridians in your blood are too low. pointless.

From the 'Mainland' episode. Dougal's ace.  :D
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uJvkofdmqh0 (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uJvkofdmqh0)

Dougal is indeed ace.

But so is father Jack in equal amounts:

Mrs Coggins: What would you say to a cup father
Father Jack: Feck off cup.

Ace

Mrs Doyle, get it right. ;)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zg-10vF5Xhs&feature=related

"That would be an Ecuminical matter"

Where did I get Mrs. Coggins from?

 Postman Pat ?  Although not quite right.

Yes, the entire PA system hasnt been right for sometime, but as pointed out in an earlier post, the arkells stand PA was replaced last week, and the town end, and DR stand will also be replaced.

the whole system was shot, but least they are spending a bit of dosh on that finally!

btw, love the robinettes!

wahey!

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