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Alan Hardy wants Meadow Lane pitch to be conducive to how Notts County want to play


Joe Jones

Alan Hardy has admitted that he wants the Meadow Lane pitch relaid to make it fit the way Notts County want to play next season.

The Notts owner announced earlier this year that the pitch is to undergo work in May.

"When we played Doncaster a few weeks back, I looked at the pitch and thought it was great," Hardy told the Nottingham Post.

"Ours isn't that conducive to the way we want to play, which is why we are having work carried out come the end of the season.

"It doesn't help that the sun never gets to the side of the pitch where the Derek Pavis Stand sits because the stand overshadows much of that surface in front of the dugouts.

"So we have looked at it and the last time there was work on the pitch was seven years ago.

"The plan is that we are going to take the top 18 inches off and complete the new pitch ready for next season.

"Personally, I love seeing players like Marc Bola, who are fast, skilful and young, driving down the pitch and moving the ball about at speed.

"That's the style of play the manager wants so I thought it was best to give them a surface they can really play on."

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