Guest Can. in UK Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=458604&CPID=14&clid=61&lid=19&title=Toronto+fail+in+Kennedy+move&channel=& "Bhoys chief Gordon Strachan was open to the idea as he looks to get Kennedy some much-needed first-team action under his belt, but after finding out Toronto play on a plastic pitch he pulled the plug on any deal." Oops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loud Mouth Soup Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Oops for Gordon, maybe. His loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VPjr Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 would he not have damaged his knee in the first place on a grass pitch. I really don't get this. If he hasn't played in 3 years, what difference what surface he plays on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.T. Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 The sooner this mentality goes extinct, the better. Would he rather they play with natural (leather) balls as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 quote:Originally posted by Can. in UK http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=458604&CPID=14&clid=61&lid=19&title=Toronto+fail+in+Kennedy+move&channel=& "Bhoys chief Gordon Strachan was open to the idea as he looks to get Kennedy some much-needed first-team action under his belt, but after finding out Toronto play on a plastic pitch he pulled the plug on any deal." Oops. Sheer ignorance. Catch up with the 21st century Mr. Gordon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarrek Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Fieldturf does cause more injuries than natural grass. The American Journal of Sports Medicine did a study on this a couple of years back: http://www.rosenet.org/MAF/mafDocs/injuryOnTurf.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 The severe injury rate on FieldTurf is 40% lower than it is on grass (1.1 versus 1.9) Injuries with loss of time 22+ days; 7.9% of FT injuries as opposed to 14.4% of grass. Ligament sprains were roughly the same, however the ligament tear accounted for only 3.1% of injuries on FT as opposed to 7.2% on grass. Muscular injuries on FT=14.2% Grass=8% Injuries seemed to increase on turf when the temp. goes over 70F (70/30 split) as opposed to an even distribution on grass...hmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loud Mouth Soup Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 And to think, he might have had the coolest cheer of any player out there for TFC... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 quote:Originally posted by Jarrek Fieldturf does cause more injuries than natural grass. The American Journal of Sports Medicine did a study on this a couple of years back: http://www.rosenet.org/MAF/mafDocs/injuryOnTurf.pdf There have been many advances in FieldTurf technology in the last five years which suggests the data on which this study is based are obsolete for new, high-end installations such as BMO Field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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