Too many times conditions affect games at the Brit

[Pugsley]

Howling gale made it a game of two halves.  Pitch was very poor as well.

Plus I froze my balls off despite being layered up enough for an Everest expedition.

[Deleted]

Was watching in a bar in Thailand and I felt cold....Gooooarrrrrnnnn Stoke..

[greystokie]

It really is a poor location for a ground in so many ways. Filling the corners in might, at least, minimise the effects of the wind.

[capto]

nah, we know what to expect; they dunner; we need any advantage to help us stay in the prem; also, we need to move the away fans away from the entrance- preferably without any cover and in a wind tunnel

[mywaydesolzan]

Jan 31, 2015 18:37:00 GMT capto said:

nah, we know what to expect; they dunner; we need any advantage to help us stay in the prem; also, we need to move the away fans away from the entrance- preferably without any cover and in a wind tunnel

It is not helping us anymore though is it. Apparent for the whole game today.

[mywaydesolzan]

Jan 31, 2015 18:37:00 GMT capto said:

nah, we know what to expect; they dunner; we need any advantage to help us stay in the prem; also, we need to move the away fans away from the entrance- preferably without any cover and in a wind tunnel

You know Pulis was sacked right?

[RAF]

I've never liked the Brit since the day it was built.
If it were up to me I'd bulldoze the fucker and build another stadium, preferably below 24000 ft

H

[wearestoke80]

I'm not complaining as sometimes this works in our favour

[Deleted]

Conditions definitely haven't been favourable to us in recent times (bar Begovic's wonder goal last season).

Quite surprised we have the 5th biggest pitch in the premier league!? - www.openplay.co.uk/blog/premiership-football-pitch-sizes-2014-to-2015/

[stokesaint1]

Never seen the pitch cut up like that before. Lumps coming up all over the shop. Seemed a right mess in corner to left of Boothen. What happened there? Did it really need watering before kick off?

[NG4POTTERS]

Jan 31, 2015 18:42:41 GMT RAF said:

I've never liked the Brit since the day it was built.
If it were up to me I'd bulldoze the fucker and build another stadium, preferably below 24000 ft

H

Absolutely mate! The only redeeming feature for me is the brick me and my old man have got in that wall of fame.

[Deleted]

we've got more than enough quality in the squad these days and we don't need to think about being helped by poor weather conditions.

frankly, the ground is absolute wank. done on the cheap and already looking past its sell by date. Its pretty shit that you can get a seat in row 8 and get soaked in the rain

Wish we could build a new one where the Victoria ground used to be.

[FullerMagic]

Can't we at least put some windbreaks in the south-east and north-west corners?

Never understood why that hasn't been done.

Mooted 6 years ago, but mothballed for cost reasons! (by a company with a near £100m turnover)

[stokiejoe]

Only our council would have given themselves permission to build it there. It's about the height of the incinerator chimney, without a potential windbreak for miles.

[stokiejoe]

Jan 31, 2015 21:08:50 GMT @bigtimepete said:

we've got more than enough quality in the squad these days and we don't need to think about being helped by poor weather conditions.

frankly, the ground is absolute wank. done on the cheap and already looking past its sell by date. Its pretty shit that you can get a seat in row 8 and get soaked in the rain

Wish we could build a new one where the Victoria ground used to be.

You and me both.

[maninasuitcase]

Jan 31, 2015 18:42:41 GMT RAF said:

I've never liked the Brit since the day it was built.
If it were up to me I'd bulldoze the fucker and build another stadium, preferably below 24000 ft

H

I know an ideal piece of land for it too

[maninasuitcase]

The quality of the pitch is atrocious though.

[Titan Uranus]

Jan 31, 2015 18:42:41 GMT RAF said:

I've never liked the Brit since the day it was built.
If it were up to me I'd bulldoze the fucker and build another stadium, preferably below 24000 ft

H

Thank christ somebody else feels the same.
Festival Park (off Forge lane) was the stand out location all though years ago.
The Brit seems to get colder and more difficult to get to /park/get away from.
Sorry...it's a shithole.

[luke45]

I absolutely love the weather at the Brit, the only thing missing today was some rain to go with the cold wind.

[stokie25]

Have any of you ever played Sunday league football? It's simply awful how the wintery conditions are affecting this sport. Something must be done!

[stokester1989]

with the bad weather of recent i dont think our pitch was all that bad.
yes were on high ground, yes were open to the elements ( sideways rain, strong winds ) but we still have a very very good record for our pitch and not having many games postponed for bad weather.

when is the last time a stoke home game has been cancelled for the weather?

[Titan Uranus]

Jan 31, 2015 21:48:01 GMT stokester1989 said:

with the bad weather of recent i dont think our pitch was all that bad.
yes were on high ground, yes were open to the elements ( sideways rain, strong winds ) but we still have a very very good record for our pitch and not having many games postponed for bad weather.

when is the last time a stoke home game has been cancelled for the weather?

Dont think the pitch is the moan here mate..it's the artic blast and shit location that get's on some peoples tits.
Did twenty years at the vic and dont think i was ever so cold/pissed off with logistics

[stokiejoeofalsager]

Jan 31, 2015 21:48:01 GMT stokester1989 said:

with the bad weather of recent i dont think our pitch was all that bad.
yes were on high ground, yes were open to the elements ( sideways rain, strong winds ) but we still have a very very good record for our pitch and not having many games postponed for bad weather.

when is the last time a stoke home game has been cancelled for the weather?

That game cancelled for the wind, wasn't it? Was it West Brom?

[daibando]

I can't believe how windy it is at your ground. I've googled to see why it's always so windy in Stoke but it doesn't say why. It's incredible really

[stokiejoe]

Jan 31, 2015 22:07:55 GMT daibando said:

I can't believe how windy it is at your ground. I've googled to see why it's always so windy in Stoke but it doesn't say why. It's incredible really

Have a look at height above sea level; there's a reason why a river like the Trent starts up here. We are towards the edge of the Penines but not quite as high up as the moorlands. The tv transmitter tower for the area is about a mile away.

[stokester1989]

Jan 31, 2015 22:03:17 GMT Titan Uranus said:

Jan 31, 2015 21:48:01 GMT stokester1989 said:

with the bad weather of recent i dont think our pitch was all that bad.
yes were on high ground, yes were open to the elements ( sideways rain, strong winds ) but we still have a very very good record for our pitch and not having many games postponed for bad weather.

when is the last time a stoke home game has been cancelled for the weather?

Dont think the pitch is the moan here mate..it's the artic blast and shit location that get's on some peoples tits.
Did twenty years at the vic and dont think i was ever so cold/pissed off with logistics

Well the first post stated that the pitch was poor mate,
The wind has always been seen as an advantage under the pulis era, pulis didnt want to get the corners filled in and wanted a narrow pitch as he thought it affected the oppositions fancy flow football.
Personally i would like to see the corners filled in as we often see a full house and the extra gate fees would pay the building costs off pretty fast.

it would make great financial sense in the long run.

if a corner created an extra 2000 or possibly more seats at an average of £30 a ticket the club would be making 60k a game per corner filled.

[stokester1989]

Jan 31, 2015 22:05:42 GMT stokiejoeofalsager said:

Jan 31, 2015 21:48:01 GMT stokester1989 said:

with the bad weather of recent i dont think our pitch was all that bad.
yes were on high ground, yes were open to the elements ( sideways rain, strong winds ) but we still have a very very good record for our pitch and not having many games postponed for bad weather.

when is the last time a stoke home game has been cancelled for the weather?

That game cancelled for the wind, wasn't it? Was it West Brom?

When was that? only game i remember getting cancelled for wind was every game for palacious.

[Deleted]

Jan 31, 2015 21:48:01 GMT stokester1989 said:

with the bad weather of recent i dont think our pitch was all that bad.
yes were on high ground, yes were open to the elements ( sideways rain, strong winds ) but we still have a very very good record for our pitch and not having many games postponed for bad weather.

when is the last time a stoke home game has been cancelled for the weather?

Must be the WBA game a few years ago when the wind was even stronger than normal.

[daibando]

Jan 31, 2015 22:13:38 GMT stokiejoe said:

Jan 31, 2015 22:07:55 GMT daibando said:

I can't believe how windy it is at your ground. I've googled to see why it's always so windy in Stoke but it doesn't say why. It's incredible really

Have a look at height above sea level; there's a reason why a river like the Trent starts up here. We are towards the edge of the Penines but not quite as high up as the moorlands. The tv transmitter tower for the area is about a mile away.

Ah Right...Cheers for that. I passed through once, by the bus station actually and got a glimpse of the stadium. It did seem well away into the distance, isolated and quite imposing to be honest. Seems a strange place to have built the stadium, especially with those open corners.

[swampySCFC]

Agree.....we haven't achieved anything at The Brit????