Sebastiano Nela Posted 8 February 2019 Report Share Posted 8 February 2019 7 minutes ago, WeighorstsWang said: Hard, dry pitches can be watered and softened up. Astro is relentless and unforgiving on your joints. Plus, it's bloody awful having to pick the pellets out your nose/hair/ears .. everywhere really! The new 3g/4g with the rubber beads is no less forgiving than turf IMO. Where it is risky is where players have to turn quickly or slide into tackles, the rubber beads are very grippy. I broke my ankle badly sliding in for a tackle on a 3g pitch in Gibraltar. My studs gripped on the rubber beads and momentum carried my leg forward 90deg sideways until my ankle gave way making a horrendous noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkBlueKnight Posted 8 February 2019 Report Share Posted 8 February 2019 17 hours ago, Parcbara said: Hemmings was a penalty box striker, Nelson is dangerous from outside the box as well. Did @weighorstswang not say Elton often tried to get in the box ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janny62 Posted 8 February 2019 Report Share Posted 8 February 2019 2 minutes ago, WeighorstsWang said: Hard, dry pitches can be watered and softened up. Astro is relentless and unforgiving on your joints. Plus, it's bloody awful having to pick the pellets out your nose/hair/ears .. everywhere really! The first asto pitches were not great as a lot of them had sand scattered over them which would rip your skin off...present day Astro is miles ahead of what was on offer years ago eg..taking a stud and the thickness of the pile and using the pellets to cushion the surface made a difference. As you probably gather that I'm a fan of the surface , I never had a problem with my joints (silky football was the order of the day in my playing days) ....only issue with the pellets was that they ended up over the carpet when you took your trainers off. Whilst I've done my best to defend AstroTurf I would say that there is no doubt grass is preferable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Sensible Posted 8 February 2019 Report Share Posted 8 February 2019 Bottom line is that if you are in the SPL then surely grass has to be mandatory. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeighorstsWang Posted 8 February 2019 Report Share Posted 8 February 2019 42 minutes ago, Sebastiano Nela said: The new 3g/4g with the rubber beads is no less forgiving than turf IMO. Where it is risky is where players have to turn quickly or slide into tackles, the rubber beads are very grippy. I broke my ankle badly sliding in for a tackle on a 3g pitch in Gibraltar. My studs gripped on the rubber beads and momentum carried my leg forward 90deg sideways until my ankle gave way making a horrendous noise. I've found getting boots designed for the 4g helps a lot. I used to just run about in HG boots and my feet and shins would ache for days after it but since getting the new ones it's not as bad. Still much prefer the grass but beggars can't be choosers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Sensible Posted 8 February 2019 Report Share Posted 8 February 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, Davidy233 said: Doubt he'd have been on the bench if he can't play on astr Hope so Need him v livi Edited 8 February 2019 by Mr Sensible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM1893 Posted 8 February 2019 Report Share Posted 8 February 2019 Full-Time professional football should not be played on Astro. I remember a short doc / news item at Hamilton and they said that the cause of injuries is jumping between grass and astro, and not as common if using astro exclusively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janny62 Posted 8 February 2019 Report Share Posted 8 February 2019 1 hour ago, SM1893 said: Full-Time professional football should not be played on Astro. I remember a short doc / news item at Hamilton and they said that the cause of injuries is jumping between grass and astro, and not as common if using astro exclusively. The news item was wrong.....there are more injuries caused on their pitch when Darian McKinnon sets foot on it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM1893 Posted 8 February 2019 Report Share Posted 8 February 2019 21 minutes ago, Janny62 said: The news item was wrong.....there are more injuries caused on their pitch when Darian McKinnon sets foot on it. Cant argue with that, man's an animal. Still struggling to get my head around his comments about our fans giving him pelters. He went out of his way to hurt Henvey. 'Man' being used in the loosest term. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janny62 Posted 8 February 2019 Report Share Posted 8 February 2019 1 minute ago, SM1893 said: Cant argue with that, man's an animal. Still struggling to get my head around his comments about our fans giving him pelters. He went out of his way to hurt Henvey. 'Man' being used in the loosest term. Apparently he had a memory lapse in the press room after the game as he forgot to tell the press how he got his injury.....the photo shows him going in on Henveys knee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dondeh Posted 8 February 2019 Report Share Posted 8 February 2019 3 hours ago, Mr Sensible said: Hope so Need him v livi Hope so too. But again raises the question why not starting for our most important game of the season to that point?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkblue Posted 8 February 2019 Report Share Posted 8 February 2019 On 07/02/2019 at 19:16, Wattie Rojas said: I like how he shoots on sight. Good pace and power too. Seeing his two goals on TV, what struck me is hw early he hits his shots on goal and with barely any back lift he's giving the keeper very little indication that the shot is coming, or where he's placing it. Seriously impressed so far, but credit too to Curran for his battering ram approach that basically created the second one. It's been a long time since we've actually had a strike partnership. It would be great of these two could set that right. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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