CBS issues (6 Viewers)

[pusbccfc]

New scoreboard in the North Standard looks good, shame it will likely be removed. If you've got seats at the back of that stand, I doubt you'll sit there in the first game.



Will be interesting to see if they get all the advertising boards, fencing, catering etc sorted in time.

 

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[Nick]

Ohh is it a permanent thing?

 

[chiefdave]

New scoreboard in the North Standard looks good, shame it will likely be removed. If you've got seats at the back of that stand, I doubt you'll sit there in the first game.



Will be interesting to see if they get all the advertising boards, fencing, catering etc sorted in time.

When they moved the score board from the corner wasn't there supposed to be two? I have a vague memory of that and poster on drunken drivel asking when the second one was going in.

Fingers crossed the pitch isn't totally destroyed before we even get to play a game

 

[Nick]

66 games? Jeez.

 

[Legia Sky Blue]

66 games? Jeez.

They only play 7 minutes each half

 

[AFCCOVENTRY]

When they moved the score board from the corner wasn't there supposed to be two? I have a vague memory of that and poster on drunken drivel asking when the second one was going in.

Fingers crossed the pitch isn't totally destroyed before we even get to play a game

Pitch doesn’t look great close up and it’s being cut up already. Not great.

 

[stay_up_skyblues]

You can cover our badge, but you’ll never cover our abbreviation…..

 

[Hiraeth]

They only play 7 minutes each half

Doesn't that work out as equivalent to about 11-12 normal games of Rugby in the week before the Rotherham game?

 

[pusbccfc]

There's a new camera angle on the BBC and the ground looks so much better.

 

[Johnnythespider]

How come this isn't being played in Brum, Villa park, St Andrews, The Hawthorns, Molineux ???

 

[CBS16]

There's a new camera angle on the BBC and the ground looks so much better.

Hopefully this is a permanent thing!

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

How come this isn't being played in Brum, Villa park, St Andrews, The Hawthorns, Molineux ???

Likely they refused being so close to the season. Perks of owning your own ground!

 

[robbiethemole]

more people there than for a Wasps game anyhow

 

[pusbccfc]

How come this isn't being played in Brum, Villa park, St Andrews, The Hawthorns, Molineux ???

Because no matter how much we hate it, The CBS is a rugby stadium too.

It's also the only multi-purpose stadium in the Midlands. Villa Park couldn't host the wrestling etc.

 

[lordy_87]

Birmingham 2022 plastered all over it

If that was the case why are events happening in cov, leamington, Warwick and London.

 

[CBS16]

Got to say, the stadium looks amazing there

 

[ajsccfc]

Birmingham 2022 plastered all over it

If that was the case why are events happening in cov, leamington, Warwick and London.

Standard for big games hosts, it's a base but a lot of stuff goes to surrounding areas or further afield

 

[chiefdave]

How come this isn't being played in Brum, Villa park, St Andrews, The Hawthorns, Molineux ???

It was originally Villa Park but they told them to do one as they were worried about the pitch recovering in time for the football season.

 

[Skyblue_CP]

The centre circle is already turning into a mud pit and we’re only 4 games in.

 

[Johnnythespider]

Because no matter how much we hate it, The CBS is a rugby stadium too.

It's also the only multi-purpose stadium in the Midlands. Villa Park couldn't host the wrestling etc.

I get that but there are plenty of venues that could

 

[Hobo]

I get that but there are plenty of venues that could

Wasps need the money - that is why

 

[chiefdave]

It's also the only multi-purpose stadium in the Midlands. Villa Park couldn't host the wrestling etc.

The wrestling was originally scheduled for the NEC, we've basically ended up with the shit nobody else wanted.

 

[chiefdave]

Wasps need the money - that is why

Fingers crossed its like the olympics and the amount of time the set and breakdown requires means they actually lose money.

 

[We'll_live_and_die]

Centre spot is looking a mess already. That’s that fucked for the rest of the season.

 

[Nick]

Any pics?

 

[We'll_live_and_die]

How many more days is there?

 

[Nick]

Interestingly, the guy who posted about the pitch has his bio as

Groundsman for Coventry City FC at the CBS Arena

Doesn't even mention Wasps.

NEWS: Marking Grounds Week 2022, we speak to apprentice groundsperson Pete Dawson

To mark Grounds Week 2022, we spoke to Apprentice Groundsperson Pete Dawson about his journey into the industry and his development so far.

www.ccfc.co.uk

How does it work if he's working on the pitch for the Commonwealth games?

 

[chiefdave]

Just seen this when the cricket finished. Pitch looks a mess already and its only day one. Is there a plan to have a drop in pitch once the tournament is over as this looks like it will be destroyed.

Or will this be another occasion where we've been told Wasps are spending money on state of the art pitch maintenance and we end up with a terrible pitch.

Also England are playing, and losing, at the moment and the place is empty.

 

[chiefdave]

Interestingly, the guy who posted about the pitch has his bio as



Doesn't even mention Wasps.

NEWS: Marking Grounds Week 2022, we speak to apprentice groundsperson Pete Dawson

To mark Grounds Week 2022, we spoke to Apprentice Groundsperson Pete Dawson about his journey into the industry and his development so far.

www.ccfc.co.uk

How does it work if he's working on the pitch for the Commonwealth games?

He'll have his work cut out for him, only day one and the pitch is being torn to shreds. Unless there's a replacement pitch ready to drop in as they have done in the past at Wembley after the NFL it could be worse than ever.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

The pitch is wrecked, the amount of people watching it could have been held at the memorial park.

 

[We'll_live_and_die]

Looks like there’s a hell of a lot more matches to go. No saving that by the time it’s finished

 

[Nick]

How many games are left?

 

[AOM]

Weren't they supposed to be relaying the pitch over the summer?
Maybe they should have left it until the World Cup break...

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Plenty

Here are all the rugby sevens dates for your diary at the Commonwealth Games

All the games will be held at Coventry Stadium

www.nationalworld.com

 

[Liquid Gold]

Hopefully it's in our rental agreement that we reduce what we pay them if the pitch isn't in an adequate state.

Don't mind a bit of bobbling for a while if it means those pricks lose even more cash