Bearsden bear 2,376 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Just read an article online there stating the SPFLs answer to the recent PFA survey re: plastic pitches. Wait for it......They are to introduce regular stringent checks on GRASS pitches??? Seems like the kinda policy that may force others down the plastic route to cut costs. Could be this has been planned for a while and the headline is linking the survey and these new inspections together. Anyway they are a joke outfit like mostly everything else up here atm. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GA1972 9,057 Posted February 18, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 18, 2019 Be as well just introducing ash pitches to the top flight at this rate all in the name of cutting costs, the ball travels better and the only injuries the players will pick up with be surface wounds Baffles me that a professional football team can afford to pay a squad full of players but can’t afford a grass pitch and a guy with a pitchfork and a sprinkler to maintain it Blue Avenger, Bigdave30, magic8ball and 2 others 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddiqi_drinker 14,635 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 5 minutes ago, GA1972 said: Be as well just introducing ash pitches to the top flight at this rate all in the name of cutting costs, the ball travels better and the only injuries the players will pick up with be surface wounds Baffles me that a professional football team can afford to pay a squad full of players but can’t afford a grass pitch and a guy with a pitchfork and a sprinkler to maintain it Red ash only, loved playing that stuff The Ibrox Derry, CoatbridgeBear and Negri's lovechild 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sRcFoCt 7,578 Posted February 18, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 18, 2019 Red ash in the winter with a mitre mould master can still feel the Marks on my legs .Williamson., Geo17, livibear101 and 6 others 9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Williamson. 81,470 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 1 minute ago, sRcFoCt said: Red ash in the winter with a mitre mould master can still feel the Marks on my legs Going in nets with no gloves magic8ball, sRcFoCt, Mr Soprano and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Lockin 3,900 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 11 minutes ago, sRcFoCt said: Red ash in the winter with a mitre mould master can still feel the Marks on my legs 😂😂 brought back some bad memories sRcFoCt 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negri's lovechild 13,593 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 40 minutes ago, siddiqi_drinker said: Red ash only, loved playing that stuff Ah showers were not fun after playing on red ash! Mesmer 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Ibrox Derry 8,820 Posted February 18, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 18, 2019 38 minutes ago, siddiqi_drinker said: Red ash only, loved playing that stuff Doing a slidey, ripping your buttock to shreds on the red ash, then said buttock sticking to the bedsheets the next morning like glue. Ah, those were the days. Geo17, plumbGER, bornabear and 9 others 12 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mitre_mouldmaster 21,509 Posted February 18, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 18, 2019 37 minutes ago, sRcFoCt said: Red ash in the winter with a mitre mould master can still feel the Marks on my legs Sorry bout that. HG5, LegendofCoop, Cedrick and 14 others 17 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddiqi_drinker 14,635 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 15 minutes ago, Negri's lovechild said: Ah showers were not fun after playing on red ash! scrubbing brush and Dettol to clean the wound Mr Soprano, Negri's lovechild and Courtyard Bear 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimjim1690 4,534 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 43 minutes ago, .Williamson. said: Going in nets with no gloves What are these nets you speak of ?? Gascoigne8, LochendBilly and Jamie0202 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
broomloanjamie 256 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 1 hour ago, GA1972 said: Be as well just introducing ash pitches to the top flight at this rate all in the name of cutting costs, the ball travels better and the only injuries the players will pick up with be surface wounds Baffles me that a professional football team can afford to pay a squad full of players but can’t afford a grass pitch and a guy with a pitchfork and a sprinkler to maintain it £10 charity shop lawn mower. £5 of petrol and a couple of reserves to take shots cutting the grass. Must cost more replacing rubber pellets and paying a team of guys to spread them. No idea how something that grows out the ground is more expensive to have than big hand made plastic carpet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Williamson. 81,470 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 5 minutes ago, slimjim1690 said: What are these nets you speak of ?? I call everything nets even if it's a couple of jackets on the ground slimjim1690 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sRcFoCt 7,578 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 44 minutes ago, mitre_mouldmaster said: Sorry bout that. 😂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornabear 6,186 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 52 minutes ago, siddiqi_drinker said: scrubbing brush and Dettol to clean the wound With a very loud - AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGGG. siddiqi_drinker 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannerall 25,935 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 I remember the days when we started off with perfect pitches for the first month or so of the season, then gradually became churned up wet mud as the rainy season came in after Autumn. Windy winter months brought occasional games played on snow, slush and frost, or thick misty conditions and fog, into the spring and a period of wet muddy pitches, followed by dried out hardened muddy pitches, and then rest of season played out on a covering of sand over the ruined turf. Lush turfed grass was a novelty for most of the season Rangers v Aberdeen in the fifties. "Who worries about snow and ice when they are playing a game of this calibre ?." Could be Rangers.....Hibs.........Dundee........who knows, but saw games played in much worse fog than this. Blumhoilann, HG5 and CoopsLaud 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIRB_72 3,928 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Something that is rarely mentioned is that the likes of Hamilton, Kilmarnock and Livingston aren't just gaining an advantage on the park with a plastic pitch but it's also a financial advantage over the likes of St. Mirren, Dundee and Motherwell. If say St. Mirren get relegated below Hamilton they could, in theory, make the argument that Hamilton's pitch gives them an advantage at home as well as having the ability to save some money and bring "better" players. Where's the sporting integrity now? Bearsden bear and Bears 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammer time 653 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 32 minutes ago, SIRB_72 said: Something that is rarely mentioned is that the likes of Hamilton, Kilmarnock and Livingston aren't just gaining an advantage on the park with a plastic pitch but it's also a financial advantage over the likes of St. Mirren, Dundee and Motherwell. If say St. Mirren get relegated below Hamilton they could, in theory, make the argument that Hamilton's pitch gives them an advantage at home as well as having the ability to save some money and bring "better" players. Where's the sporting integrity now? What’s this sporting integrity you speak of ?, Scottish football knows nothing of such things SIRB_72, Blumhoilann and Bears 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Algeran 30 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 7 hours ago, tannerall said: I remember the days when we started off with perfect pitches for the first month or so of the season, then gradually became churned up wet mud as the rainy season came in after Autumn. Windy winter months brought occasional games played on snow, slush and frost, or thick misty conditions and fog, into the spring and a period of wet muddy pitches, followed by dried out hardened muddy pitches, and then rest of season played out on a covering of sand over the ruined turf. Lush turfed grass was a novelty for most of the season Rangers v Aberdeen in the fifties. "Who worries about snow and ice when they are playing a game of this calibre ?." Could be Rangers.....Hibs.........Dundee........who knows, but saw games played in much worse fog than this. Do you perhaps mean ' attended ' tannerall 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumbGER 24,518 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 9 hours ago, .Williamson. said: Going in nets with no gloves My mum used to go mental at me for ruining cuffs of my jumpers by pulling them down over my hands to go in goal. Courtyard Bear and .Williamson. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courtyard Bear 41,357 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 10 hours ago, sRcFoCt said: Red ash in the winter with a mitre mould master can still feel the Marks on my legs Made us who we are. 😂 sRcFoCt and Blumhoilann 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courtyard Bear 41,357 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Will just take one player to sue the league after getting injured on one these pitches and they will disappear overnight. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courtyard Bear 41,357 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 23 minutes ago, plumbGER said: My mum used to go mental at me for ruining cuffs of my jumpers by pulling them down over my hands to go in goal. Mine used to go mental because a couple of months into the school year my right shoe was a mess and my left looked brand new. HG5 and ForeverAndEver 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambo1872 4,065 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 10 hours ago, siddiqi_drinker said: Red ash only, loved playing that stuff is red ash also referred to as blaze or blaise or whatever its fucking called. If so i remember picking the gravel from my lower arsecheeks and knees. Horrible stuff. Ball rolled fast though. siddiqi_drinker 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HG5 10,946 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 30 minutes ago, Courtyard Bear said: Mine used to go mental because a couple of months into the school year my right shoe was a mess and my left looked brand new. Was the left knee of my trousers in my case! went through one a term! tannerall and Courtyard Bear 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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