Manchester United are stuck with their deteriorating Old Trafford pitch until the end of the season after the club decided not to rip it up before the summer. Unitedâs playing surface has been in a mess since the wet Manchester weather before Christmas and now represents something of a rutted sandpit after being dried out by a period of frost and cold weather. Manager Sir Alex Ferguson was damning in his criticism of the pitch after his team struggled to beat Southampton 2-1 in the Barclays Premier League on Wednesday night but it is understood that the clubâs ground staff have advised there is no way it can be replaced mid-season. Ferguson said after the match: 'We found the pitch difficult to play on. Southampton won a lot of 50-50 balls as our players looked to take a touch. 'We watered the pitch before the game but once it dried out in the second half it became difficult. 'We couldnât play our normal game on it and its really becoming a problem for us.' With United looking to cement their position at the top of the Premier League in coming weeks and due to face Real Madrid at Old Trafford in the Champions League on March 5, Ferguson would certainly like his team to have a better surface to play on and it is not unknown for clubs to relay surfaces during a season. It seems, however, that United will have to make the best of things until the summer. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...g-Real-Madrid-play-mudbath.html#ixzz2KS0hStww =============================== i thought we gonna replace it at some points this season .. but seem now we are stuck with it till summer .. am gutted tbh it certainly making our games harder with players needing a touch more to play the ball hope that will not effect our PL or CL chances
It doesn't really matter what we play on, we are just superior to the rest of the dross we play against week in week out. 9 points clear with a game in hand a week into February, have we ever had it so easy
