The pitch

[Courtyard Bear 41,357]

48 minutes ago, GOAT said:

I was genuinely shiteing myself for more injuries the day. 

Makes us look like a local amateur league. 

[MattyBlue 17,220]

Said it in the Murphy thread but any team who’s player picks up a nasty injury due to an artificial pitch should be able to claim the players wages from somewhere until he is fit to train again, whether it’s the club that owns the pitch or the SPL for allowing it, either would no doubt be end up with insurance to cover it but the principle stands that the victim club should be entitled to compensation

[BlearyEyedBear 4,148]

9 minutes ago, .Williamson. said:

Is Hamilton's pitch the same?

Accies were supposed to be upgrading theirs, as it got voted the worst pitch in Scotland.

Dunno if they did though.

[don1972 491]

As said before it should be banned 

[BlueKnight87 17,476]

These pitches cause too many problems. 

They should get a rule in place that bans these pitches from all levels of the professional game. 

[Moody Blue Legend 62,160]

But they're good for the community.     Shambles of a league.   

 

[Drunk and disorderly. 14,741]

Football on the cheap. If you can't afford to fit and upkeep a grass pitch then why are you in the top tier of scottish football?

Players and fans alike hate artificial pitches but have to endure them. They potentially cause injuries and certainly detract from the game. It's amateurish and unprofessional.

[Drumloyal 15,185]

I can understand it for junior teams or lower league teams but any club in the top flight should be required to have a properly maintained grass pitch.

It's fucking ridiculous that 25% of teams in our top league have artificial pitches. 

[BlueboyG 5,326]

Said it a few years back, there should be no artificial pitches in professional football in any league, it's unpredictable and is unfair on teams who play on grass pitches as the ball reacts differently . In short, get them to fuck .

[Domthenbud 899]

1 hour ago, psb07158 said:

Fucking embarrassing that a football club in the Scottish Prem has a plastic pitch

That is the post of the day. Fucking disgrace and shows where we are in football.

[Printz Smeto Bear 12]

It’ll take a career ending injury for the powers that be to take notice on the state of these plastic pitches. 

[DariuszAdamczuk 548]

An absolute joke that these are allowed 

I play in a 7 a side league at Falkirk stadium and every time I’m on the pitch I think about how bizarre it is. Professional football teams playing on the same horrendous pitch I have a kick about with my mates on.

A top flight side shouldn’t need the relatively small income generated by one of these pitches, I get it down the divisions at teams like Stenhousemuir where every penny counts but not in the top flight 

[MattyBlue 17,220]

 

[tannerall 25,935]

3 hours ago, Siwel said:

Rodgers complained about it last season and blamed it for an injury to Boyata

Was Boyata wanting  a transfer at that time too, or was it genuine............

[BillySastard 238]

3 hours ago, Moody Blue Legend said:

But they're good for the community.    

Always questioned that? Aye, good for bringing up a generation of young footballers with fucked ACL's and ligaments.

 

 

 

 

[Ozblue 4,332]

7 hours ago, Sportingintegritymyarse said:

Gerrard says these pitches in general (never mind Kilmarnocks abysmal one) should be permitted in the top league.

Never mind the fact he's right, expect this opinion to be roundly criticised in the press in the days ahead.

I mean players have fucked their ligaments on grass this season too. There was ehm, there was, eh.. .........no one.

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Of course, players have fucked their ligaments playing on grass (I did) but there has always been an extenuating factor involved that was never caused by the actual pitch.; yet we have that fucking idiot Gordon Smith ( Yea! the one who used to play for us and later became our "Director of Football" and CEO of the SFA) spouting shite on the BBC....."I played when there were no astroturf pitches and there were a lot of injuries then as well. People got the same injuries - knee injuries, twisted ankles - and on any kind of surface, not just astroturf." So the cunt has no idea what playing on Astroturf feels like, yet acts like he's a fucking medical expert. It was also interesting to hear Stevie Smith, our ex-fullback, who has experience of playing on that pitch, say the Killie players detest playing on it, and in fact, it's even worse for them because they have to train on it every day.

The worrying thing for me is that the Killie pitch is regarded as the best plastic pitch in Scotland and we have to go there at least twice more and also go to Hamilton and Livingston, which according to reports are shockers.

[Thewhitesettler 2,712]

I think that all plastic pitches should be banned, as it gives the home team too much of an advantage, with them playing, and training on it all the time.

[Burnbank Derry 294]

9 hours ago, .Williamson. said:

Is Hamilton's pitch the same?

Hamilton laid a new pitch during the close season.

[Burnbank Derry 294]

9 hours ago, BlearyEyedBear said:

Accies were supposed to be upgrading theirs, as it got voted the worst pitch in Scotland.

Dunno if they did though.

Hamilton laid a new pitch during the close season.

[Laudrup1984 25,100]

 

[Courtyard Bear 41,357]

Noticed watching the highlights that Jamie had on what looked like firm ground boots on. 

I know I wont let my son play on 4g with his boots on because they catch on the pitch.