| The pitch 21:24 - Jun 6 with 1302 views | Zx1988 |
Tonight's looks dreadful, doesn't it?
Assuming this is representative of the quality of the pitches at this year's tournament (the US ones, at least), when would have been the last World Cup to have been held on sich poor quality surfaces? |  |
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| The pitch on 21:27 - Jun 6 with 1264 views | Blue_Uprising |
I dunno but they kept the triangular goals and rolled them out from whichever World Cup that was as well |  | | |
| There are so many countries where football is a major sport on 21:29 - Jun 6 with 1250 views | unstableblue |
… that FIFA should focus upon for these tournaments.
Those countries have a large amount of high quality pitches at stadiums that can accommodate significant fans
This pitch is terrible. And is sub League 2 level.
Plus of course there are many countries that are not 35C plus with high humidity when games are going on. |  |
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| The pitch on 21:30 - Jun 6 with 1234 views | Zx1988 |
| The pitch on 21:27 - Jun 6 by Blue_Uprising |
I dunno but they kept the triangular goals and rolled them out from whichever World Cup that was as well |
It certainly looks a little cobbled together.
I'm hoping that it's because Tampa isn't going to be a tournament venue, and that the main stadia will be a little better curated. | |
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| There are so many countries where football is a major sport on 21:32 - Jun 6 with 1219 views | Zx1988 |
| There are so many countries where football is a major sport on 21:29 - Jun 6 by unstableblue |
… that FIFA should focus upon for these tournaments.
Those countries have a large amount of high quality pitches at stadiums that can accommodate significant fans
This pitch is terrible. And is sub League 2 level.
Plus of course there are many countries that are not 35C plus with high humidity when games are going on. |
I think we've probably seen the end of the era of WCs being awarded to decent and reputable countries.
FIFA will be more concerned about selecting countries that are willing to bend/adapt/remove their legislation in order to help further their financial aims. Brazil repealing their stadium booze ban being a prime example. | |
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| The pitch on 21:52 - Jun 6 with 1100 views | Ftnfwest |
Is this ground being used for the finals? Presume it is but not sure |  | | |
| The pitch on 21:55 - Jun 6 with 1084 views | Zx1988 |
| The pitch on 21:52 - Jun 6 by Ftnfwest |
Is this ground being used for the finals? Presume it is but not sure |
No, it's not.
The Florida-based stadium will be the Dolphins stadium in Miami. | |
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| The pitch on 21:57 - Jun 6 with 1066 views | RayleighBlue |
5 Live been saying it isn't as bad as it looks. Ball running naturally and not breaking up.
It does look an absolute mess though. Don't even think the halfway lines or the penalty box are even painted straight. | | | |
| The pitch on 22:00 - Jun 6 with 1048 views | RIPbobby |
The bounce of the ball is odd to me. That'll catch some keepers out. |  | | |
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| The pitch on 22:10 - Jun 6 with 995 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
Some idiot probably thought it would sell 70k
Should have just played in MLS stadiums until the tournament starts. Think our next one is in Orlando not an NFL ground that’s not being used.
The hosting grounds will be fine. |  |
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| The pitch on 22:12 - Jun 6 with 990 views | Trequartista |
Saipan? |  |
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| The pitch on 22:20 - Jun 6 with 953 views | Zx1988 |
| The pitch on 21:57 - Jun 6 by RayleighBlue |
5 Live been saying it isn't as bad as it looks. Ball running naturally and not breaking up.
It does look an absolute mess though. Don't even think the halfway lines or the penalty box are even painted straight. |
Yeah, looks to be holding up okay.
I'll be interested to see how these pitches fare if we get a couple of the massive deluges that seem to be becoming more and more a feature of American summers. | |
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| At least we get pirate ships (n/t) on 22:21 - Jun 6 with 951 views | unstableblue |
| There are so many countries where football is a major sport on 21:32 - Jun 6 by Zx1988 |
I think we've probably seen the end of the era of WCs being awarded to decent and reputable countries.
FIFA will be more concerned about selecting countries that are willing to bend/adapt/remove their legislation in order to help further their financial aims. Brazil repealing their stadium booze ban being a prime example. |
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| The pitch on 22:54 - Jun 6 with 828 views | Simonds92 |
| The pitch on 21:57 - Jun 6 by RayleighBlue |
5 Live been saying it isn't as bad as it looks. Ball running naturally and not breaking up.
It does look an absolute mess though. Don't even think the halfway lines or the penalty box are even painted straight. |
It's bobbling all over the place and moving slowly when passed along the ground. I think we're really going to struggle in this tournament. The conditions are really going to stifle us. | | | |
| The pitch on 00:03 - Jun 7 with 668 views | ElderGrizzly |
I read that it was laid about 5 days ago? On top of whatever was there.
If not Tampa, it was one of these ‘friendly’ pitches |  | | |
| The pitch on 00:34 - Jun 7 with 622 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
| The pitch on 00:03 - Jun 7 by ElderGrizzly |
I read that it was laid about 5 days ago? On top of whatever was there.
If not Tampa, it was one of these ‘friendly’ pitches |
It’s an NFL pitch, not one that’s hosting this summer, mistake to play there in front of 25k | |
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| The pitch on 11:41 - Jun 7 with 356 views | stonojnr |
its not though, and it held up well, played quite well I thought, there werent chunks of it coming up of it, which weve seen in our so called "superior footballing nation" professional leagues. I mean do we really want to compare Pompey and Blackburns pitch preparations as being highly professional to this ?
NZ trained on it and said it was fine, the British press take one look at it and decided the whole world cup in the US (and they cant even remember Mexico & Canada are part of this too) was a terrible decision.
ymmv which source you choose to listen to and agree with. | | | |
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