You can put a man on the moon but...

[leefer]

in 2008 someone cant invent a cover that can keep the rain of a pitch!I know clubs like Swindon cant afford drainage etc like Reading and with a possible move in the future investing big money for a drainage system would be a waste of cash,but surely there must be a way of protecting the pitch against the rain.

[Peter Venkman]

I thought this was going to say.....

We can put a man on the moon but cant put one on K D Lang!  

[ronnie21]

in 2008 someone cant invent a cover that can keep the rain of a pitch!I know clubs like Swindon cant afford drainage etc like Reading and with a possible move in the future investing big money for a drainage system would be a waste of cash,but surely there must be a way of protecting the pitch against the rain.

There are plenty of options available but they are costly!!  Remember the Brumbrella at Warwickshire cricket ground and I believe Brizzle Rovers hired something similar to cover their pitch on Wednesday.  Unfortunately, although it keeps the water off the pitch it still has to drain away!!

[STFC_Chris]

Barnet could do with some covers, they've had another game called off today. Rain is forecast over the weekend, so what happens if the pitch is still unplayable on Tuesday? Toss a coin, play tiddlywinks?

[adje]

I thought this was going to say.....

We can put a man on the moon but cant put one on K D Lang!  

[flammableBen]

Unfortunately, although it keeps the water off the pitch it still has to drain away!!

(resisting temptation to use the horrible good post thingy) Pretty much it I guess. You can cover the pitch but you can't magic the water away.

I'd imagine that if you left a cover on for a few days with the consistant rain we've had you'd be left with a puddly mass of plastic which would be difficult to take off and with the extra weight of the water you'd probably be damaging the pitch under anyway.

It's a complex problem it is.

Maybe they should set up some sort of super hot giant electric blanket which evaperates the rain as it lands.

[lebowski]

also, you can't leave a cover on for too long because it will kill off the grass.

[flammableBen]

also, lot's of money and some of the greatest scientists in the world were thrown at the moon landing problem. I'm not sure you'd get the same resources for keeping the County Ground Pitch dry.

[Bogus Dave]

just build a giant sponge

problem solved

[flammableBen]

But it'll suck up all the moisture out of the pitch and turn it into the sahara desert, so much so that they'll have cacti (sp?) on the pitch and they'll be poisonous and all the players will die! Apart from Zaboubio who'll be saved by his magic gloves of protection (+2)

[glos_robin]

Only solution I could think of would be a giant version of the the inflateable covers they use at Wimbledon for the tennis. Think a football pitch would be too big for this to be feasible however.

[STFC_Gazzza]

Only solution I could think of would be a giant version of the the inflateable covers they use at Wimbledon for the tennis. Think a football pitch would be too big for this to be feasible however.

Brizzle rovers did this dring the week!

[Bogus Dave]

But it'll suck up all the moisture out of the pitch and turn it into the sahara desert, so much so that they'll have cacti (sp?) on the pitch and they'll be poisonous and all the players will die! Apart from Zaboubio who'll be saved by his magic gloves of protection (+2)

doh, how could i have missed that, its so obvious

[Sussex]

just build a giant sponge

problem solved

You stood me up today so Ben had your pint. Stop playing hard to get.  

[Bogus Dave]

sorry, thought you were only joking.