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There's a reason why Welbeck was held out of Sutton away last season as he was coming back from injury.
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Europa League R32: Östersunds FK v Arsenal | February 15, 2018 18:00 GMT | BT Sport
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Malky
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The pitches I play on are Fifa approved, but yeah, I would think for a stadium for European competitions and could host international fixtures it would need to be Uefa approved?Shouldn't it be UEFA approved? Fifa?!?!?
Welbeck? The guy with the awful injury record who could injure himself watching TV? The surface he plays on should be the least of that donkeys problems.
Slartibartfast
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Yes there was a reason: the persistence of outdated information.
The Truth About Artificial Turf Injuries
http://sportswithoutinjury.com/truth-artificial-turf-injuries/
Slartibartfast
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If it's FIFA approved, it's also UEFA approved. And vice versa. They've been collaborating on artificial surface standards since 2004. Joint funding, same testing, same standards.
http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news...unce-collaboration-artificial-turf-95128.html
halfvolley
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Don't think the injury thing is true, at least it's never an argument bandied about here in Sweden. About half the teams in the top league play on plastic these days. People do complain about it of course (as well we should!) but that has little to do with injury concerns.
The three main arguments against it are:
1. Football should be played on grass, not ****ing plastic.
2. It has too much impact on the game. It's too predictable and very fast. There's often a notable difference to how your team plays on grass and how they play on plastic. Teams with a plastic 'turf' tend to do worse on grass.
3. Many plastic pitches are harder to slide and fall on. This leads to a less physical game and fewer sliding tackles. People want to see players at the top level giving it their all.
Of course there are many advantages to plastic as well, especially in a country with our winters. But football on the highest level should not be played on plastic. It's unseemly.
The three main arguments against it are:
1. Football should be played on grass, not ****ing plastic.
2. It has too much impact on the game. It's too predictable and very fast. There's often a notable difference to how your team plays on grass and how they play on plastic. Teams with a plastic 'turf' tend to do worse on grass.
3. Many plastic pitches are harder to slide and fall on. This leads to a less physical game and fewer sliding tackles. People want to see players at the top level giving it their all.
Of course there are many advantages to plastic as well, especially in a country with our winters. But football on the highest level should not be played on plastic. It's unseemly.
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Relying on Welbeck for this
Are we in a bit of a pickle now with Lacazette out injured? I know Welbeck is back to fitness but we've purposely chosen not to play him on an artificial pitch before. Now it looks like we don't have a choice.
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I think Welbeck held back from the game because he was just coming back from a long-term injury, he must have played on artificial surfaces for England at some point in his career.
What a disaster. Our chances of winning this have diminished considerably.
Eddie's time to shine.
Isn't he coming back from an injury right now though? I can't remember.
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He is, but I think coming back from a knee cartilage injury as he would have against Sutton is a much greater risk than the muscle injury he's had recently.
You could get away with playing Nketiah against this lot. They are ****.
FinnGooner
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We should win this even if we played Bellerin up top. But Welbz will do the job just fine. He'll score one or two of his trademark WTFs
Normally got time for Danny but I don' want him near this. Give Eddie his start. Its his time.
Giroud12
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Fu.ck!! Absolute disaster. All those hating at Laca jinxed it, now look at us! WHAT DO WE DO NOW
Aubameyang being cup tied because Dortmund dropped down is so stupid. Especially when you consider Alexis and Mkhitaryan are both able to play.
Player:Saliba
Lacazette or not we should be winning this
Arsenal1508
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LOL
Stop panicking. It's not like Lacazette was guaranteeing goals. Time for something new again...with perhaps Nketiah.
Why didn't I see this coming? When it rains it pours, of course something like this happen now
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