i touched on this in a different thread but its still niggling me after watching highlights....specifically the black pellets spread over the turf. I'm sure i read a while back tjat use of these had been discontinued/banned across eirope after research showed them to be the cause of cancers..particularly goalkeepers who were on the ground more than outfield players.
Basically the old tyre rubber used to manufacture them contained carsonogenic toxins.
Are they safe now? Or SFA/health authorities taken steps to disprove that research...or just ignoring it?
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09-08-2020 04:36 PM #1
Livi pitch...
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09-08-2020 04:43 PM #2This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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09-08-2020 04:44 PM #3
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Not really high on the list of things to worry about.
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09-08-2020 04:55 PM #4
On a similar note, pundits on the radio yesterday said the pitch slowed the ball down on through balls on our counter attacks allowing livi defenders to nick the ball away for Two gilt edged chances
Guess there’s a reason why they only conceded 8 at home all last season.
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09-08-2020 04:57 PM #5
The problem with plastic pitches is the fact that on days like yesterday they dry out so quickly. It’s all well saying they are tested, they may well be as soon as they are watered. But with the sun beating down they dry out after 5 minutes and the balls just stick to it. Certainly doesn’t assist in free flowing fast paced football, and the burns from those pitches when they are dry can be excruciating.
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09-08-2020 04:59 PM #6
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Livi have a load more pellets on that pitch than advised. I've played on it and its a shocking pitch which should be nowhere near top level football. Spartans have a new pitch know and its lights years above the Livi one.
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09-08-2020 05:17 PM #7
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Today was the same as Livi yesterday, not watered before the game. Artificial pitches should be regulated by the league. Must be watered, swept and the amount of black balls on it as per manufacturers guidelines. Total piss take.
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09-08-2020 07:57 PM #14
Despite a 4-1 win i wouldn’t have described yesterday as a great game of football. Great win though, but as a spectacle there hasn’t ever been a great game on a plastic pitch that immediately springs to mind.
Plastic pitches are anti-football.
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10-08-2020 08:29 PM #15
Anyone else have difficulty seeing the yellow ball against a background of empty yellow seats?
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