Water Tankers required at Moorabbin!
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Water Tankers required at Moorabbin!
Fair Dinkum, the ground surface is a disgrace at the moment.....check out
the Demolition pics and grass is a very light shade of green.
Yes, yes, yes I know it's very farking hot in Melbourne and hasn't rained for a month, but hey Archie, have you ever heard of Water Tankers if you can't get a permit to water the training surface???
Surely the bloody Kingston council can let us water it a bit, consider the money the club has to fork out to smash down the stands???
Surely some money should be allocated in the budget to keep the grass green a Moorabbin.
.....now just remember the good old Moorabbin Mud days, and the "accidental sprinklers" that went on at midnight before a match?!
the Demolition pics and grass is a very light shade of green.
Yes, yes, yes I know it's very farking hot in Melbourne and hasn't rained for a month, but hey Archie, have you ever heard of Water Tankers if you can't get a permit to water the training surface???
Surely the bloody Kingston council can let us water it a bit, consider the money the club has to fork out to smash down the stands???
Surely some money should be allocated in the budget to keep the grass green a Moorabbin.
.....now just remember the good old Moorabbin Mud days, and the "accidental sprinklers" that went on at midnight before a match?!
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I saw it last night....i was there checking the progress of the demolition..
It's a green and yellow coloured surface but it seems to be in good nick..
I took my wife...she asked me how the place ended up such a dump..
I said it must have been built on the cheap....
It's a green and yellow coloured surface but it seems to be in good nick..
I took my wife...she asked me how the place ended up such a dump..
I said it must have been built on the cheap....
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The playing surface is one of the best you will get in Melbourne, The grass is a couch variety that has a pale colour, particularly at this time of the year.
Saintspremiers, before you come out with ridiculous statements like you have, ever heard of doing some research first!
Saintspremiers, before you come out with ridiculous statements like you have, ever heard of doing some research first!
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get a life mate.....I actually saw the surface, and to my eye the grass didn't look that flash.Go Sainters Go wrote:The playing surface is one of the best you will get in Melbourne, The grass is a couch variety that has a pale colour, particularly at this time of the year.
Saintspremiers, before you come out with ridiculous statements like you have, ever heard of doing some research first!
I am very sorry I didn't research that couch is meant to be pale in colour in Summer.
I'm sure you are right, and that the grass is totally different to the lush green grass of the MCG or TD at the moment.
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Wiith respect SP, your OP could be taken as read that you were judging the oval's condition from the colour in a photo...if youve seen it up close and personal, finesaintspremiers wrote:get a life mate.....I actually saw the surface, and to my eye the grass didn't look that flash.Go Sainters Go wrote:The playing surface is one of the best you will get in Melbourne, The grass is a couch variety that has a pale colour, particularly at this time of the year.
Saintspremiers, before you come out with ridiculous statements like you have, ever heard of doing some research first!
I am very sorry I didn't research that couch is meant to be pale in colour in Summer.
I'm sure you are right, and that the grass is totally different to the lush green grass of the MCG or TD at the moment.
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By the time Intra-Club rolls around we will have had 10-11 days running of 30+ temperatures, a few of those 40+...and a month of no actual rainfall. Not sure what the limitations on watering the ground is, but will be interesting to take a look at it then.
I have 2 ovals close to my house. Glen Eira Council can water 25% of their grounds, so one is watered and one isnt. The watered one is OK without being lush (I think they use most of the water on the turf wicket), the unwatered one (which has matting wickets) is close to a a dustbowl.
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There's only one Tool on this thread, goes by the monicker "saintspremiers"saintspremiers wrote:get a life mate.....I actually saw the surface, and to my eye the grass didn't look that flash.Go Sainters Go wrote:The playing surface is one of the best you will get in Melbourne, The grass is a couch variety that has a pale colour, particularly at this time of the year.
Saintspremiers, before you come out with ridiculous statements like you have, ever heard of doing some research first!
I am very sorry I didn't research that couch is meant to be pale in colour in Summer.
I'm sure you are right, and that the grass is totally different to the lush green grass of the MCG or TD at the moment.
Tool.
I walked on the hallowed turf today. It is in magnificent condition, much better than any time we actually played games on it for premiership points.
It may look brown, but it's far from dead. Would you like me to refer you to a good optometrist?
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No thanks Berhard.Bernard Shakey wrote:There's only one Tool on this thread, goes by the monicker "saintspremiers"saintspremiers wrote:get a life mate.....I actually saw the surface, and to my eye the grass didn't look that flash.Go Sainters Go wrote:The playing surface is one of the best you will get in Melbourne, The grass is a couch variety that has a pale colour, particularly at this time of the year.
Saintspremiers, before you come out with ridiculous statements like you have, ever heard of doing some research first!
I am very sorry I didn't research that couch is meant to be pale in colour in Summer.
I'm sure you are right, and that the grass is totally different to the lush green grass of the MCG or TD at the moment.
Tool.
I walked on the hallowed turf today. It is in magnificent condition, much better than any time we actually played games on it for premiership points.
It may look brown, but it's far from dead. Would you like me to refer you to a good optometrist?
You say it looks brown - well, is that good enough for a training surface is all my point is.....if everyone is happy with that, then so be it I guess.
I'm glad you're happy with brownish grass.
And no I don't need my eyes checked thank you very much.
FYI when we played on it for premiership points was a few era's ago, and not worthy of a comparison IMO.
By the way, what bays are left at the moment??
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You obviously dont play golf because a lot of courses go brown in summer because of the type of grass but are still excellent to play on. Our ground is in excellent condition.saintspremiers wrote:No thanks Berhard.Bernard Shakey wrote:There's only one Tool on this thread, goes by the monicker "saintspremiers"saintspremiers wrote:get a life mate.....I actually saw the surface, and to my eye the grass didn't look that flash.Go Sainters Go wrote:The playing surface is one of the best you will get in Melbourne, The grass is a couch variety that has a pale colour, particularly at this time of the year.
Saintspremiers, before you come out with ridiculous statements like you have, ever heard of doing some research first!
I am very sorry I didn't research that couch is meant to be pale in colour in Summer.
I'm sure you are right, and that the grass is totally different to the lush green grass of the MCG or TD at the moment.
Tool.
I walked on the hallowed turf today. It is in magnificent condition, much better than any time we actually played games on it for premiership points.
It may look brown, but it's far from dead. Would you like me to refer you to a good optometrist?
You say it looks brown - well, is that good enough for a training surface is all my point is.....if everyone is happy with that, then so be it I guess.
I'm glad you're happy with brownish grass.
And no I don't need my eyes checked thank you very much.
FYI when we played on it for premiership points was a few era's ago, and not worthy of a comparison IMO.
By the way, what bays are left at the moment??
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Thank you Steve Bracks and John Thwaites the legacy of your stupidity is killing sport facilities at all levels.
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Amen brother!ace wrote:Thank you Steve Bracks and John Thwaites the legacy of your stupidity is killing sport facilities at all levels.![]()
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I just picked up my Sydney-esk Saints Members 2009 scarf (it's very white, cap is OK though!), and saw the greenish brown surface.....good news it that's it's no worse than a fortnight ago, before the heatwave.
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A fortnight ago?saintspremiers wrote: I just picked up my Sydney-esk Saints Members 2009 scarf (it's very white, cap is OK though!), and saw the greenish brown surface.....good news it that's it's no worse than a fortnight ago, before the heatwave.
You posted a week ago in the middle of the heat wave.
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You would know, from experience?saintspremiers wrote:actually goes grey once smokedohwhenthesaints! wrote:Isn't grass brown?
Had a look at the ground this morning - like a carpet - you could not get a better playing surface.
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