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Post by tenacres on Sept 30, 2017 20:27:25 GMT
I think the problem stems from early July when the new pitch was relaid. Hard to comment on pitch logistics as its obviously a complex subject, but clearly we have made a few mistakes.
Very hard on all from Chester who wasted nearly a full day going to and from Eastleigh for no football.
It doesn't bode well that we are in September with many months ahead of us where the weather will be worse and the majority of football pitches will deteriorate. Ours need to improve! Hopefully the club will leave no stone unturned into finding the necessary solution(s).
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Post by baconroll on Oct 1, 2017 7:25:25 GMT
We all know this just should not happen. Questions need to be asked of the club not only by loyal supporters but also those who have now invested in the club. My questions r. 1 Who was the firm who laid pitch. 2 exact cost and terms of contract around any maintainance. 3 Have they been to view their work at point of first problem. 4 who is directly responsible for getting to sort out the pitch. 5 why has this not been done ie pitch not sorted. 6 A timeline of events. 7 who is letting down Stuart Donald at senior management level. 8 Has the building work effected the area given that two stands give that area shade. 9 What is going to be done in relation to the Chester fans that wasted a day and have all the right to slag us off. FREE ENTRY next Chester game. 10 Why do these problems keep happening there appears to be very poor communication again it appears that the management team are responsible for this. 11 A date when the work will be completed and a photographic record of the work so it can be proven that senior management are doing there job not hanging of SD coat tails. 12 We want to be seen as a progressive well thought of club with ambition. SD wants this,has he considered that the people he leaves in charge for day to day running are fit for purpose or is SD himself in his passion for Eastleigh created an environment where his management team (not to do with football team) do not feel they can manage without SD changing their decisions
I appreciate these can be seen as tough questions but from a cock up like this you have to learn or you do not progress. Something needs to be said because if not these problems will keep happening.
People have to look at themselves within the club and start to put a shift in and start dealing with these problems behind the scenes as they do directly affect the team.
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Post by nobadspitfire on Oct 1, 2017 7:40:09 GMT
The problem has nothing to do with the contractors who relaid the surface just before the PSFS. The damage was done much earlier in the summer.
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Post by baconroll on Oct 1, 2017 7:59:42 GMT
If that's is the case then what was nature of damage and why not sorted then. Again lack of information and poor management and that poses another difficult questions why was the pitch allowed to be laid if that problem was known about.
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Post by spitfiresteve on Oct 1, 2017 8:01:23 GMT
The problem has nothing to do with the contractors who relaid the surface just before the PSFS. The damage was done much earlier in the summer. Agree and also it seems odd that they have only just worked out it is a drainage infrastructure problem. Surely that should have been investigated sooner. Very interesting audio clips on the blog here eastleighfc.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/chester-game-postponed.html?m=1 . Surprised it was Hill not Jewell that called in the ref Friday.
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Post by glenfish on Oct 1, 2017 8:08:56 GMT
Chester should be awarded the game! Get the pitch situation sorted now, any missed games until it's sorted then points forfeited! The other clubs due to play us here can't be placed in a position of not knowing if the game's going to be payed because of small amount of rain! Then we move on, hopefully avoiding relegation! What the heck is going on with our club?
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Post by Bruce Forbes on Oct 1, 2017 8:11:58 GMT
Questions need to be asked of the club not only by loyal supporters but also those who have now invested in the club. Just because I've spent 250 quid on shares, I don't think it that I am different from any other supporter. i hope that we will not be hearing on here:- "but I'm a shareholder ". Let's just get behind the club, and Stewart, and move things on.
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Post by baconroll on Oct 1, 2017 8:25:14 GMT
I have always been behind the club but we cannot ignore that's these things keep happening and must be addressed. What's more disturbing was that our football manager was more on the ball than the man running the buisness for SD. The supporters and those who have also invested need to know how this was allowed to develop to the point that we should face sanction from FA and let down not only our own support but those who travelled a bloody long way. This can't be allowed to be swept under the carpet. Answers to difficult Q are required or we will be in this same situation in several weeks time.
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Post by bomber on Oct 1, 2017 10:12:41 GMT
Who advised SD that the awfully rutted and bumpy divoted pitch that we were playing on at the last game of the season would be acceptable to play on this season and carry on building stands that would be half occupied until decent progress on the pitch is made and more come through the turnstiles? Because l really can't get my head around it.
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Post by taylov on Oct 1, 2017 10:48:37 GMT
Whoever may or may not be responsible, a glance at this morning Non-League Paper makes depressing reading. The page 3 editorial is 90% given over to yesterday's debacle. Under the headline "Another day when fans are ignored", the NLP editor asks EFC to give consideration to giving "a form of reimbursement to the Chester faithful that made the trip.". Perhaps that might be a sensible first step towards minimizing what has turned out to be a major PR disaster for our club on the very day when we had a promotion to attract new fans.
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Post by hantslondoner on Oct 1, 2017 11:16:18 GMT
Agree. Apart from the pitch fiasco itself, a bad PR day for the club. The club communication said 'The club will make no further comment on this issue'. That needs to be changed PDQ. I seem to remember when the Lincoln postponement due to the hotel fire occurred, for example, we did what we could for their fans, and made the best of a bad job, even though it wasn't our fault. This time, when it clearly is our fault, the Chester fans seem to have been ignored (or did we do something for them yesterday that was as yet unreported?), they are rightly unhappy, and everyone will hear about it. Here's the local Chester newspaper's article on it - it seems that our communication and our matchday processes need to be reviewed too: www.chesterstandard.co.uk/latest/2017/09/30/gallery/chester-fc-late-eastleigh-postponement-totally-unacceptable-says-blues-chief-executive-96350/Many fora are already commenting on the fact that lots of money has been spent on facilities and players but not on basic things like the pitch. I'm sure the chairman spent what he felt was a sufficient amount to sort out all the pitch problems, but it appears that he's been let down - big time. One other thing: the ladies' match last Sunday was cancelled due to safety concerns about the pitch too. That seemed only to get a cursory mention but was clearly another warning sign.
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Post by bomber on Oct 1, 2017 11:55:13 GMT
Many fora are already commenting on the fact that lots of money has been spent on facilities and players but not on basic things like the pitch. I'm sure the chairman spent what he felt was a sufficient amount to sort out all the pitch problems, but it appears that he's been let down - big time. How has he been 'let down big time?'. His money, his call. Nobody advises the chairman we need new facilities and bigger stands whilst thinking the pitch, that even a goat offered the chance for a bit of free grazing would turn its nose up at would be ok this year if it got raked over and rolled! The buck stops with the man with the cheque book surely?
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Post by romseypete on Oct 1, 2017 12:00:27 GMT
Yesterday was a complete shambles, I went to the ground, (should of read Twitter) and was shocked the games was off, but did sort my garden out so that leaves next Saturday free. The time for blaming must stop and we need the leaders of the club time to sort this out, as this must never happen again, and if it does then people should be made accountable and possibly heads role. This is a steep learning curve but one that must be learnt fast.
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Post by hantslondoner on Oct 1, 2017 12:05:22 GMT
Bomber - in many companies, the people in charge aren't (and don't have the time to be) experts in every part of their business, so they pay money to people who do know about it.
And they trust the experts to do the job they are paid for. That's why we have 'directors of football' for example.
Whether our chairman has chosen wisely in the last year or two in that area has been debated widely on these boards. My question now is obviously whether he's chosen wisely in the area of pitch maintenance, too.
So in that respect I think you're right. He is responsible in the end, even if he has been let down by others. And I'd like to think we will hear from him shortly.
Not directly Eastleigh-related, but I would also question the practice of getting in a local ref to check a pitch the night before/early morning, only for the match ref to arrive later on and declare it unfit, even if there's been no rain in between. This seems to happen fairly often. Why? Are the local refs wrong? Do they have different standards for different leagues? Is it actually worth calling one in if the match ref doesn't respect their opinion?
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Post by tyreman on Oct 1, 2017 13:10:14 GMT
Questions need to be asked of the club not only by loyal supporters but also those who have now invested in the club. Just because I've spent 250 quid on shares, I don't think it that I am different from any other supporter. i hope that we will not be hearing on here:- "but I'm a shareholder ". Let's just get behind the club, and Stewart, and move things on. Have you received anything official yet, like a share certificate?
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