He claimed it left the playing surface bare in the week of the game, disrupting training plans.
One reason may have been that it does not require expensive equipment or a well-manicured playing surface.
They then oversee the manufacturing of the wood, resin and plastic game pieces and the cardboard playing surface.
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The lawn that morning was cinematic, with dew lying like a rime of silvery frost on the playing surface.
Wenger, meanwhile, was unhappy with the playing surface in Manchester but he praised the opposition backline for frustrating Arsenal's attack.
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Wembley is an iconic football venue which deserves the optimum playing surface.
San Marino was lashed by rain, sleet, hail and high winds on Wednesday morning, raising concerns about the playing surface in Serravalle.
Ground crews began working around 6 a.m. to clear several inches of snow from the playing surface at Coors Field, which opened in 1995.
And when Stanislas equalised to send the tie into extra-time, the crowd finally spilled over the advertising hoardings and on to the playing surface.
Using the Sokka unit basically involves kicking a ball against a flat playing surface containing a number of electronic sensors that monitor accuracy and technique.
Despite the playing surface, freezing temperatures and Manchester United against Real Madrid on TV, the turnout was impressive considering how far some of these players had travelled.
But Konkola stadium itself looks like a relic from the 1950s, with rundown concrete bleachers and an uneven playing surface that left inspectors from world governing body, Fifa, distinctly unimpressed.
The West Indies' total was the highest at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium, which had only recently returned to international service following a 12-month suspension over a dangerous playing surface.
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Though frustrated on that occasion, Miller was the most impressive player in the opening exchanges, with the fine playing surface and pleasant weather creating the perfect conditions to test the Steelmen for fatigue.
Exciting youngsters like Paul Slane, Ross Forbes and Jamie Murphy will relish the lush new playing surface at Fir Park (how will the Scottish media survive without their tiresome Battle of the Somme patter?).
But the near-farcical playing surface, with the ball repeatedly held up in surface water, put Chelsea's passing game all at sea and Frank Leboeuf was almost caught out on the edge of his area trying to dribble clear.
Having thousands of fans on the pitch is not just costly in terms of insurance, it's also wrecking the playing surface which will now have to be replaced ahead of schedule in 2010 at a cost of 1m euro.
The Wales boss was angered before last month's opening World Cup game against Azerbaijan as the removal of the portable pitch for a Madonna concert at the stadium left the playing surface bare in the week of the game, disrupting his training plans.
Wembley's appalling playing surface took a large share of the responsibility for the lack of quality on show, playing a crucial role in the goal that sent Grant on his way to a final date against his old club Chelsea nine minutes into extra-time.
Times have changed though and with tickets being relatively pricey, with all seating stadia in place and pitch invasion not very common nowadays it would seem that distance between the fans in the crowd and the playing surface is not as essential as it once was.
But there is something important playing out under the surface, because welfare reform is and remains an ideological flashpoint for the role of government in America.
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The device, which resembles a Roomba vacuum cleaner, attaches itself to a pane, maps out its perimeter and proceeds to clean the surface, playing a tinny tune when the work is completed.
"I didn't have high expectations coming here but I wanted to get some matches and get used to the clay surface and the whole mindset of playing on clay, " said Hewitt.
According to experts the lack of traction has nothing to do with the color but the implementation of the clay -- which has been playing much faster than usually expected on such a surface.
Yes, they are 16 to 24 year olds playing video games for a living, which is on the surface, a seemingly laid back profession.
The sandbox I like playing in the most is exactly where these odd and sometimes aberrant findings surface.
In the 20 or so years I have been playing here at my home ground in Perth, I must admit I had never seen so much grass on the surface of a Test pitch and it was therefore no surprise to hear all the talk and prediction leading into the match.
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