Living in the smoke and being at work last night had no choice but to listen to the Arsenal game on TalkSport, now as they usually do they flick to the other games across the country for score updates and something was said that wound me up.
They went to the Hull game and most of his 1 minute snippet was moaning about the dreadful pitch that both teams had to play on and he said this.
"The pitch is in dreadful state because of all the rugby games that are constantly played on it"

Forgive me if i'm wrong but our season only started three weeks ago, you've had one home game v Bradford, not sure on your preseason but again the arrogance and complete ignorance from the football lot YET AGAIN.

How is a ground that has had ONE competitive game the fault of rugby for ruining the pitch?

*I don't actually know how good or bad the state of your pitch actually is but it's bugger all to do with rugby.

3 games since September and it hasnt looked that bad iirc, will have a look on saturday

Its bare in places, right under the goal posts so we might have to avid scoring under the posts and drop outs as obviusly its us causing the wear and waring up in the centre circle and up and down the outside of the touchlines

The media do the same with Wigan, the thing is football churn up the pitch more than rugby, look at The Stoop, constant rugby yet always looks like a decent patch to play on, always strikes me as some sort of agenda against us.

well its not holdsworth churning it up with his kicking practice........

I believe Steve Bruce was winging about it last week .

City have played 3 home games in the past week. Hull FC havnt played at home in that time. I think City followers will find it very hard to blame rugby for the current state of the pitch.

<titmarsh> Grass grows in the summer and not the winter </titmarsh>

Why is this hard to understand? Since Xmas 3 games of Rugby and City have been on the pitch 8 times

Notised at begging of season both corners SW and NE where they put practise goals up in bad way.
Otherwise pitch was in good condition but playing 3 games in a week in this weather no favours.

The pitch is terrible at the moment and has been since the snow really.

It's almost completely bare and it's really really bobbly.

Not really anyone's fault apart from the weather, it's just one of those things.

if rugby did as much damage to the pitch as football pundits claim,do they think sir alex ferguson would allow the magic weekend to go ahead at old trafford,of course not.it`s the sliding tackles and stupid goal celebrations plus the weather that cause the damage.

Sorry for being pathetic but Magic Weekend is at the Etihad. Agree with what your saying though if rugby is that bad why do they let us play there + Old Trafford & Wembley, doesn't make sense.

Magic at OT? You mean the GF, i know what you're saying though a full round of games in 2 days at Wastelands.