Quagmire Alert

[Desso]

With the Bears playing on Friday and a widespread frost forecast, the pitch might not be very good on Saturday. 

Plus, I hate those rugby lines showing on the pitch, it makes it look like a 1st or 2nd division stadium. Wish SL would build a separate stadium for the rugby and just use Ashton Gate for the important stuff.

[Mr X]

I didn't know Glenn Quagmire was a Bristol City fan!

Edited January 18, 2023 by Mr X

[E.J.Thribb]

3 minutes ago, Desso said:

 

Plus, I hate those rugby lines showing on the pitch, it makes it look like a 1st or 2nd division stadium. Wish SL would build a separate stadium for the rugby and just use Ashton Gate for the important stuff.

Hasn’t done Brentford any harm…

[Super]

8 minutes ago, Desso said:

With the Bears playing on Friday and a widespread frost forecast, the pitch might not be very good on Saturday. 

Plus, I hate those rugby lines showing on the pitch, it makes it look like a 1st or 2nd division stadium. Wish SL would build a separate stadium for the rugby and just use Ashton Gate for the important stuff.

Why on earth would he do that?

[BrizzleRed]

8 minutes ago, Desso said:

With the Bears playing on Friday and a widespread frost forecast, the pitch might not be very good on Saturday. 

Plus, I hate those rugby lines showing on the pitch, it makes it look like a 1st or 2nd division stadium. Wish SL would build a separate stadium for the rugby and just use Ashton Gate for the important stuff.

Think you’ll find frost makes the pitch hard, so more likely to cause a postponement than a quagmire.

As for the Bears, if Mr Lansdown finds £50m+ down his sofa that he wants to blow for no foreseeable financial gain, then you may get your wish! 

[Major Isewater]

Giggedy.

[BrizzleRed]

22 minutes ago, Desso said:

With the Bears playing on Friday and a widespread frost forecast, the pitch might not be very good on Saturday. 

Plus, I hate those rugby lines showing on the pitch, it makes it look like a 1st or 2nd division stadium. Wish SL would build a separate stadium for the rugby and just use Ashton Gate for the important stuff.

Ahh, I just remembered, you aren’t actually a clueless muppet, your our resident occasional pop-up wum, aren’t you

[Harry]

21 minutes ago, BrizzleRed said:

Think you’ll find frost makes the pitch hard, so more likely to cause a postponement than a quagmire.

I dunno. 
I reckon with a user name of Desso, he probs knows more about the pitch than anyone.

[Desso]

20 minutes ago, BrizzleRed said:

Ahh, I just remembered, you aren’t actually a clueless muppet, your our resident occasional pop-up wum, aren’t you

Damn, sussed.

[shelts]

33 minutes ago, BrizzleRed said:

Think you’ll find frost makes the pitch hard, so more likely to cause a postponement than a quagmire.

As for the Bears, if Mr Lansdown finds £50m+ down his sofa that he wants to blow for no foreseeable financial gain, then you may get your wish! 

I know of a nice site in Ashton Vale !!

[shahanshahan]

49 minutes ago, Mr X said:

I didn't know Glenn Quagmire was a Bristol City fan!

Best Family Guy contribution since they designed Red & Robyn...

[RiverRed]

Quagmire Alert - great band, though never quite the same after they changed guitarists.

[pongo88]

@Desso From your website:
 

A perfect pitch. Anytime. Anywhere.

[Phantom]

1 hour ago, Desso said:

With the Bears playing on Friday and a widespread frost forecast, the pitch might not be very good on Saturday. 

Plus, I hate those rugby lines showing on the pitch, it makes it look like a 1st or 2nd division stadium. Wish SL would build a separate stadium for the rugby and just use Ashton Gate for the important stuff.

On the basis it's not the first time we've had this weather and we've not had any problems before I'd leave the worrying down to our ground staff 

[Lanterne Rouge]

17 minutes ago, RiverRed said:

Quagmire Alert - great band, though never quite the same after they changed guitarists.

I think I saw them supporting the Sisters Of Mercy back in about 1984.

[maxjak]

1 hour ago, Mr X said:

I didn't know Glenn Quagmire was a Bristol City fan!

Giggety...... Giggety?

[maxjak]

5 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

I think I saw them supporting the Sisters Of Mercy back in about 1984.

Wow!...........That IS impressive!

[BrizzleRed]

33 minutes ago, Desso said:

Damn, sussed.

Hey decent try though Desso, but you’ve had a couple crackers in fhe past, so set the bar pretty high!

[Open End Numb Legs]

What is the life span of a Desso pitch with both sports played on it?

It has been down a few years now, will it need re laying at some point?

[Bristol Rob]

37 minutes ago, RiverRed said:

Quagmire Alert - great band, though never quite the same after they changed guitarists.

That was Quadmire Alert, and their new song, 'Might be hard and it might be muddy'... 

 

[steveybadger]

1 hour ago, Desso said:

With the Bears playing on Friday and a widespread frost forecast, the pitch might not be very good on Saturday. 

Plus, I hate those rugby lines showing on the pitch, it makes it look like a 1st or 2nd division stadium. Wish SL would build a separate stadium for the rugby and just use Ashton Gate for the important stuff.

This Gloucester Rugby fan wholeheartedly agrees

[Gert Mare]

Can’t be anywhere near as bad as ‘Membley’…… The gift  

[Ashtonboy]

1 hour ago, RiverRed said:

Quagmire Alert - great band, though never quite the same after they changed guitarists.

Didn't he join Mud.

[Phantom]

If ever there was a thread that epitomises everything about OTIB this is it

[Lrrr]

36 minutes ago, phantom said:

If ever there was a thread that epitomises everything about OTIB this is it

If there were ever a plaice....

[cidered abroad]

2 hours ago, phantom said:

If ever there was a thread that epitomises everything about OTIB this is it

We've had this pitch for five or six years and not one instance of a bad or damaged pitch.

The grass is renewed by re-seeding every summer. It is kept growing during the winter low temperatures by the undersoil heating and the special lighting that the groundstaff wheel onto the pitch as and when required.

The opener of this thread either has not a clue about the pitch or just wants to stir things up. Sad!

[James54De]

3 hours ago, Open End Numb Legs said:

What is the life span of a Desso pitch with both sports played on it?

It has been down a few years now, will it need re laying at some point?

7 years I think was said, when it was put in.

[myol'man]

I thought this thread was going to be be warning to the hoolies wanting a ruck in the park, gurt muddy over the Natch wall mind.

[Desso]

5 hours ago, BrizzleRed said:

Think you’ll find frost makes the pitch hard, so more likely to cause a postponement than a quagmire.

As for the Bears, if Mr Lansdown finds £50m+ down his sofa that he wants to blow for no foreseeable financial gain, then you may get your wish! 

Think you'll find that frost melts. All basic stuff really.

[BrizzleRed]

12 minutes ago, Desso said:

Think you'll find that frost melts. All basic stuff really.

I believe you’re right!  

[Curr Avon]

4 hours ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

I think I saw them supporting the Sisters Of Mercy back in about 1984.

The Sisters Of Mersey. Liverpool-based combo?

[W-S-M Seagull]

34 minutes ago, Desso said:

Think you'll find that frost melts. All basic stuff really.

How does frost occur when the under soil heating is on and they have the grow lamps on? 

[Lanterne Rouge]

8 minutes ago, Curr Avon said:

The Sisters Of Mersey. Liverpool-based combo?

Yes, a they`re scouse tribute band.........................................

[Son of Fred]

4 hours ago, Open End Numb Legs said:

will it need re laying at some point?

Your right -

It has been a while.

[pongo88]

4 hours ago, phantom said:

If ever there was a thread that epitomises everything about OTIB this is it

I raise you Unan 

[Tully Bascomb]

Desk might be a member of the ground staff, who knows

Desso *

[Clevedon Red]

1 hour ago, Tully Bascomb said:

Desk might be a member of the ground staff, who knows

Desso *

Or he could be a turf accountant.

[The turtle]

8 hours ago, Basil Fawlty said:

Hasn’t done Brentford any harm…

They (the club) are seriously annoyed about the state of the pitch Though 

[The Bard]

4 minutes ago, The turtle said:

They (the club) are seriously annoyed about the state of the pitch Though 

I watched London Irish vs Bristol last week. The pitch looked fine 

[The turtle]

1 hour ago, The Bard said:

I watched London Irish vs Bristol last week. The pitch looked fine 

The very match that frustrated them. The club were said to be deeply unimpressed with the state of the pitch following that game. 

This came up because on sky they were saying how unusual it is to see such a poor pitch in the premier league, then went on to talk about how Brentford had stated they weren't happy either.

 

N.B. I've looked on the mighty Google and not a mention of it, so make of that what you will.

[The Swan and Cemetery]

Hopefully there’s an Edinburgh Fringe Perrier Award lined up for this thread of the decade. 

[Oh Louie louie]

I would have rather played Glenn quagmire than Glenn pennyfather

[SecretSam]

18 hours ago, Mr X said:

I didn't know Glenn Quagmire was a Bristol City fan!

Giggity

[Open End Numb Legs]

I am no expert but the floods across the west country and beyond in recent weeks tell their own story with pitch conditions.

Rugby definitely won't help a Desso pitch but in 'normal' winter weather the 2 sports should be possible together.

For the younger readers, take a look at footy shows from the 70s and 80s like the Big Match. It looks like they are playing on the mud flats of the Severn estuary.

[kmpowell]