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Post by bazza on Jan 10, 2019 15:49:34 GMT
Yes everything at the ground now not ideal but it is what it is pitch be like a beach soon but got to train somewhere
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Post by inthestand on Jan 10, 2019 17:30:25 GMT
We need the squad to be strong for the run-in. Last 10-12 games plus possible play-offs. So not time to hit the deva-chat meltdown button just yet Some interesting points about physio and conditioning. In terms of infrastructure invistment that should be a focus. Not just for the first team but for youth and development teams as well - teenage years are a crucial conditioning and physical development of his form and how he holds upphase for players. we needed to see him play over 8 or 9 games to make an assessment of his form and how he holds up...instead we ended up signing an injured player after just 2 games..who has record in carrying injury's isn't the best...
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Post by btb on Jan 10, 2019 17:45:02 GMT
We need the squad to be strong for the run-in. Last 10-12 games plus possible play-offs. So not time to hit the deva-chat meltdown button just yet Some interesting points about physio and conditioning. In terms of infrastructure invistment that should be a focus. Not just for the first team but for youth and development teams as well - teenage years are a crucial conditioning and physical development of his form and how he holds upphase for players. we needed to see him play over 8 or 9 games to make an assessment of his form and how he holds up...instead we ended up signing an injured player after just 2 games..who has record in carrying injury's isn't the best... That’s true, but said player is obviously head and shoulders above this division and would probably be comfortable in the league above. I’m basing that on what we have seen and his previous history. There’s obviously an injury problem. Hence why we’ve even been able to get him here. The big question is can we get him fit and manage that injury so his time out the team is minimal?
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Post by 54321 on Jan 10, 2019 18:43:53 GMT
Agree Tarvin never see any players stretching unless done in changing room? It beggars belief you should pull a hamstring in a warm up !!!!!!!!!!!!! Lots of research showing that stretching before exercise increases the risk of injury. Having read up on the matter about stretching pre exercise you are spot on
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Post by 1967blue Chester Lads on Jan 11, 2019 7:30:16 GMT
It looks like we will be without the services of Stopforth for a significant period as an operation is required. Asante has suffered a setback on his road to recovery and is at least four weeks away as his injury requires rest and rehabilitation according to the Chron. Really bad news this for our promotion prospects. Weve got players good enough to win this league we just need to get the best out of them and sort out the away games. Hopefully we've turned the corner with 3 points at United.
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Post by archwhopper on Jan 11, 2019 14:22:25 GMT
Yes everything at the ground now not ideal but it is what it is pitch be like a beach soon but got to train somewhere if i can get a couple of beers, we'll have a beach and free entertainment watching you with your pitchfork, sounds like i got my holiday sorted for this year, put my deckchair in your shed when i'm done wooooaaah
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Post by chesterblue80 on Jan 12, 2019 19:50:46 GMT
Stopforth is hoping to be back in March when he was talking to a mate of mine today
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Post by Hannibal on Jan 13, 2019 10:07:28 GMT
March ~~~ that's a long way off. If we don't improve on yesterday's performance our season will be over by then.
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Post by devadiva on Jan 15, 2019 8:43:37 GMT
Yes everything at the ground now not ideal but it is what it is pitch be like a beach soon but got to train somewhere We were discussing the state of the pitch on Saturday and how it wasn’t as good as usual. There were quite a few times when the ball bobbled unexpectedly. Given our style of play I hope the pitch recovers soon. I thought mbna let us use their facilities or has that ended now?
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Post by bazza on Jan 15, 2019 9:12:02 GMT
After training on thursday and only having the one day to put it back/mark it up ect best i could i thought it played ok . We not used mbna for a long time . Who would be a groundsman hey lol . Trouble is if you use the big heavy roller on it all the time it causes compaction in the pitch then any heavy rain nowhere for it to go . Only use that the odd time in desperation. I mean the pen spot at harry mac end been re-turfed 4 times as not having time to settle down between training and games. Just got to get through the season now and hopefully find somewhere to train next season and keep pitch as good as possible .
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Post by Forever Blue on Jan 15, 2019 10:24:48 GMT
Yes everything at the ground now not ideal but it is what it is pitch be like a beach soon but got to train somewhere We were discussing the state of the pitch on Saturday and how it wasn’t as good as usual. There were quite a few times when the ball bobbled unexpectedly. Given our style of play I hope the pitch recovers soon. I thought mbna let us use their facilities or has that ended now? I know for a fact when our pitch was originally laid it was done by the people that did Evertons ground at the time, I know a lot of thought and planning went into it by Morrison Shands. One of the big hurdles at the time was the foundations and the fact that the ground lies on an old river bed and the fact that underneath the pitch and the stadium it is all sand. Why do you think the car park is so bad ? that was because they ran out of money and the hardcore and tarmac had to be done on the budget they had left, so it was done on a minimal budget so it would never stand the test of time. You have to remember the ground sits on an old river bed so the costs of doing the ground were massive, you also have to remember at the time the uk was looking to secure the olympic games in the northwest and when that didn't happen investors pulled out. If everything went to plan our ground would have been a lot bigger but it was scaled down when the northwest never won the bid, now back to the pitch at the time they used special grass seeds that would inbed and bond to the sand and I hope they have done that with the new pitch or it will just rip up. Just to add they also used a lazer so the pitch was slopped so the water would run off it.
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Post by bazza on Jan 15, 2019 10:43:27 GMT
We have not had a new pitch that would cost a fortune we not got anywhere to train so not going to afford a new pitch are we .the drainage is great on there to much to explain on here what i was on about regarding rolling the pitch ect anyway roll on sat 3pm !
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Post by Ian H Block on Jan 15, 2019 11:08:28 GMT
I’m guessing it’s either down to cost and / or availability but the 3G pitch at Chester RUFC is pretty decent and is floodlit. Played touch rugby league on it the past couple of weeks and I really like it. Upton JFC use it before and after us so costs can’t be that expensive surely.
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Post by bazza on Jan 15, 2019 11:22:41 GMT
Both mate not much availabe at times needed and at the right price. We need our own training ground going forward but again all down to money i suppose.
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Post by Frank Owen’s Paintbrush on Jan 15, 2019 12:19:14 GMT
We were discussing the state of the pitch on Saturday and how it wasn’t as good as usual. There were quite a few times when the ball bobbled unexpectedly. Given our style of play I hope the pitch recovers soon. I thought mbna let us use their facilities or has that ended now? I know for a fact when our pitch was originally laid it was done by the people that did Evertons ground at the time, I know a lot of thought and planning went into it by Morrison Shands. One of the big hurdles at the time was the foundations and the fact that the ground lies on an old river bed and the fact that underneath the pitch and the stadium it is all sand. Why do you think the car park is so bad ? that was because they ran out of money and the hardcore and tarmac had to be done on the budget they had left, so it was done on a minimal budget so it would never stand the test of time. You have to remember the ground sits on an old river bed so the costs of doing the ground were massive, you also have to remember at the time the uk was looking to secure the olympic games in the northwest and when that didn't happen investors pulled out. If everything went to plan our ground would have been a lot bigger but it was scaled down when the northwest never won the bid, now back to the pitch at the time they used special grass seeds that would inbed and bond to the sand and I hope they have done that with the new pitch or it will just rip up. Just to add they also used a lazer so the pitch was slopped so the water would run off it. I recall a discussion between Alan Jackson and Neil Turner on BBC Radio Merseyside one day many years ago where Jackson had said our excellent home record can be attributed to the fact the stadium had been laid on a bed of natural crystals. Our home form over the last few years, this season not included, will go some way to confirming your story that the stadium’s foundations were, in fact, built on sand.
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Post by bazza on Jan 15, 2019 12:33:43 GMT
Home form last few years just down to poor players simple as that who could not care about the club told a few of them straight last season enough was enough for me seeing us go the way we were was tough to take at times . At least now these lads always give there all and that is some turn around in 12 months cant ask more than that good to see them giving it a good go even with all the injuries .up the seals !
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Post by thestanchion on Jan 15, 2019 14:25:19 GMT
Good work Bazza. Hope everyone can understand and appreciate the difficulties of your job and not conduct a forensic study of bobbles.
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Post by boughtonblue on Jan 15, 2019 17:30:50 GMT
The pitch looks fine Bazza, carry on the good work!
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Post by chesterblue80 on Jan 15, 2019 17:42:33 GMT
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Post by jb on Jan 15, 2019 18:09:34 GMT
Sent to Chester from heaven, Gary Stopforth you are my world!
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Post by Forever Blue on Jan 16, 2019 10:13:40 GMT
Home form last few years just down to poor players simple as that who could not care about the club told a few of them straight last season enough was enough for me seeing us go the way we were was tough to take at times . At least now these lads always give there all and that is some turn around in 12 months cant ask more than that good to see them giving it a good go even with all the injuries .up the seals ! Form is often down to the players but I worked on that ground and it is all sand underneath, the seeds were sourced and bought especially because they would grow long roots and lock in the sand. You should have seen the amount of work and deep foundations that went into making sure the flood lights never fall over, I remember walking around that site picking up shells like on the beach, Sealand road wasn't called Sealand road for nothing. It was amazing watching my new stadium being built and I had the pleasure looking at the original plans if Manchester had won its bid for the Olympic games, the rowing would have been done on the Dee and some events would have been held at the new stadium. Alas that is what could have been but when that bid failed the investors pulled out and it was scaled down and we have what we have.
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Post by loskasleftfoot on Jan 16, 2019 10:26:37 GMT
The MBNA facilities looked first class. As they are still a sponsor couldn't this be revisited?
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Post by archwhopper on Jan 18, 2019 15:56:52 GMT
After training on thursday and only having the one day to put it back/mark it up ect best i could i thought it played ok . We not used mbna for a long time . Who would be a groundsman hey lol . Trouble is if you use the big heavy roller on it all the time it causes compaction in the pitch then any heavy rain nowhere for it to go . Only use that the odd time in desperation. I mean the pen spot at harry mac end been re-turfed 4 times as not having time to settle down between training and games. Just got to get through the season now and hopefully find somewhere to train next season and keep pitch as good as possible . your like the pitch baz, getting through to the end of the season then you will be off to wrexham to join your uncle graham, heard they offering you more money
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Post by archwhopper on Jan 18, 2019 16:04:48 GMT
We have not had a new pitch that would cost a fortune we not got anywhere to train so not going to afford a new pitch are we .the drainage is great on there to much to explain on here what i was on about regarding rolling the pitch ect anyway roll on sat 3pm ! drainage didn't seem to be great last year when it drizzled and you and bignot got the hartlepool game called off as we had a load of injuries at the time, turns out a fat lot of good that did anyway apart from the lost revenue another 200 monkey hangers would have brought
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Post by happyclapper52 on Jan 18, 2019 16:21:42 GMT
After training on thursday and only having the one day to put it back/mark it up ect best i could i thought it played ok . We not used mbna for a long time . Who would be a groundsman hey lol . Trouble is if you use the big heavy roller on it all the time it causes compaction in the pitch then any heavy rain nowhere for it to go . Only use that the odd time in desperation. I mean the pen spot at harry mac end been re-turfed 4 times as not having time to settle down between training and games. Just got to get through the season now and hopefully find somewhere to train next season and keep pitch as good as possible . your like the pitch baz, getting through to the end of the season then you will be off to wrexham to join your uncle graham, heard they offering you more money Archwhopper says it all. Archtosser 😁
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Post by archwhopper on Jan 18, 2019 17:50:49 GMT
your like the pitch baz, getting through to the end of the season then you will be off to wrexham to join your uncle graham, heard they offering you more money Archwhopper says it all. Archtosser 😁 you started early today fair play to you, now finish your soup if you can stop slobbering into it
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Post by Hannibal on Jan 29, 2019 9:33:59 GMT
Has Stopforth had his operation yet? The sooner he has it, the sooner he’ll be back. Good question ~~~ ask Oaks Blue he knows everything.
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Post by lincolnexile on Jan 29, 2019 10:06:01 GMT
Has Stopforth had his operation yet? The sooner he has it, the sooner he’ll be back. He was hoping to get the PFA to contribute towards the operation and he was hoping to be involved before the end of the season. But this was reported a while back, I would have thought that the signing of McAllister as maybe a stop gap would indicate that a return to action isn’t imminent. Just reading between the lines.
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Post by Lobster on Jan 29, 2019 11:11:06 GMT
From what I’ve read on here, I understand we have to wait for NHS availability for any operations, and we all know the stress they’re under. So basically, the Tories are f**king up our team.
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Post by rcb on Jan 29, 2019 11:19:35 GMT
From what I’ve read on here, I understand we have to wait for NHS availability for any operations, and we all know the stress they’re under. So basically, the Tories are f**king up our team. So the 13 years of the last labour government was a great era for the NHS was it? As I recall it they only chased mythical weapons of mass destruction, creating needless military casualties for the NHS to deal with. Unless, of course, you mean that the entire board at Chester have been Tories for the past four years.
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