Quote: snowdog "My biggest concern is the pitch.In a dry summer,many pro clubs can afford to water the pitches to keep them soft,avoiding injuries.With the ammount of games played on amateur pitches i fear they could end up as hard as concrete.
If the groundstaff can keep the pitches in a safe condition,then yes,its a good move.'"
As mmp says that's always cited as a concern but having played summer for a couple of years we've not had any issues or any games cancelled due to the pitch being too hard. Some of us older fellas might moan about our knees but it's not that bad.
I love it. Training in great conditions for as long as we like, more people watching, more enthusiasm, picking up players from RU/football/colleges/universities, more kids wanting to get involved (and their parents)...
The only issue has been losing players to summer holidays, music festivals, etc, but for me that far outweighs the frustrations of cancelling around 8 games a season due to weather as has happened every year since we formed.
I'm missing my tri-weekly fix but it'll be back before we know it.