Rumour Optus Stadium surface issues

[Farang83150]

Go cry some more

Why?
You're the one who took my melbourne salt comment out of context and got bent out of shape, sounds like your the one doing the crying.

 

[Strange Cat]

Why?
You're the one who took my melbourne salt comment out of context and got bent out of shape, sounds like your the one doing the crying.

Just have a lay down

 

[Farang83150]

Just have a lay down

LOL...there there little fella, obviously comprehensions not a strong point for you, ask your teacher for some extras help at school tomorrow.

 

[_007_]

> ball too slippery after quarter time.
> several different balls in use throughout any game.

> Eagle supporter

 

[WillieNillie]

> ball too slippery after quarter time.
> several different balls in use throughout any game.

> Eagle supporter

Ball gets wet right away. The reason its after quarter time is because its reaching 7:00 and cooler weather/night has hit. Second it hits that time of the day the ball soaps up right away like it would if it was raining

 

[jesterwester]

Its strange all the noise about Optus seems to be coming from the Eagles, and not Freo.

Salt?

The only crying is coming from the eagles about a ground they share with Freo

Haven’t seen Freo share the same concerns

WC also train here as well- which freo don’t for the most part; which has added into the problem. I don’t think we are training there anymore, but that’s really not the point.

We’ve had a ridiculous amount of lower leg injuries. A couple you could understand as bad luck, perhaps, but it’s beyond that now. Plus, we’ve been complaining since it opened- this isn’t a coach trying to deflect attention away from his own performance with something all of a sudden.

 

[Numero Uno]

not sure why freo supporters are so chirpy

its a genuine issue..Freo may as well whinge about it, they whinge about everything else

Lyon is the biggest excuse merchant in the league

 

[matthew_s]

Remember Subiaco weary leg syndrome from the 90's/00's ?

WA has some kind of leg fetish.

 

[ThePhantom777]

Everyone loves the MCG turf, why don't they just consult with the people who look after it?

 

[jooce8891]

> ball too slippery after quarter time.
> several different balls in use throughout any game.

> Eagle supporter

> green texting on bigfooty

 

[4THAWN]

Everyone loves the MCG turf, why don't they just consult with the people who look after it?

its not the "turf" its the layers underneath the turf causing hardness, moisture etc

 

[76woodenspooners]

 

[ep2018]

It was built on a swamp just metres from the river. These potential issues were well known when they selected the site. A lot of time and money went into compaction and drainage, building on such sites can be a tricky balancing act, hopefully they can work it out.

Isn't there staff parking under the turf itself? I think that might be a huge reason why the turf is as hard as it is.

 

[PurpleHornet]

Everyone loves the MCG turf, why don't they just consult with the people who look after it?

maybe just raise the blades on the mower 1/4 inch?

 

[blue harvest]

Isn't there staff parking under the turf itself? I think that might be a huge reason why the turf is as hard as it is.

There may be some under the grandstand but not the playing surface.

They had to raise and compress the ground level quite a bit with heaps of fill. They couldn't really then go and dig back into it again too much other than for foundation posts.

 

[Tim Evans Beard]

WA has messed up so many recent developments. The Barnett obsession with building monuments to his greatness has resulted in a plethora of second class facilities that will need to corrected over the next decade due to the already committed funds. This is just another example of this.

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

Remember Subiaco weary leg syndrome from the 90's/00's ?

WA has some kind of leg fetish.

Turf toe?

 

[WillieNillie]

Ground was a disgrace today. People slipping over every minute. 3 concussions from head hitting turf. 2 leg injuries that were played through too. I'd suspect Melbourne wouldn't be too happy either

 

[kane249]

Didn't Docklands also have issues with the hardness of the surface when it first launched? How was that fixed?

 

[StillAtLarge]

Didn't Docklands also have issues with the hardness of the surface when it first launched? How was that fixed?

Fixed? lol docklands is still a joke of a surface, the players hate it

 

[Art Corvelay]

Fixed? lol docklands is still a joke of a surface, the players hate it

Having walked on the G and Marvel, the difference in quality is stark.

 

[oak79]

WA has messed up so many recent developments. The Barnett obsession with building monuments to his greatness has resulted in a plethora of second class facilities that will need to corrected over the next decade due to the already committed funds. This is just another example of this.

Strange comment - the stadium has won international awards. Universally agreed as the best stadium in Australia, surface issues aside. This development wasnt 'messed up'.

 

[Farang83150]

WA has messed up so many recent developments. The Barnett obsession with building monuments to his greatness has resulted in a plethora of second class facilities that will need to corrected over the next decade due to the already committed funds. This is just another example of this.

Name them then?
I'm assuming you know what "Plethora" means...

 

[Art Corvelay]

Universally agreed as the best stadium in Australia,

Universally agreed in Perth?

 

[oak79]

Universally agreed in Perth?

Have you been there?
What's your personal gripe with the stadium, other than it not being in Victoria (and turf issues)

https://optusstadium.com.au/the-stadium/about-us/awards
https://optusstadium.com.au/the-stadium/news/optus-stadium-named-worlds-best-in-international-awards

Yes the surface has issues - thats no reason to dismiss the actual stadium out of hand.