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athlonecelt 
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 Topic: Why water the pitch in the Aviva?Posted: 27 Mar 2024 at 11:41am |
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Apart from the fact that it has been pissing rain since last August, why do they water the Aviva moments before the team come out and at half time ?
So Ireland can zip the ball around quicker than the opposition is it?
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Posted: 27 Mar 2024 at 11:44am |
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We should have got Bundee Aki in with the shovel and dug some holes.
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athlonecelt
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Posted: 27 Mar 2024 at 11:47am |
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If Norn Iron go to Casement we should move to Windsor.
  .Old style ground. Not dominated by the Premium section. Easy bang out an atmosphere. Aviva is like a plush airport terminal.
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Posted: 27 Mar 2024 at 11:52am |
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If The EIRE want results let the grass grow 4 inches high and have mud in all the action areas like a cow field.
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Posted: 27 Mar 2024 at 11:59am |
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We should also narrow the pitch dimensions - we play on the largest size possible.
Here's the UEFA guidelines: 100 to 105 m long, 64 to 68 m wide (109–115 yd × 70–74 yd). Bring in the sides and ends so that we can hoof that ball easier and opposition won't have as much space to get in behind us.
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Posted: 27 Mar 2024 at 12:04pm |
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Narrowing the pitch would also force us to play the passing game more often, which we all can see we're not currently capable of.
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Posted: 27 Mar 2024 at 12:09pm |
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Technically yes it is to aid ball movement but it also helps keep grass healthy before play not 100% sure but think it may also be a requirement in laws of game too
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Nice and narrow like Highbury. None of this put 'em under pressure business. We'll make a facking footballer out of Jayson Molumby yet.
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Godzilla
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John?
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Posted: 27 Mar 2024 at 1:37pm |
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I'd actually go further than this and suggest we should be looking to the narrow the dimensions of the pitch before England come in September
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"Sometimes, sh*t happens, someone's gotta deal with it, and who ya gonna call?"
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Maccatacca
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Surely if you narrow the pitch it’s easier to hoof the ball, and you have to do less chasing against the good technical teams.
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athlonecelt
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Posted: 27 Mar 2024 at 2:46pm |
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The amount of crunching tackles last night was less than 3 or 4. Coleman made a good one late on. Lifted the crowd. For the other 90 minutes we couldn't get near them.
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Best guess would be that the warm up stresses the pitch, and they water it before match, at HT and after the match after divets etc are fixed. Not sure if they have those UV things as well but maintaining a pitch of that quality would take constant maintenance
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They finally did it man... They killed my f**kin' car...
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I think he's suggesting you're John Nice in disguise or that your post is like something he'd have posted? Miss J. Nice's comments. Was one of the more insightful posters on here.
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Godzilla
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I was being sarcastic. I don't actually think that Jayson Molumby will become a technical marvel for us. |
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Posted: 27 Mar 2024 at 9:44pm |
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The pitch only gets watered on one side at half time, whatever side we are playing into in the 2nd half. Keep an eye out for this next time, its no coincidence. It's to make the surface that little bit 'zippier' for passes.
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Posted: 27 Mar 2024 at 9:47pm |
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Seems to be working a treat
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AKA pedantic kunt
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