Taking quite a bit of stick off the pitch Agar not happy as mentioned in commentry,going to complain!!
To many of his players with cuts and grazes!!

Your thoughts..

Here in the North East I'm involved with Stockton RUFC. Gosforth have the same pitch as Widnes and we played on it a few weeks ago. The main complaint from the players was grazes on arms and knees. Walking on it before and after the game I didn't think there was enough 'give' in it. Mind you, I think the main injury problems for Wakefield were caused by high tackles. Steve Pickersgill hasn't changed a bit. Him and Willie Isa are penalty machines.

I have played 5 a side football on a few of these pitches,the thing is with the cuts and grazes they really sting and they weep quite a lot depending on how deep the burn goes,Murder in bed and the sheets stick to them!!

Anyone catch that nasty looking graze on Mathers elbow when he was walking back after scoring, thought they said this wouldn't be a problem?

The several tons of sand they put on it can't help.

Is this Widnes pitch like that astroturf they had in the 90s?

We had one of them pitches built at our school, they made a massive thing about it in all the promotional material to the parents and whatever that we had some state of the art facility. When we went back for the new school year first games lesson of the year I scored with a header and copied that Klinsmann celebration that he'd done on his debut at Spurs (it was around this time) and I pretty much needed skin grafts. Still got the patches of scar tissue on my forearms and knees today.

The 90s didnt Q,P,R and Luton Town have these pitches installed???
No Good for a good old Fashioned slide tackle or in Sals case a Klinsman celebration.

What sort of header are we talking? Glance or middle of the box, hung in the air bullet into the corner?

I saw someone yesterday, who had played on Widnes' pitch on Wed. night. His knee was a bit of a mess, not too deep, but there was no skin left on his knee cap. The outer layer was completely gone and it looked ripe for infection.

I hope the Wakey Physio brought the TCP.

I can see this pitch being a one season wonder at a hefty cost rather than a money making venture

Saw the title of this thread, and I thought it was Shaun Wane's tackling tactics for the season

Widnes Viking players are going to look like a bloody Bodyworlds exhibition by the end of the season.

did anyone see ah vans attempt at a goal kick?

what a waste of a goalkicker..... i cant believe widnes let him kick goals.

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Probably me wincing with my eyes closed, the ball hitting the top of my head and looping over the keeper.