jsslatic Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Would we want it back? BBC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Would we want it back? BBC We played just as well on grass you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Who's knees are those?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego_Sideburns Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 It would makes economic sense for a poorly-supported Club like Latics. Those knees in the picture remind me of Neville Southall warming-up for ages and playing without a tracksuit bottom, at BP in the FA Cup for Everton. His knees were ripped to shreds, preventing him from getting down low enough to stop Roger Palmer prodding the ball through his legs - not a foul as mentioned in the following feature. Latics v Everton 1990 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFBunn Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Who's knees are those?! Roger Palmer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Og Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 (edited) Absolute no-brainer. If they are OK for Champions' League how can they not be ok for third and fourth division. The improvement between the QPR version and ours was enormous and since then the improvement in quality has been exponential. In anither generation we'll wonder why anyone ever played on grass Edited November 18, 2011 by Dave_Og Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosa Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Those knees in the picture remind me of Neville Southall warming-up for ages and playing without a tracksuit bottom, at BP in the FA Cup for Everton. His knees were ripped to shreds, preventing him from getting down low enough to stop Roger Palmer prodding the ball through his legs - not a foul as mentioned in the following feature. Latics v Everton 1990 Served the stubborn daft get right for playing in shorts. Widnes Vikings are playing on a plastic pitch next season. I'll be interested to see how that works out - their chief exec was on the news a while ago saying that 'it just feels like normal grass underfoot', presumably forgetting that scoring a try usually involves sliding face-first along the pitch. If it's safe for rugby league, though, it's hard to see how they can justify banning it in football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beag_teeets Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 I played on a plastic pitch for a few months a while back, I lost my balance tackling someone and had "THIS IS GOING TO REALLY HURT" going round my head, once I stopped moving I has very surprised to realise that I didn't have the carpet burns of old and was fine apart from being covered in little black bits of rubber stuff. There is still less give in the modern artificial surfaces than grass but it is still more than possible to play a decent game on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisbrogan Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 We most definitely should get one if allowed. Of course the initial outlay may sting but the additional revenue from hiring it out, the reduction in postponements and maintenance would be hugely beneficial to clubs such as ours. In fact, we should make sure we're at the front of the queue to get one in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slystallone Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 I can see the benfits outstripping the negatives.......i think the cost saving on the usual groundskeeping outlays, and of the higher chance of games not having to be postponed due to the weather conditions outweigh the lack of realistic feel on the surface. As others have mentioned, they're no longer the skin-tearing, sandpaper surfaces they were in the 80's......and if FIFA allow them to be used in other leagues & more to the point Internationals and Champions League games, then there cant be too much of an argument against their use in the English 3rd tier surely?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Ritchie Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 I play on the 3g stuff is okay. Couldn't imagine pro stuff being played on it. Would get too many little black rubber balls in their expensive boots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markoasis Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Played League on a 4G pitch this year!! No issues at all with it and I did a few diving tackles! The knees are Franky Bunns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcvitieman Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Who's knees are those?! can only be frankie bunns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stargazer Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 I played on the old pitch a few times. Once & only once I made a full back look silly , he then wiped me out. My kness then all bloody scabbed over. They burned for about 3 days & then exploded in a mass of green gunge .... I never ever allowed myself to be in a position where I couldn't control how I fell after that. Still recall the first game on the plastic. We were allowed 2 days grace , played on the Monday , against Barnsley won 2-0. The pitch was orange because of all the sand that was on it that not bedded down. No point having it back with the type of player we have had in the last decade. You need players who can pass to feet accurately & trap a ball. Obvious exceptions like Shez & Eyres who would have had no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosa Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Apparently our pitch in the 80s was "top of the range, rather like third generation pitches are now". Had to re-read that before realising he meant that it was top of the range for the time, not that it was actually similar to 3G pitches now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canada_latic Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Would we want it back? BBC Hell Yes!! It would make sense for the club in the long term. It worked very well for us first time round! Anything to help us get back to where we belong! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futchers briefs Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 The 3 and 4g pitches that are out there today are a million miles away from the 1st artificial pitches. They play much more consistently and as someone mentioned earlier, apart frmo the millions of black balls that end up in your salford docks - they're fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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