RE: [nas] UEFA Goes For Fake

> This went over like a lead ballon on one of the coaches lists that I post
> on. I myself did not have a problem with it because I think field turf is
> an okay surface. Maybe because for years my team played on astroturf a
> truly bad surface that had a downward tilt from a yard before the touch
> line for drainage. It was an art to play on it well.

One of the big issues here is the quality of the alternative natural
surface. For example, there are pitches in Sweden and Norway that are
demonstrably worse than field turf 9-10 months out of the year no matter
what you try to do. The climate just doesn't lend itself to grass.

I would be very disappointed if Real Madrid or Man U went to field turf.
However, if some of the clubs in Scandinavia and extreme southern Europe go
to it I think I would be better than what they currently have.

Paul Navarre


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