Aberdeen FC pitch is almost unplayable
Mark’s Pittodrie woe
Published: 04/03/2010
MARK McGhee blamed the poor state of the Pittodrie pitch for the low standard of entertainment in the Hearts game.
The Aberdeen FC boss claimed the damage caused by them having to leave the undersoil heating on during the recent spell of bad weather has made the surface almost impossible to play on.
McGhee said: “The Aberdeen FC players are a lot better than the pitch has allowed them to show.
“It’s been as frustrating for them as anyone else.”
“We’ve now asked them to play in a different way when we are at Pittodrie to see if that will help.
“Rather than give the ball away by making short passes that maybe bobble on the pitch they’ve been asked to play balls in behind the opposing back four for us to run on to.
“Unfortunately, when most teams come to Pittodrie they sit deeper, drop off and defend in numbers to stop us getting room to play those sort of passes.
“It’s meant our lads have then been forced to play the other way at times in an effort to draw teams out and that has been a big factor behind some of the performances being as bad as they have been.
“It’s been difficult for them to be as precise as they need to be with final passes because the ball often bobbles and bounces off in the wrong direction.”
