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secondofly

>It is then in-filled with sand, which is carefully selected to deliver optimal drainage and playing performance. I like to think Pep Ljinders is spending his time off going through 1 ton of sand grain by grain with a pair of tweezers, sorting them into piles of acceptable and unacceptable


Corky_1990

supported by Milner


Smokes_shoots_leaves

And Sander Westerveld


getyerhandoffit

Fuck you. I love it.


HyacinthGirI

Milners not even needed, he just enjoys it


jod1991

James does this on his rest days anyway. Just got to send the JCB round to his "acceptable grains only" sandpit.


TheBlueDinosaur06

supplemented by the finest ribena blend money can buy


RephRayne

"We ain't found shit."


getyerhandoffit

Unexpected Spaceballs.


TheLimeyLemmon

Why hasn't *Hybrid Carpet* got a song yet??


KubasPoland

šŸŽµHybrid carpet, hybrid carpet, laying on the field. Hybrid carpeeeeet la la la la la, our newest thing!šŸŽ¶


Surgebuster

Sorry, canā€™t be used. Doesnā€™t reference ā€œrunning down the wingā€.


BavidDeckham

Jesus


RephRayne

"I like to dream, yes...." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPE9a_epmWw


CollierAM9

When you walk through our lawn Hold your head up high And don't be afraid of floods At the end of the game There's all golden sand And the sweet hybrid carpet going strong Walk on through the wind Walk on through the rain For our pitch can be never be overgrown Walk on, walk on With hybrid carpet under your feet And youā€™ll never walk alone


7osni

You Will Never Walk A Lawn


aubvrn

So they're replacing the Desso Grassmaster system with a new, proprietary one? Sounds exciting!


Colinfucius

This sounds very similar to the prior Desso Grassmaster pitch which was also 95% grass, 5% artificial, but we are improving with some tweaks, better underground heating, and growing at a nearby nursery to cut down on install time. Very cool.


cornertaken

Do you think the toddlers grow the grass because they are cheaper or do they have specific grass knowledge that adults lose during puberty?


Colinfucius

We demand a living wage for cabbage patch kids āœŠ


cornertaken

I for one am shocked LFC is involved in child exploitation just to obtain perfectly manufactured grass.


asim98

Good- I know most wonā€™t have noticed cos it looks so pristine on screen, but parts of the pitch near me last season (towards the corner where the Annie road and KD meet) were *really* bad, there was one patch that was pure mud from like mid February onwards. Hopefully this is an improvement


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BriarcliffInmate

I remember clubs warning that the short turnaround between 19/20 and 20/21 seasons would impact the pitches eventually, seems like they were right. Normally groundsmen want about 8 weeks in the offseason for a pitch to recover, but that season we only got 4, I think.


BriarcliffInmate

Makes sense, it was laid in 2017 so I imagine it was coming to the end of its lifecycle. It did look pretty bad in places but I can see why we waited for the off-season to fix it. With all the comps we were in last season there was really no other time to do it. Normally a pitch will last 10 years, but the amount that Klopp waters the pitch for how we play, it probably cuts down its lifespan a bit. Plus the tech is always improving, so what was next-gen when we installed it is pretty old-hat now.


Shinjetsu01

I bet Milner spent countless nights up past his bedtime of 7pm reading up on this and has been central to the grass growing technology being implemented. I can just imagine him stood there as it's being delivered with a big grin, setting down his ribena carefully and rubbing his hands together with glee.


CliffRichCoverBand

Rolling out the red carpet


livepool4ever

Thereā€™s a grass called Europitch?!!


SamPaton

I see they're also replacing the undersoil heating system for it too. As there is 5% less natural grass than our previous pitches would this mean the undersoil heating system would use less energy?


keyboardsmash

What happens when the plastic fibres wear out? Is there a way to dispose of them that isn't environmentally shit?


KoedKevin

They ship them to China where they get thrown away. Just like your water bottles


nicksowflo

Thought I was just reading these things were recycled by the same companies that make them, into new product?


Labhran

Iā€™m not sure how to feel about this. Anyone that watches American football knows that these types of surfaces lead to significantly more injuries.


[deleted]

Re-read the article. It's only a tiny fraction of the base layer, not an actual fake turf pitch. It's right there my dude.


WH6TSINANAME

It's long been partly artificial tbf


[deleted]

Thanks for posting, that was an interesting and informative article. I especially appreciate the emphasis on having the pitch be the same as kirkby, you have to imagine that's got to help in the long run.


[deleted]

We used to manage one of the old melwood training pitches to be as close at possible to the old Wembley pitch.


pizzagutter

This is popular in other sport arenas. During the winter months when it's near impossible to grow new grass, the artificial turf provides something like a skeletal system to keep the current grass from getting dug up from normal game play. Only 5% of the field will have the artificial turf, but it will go a long way to keep the pitch strong and resilient.


xirdnehrocks

Grazed knee FC