Arteta complaining about the pitch (again)

NewClaret · Post by **NewClaret** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 2:58 pm

First words out of his mouth

Grass looked quite short to me?!?

claretcarrot93 · Post by **claretcarrot93** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 3:03 pm

Pitch looked fair shite to be fair. Probably needs to blame Pepe though. 90 million and he kicks thin air

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 3:09 pm

I was surprised how threadbare the pitch looked from those magnificent aerial shots BT show..dosent the Turf look fantastic from overhead....i miss that place!

Tribesmen · Post by **Tribesmen** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 3:11 pm

Really when the cows left and we dug it again again it looked fine .........................

Petersa · Post by **Petersa** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 3:23 pm

Yes last year he said it was too dry.......something of a first.....a non Lancastrian complaining a pitch is too dry in East Lancs in Feb/March

CleggHall · Post by **CleggHall** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 3:24 pm

I’ve played cricket on far worse surfaces than Turf Moor!

Murger · Post by **Murger** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 3:26 pm

CleggHall wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 06, 2021 3:24 pm
I’ve played cricket on far worse surfaces than Turf Moor!

I've played football on far, far worse surfaces than the Turf. He's a whiny turd bag.

Peter Loo · Post by **Peter Loo** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 3:28 pm

Same for both sides no matter what the pitch was like, it is getting on for the end of the season as well.

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 3:35 pm

It was a horrible pitch, bobble central. But it's home advantage and the more he whinges the worse it will be next year.

Ravi Ashwin has asked if he can bowl on it.

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 3:38 pm

Pitch looked really poor but didn’t seem to play too badly in my opinion. Arteta’s just a really sore loser. That’s what happens when you are used to winning as a player and then end up managing a very mediocre side.

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 3:39 pm

Nematodes was on the Arsenal bench today.

Culmclaret · Post by **Culmclaret** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 3:39 pm

He is a t*sser. More on one striker than our entire squad and they are only 8 points ahead of us with three parts of the season gone.

Wokingclaret · Post by **Wokingclaret** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 3:42 pm

Worst I've seen the Dresso pitch this season

When it was originally installed, didn't they say that it has a 10 year life plan. Times up

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 3:42 pm

So when they draw at the turf the excuse is the pitch, what was the excuse when we won at the Emirates in December then.

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 3:43 pm

to be fair it's hard for international footballers worth hundreds of millions to play on an average pitch whilst fat dave has it perfected on a sunday after 15 pints the night before

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 3:46 pm

Our pitch has been poor for a while now but a lot of pitches are and much of that is down to the shortened close season preventing a lot of the work being done.

It doesn't help if you don't bother watering it though.

longhair · Post by **longhair** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 3:50 pm

Lancashire in March what would you expect

operator · Post by **operator** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 4:07 pm

We got in some Indian groundsman ?.

operator · Post by **operator** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 4:08 pm

We got in some Indian groundsman ?.

jojomk1 · Post by **jojomk1** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 4:12 pm

The comment was made several times by BT pundits regarding uneven and dry state

The pitch had not been watered before the match started or at half time

There were a lot of uneven bounces but we are just used to have difficulty in controlling the ball on any pitch so get on with it whereas they are clearly "pitch perfect"

Boom boom

Sarum · Post by **Sarum** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 4:13 pm

Last season he was complaining that the grass was a bit on the long side.

Unlike Bill Shankly he obviously hadn't heard about the Longside at Burnley.

Marney&Mee · Post by **Marney&Mee** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 4:31 pm

operator wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 06, 2021 4:08 pm
We got in some Indian groundsman ?.

2 Indian groundsmen ?

superdimitri · Post by **superdimitri** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 4:39 pm

Wenger MKII?
Or didn't he see it?

BenWickes · Post by **BenWickes** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 4:42 pm

Regards the mix up for Wood's goal.

Arteta: Xhaka, Xhaka, Xhaka can't'
Interviewer interrupts: 'I feel for you'

JohnMac · Post by **JohnMac** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 4:43 pm

It's our pitch and we'll have it how we want it!

expoultryboy · Post by **expoultryboy** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 4:50 pm

I hope the mysterons get him again

ClaretMat · Post by **ClaretMat** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 4:52 pm

Definitely some poor playing surfaces in the league at the minute.

huw.Y.WattfromWare · Post by **huw.Y.WattfromWare** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 4:52 pm

Still ticks me off that PL have standardised pitch sizes. It should be up to the home side to decide what dimensions suit them.
Complaining about the state of the pitch is pathetic, just an easy excuse for poor play.

Jakubs Tash · Post by **Jakubs Tash** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 5:22 pm

It looked like there had been a lot of games played on it recently - which there has!

Next home game is 10th April v Newcastle so plenty of time for some TLC.

Silkyskills1 · Post by **Silkyskills1** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 6:38 pm

He looks like someone who is used to getting his own way. Must come as a bit of a shock to him when he doesn't.

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 6:43 pm

CleggHall wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 06, 2021 3:24 pm
I’ve played cricket on far worse surfaces than Turf Moor!

I've played on worse snooker tables than the Turf

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 9:01 pm

So to sum up.
We should have got the pitch to how Arsenal wanted it.
Wood should have played the Corinthian spirit and caught the ball.
Pieters should have made amends for Arsenal not getting a penalty by catching the next ball into the box then walking off.

KRBFC · Post by **KRBFC** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 9:07 pm

Rileybobs wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 06, 2021 3:38 pm
Pitch looked really poor but didn’t seem to play too badly in my opinion. Arteta’s just a really sore loser. That’s what happens when you are used to winning as a player and then end up managing a very mediocre side.

Arteta used to winning as a player? I dunno about that one, he was a decent player, nowhere near the likes of Fabregas etc.
Arteta still learning in management, i'm not convinced by him at all though, very boring negative football, not like Wenger's free flowing open stuff and the results under Arteta have been horrific. At least that Emery fella got them 5th with a much worse squad than Arteta currently has.

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 9:13 pm

KRBFC wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 06, 2021 9:07 pm
Arteta used to winning as a player? I dunno about that one, he was a decent player, nowhere near the likes of Fabregas etc.
Arteta still learning in management, i'm not convinced by him at all though, very boring negative football, not like Wenger's free flowing open stuff and the results under Arteta have been horrific. At least that Emery fella got them 5th with a much worse squad than Arteta currently has.

I think he finished in the top 4 every season when he played for Arsenal, and won a couple of FA Cups, so I'd say he was fairly used to winning as a player. This Arsenal side is much poorer than the one that he played in and are nowhere near being one of the top sides in the PL.

KRBFC · Post by **KRBFC** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 9:22 pm

Rileybobs wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 06, 2021 9:13 pm
I think he finished in the top 4 every season when he played for Arsenal, and won a couple of FA Cups, so I'd say he was fairly used to winning as a player. This Arsenal side is much poorer than the one that he played in and are nowhere near being one of the top sides in the PL.

I think this squad he has is arguably better on paper than the Arsenal sides he played in.

GodIsADeeJay81 · Post by **GodIsADeeJay81** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 9:26 pm

Rileybobs wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 06, 2021 3:38 pm
Pitch looked really poor but didn’t seem to play too badly in my opinion. Arteta’s just a really sore loser. That’s what happens when you are used to winning as a player and then end up managing a very mediocre side.

Let's not forget its a big drop down going from assistant manager at a team top of the table, to arsenal.

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 9:28 pm

If SD had not had that pitch to his explicit requirements I would be amazed.

The pitch was as rough as we could get away with... we used to move the lines in and out too.... feck em

No one like us, anyway. UTC

JimmyRobbo · Post by **JimmyRobbo** » Sun Mar 07, 2021 10:14 am

I love getting under the big clubs skins.

The pitch didn't look very good to me but Arsenal have only themselves to blame. Will Arteta do that? Obviously not.

gc14 · Post by **gc14** » Sun Mar 07, 2021 3:06 pm

They dropped 2 points due to the poor surface, when we played on their 'perfect' surface they dropped 3 points !!
Think he needs a new book of excuses, he must be running low now ...

Jimmymaccer · Post by **Jimmymaccer** » Sun Mar 07, 2021 5:47 pm

Lacazette enjoyed rolling around on it tho......

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Sun Mar 07, 2021 5:52 pm

Jimmymaccer wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 07, 2021 5:47 pm
Lacazette enjoyed rolling around on it tho......

Was the roughness of the pitch the reason he squealed like a pig while rolling around on it....embarrassing from a so called Professional footballer.