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Winnable but again a few decisions for the manager.
Think formation will change slightly.
Carson to replace McCracken?.....that would be a tough ane for the younger goalie to take.
St mirren no mugs but maybe no quite rock solid at the back.
Away point in big league pretty much acceptable anywhere but 3 pts is so so precious.
No prediction except can't see a 0-0
Hard one that can go either way, hope we go for it, I felt we should have tried harder to win the match on Saturday, and I mean by bringing fresh legs for last 10 mins, heavy pitch so you’d think there back four would be feeling it, hope the Doc isn’t going to be to negative and hold on to a draw rather than go for a win
The Dundee players better get used to playing on a heavy Dens Park pitch as the drainage on the pitch is as bad as it was last season.Quote:
Originally Posted by jdfc
The water sits at one corner not the entire pitch. The pitch was wet on Saturday because it tipped it down before and during the game, any pitch would have been the same with water splashing all over in those conditions. I actually thought the pitch held up pretty well all things considered.Quote:
Originally Posted by islaydarkblue
That said, the drainage issue in the SE corner does need addressed by our dictator, it's not like it's a new thing - he's known about it for years and has done nothing. to address it
A friend of mine who knows what he's talking about said to me it's a fairly simple solution with attenuation tanks/crates.Quote:
Originally Posted by Deeranged
Agree the rain was horrendous on Saturday. The locations of the heaviest rain in the area was patchy and Dens unfortunately seemed to get by far the worst of it. Some water did lie on the pitch at least temporarily but overall it wasn't too bad apart from the one area, recovering as the game went on. It has been reported or at least hinted at that the South East corner has a drainage problem at the point where all of the Dens pitch drains into an out flow pipe which flows into the main town drainage going down under Dens Road. Is it not the case that the Dens Burn flows underground along more or less the same route? It has been said that the problem lies with the ancient local council main drain and that this has worsened in recent years causing us the problem. The way the poor groundsmen had to work to clear the water you would think that, if there was a solution in our hands, they would have had it attended to even taking into account the general dilapidation at Dens. I don't know if there is any evidence of this, only going on reporting/posting elsewhere, but it seems sort of plausible and despite the fact that, if this is the case, the club should be letting the fans know it is DFC after all and we don't do communication well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Deeranged
On Saturday you seen the groundsman try to dig a trench, this should already be in place, run it into the Derry, the first half a dozen steps are no man’s land
They don't want to spend a brass huppenny on the ground.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodbroon
That's the main problem
A few years back there was a drain collapse on Dens Road outside the ground and not the club's problem to fix. That can't be the case now though unless the council are as bad as John Nelms at spending money where it's needed.
I like JDFC's suggestion of a relief ditch going into The Derry, that's what your typical farmer would do if one of his fields was being flooded - however you can 100% guarantee that some muppet HSE inspector would find a way to sat it was 'unsafe'.
Take no suggestion ever from a man that checked oor baggage onto different flight than we were on......just consider it, then reject it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Deeranged