Scottish Football Thread - 2022/23

[bennyboy]

Why is that surface and indeed other artificial surfaces still allowed? I seem to recall their recent fixture against Dundee United was postponed on account of a frozen pitch.

No idea why it is allowed up here.
Livi and Killie pitches are poor at best.

 

[Gabriel]

No idea why it is allowed up here.
Livi and Killie pitches are poor at best.

When managers confess that they are deliberately omitting players because of the potential risk of injury, then the authorities should take heed and demand that all surfaces be of a similar nature.

 

[bennyboy]

Did anybody watch the Celtic game.That ref.
Awards a penalty for no reason at all.Var changes the verdict.
Misses a clear handball and does not give a penalty.
Var helps him out again.
Terrible refereeing.

 

[ayrshire_blue]

Why is that surface and indeed other artificial surfaces still allowed? I seem to recall their recent fixture against Dundee United was postponed on account of a frozen pitch.

Not got an issue with the surfaces, infact I enjoy all the seethe they needlessly produce. What's the issue with them?

 

[ayrshire_blue]

When managers confess that they are deliberately omitting players because of the potential risk of injury, then the authorities should take heed and demand that all surfaces be of a similar nature.

Or managers should realise that there's no more or no less risk of injury than with a perfectly good state of the art grass pitch?

 

[Gabriel]

Or managers should realise that there's no more or no less risk of injury than with a perfectly good state of the art grass pitch?

Perhaps, but the fears seem to persist.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35593739/

 

[bennyboy]

Ross County drew 1/1 with Hibs.
Shocker of a game in the wind and rain.
McKirdy of hibs must be a bad a player as there has been in the spl.

 

[bennyboy]

Or managers should realise that there's no more or no less risk of injury than with a perfectly good state of the art grass pitch?

A good grass pitch is far better than any artificial pitch.That is a fact.
This artificial surfaces are getting better is a myth.

 

[ayrshire_blue]

A good grass pitch is far better than any artificial pitch.That is a fact.
This artificial surfaces are getting better is a myth.

It's not a myth though, they have literally improved. It's not stuff you kick a ball about on with your mates at the 5 a sides.

In an ideal world everyone would have a good grass pitch. In an ideal world everyone would be able to afford a good grass pitch. But they can't, we can't. Even the national stadium struggle to maintain a decent grass surface.

Tell you what is a fact though, a good grass pitch is just as likely to cause an injury as an artificial pitch.

 

[bennyboy]

It's not a myth though, they have literally improved. It's not stuff you kick a ball about on with your mates at the 5 a sides.

In an ideal world everyone would have a good grass pitch. In an ideal world everyone would be able to afford a good grass pitch. But they can't, we can't. Even the national stadium struggle to maintain a decent grass surface.

Tell you what is a fact though, a good grass pitch is just as likely to cause an injury as an artificial pitch.

Not talking about injuries.
No way a good grass pitch gives you the same awkward bounces throughout the game as an artificial pitch.
That Livi pitch was a disgrace for both teams on Sunday.