Yeah mate, Dave Whelan has manipulated the clouds above the ground so it rains there and nowhere else. It's a bit like the Gruesome Twosome on Wacky Races

You're joking, right? After 25 minutes on that pitch Rovers couldn't pass the ball - it was falling 4-5 yards short each time.

Yes I would welcome a fine for us if we asked the opposition to play on a pitch like that. It was an absolute disgrace.

You couldn't pass it before that either.

Just admit you lost to the better side like the majority of Rovers fans I know and stop making yourself look stupid.

You mean in the first 20 minutes when we were tearing Wigan apart? Yeah, not going to agree we lost to the better side.

Obviously you know some rather strange Rovers fans. Nobody I've spoken to thought the better side won.

He paid £50K last February to have the pitch relaid.

You don't need to admit it, it was plain to see to all neutrals.

Sometimes there is credit where credit it is due, Rover looked like they were flattered with a 1 goal different scoreline, seeing the stats, the reports and the feedback from both sets of fans it could and should have been a much more convincing scoreline for the Wigan team.

Just to be clear I am not pointing the finger at anyone here. I was just a little shocked to see the state of the pitch, that's all.

As others have said, the location of the stadium doesn't lend itself to great drainage.

There WAS a reason that the area was wasteland before and that was that no-one wanted to build there!

If you guys want to discuss football, then please use other forums...

Back on the important topic of the state of the pitch...Our first game being one of the biggest games of the season against the dragons. It doesn't look well for an open free flowing game.

Or all the other grounds aren't built on marsh land and didn't have a game on yesterday?

I'm sure if me and 22 of my mates had run around and dove/slid about on my lawn yesterday for 90 minutes in the pi$$ing down rain that my lawn would look something similar to the DW pitch. It had a sheet of water on top of it FFS.

The fact that the walkway at the back of the SS where the drainage is was flooded as well shows the problems we have.

Bolton's, Blackburn's and both Manchester team's pitches aren't built in MARSH green.

We'll the fact it's played in Feb when it will more than likely be pi$$ing it down would see to that anyway.

Just out of curiosity when the JJB Stadium was due for construction what other site's were considered for it's location?