Plastic pitch on Sunday

[Amac9 2,060]

Don't even risk any players who have had history of serious injuries. 

Hopefully don't lose another player to these fucking shite pitches.

[BlueCafu1872 479]

1 minute ago, Amac9 said:

Don't even risk any players who have had history of serious injuries. 

Hopefully don't lose another player to these fucking shite pitches.

Image of rossiter walking on that pitch and BOOOM 7 to 10 days away ..

[esquire8 42,237]

26 minutes ago, BlueCafu1872 said:

Image of rossiter walking on that pitch and BOOOM 7 to 10 days away ..

I'm sure he'll be that just thinking about a plastic pitch. 

[laudrupno1 3,932]

Get these plastic pitches tae fuck.

[G.E.C. 18,700]

Cant believe they’ve let Livi can play on that thing. Seen better surfaces at five a sides.

[giffnockger 4,840]

12 hours ago, BlueCafu1872 said:

Image of rossiter walking on that pitch and BOOOM 7 to 10 days away ..

That is about as funny as a kick in the baws wae steel toe boots!

[WATP-FOREVER 5,231]

There's a plastic pitch at the Hummel Training Centre. 

[hammer93 15,054]

2 minutes ago, WATP-FOREVER said:

There's a plastic pitch at the Hummel Training Centre. 

To be fair I don't have an issue with us doing some light training drills on a plastic pitch as it's nothing to strenuous like a full pelt match on 1

[WATP-FOREVER 5,231]

2 minutes ago, hammer93 said:

To be fair I don't have an issue with us doing some light training drills on a plastic pitch as it's nothing to strenuous like a full pelt match on 1

Don't think we play full pelt on ours, not everyone anyway - but it's there.

Murphy wasn't doing anything too strenuous and look at him - fuck knows why that happened. 

[hammer93 15,054]

1 minute ago, WATP-FOREVER said:

Don't think we play full pelt on ours, not everyone anyway - but it's there.

Murphy wasn't doing anything too strenuous and look at him - fuck knows why that happened. 

Murphy got a nudge from broadfoot just enough for him to change his direction and loose his footing....those parks need water because when they are dry the studs can catch easier than on grass this increases the risk of twists and sprains IMHO

[Courtyard Bear 41,357]

Shouldn’t be there but they are, we can’t pick a team on what might happen we have a league to win. 

[KingKirk 25,577]

They had a grass pitch last season. Strange that they'd change.

[FSM 20,892]

2 minutes ago, KingKirk said:

They had a grass pitch last season. Strange that they'd change.

Maintenance costs. Why else do you think that clubs switch to plastic pitches?

[CoatbridgeBear 7,113]

1 hour ago, hammer93 said:

Murphy got a nudge from broadfoot just enough for him to change his direction and loose his footing....those parks need water because when they are dry the studs can catch easier than on grass this increases the risk of twists and sprains IMHO

Hurt my ankle on these parks several times, it just catches the surface while your body goes a different direction. They are a shambles and should be absolutely nowhere near professional football.

[BlueKnight87 17,267]

Nothing we can do but prepare for it just now

But long-term these pitches need to be gone. SFA need to grow a set and make a rule that you must have a grass pitch to play in the top flight.

[Junior Soprano 22,428]

Meant to be worse than Killies.

[bordersbear 1,105]

3 minutes ago, BlueKnight87 said:

Nothing we can do but prepare for it just now

But long-term these pitches need to be gone. SFA need to grow a set and make a rule that you must have a grass pitch to play in the top flight.

This all day

[hammer93 15,054]

14 minutes ago, CoatbridgeBear said:

Hurt my ankle on these parks several times, it just catches the surface while your body goes a different direction. They are a shambles and should be absolutely nowhere near professional football.

I played on the 1st generation astro for close to 20yrs, it was close to playing on concrete with a worn carpet nailed on top....can't be a coincidence I have just had a hip replacement at 47

[TopCat 4,511]

I only hope our players come through unscathed this weekend. Those pitches shouldn't be allowed in the top division of any country.

[KingKirk 25,577]

1 hour ago, FSM said:

Maintenance costs. Why else do you think that clubs switch to plastic pitches?

Trying to gain a advantage???

[FSM 20,892]

1 minute ago, KingKirk said:

Trying to gain a advantage???

Costs a fortune to employ all those blokes who come on at half time to fork the pitch.

[billyixi 42]

not making an excuse for plastic pitches because they should not be allowed but they do exist within our league so we need to play on them. we should be using our plastic pitch at auchenhowie to train on it. these guys are professionals so surely they can practice and not put themselves at any risk. 

 

[Hadron Collider 30,742]

2 hours ago, hammer93 said:

Murphy got a nudge from broadfoot just enough for him to change his direction and loose his footing....those parks need water because when they are dry the studs can catch easier than on grass this increases the risk of twists and sprains IMHO

Feel sorry for Murphy, but it changed things a bit with the job Middleton is doing now. 

[esquire8 42,237]

They have no place at this level or 5-6 levels below us. Embarrassing that clubs have them to save pennies. My local team Arbroath don't have one yet have one of the best pitches in Scottish football all season round, and thats only with a part time groundsman with a couple of volunteers when needed. They incompetent bastards at the SFA should have them banned.

[Jack The Flipper 5,936]

1 hour ago, FSM said:

Maintenance costs. Why else do you think that clubs switch to plastic pitches?

Because they're cheap fucks, shouldn't be allowed in the top tier of any league. This should not be a way of saving money - like not having football strips and just having the players use bibs.

If you're in line for promotion and you have a plastic pitch, you either invest in a grass one to replace it or the next in line gets your promotion.