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Post by boxxon on Mar 15, 2013 21:07:55 GMT
It would be great to have a natural bowl ,set in the ground,surrounded by trees(probably conifers)which in themseves would drain the picth by sucking/out the rain and keeping the ground free from waterlogging. No thats going too far. Any of your suggestions would be excellent.I just want to see a new stadium, worthy of the name and the Forest.
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Post by Big Mac on Mar 15, 2013 21:11:54 GMT
Ive played alot on the new astro turf pitches, not sure if they are the same as 4G pitches but if they are tgen i wouldnt like to play on them every week in competitive games, if you slide on it then it rips your skin off! I can remember when QPR and i think Preston? Had plastic pitches, didntd work as players were getting injured alot and players had to play wearing black tights to protect skin. I think its the players who should be asked about the pitches, they are the ones who have to play on them, out of interest where is the nearest 4G pitch to us, would like to see one.
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Post by Forest Fred on Mar 15, 2013 23:44:14 GMT
Keynsham Town FC, Macca... A4 between Bristol and Bath but beware... it may not be 4G as it seems like no 4G pitch system has been developed yet? You have to study carefully as 4G in the eye's of some, is just a product description used by a manufacturer to suggest their latest product and not a new concept...
There are several 3G pitches installed in lower leagues North of the border, and the underlying feeling is that it's good and has made a difference financially, and on the turf. Crusaders in Northern Ireland have one, so do Maidstone in the Ryman League, both seem to like them. There are many training facilities with artificial turf
Reading many statements, it really depends how you like your football which suggests whether or not you feel synthetic surfaces will "take the physical out of football"... A very valued statement. It's obvious that some Football Coaches will insist that plastic will help develop better football skills at all levels, but traditional's will argue that plastic is "more about money than football"
The latter is almost certainly correct because a Synthetic Pitch is almost 24/7, that meaning in theory, Cinderford Town v Poole Town for instance, could be just one of a series of games played on a Saturday... In other words, play a complete division of North Glos League games on a pitch, with Town v Poole as the Finale...
One final point, and one that may affect potential installers going down the plastic route, is that each sport has it's own recommended pile length, eg Hockey - 20mm, soccer - 32mm, Rugby 40mm, meaning that if Wycombe installed a new synthetic football pitch, Wasps Rugby would not be able to use it.
Whatever happens - there's lots of research needed regarding 3G/4G/5G, and 6G pitches, and once down, they are down. You should get hell of a grass pitch for £250,0009with underground heating), the cheapest G-pitch out on the market place at the moment. Good arguments for both...
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Post by Forest Fred on Mar 16, 2013 20:48:50 GMT
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