I am surprised to learn that Spurs are to use a plastic pitch next season. This apparently is something to do with the building of the new stadium. Maintenance is easier and fall out from the building works is liable to damage a natural pitch. The FA have passed the move and of course Uefa have already sanctioned plastic pitches for Young Boys. I can't believe this tbh as while it might be ok for young boys the old boys might find it a little alien. On the other hand it might give us some advantage at home as other teams will not be used to such surfaces. Most people use plastic these days anyway.
""I left four players out because they weren't comfortable on the pitch in training on Monday. "Aaron Lennon wasn't comfortable, Robbie [Keane] had a problem with his knee. The last time Tom Huddlestone played on artificial turf he was out for six weeks as his knee blew up like a balloon." On hearing the news Aaron and Tom said sod that...Spurs reply was turf luck.
I assume thats basically like 4G but much better? I play 7-a-side at uni on a 4G one and its top class stuff, ball runs like on real (well looked after obviously etc.) grass just without the bobbles, imperfections and suchlike. Perhaps it's a bit faster on the artificial stuff, it can be hard to tell. Obviously the ones at Premiership club level would massively better than what we have at uni! Given a proper pre-season I reckon the lads could get used to a high quality plastic pitch. It is a somewhat surprising measure though agreed, although the maintenance argument goes some way to explain it I guess. Where have you heard this btw? Just out of interest. EDIT: I'd forgotten about the injuries and players being uncomfortable notso. You'd hope that the club hierarchy have taken this into account if these reports of pitch switches are true. I guess it could be a reaction to playing on a different surface for the first time or something like that but I'd hate to think we'd jumped into such a major change rashly that would negatively affect our player's fitness like that.
I remember they had such a pitch for QPR a while ago.No one liked it.The ball bounced all over the bloody place!They finally had the sense to get rid of it.......
I would be against the use a plastic pitch. Most of us have watched and played football on a variety of artificial surfaces. For me, they do not look or feel the same and injury is more likely to happen particularly to ankle joints, I believe. So this move could give Spurs problems by adding numbers to an already disappointing injury list. We are aware that Spurs already reports some of the highest rates of injury in the premiership, year in, year out. It is also worth remembering that we (The Spurs) like a bit of football flair every now and then. Although artificial pitch technology has improved recently, the bounch and hardness of the pitch will prevent the flair player from showing their class. I believe plastic pitches rob spectators of the spectacle of the game, which amounts to a deprivation. And bearing in mind, that some of the rules of the game have been specifically developed for natural grass pitches,. I'd say that, all in all, any kind of articial pitch at Spurs would put us at a distinct disadvantage.
Work is going to be underway by next season?! Artificial pitch?! How come I can find no hint of this elsewhere on the web?
Plastic pitch? - yeah I heard about this. We've kindly offered to take all those empty seats at the emirates and recycle them. Huddle, what's this 4g you talk of? I play footy at a sports academy that has 3G (I think) and they are incredible. I don't know how they could get any better...
