Field turf chased O'Brien out of town

[chip_butty]

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/story/2008/07/20/obrien-back.html


Here it is in black and white. He was even fine with playing on turf. Doctors advised him not to be on it every day practicing.

:mad:

[Flipityflu]

don't you hate it when one story contradicts aother and you don't know which is getting the short end of the stick. here weare loving the hate for obrien for not liking our city, and it turns out to maybe not being true. leaving for a medical reason certainly sounds alot different than i hate toronto.

[ExiledRed]

don't you hate it when one story contradicts aother and you don't know which is getting the short end of the stick. here weare loving the hate for obrien for not liking our city, and it turns out to maybe not being true. leaving for a medical reason certainly sounds alot different than i hate toronto.


there are no medical reasons flip

Anybody who doesnt want to play on our turf, hates freedom.

[reggie]

who is this o'brien you speak of,did he play yesterday?
i didn't notice him at all,he was brutal.
thank god we got what we got for him, a top 3 to 5 pick.

[Richard D]

After reading that article, we really need to get a grass pitch. Im sure they're all working on it.

[alexintoronto]

there are no medical reasons flip

Anybody who doesnt want to play on our turf, hates freedom.

Let us now call it FreedomTurf

[FluSH]

Can we protest about Grass at the All-Star game instead of...

[noochie]

When did O'Brien ever say anything about the city? By all accounts and interviews he was one of the most upbeat guys last season. The most telling part of this latest article today for me was the fact that an actual doctor told him to stay off of it. Like I have said before, you can launch all of the studies that you want into the safety of playing on the stuff and talk about generation (insert number here) and call them a bunch of pussies, but the bottom line is two-fold:

1. Players who play and train on it complain that it takes a lot longer to recover from training on fieldturf than grass.
2. Those complaints build the perception that it is less safe in some way so if people have to option to play here or somewhere else on grass, they will pick somewhere else...

Which brings us back to Ronnie, who in his opinion had the option of playing in a great atmosphere in front of the best fans... or prolong his career by playing somewhere else on a more forgiving surface. We can call it an excuse all we want but I for one think Ronnie was a little gutted by the decision to leave. Given playing here vs. a shortened career though.. I dont blame the guy.

[Flipityflu]

there are no medical reasons flip

Anybody who doesnt want to play on our turf, hates freedom.


isn't this why we signed the Geneva Convention :)

fucking war criminals and football players.


noochie, the story about obrien hating toronto came out just after he was traded, however, i can't remember who it was who wrote it.

[ExiledRed]

isn't this why we signed the Geneva Convention :)

fucking war criminals and football players.


noochie, the story about obrien hating toronto came out just after he was traded, however, i can't remember who it was who wrote it.

The turf apologists came out in force before he was even on the plane.

[Dirk Diggler]

Ok, so this is what? The fifth story just this week that proves no one likes Fieldturf (doctors included).

[Pigfynn]

None of this talk matters at all!

With Field Turf:

The only thing that matters (like with anything) is the way it's perceived and it's perceived as a joke by anyone we would actually really like to play here. So because of this, it must be changed or we will NEVER have a club that's taken seriously period.

[Flipityflu]

it seems like it will never go away...until it goes away.

honestly, its my hope that Henry or somebody of similar stature just comes out and says 'i would come and play for toronto in a sec and lead them to outragous success if you didn't play on a plastic shag carpet.'

and i agree with Flush, and wish it wasn't to late to change the goal of the protest (especially since i find myself not really understanding the need for the Argo protest right now and feeling guilty about the break in solidarity, whether or not i'm a paying member of RPB, or any other supporter group)

[dantdot]

None of this talk matters at all!

With Field Turf:

The only thing that matters (like with anything) is the way it's perceived and it's perceived as a joke by anyone we would actually really like to play here. So because of this, it must be changed or we will NEVER have a club that's taken seriously period.

QFT! That's it, PERIOD.