Match Off!
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It's been raining all night here. Even if the ref had a thought of starting the game I doubt it would have gone 90 minutes
I agree with you totally Dave , I don't think it would have run to full time , I am sure the groundsmen have done their very best , good for them !
I agree with you totally Dave , I don't think it would have run to full time , I am sure the groundsmen have done their very best , good for them !
its a knocking bet, rain that came down after kick off time would never have completed the game, Plus slippy pitch, can't afford injuries in key positions, also too many players on 4 bookings. very easy to pick up another on slippy pitch, so whilst i was sick it was off, was only sensible thing to do. IMHO.
Can somebody please answer me why Bury and Rochdale haven't been called off, within a 30 mile radius. Must be v.similar weather.
Sounds tinpot too me
Probably less than thirty miles, but as daft as it may seem the East Lancs ( Accy) gets more rain I am sure than either Bury or Rochdale. Plus as stated elsewhere the make up of the pitches will be completely different.
Not to sure about the water gathering machine though. Ok for drying off a cricket sqaure but hard work on an area 115 x78 or near enough. Keep going Buzzer last time I was up there the playing surfaced played and looked good.
It can even be more localised than that. The heavy downpour that hit the ground between 4pm & 5pm had turned to light drizzle by the time it got to the town centre
But why does the pitch have poor draining???=Tinpot methods used in the past.
We were the only game in the league/conference to be called off, not good enough and more lost revenue, how many new shirts would we have sold
We were the only game in the league/conference to be called off, not good enough and more lost revenue, how many new shirts would we have sold
because the ground is built on an old clay pit?
its because the previous regimes idea of spending a 5 figure sum on the pitch was £100.00 not the 5 figure thousands needed.
Cardboard thrupennybits' idea for pitch care was to roll it repeatedly thus causing the compaction of the in soil air pockets which help water drain out into the water table, the result of which is a pitch that holds water on the surface and struggles to drain it away. I spent time talking to former groundsman Gary on this subject before he left and he was saying at that point that the pitch in his opinion needed virtidraining and re-airiating before being rotavated, fed properly and reseeded with one of the higher quality highly durable grasses now being used at the top level. Bear in mind that this was 2 and a half seasons ago (minimum) and you can see what Buzzer is up against.
Cardboard thrupennybits' idea for pitch care was to roll it repeatedly thus causing the compaction of the in soil air pockets which help water drain out into the water table, the result of which is a pitch that holds water on the surface and struggles to drain it away. I spent time talking to former groundsman Gary on this subject before he left and he was saying at that point that the pitch in his opinion needed virtidraining and re-airiating before being rotavated, fed properly and reseeded with one of the higher quality highly durable grasses now being used at the top level. Bear in mind that this was 2 and a half seasons ago (minimum) and you can see what Buzzer is up against.
Please don't go there!
The whole surface needs raising about a foot or so and new drains put in. I think Rovers did this about 10 years ago when they lost a lot of fixtures, but I hate to think what it cost them.
IF people want THE FACTS, PM me and I'll give you what I believe.
To my knowledge the club did nothing wrong; but you need to understand "the rules"
I would imagine it costs extra to call the match referee in early
probably tinpot in past, think wait n see what happens wi the "New Broom" things like this take time n money, the blame thing is oer, too late was the cry!, lets look forward n cross fingers n see how stuff develops is my view.But why does the pitch have poor draining???=Tinpot methods used in the past.
We were the only game in the league/conference to be called off, not good enough and more lost revenue, how many new shirts would we have sold
IF people want THE FACTS, PM me and I'll give you what I believe.
To my knowledge the club did nothing wrong; but you need to understand "the rules"
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Marc ur a wind up merchant...pm me for the facts...then quickly change to well no what I believe are the facts....why try and make rumours? :-s
Whats much more tinpot is that only 162 fans bothered to travel to Valley Parade....
Moaning about the rain is so Cockermouth '09
Moaning about the rain is so Cockermouth '09
Bothered WM!!! I would think more would attended if fans had more Discretionary income to play with.As this does aply to me its exspensive specialy when your paying for 3 and cant aford togo to away games as offten as i'd like to except for the odd one or two,So to say Bothered i guess you and 161 others are the lucky ones.