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

Who installed it?

CarpetRight?

Wonder how long it will be before a widnes player develops septicaemia.

Wait till the new mascot Polyma has got carpet burns..............

I remember some comments around xmas that there was a delay in laying the pitch due to it being to wet. Well the weather didnt appear to improve any, but they still got it down. Wonder if incorrect laying of the surface may be contributing?

The thread title could also be used to describe Pickersgill & Moore's contribution to last night.

Hate to diss a player but what on earth were widnes thinking giving Pickersgill a SL contract.

He had plenty of opportunity at Warrington and basically proved he wasnt up to SL standard. All I can think is that Widnes were desperate and had no other options.

Incidentally I thought Clarke was shocking last night but in fairness to him it looked like he carried an injury into the game.

Knee Pads (like Brian Bevan's) plus elbow pads or long sleeves are a must. Who wants scabs if they can avoid it?

Got to agree with all that. The lack of depth at Widnes was shown up by what was on the Bench.

Going to be a long hard season for this widnes side.

I've played football on this sort of pitch before and, yes, if you go on with bare knees and elbows you'll lose a lot of skin and it'll hurt.

Wear something thin over the top of your joints - like the skins they have in American Football - and it's fine. Apparently Ben Cockayne was the only person bright enough (!) to do so last night.

Widnes have admitted a few problems with grazes on their new I-Pitch, however this will be resolved as soon as they upgrade to the I-Pitch 2.

They're saying it was the cold that made it so bad. It's odd that all the complaints are coming from Wakey and Widnes are saying nowt (or maybe not odd...) but did any of our lot complain when we played on Boxing Day?

Just Glad that we wont be playing there till the last game of the season!!

I think they should wait for iPitch 3. Word has it that the new version has a bigger pitch, clearer grass and a 12 megapixel camera.