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Posted by betosneck <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=betosneck' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 31, 2026, 5:28 am

I can see this going badly

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Posted by Tarpaulin_Alan <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Tarpaulin_Alan' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 31, 2026, 7:15 am, in reply to "World cup pitches"

Similar to spurs who are assessing whether it’s one of the reasons for their increase in injuries.

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Posted by betosneck <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=betosneck' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 31, 2026, 11:46 am, in reply to "Re: World cup pitches"

Theybe spent decades perfecting this apparently.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20260515-world-cup-2026-these-scientists-have-spent-eight-years-growing-grass-for-the-pitches

I'm going to add "Players stamping down massive divots" to my world cup bingo

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Posted by ste <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=ste' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 31, 2026, 6:33 am, in reply to "World cup pitches"

That’s the same stuff we have at BMD, I think.

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Posted by Ta La <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Ta+La' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 31, 2026, 7:55 am, in reply to "Re: World cup pitches"

The process used at BMD was a lot more laborious than how that looks, they stitched the individual artificial fibres into bare soil first and then seeded afterwards, took a good few days if not a week or so iirc. That one looks as though they'd be be done in a couple of hours, not sure how the two different approaches stack up mind.

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Posted by ste <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=ste' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 31, 2026, 9:50 am, in reply to "Re: World cup pitches"

Been looking in to this since posting, I think the actual “grass” is the same 95% real 5% synthetic but ours was grown on site and this has been grown elsewhere and shipped. They must have some special technology to knit it together, it would be mad if the stuff starts ripping up and coming apart.

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Honestly it just looks like they are laying it on sand. I just can't see it lasting. I reckon this world cup will go down as one of the worst tbh. Everything you read about has just been done badly. From the enforced water breaks to squeeze adverts in to the stadiums being miles away, to the cost of transport, empty hotels, purchased seats being reallocated to worse parts of the stadiums and then yourlve got trump and his stormtroopers kicking around checking passports.

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Posted by ste <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=ste' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 31, 2026, 10:12 am, in reply to "Re: World cup pitches"

I would love it to be really shite played in front of empty stadiums. Football always does well though no matter how much people get ripped off or how bad the product is.

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Yeah. They grew that onsite and it fucked up the first time and had to relay it. This stuff has just been placed down. Now I reckon given enough time it works it's way into the base and that's fine but there are a couple of weeks before fixtures start.

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