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  • Glenn
    ROLLLLLL TIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • Mar 2003
    • 2443

    Telstra Stadium surface problems

    Questions have been raised about how safe the playing surface of Telstra Stadium is, going by reports from Ch 7 tonight.
    Hopefully not a season ending injury to anyone next weekend
    Premiers 09,18,33,05

    "You Irish Twit", Quote attributed to a RWO member who shall remain nameless.
  • Big Al
    Veterans List
    • Feb 2005
    • 7007

    #2
    From reports in the paper Manly were told not to warm up at one end of the ground because it was too dangerous.(the end where the rock pensioners played the week before). Better get it right for Saturday night.
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    • Glenn
      ROLLLLLL TIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!
      • Mar 2003
      • 2443

      #3
      From what was shown on the news, the surface looked very patchy and uneven
      Premiers 09,18,33,05

      "You Irish Twit", Quote attributed to a RWO member who shall remain nameless.

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      • cruiser
        What the frack!
        • Jul 2004
        • 6114

        #4
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        • stellation
          scott names the planets
          • Sep 2003
          • 9723

          #5
          Terrible. It is bad enough for us, but imagine the state it will be in on Sunday for the league players after we have chopped it up.
          I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
          We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his time

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          • Mike_B
            Peyow Peyow
            • Jan 2003
            • 6267

            #6
            I couldn't give a rats how it looks, but I just hope nobody sustains a bad injury because of it and also that it doesn't ruin the game as a spectacle because players can't keep their feet.

            I'm on the Chandwagon!!!

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            • Glenn
              ROLLLLLL TIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!
              • Mar 2003
              • 2443

              #7
              Originally posted by stellation
              Terrible. It is bad enough for us, but imagine the state it will be in on Sunday for the league players after we have chopped it up.
              I guess if it's any positive at least Sydney are playing on the Saturday and not the Sunday
              Premiers 09,18,33,05

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              • stellation
                scott names the planets
                • Sep 2003
                • 9723

                #8
                Originally posted by Glenn
                I guess if it's any positive at least Sydney are playing on the Saturday and not the Sunday
                That's right, I'd hate it if we were getting second use after it is already in poor condition to begin with.
                I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
                We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his time

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                • goswannie14
                  Leadership Group
                  • Sep 2005
                  • 11166

                  #9
                  Why, when you have 6 months when the stadium is not used, would you allow a rock concert at the ground, after the seasons of the two codes that use the ground have already started?

                  UNBELIEVABLE STUPIDITY!
                  Does God believe in Atheists?

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                  • Wardy
                    The old Boiler!
                    • Sep 2003
                    • 6676

                    #10
                    Originally posted by goswannie14
                    Why, when you have 6 months when the stadium is not used, would you allow a rock concert at the ground, after the seasons of the two codes that use the ground have already started?

                    UNBELIEVABLE STUPIDITY!
                    Telstra Stadium needs the money that is why they had the old farts concert there - despite the fact that in some areas the sound quality was total rubbish - they should have used the Superdome next door.

                    Sure as eggs a key player wil sustain an injury of some kind - you dont wish it on anyone (well maybe a player from the Bombers - oh yeah - he's already out for the season) Surely the ground staff at the stadium should be held accountable.
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                    • goswannie14
                      Leadership Group
                      • Sep 2005
                      • 11166

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Wardy
                      Telstra Stadium needs the money that is why they had the old farts concert there - despite the fact that in some areas the sound quality was total rubbish - they should have used the Superdome next door.

                      Sure as eggs a key player wil sustain an injury of some kind - you dont wish it on anyone (well maybe a player from the Bombers - oh yeah - he's already out for the season) Surely the ground staff at the stadium should be held accountable.
                      No, not the ground staff...the management!
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                      • cruiser
                        What the frack!
                        • Jul 2004
                        • 6114

                        #12
                        Originally posted by goswannie14
                        Why, when you have 6 months when the stadium is not used, would you allow a rock concert at the ground
                        $$$,$$$
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                        • Missy
                          On the Rookie List
                          • Mar 2006
                          • 445

                          #13
                          Read in the NEwcastle Herald this morning that it would be re-turfed before the game on Sat night with ready-to-play turf.

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                          • goswannie14
                            Leadership Group
                            • Sep 2005
                            • 11166

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Missy
                            Read in the NEwcastle Herald this morning that it would be re-turfed before the game on Sat night with ready-to-play turf.
                            But Geelong is talking about the game being moved back to the SCG. Stuff 'em, they (Geelong) would have to pay Telstra Stadium big bucks in compensation I would imagine.
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                            • JF_Bay22_SCG
                              expat Sydneysider
                              • Jan 2003
                              • 3978

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Mike_B
                              I couldn't give a rats how it looks, but I just hope nobody sustains a bad injury because of it and also that it doesn't ruin the game as a spectacle because players can't keep their feet.
                              It is weird that this sort of thing has hit the media at long last. In 1994 when we played Melbourne & I was out with the banner I couldn't believe how clumpy and uneven it all was.

                              Umm, helllooo Telstra Stadium, you get greedy and have 4 teams (plus the odd destructive concert etc etc) playing at the ground, then the surface can't cope with it all.

                              You brought the tenants in, YOU guys fix the problem!!! Turf can these days be re-laid for play at short notice. Don't be cheap, DO IT! Because if an AFL player turns his ankle & decides he wants to sue, it could get pretty nasty for you!

                              JF
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