We should play our strongest XI :clap:

[Tony C]

And give them what they came for :hehe:

Cech

Bellerin
Mustafi
Kos
Monreal

Elneny
Xhaka

Welbeck
Ozil
Alexis

Giroud

Besides it will be character building for our lot....

[Mo Britain less Europe]

Akers and Goonersaurus in the team imo. Hill-Wood at centre-forward, Kronke's wig in goal.

[Herbette Chapman - aged 15]

Kronke's wig in goal.
:hehe: We might get to see a penalty saved at last

[IUFG]

yep, what could possibly go wrong?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0_udb-LsB8

[redgunamo]

And give them what they came for :hehe:

Cech

Bellerin
Mustafi
Kos
Monreal

Elneny
Xhaka

Welbeck
Ozil
Alexis

Giroud

Besides it will be character building for our lot....

Definately. A strong team. Respect our opponents and the competition itself.

No worries because we actually do have a good, deep squad. Plenty of quality to spare.

[Sir C]

And give them what they came for :hehe:

Cech

Bellerin
Mustafi
Kos
Monreal

Elneny
Xhaka

Welbeck
Ozil
Alexis

Giroud

Besides it will be character building for our lot....

Have we offered to play it at our place yet? They'd probably take home two years' turnover.

[Luis Anaconda]

Have we offered to play it at our place yet? They'd probably take home two years' turnover.
Who did that - was it Farnborough? We won 5-1 I seem to recall.

Apparently their pitch will cause us trouble though

[Sir C]

Who did that - was it Farnborough? We won 5-1 I seem to recall.

Apparently their pitch will cause us trouble though

Farnborough, yes. I think we played the first team, though :hehe:

Their 3G pitch? Like the 3G pitches we train on? :sherlock:

[Burney]

Have we offered to play it at our place yet? They'd probably take home two years' turnover.

I'm quite looking forward to seeing us slogging it out on a wet, ploughed field in Sutton with the crowd inches from the touchline. That'd be fun. Also, it's not like it's miles away, is it? It's just past the Purley Way, ffs!

[Burney]

Farnborough, yes. I think we played the first team, though :hehe:

Their 3G pitch? Like the 3G pitches we train on? :sherlock:

Oh, is it artificial? :-( That oughtn't to be allowed. Spoils all the fun.

[SWv2]

Have we offered to play it at our place yet? They'd probably take home two years' turnover.

I'm not sure you can do that anymore can you?

The game can be ordered to be moved on advice / instruction from your Old Bill at which point the main benefactors become the FA.

[Luis Anaconda]

Farnborough, yes. I think we played the first team, though :hehe:

Their 3G pitch? Like the 3G pitches we train on? :sherlock:

that's what I thought. Regardless you think we would be happier to play on that rather than the ****hole at Lincoln for example

[redgunamo]

Farnborough, yes. I think we played the first team, though :hehe:

Their 3G pitch? Like the 3G pitches we train on? :sherlock:

All our players will get cancer? :-(

[Luis Anaconda]

Oh, is it artificial? :-( That oughtn't to be allowed. Spoils all the fun.
Yes - not like the old **** ones though. They play rugby on 3G so I am guessing it doesn't cut you to shreds

[Luis Anaconda]

All our players will get cancer? :-(

Taylor, Lauren, Campbell, Cygan, van Bronckhorst, Vieira, Pires (Bergkamp 66), Parlour, Toure (Wiltord 66), Jeffers, Kanu (Edu 76).

Vieira, Pires, Bergkamp :hehe:

[SWv2]

As I suspected:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2003/mar/12/newsstory.sport1

Off to Sutton we go.

I worked in Sutton once for one day.

[Burney]

Yes - not like the old **** ones though. They play rugby on 3G so I am guessing it doesn't cut you to shreds

I remember goalkeepers used to have to wear long trousers. :-(

[Burney]

As I suspected:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2003/mar/12/newsstory.sport1

Off to Sutton we go.

I worked in Sutton once for one day.

Could you smell the toffee from the Payne's Poppets factory?

[SWv2]

Could you smell the toffee from the Payne's Poppets factory?

Oh I cannot remember, it was a one-day cash in hand thing when I first arrived to seek the streets paved with gold. I expect it was lifting **** from place A to place B. Not intellectually challenging but enough money for a bag of cans on the way home before heading up west for the evening.

[Pokster]

Yes - not like the old **** ones though. They play rugby on 3G so I am guessing it doesn't cut you to shreds

Our local non league team have a 3G pitch... been about 10 times to watch them, plays just like grass and not seen any injuries due to burns etc since they put it in

[Burney]

Oh I cannot remember, it was a one-day cash in hand thing when I first arrived to seek the streets paved with gold. I expect it was lifting **** from place A to place B. Not intellectually challenging but enough money for a bag of cans on the way home before heading up west for the evening.

As a youngster I used to drink in a place called The Harrow there on a Saturday night. I say 'drink', but it was basically a meat market. If you weren't careful you could wake up next to some Cheam divorcee who looked a lot younger the night before. :-\

[Norn Iron]

Yes - not like the old **** ones though. They play rugby on 3G so I am guessing it doesn't cut you to shreds

Any 3G pitches I've played on cut you up. 4G doesn't cut you as bad.
I'm not sure if you get different standards of 3G pitches. I thought from watching Sutton on Sunday that it was a 4G pitch.

[Burney]

Any 3G pitches I've played on cut you up. 4G doesn't cut you as bad.
I'm not sure if you get different standards of 3G pitches. I thought from watching Sutton on Sunday that it was a 4G pitch.

What is this mystical 'G' when it's at home? And why has the artificial pitch industry stolen the terminology of the data roaming industry?

Do people do this stuff just to confuse me?

[Pokster]

Any 3G pitches I've played on cut you up. 4G doesn't cut you as bad.
I'm not sure if you get different standards of 3G pitches. I thought from watching Sutton on Sunday that it was a 4G pitch.

There isn't (officially) such a thing as 4G

[Norn Iron]

What is this mystical 'G' when it's at home? And why has the artificial pitch industry stolen the terminology of the data roaming industry?

Do people do this stuff just to confuse me?

Generation!

3G is astroturf and is a sandy surface. 4G is synthetic strands of grass. I don't really have a clue what I'm talking about to be honest. It seems the bigger the G the more it's like actual grass :)

Arsenal's pitch is partly synthetic. I'm not a grass expert.

[Norn Iron]

There isn't (officially) such a thing as 4G

Liar! Ask Crusaders and Cliftonville. They play on it every week.

[Pokster]

Liar! Ask Crusaders and Cliftonville. They play on it every week.

No they don't.... $G is somthing manufacturers claim, the fact is 3G is officially recongnised, anything after that is just manufacturing speak..... saying that the difference between some 3G pitches is huge. Harrogate Town play on a brilliant one, the local school's isn't a patch on it.

Went to watch my eldest play on one at a Private school, it was so good it was unbelievable

[Luis Anaconda]

Our local non league team have a 3G pitch... been about 10 times to watch them, plays just like grass and not seen any injuries due to burns etc since they put it in

That's what I thought. Actually watched some of the Sutton Wimbledon game - didn't really notice the pitch