MCG Surface Disaster - Strip the Grand Final?

[aCunningPlan]

The last two games at the MCG have seen sides slipping and sliding all over the joint. Honestly it is not up to scratch for an AFL standard ground as it stands. The product is poor and player safety is in question. Surely the MCG cannot host the grand final if the ground is in this sort of state.

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

The last two games at the MCG have seen sides slipping and sliding all over the joint. Honestly it is not up to scratch for an AFL standard ground as it stands. The product is poor and player safety is in question. Surely the MCG cannot host the grand final if the ground is in this sort of state.

By no means an excuse for the insipid performance from the Blues last night but I did notice the surface was absolutely awful. The patch out front of the interchange bench was like a slip and slide.

 

[YeoShuey]

By no means an excuse for the insipid performance from the Blues last night but I did notice the surface was absolutely awful. The patch out front of the interchange bench was like a slip and slide.

It's a good excuse though

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

It's a good excuse though

Gotta find something to use

 

[Jim Prideaux]

It’s very strange, it’s been hit and dry for the most part down here (I work a few blocks from the ground). There was a small storm the other day, but that doesn’t account for it

 

[STPer18]

An embarrassment the first two games. Better suited for the 100m freestyle than footy.

 

[hawkman]

Simple solution. Wear longer stops. Most of these players have been training in dry conditions in the day and not used to the ground being slippery at night

 

[Crankyhawk]

An embarrassment the first two games. Better suited for the 100m freestyle than footy.

Or speed skating

 

[Daka]

It seems it's been warmer & humid than usual for March which probably makes it more dewy than normal.
It will dry out more in the winter months and you should see less slipping over from players.

I am not entirely convinced about it though the better players seem to be keeping their feet.

 

[Madas]

Big chunks coming up with no roots ?
Looks like patches are freshly laid roll out almost ?

 

[Lockyer24]

The shitty new age boots don’t help.

 

[The 747]

Both teams play on the same surface.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Big chunks coming up with no roots ?
Looks like patches are freshly laid roll out almost ?

They did do a near-complete resurface of the ground just a few weeks back. The centre square obviously gets done every year when the drop-in cricket pitches get removed.
But its quite likely just the dew, if its been more humid than normal.

 

[Handsuper47]

The last two games at the MCG have seen sides slipping and sliding all over the joint. Honestly it is not up to scratch for an AFL standard ground as it stands. The product is poor and player safety is in question. Surely the MCG cannot host the grand final if the ground is in this sort of state.

lmao imagine talking about grand finals in march

 

[StillAtLarge]

Simple solution. Wear longer stops. Most of these players have been training in dry conditions in the day and not used to the ground being slippery at night

Long stops don't help with surface dew, the soil isn't moist enough underneath to get proper traction. It's the issue Docklands has had since forever

 

[DQ 4EVER]

Not the G, but I have just left GMHBA & their big screens only replay Cats goals, not the visitors' goals.
Poor form imo
Cats are in general a good group of fans, 2.

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[Pakenhamsaint]

Simple solution. Wear longer stops. Most of these players have been training in dry conditions in the day and not used to the ground being slippery at night

Can't do that these days. At least metal ones

 

[Andyy]

It's just evening dew, will clear up next month, definitely by March.

 

[Glassjaw]

Honestly; thread should be deleted. What a load of snot.

GF is scheduled there for like 3 more decades whether people like it or not.

 

[windyhill]

Essendon slipped all night. Hawks kept their feet. Nothing to see here.

 

[Clark G]

The last two games at the MCG have seen sides slipping and sliding all over the joint. Honestly it is not up to scratch for an AFL standard ground as it stands. The product is poor and player safety is in question. Surely the MCG cannot host the grand final if the ground is in this sort of state.

You realise the grand final is in September? If there is a problem with the surface, surely it gets fixed quickly.