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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2016 6:40:19 GMT
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Post by terrorofturfmoor on Jul 9, 2016 6:56:53 GMT
See the gypsies have moved in already!!!
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Jul 9, 2016 6:59:26 GMT
I've just posted this on the "floodlights on" thread................... Probably most Premier League pitches are hybrid these days. I understand that they are harder wearing and allow more games/training to be done on the pitch in the course of a season, whilst "playing" much the same as all grass pitches. If you want to see the problems the old style all grass pitches can have when used to excess, you need look no further than the pitches at most of the stadia in the Euro 2016 tournament which were a disgrace. I presume that those pitches had been used for a full season in the French League and the Euros were a step too far for most of them. Some ended up having to be relaid and, in one match I watched, it was clear that the new turf had not put down a decent root structure. I'm not going to knock improvements to pitches in recent years. I remember sheep grazing on the pitch at the Old Vic in Waddo's days - and the pitch at Derby's Baseball Ground in mid winter could have been used as a set for a film about the battle of the Somme!
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Post by nicholasjalcock on Jul 9, 2016 8:39:25 GMT
Does the 'synthetic grass' burn as well as the 'real gear'?
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Post by loosestools on Jul 9, 2016 12:34:47 GMT
Looks like Wayne Rooney's head
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Post by slicko on Jul 9, 2016 12:56:03 GMT
Someone's getting sacked in the morning.
The threads are stitched in to the existing grass. Gonna get messy when they lay the turf over the top.
It's a proper Charlie Dimmock job that.
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Post by slother on Jul 9, 2016 13:03:47 GMT
Someone's getting sacked in the morning. The threads are stitched in to the existing grass. Gonna get messy when they lay the turf over the top. It's a proper Charlie Dimmock job that. I imagine they will sew seed onto that sandy base, rather than lay turf. I can't tell if you're joking or not.
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Post by slicko on Jul 9, 2016 13:09:16 GMT
Someone's getting sacked in the morning. The threads are stitched in to the existing grass. Gonna get messy when they lay the turf over the top. It's a proper Charlie Dimmock job that. I imagine they will sew seed onto that sandy base, rather than lay turf. I can't tell if you're joking or not. Wouldn't want the job of threading the grass seed needle to sew it. The season starts in 2 months, must be chernobyl seed.
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Post by canadianmoose on Jul 9, 2016 13:45:01 GMT
Lol, I'm sure they know what they are doing. I can't imagine anybody will be ""getting sacked in the morning"
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2016 13:45:19 GMT
Will it make the pitch less slippy? We seemed to suffer a bit last season
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Post by bathstoke on Jul 9, 2016 13:48:13 GMT
Does the 'synthetic grass' burn as well as the 'real gear'? Thought they'd banned it...
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Post by nicholasjalcock on Jul 9, 2016 13:54:08 GMT
Does the 'synthetic grass' burn as well as the 'real gear'? Thought they'd banned it... Yes! That's why you won't see Charlie burning any of it up!
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Post by slpmarc on Jul 9, 2016 14:13:47 GMT
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Post by slother on Jul 9, 2016 15:29:41 GMT
I imagine they will sew seed onto that sandy base, rather than lay turf. I can't tell if you're joking or not. Wouldn't want the job of threading the grass seed needle to sew it. The season starts in 2 months, must be chernobyl seed. So the grass roots intertwine with the artificial fibres by themselves. Good grass seed will give you a nice surface in 4 weeks. And that's in a garden, not grass like this which probably gets reiki massage and oyster slurry feed every evening.
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Post by StoKeith on Jul 9, 2016 15:37:42 GMT
Someone's getting sacked in the morning. The threads are stitched in to the existing grass. Gonna get messy when they lay the turf over the top. It's a proper Charlie Dimmock job that. At 1m 32s in that video the guy says you can seed it after putting the artificial grass down.
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Post by march4 on Jul 9, 2016 17:33:29 GMT
I want to know why??
This is a complete and utter waste of time and money.
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Jul 9, 2016 17:39:23 GMT
I want to know why?? This is a complete and utter waste of time and money. If you want to know why, I've told you why higher up the thread. However, if you feel it has cost you too much, I'm sure a lot on here will join me in chipping in with a contribution to ensure you are not out of pocket!
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Post by turfite on Jul 9, 2016 18:23:21 GMT
Burnley's had it for nearly 6 years now.
Wonderful playing surface.
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Post by march4 on Jul 9, 2016 18:30:56 GMT
I want to know why?? This is a complete and utter waste of time and money. If you want to know why, I've told you why higher up the thread. However, if you feel it has cost you too much, I'm sure a lot on here will join me in chipping in with a contribution to ensure you are not out of pocket! Nice reply. However, football is a game played on grass. Grass is green, natural stuff that grows in soil and gets muddy in winter. Whatever next, tennis at Wimbledon played on a partially synthetic surface? York Minster rebuilt with steel and plate glass? The water in the River Thames replaced with strawberry milkshake? Bruce Forsyth's head covered in a nylon rug? This bastardised surface has nothing to do with football and should be banned immediately.
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Post by Pugsley on Jul 9, 2016 18:34:13 GMT
If you want to know why, I've told you why higher up the thread. However, if you feel it has cost you too much, I'm sure a lot on here will join me in chipping in with a contribution to ensure you are not out of pocket! Nice reply. However, football is a game played on grass. Grass is green, natural stuff that grows in soil and gets muddy in winter. Whatever next, tennis at Wimbledon played on a partially synthetic surface? York Minster rebuilt with steel and plate glass? The water in the River Thames replaced with strawberry milkshake? Bruce Forsyth's head covered in a nylon rug? This bastardised surface has nothing to do with football and should be banned immediately. How you getting on with those square wheels on your push bike?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2016 18:35:12 GMT
If you want to know why, I've told you why higher up the thread. However, if you feel it has cost you too much, I'm sure a lot on here will join me in chipping in with a contribution to ensure you are not out of pocket! Nice reply. However, football is a game played on grass. Grass is green, natural stuff that grows in soil and gets muddy in winter. Whatever next, tennis at Wimbledon played on a partially synthetic surface? York Minster rebuilt with steel and plate glass? The water in the River Thames replaced with strawberry milkshake? Bruce Forsyth's head covered in a nylon rug? This bastardised surface has nothing to do with football and should be banned immediately. This bait smells a bit different.
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Post by march4 on Jul 9, 2016 18:53:28 GMT
Nice reply. However, football is a game played on grass. Grass is green, natural stuff that grows in soil and gets muddy in winter. Whatever next, tennis at Wimbledon played on a partially synthetic surface? York Minster rebuilt with steel and plate glass? The water in the River Thames replaced with strawberry milkshake? Bruce Forsyth's head covered in a nylon rug? This bastardised surface has nothing to do with football and should be banned immediately. How you getting on with those square wheels on your push bike? I prefer walking. Round wheels are an improvement. This bastardised pitch surface is not an improvement - it is detrimental to the game of football, by discouraging tackling and encouraging the terminally boring, arty farty, tip tap crap.
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Jul 9, 2016 19:00:56 GMT
If you want to know why, I've told you why higher up the thread. However, if you feel it has cost you too much, I'm sure a lot on here will join me in chipping in with a contribution to ensure you are not out of pocket! Nice reply. However, football is a game played on grass. Grass is green, natural stuff that grows in soil and gets muddy in winter. Whatever next, tennis at Wimbledon played on a partially synthetic surface? York Minster rebuilt with steel and plate glass? The water in the River Thames replaced with strawberry milkshake? Bruce Forsyth's head covered in a nylon rug? This bastardised surface has nothing to do with football and should be banned immediately. The grass in your lawn may grow in soil. The pitch at the Britannia Stadium (as it was then called) has NEVER contained any soil. It has always been sown in a hydroponic medium of sand and horsehair. I didn't notice you moaning about it not being grown in soil for the past however many years you have been posting on here. In fact it is about the only thing you have NEVER moaned about.
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Post by march4 on Jul 9, 2016 19:28:32 GMT
Nice reply. However, football is a game played on grass. Grass is green, natural stuff that grows in soil and gets muddy in winter. Whatever next, tennis at Wimbledon played on a partially synthetic surface? York Minster rebuilt with steel and plate glass? The water in the River Thames replaced with strawberry milkshake? Bruce Forsyth's head covered in a nylon rug? This bastardised surface has nothing to do with football and should be banned immediately. The grass in your lawn may grow in soil. The pitch at the Britannia Stadium (as it was then called) has NEVER contained any soil soil. It has always been sown in a hydroponic medium of sand and horsehair. I didn't notice you moaning about it not being grown in soil for the past however many years you have been posting on here. In fact it is about the only thing you have NEVER moaned about. Well, I'm moaning now Long live the days of muddy pitches, leather boots, heavy footballs and players named Jimmy, Gordon, Terry and Stanley.
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Jul 9, 2016 19:31:16 GMT
The grass in your lawn may grow in soil. The pitch at the Britannia Stadium (as it was then called) has NEVER contained any soil soil. It has always been sown in a hydroponic medium of sand and horsehair. I didn't notice you moaning about it not being grown in soil for the past however many years you have been posting on here. In fact it is about the only thing you have NEVER moaned about. Well, I'm moaning now Long live the days of muddy pitches, leather boots, heavy footballs and players named Jimmy, Gordon, Terry and Stanley. Heavy footballs eh? Well a lot of the old players would agree with you - if their Alzheimer's allowed them to remember what you are on about.
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Post by march4 on Jul 9, 2016 19:41:11 GMT
Well, I'm moaning now Long live the days of muddy pitches, leather boots, heavy footballs and players named Jimmy, Gordon, Terry and Stanley. Heavy footballs eh? Well a lot of the old players would agree with you - if their Alzheimer's allowed them to remember what you are on about. Good point - although we don't yet know the effects of the lighter but harder footballs. You still get a good thud to the head when you head a modern football.
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Post by slicko on Jul 9, 2016 22:14:52 GMT
Electric toothbrushes, Nintendo gameboys, wooden decking, solar lights, moistened toilet wipes, green thumb lawncare, blackberry phones, frappacino coffee, stay-dri base layers, twitter...unnecessary technology we are told we need is ruling our lives
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Jul 9, 2016 22:40:12 GMT
Wouldn't want the job of threading the grass seed needle to sew it. The season starts in 2 months, must be chernobyl seed. So the grass roots intertwine with the artificial fibres by themselves. Good grass seed will give you a nice surface in 4 weeks. And that's in a garden, not grass like this which probably gets reiki massage and oyster slurry feed every evening. So I liked yr post and then regretted it because you started a sentence with 'so'. Appalling behaviour.
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Jul 10, 2016 9:09:07 GMT
So the grass roots intertwine with the artificial fibres by themselves. Good grass seed will give you a nice surface in 4 weeks. And that's in a garden, not grass like this which probably gets reiki massage and oyster slurry feed every evening. So I liked yr post and then regretted it because you started a sentence with 'so'. Appalling behaviour. My thoughts entirely. How and why did this practice of starting sentences with "So" start? I saw an interview the other day with a University professor and he started with "So" in answer to almost every question he was asked.
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Post by loosestools on Jul 10, 2016 10:59:40 GMT
So I liked yr post and then regretted it because you started a sentence with 'so'. Appalling behaviour. My thoughts entirely. How and why did this practice of starting sentences with "So" start? I saw an interview the other day with a University professor and he started with "So" in answer to almost every question he was asked. Theres a bloke in our pub who knows a litle bit about quite a lot and he always starts off by adjusting his position on a bar stool and starting an explaination with a dry swallow and the word 'So'. I want to punch the twat.
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