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Pitch inspection *GAME CALLED OFF*

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  • charliewright1
    charliewright1 Posts: 1,650
    What could be better, the mighty reds not losing today and I think I will watch CP v Everton (sorry can't bring myself to even type their name!) on the firestick 'thingy' that my son gave me for Christmas, and hopefully see the blues spank the nigels with Ade getting on the score sheet again!!!............Happy days, oh also had some GREAT NEWS back from the docs about a biopsy taken just before Christmas!..................... :smiley:
  • limeygent
    limeygent Posts: 3,217
    Wonder what Roland's going to do this afternoon, with no live stream to watch.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,878
    charliewright1 said:

    What could be better, the mighty reds not losing today and I think I will watch CP v Everton (sorry can't bring myself to even type their name!) on the firestick 'thingy' that my son gave me for Christmas, and hopefully see the blues spank the nigels with Ade getting on the score sheet again!!!............Happy days, oh also had some GREAT NEWS back from the docs about a biopsy taken just before Christmas!..................... :smiley:

    "Spanking the Nigel"

    Oh well, that's something else to do this afternoon
  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,151
    Ebbsfleet is on
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,733
    I think this was a game we didn't need - we can thank God or whoever is responsible for the weather that it has been called off. As has been said - another week for Holmes and Watt to get fit and for Magennis to recover - We are out of the cup and we knocked Scunthorpe out so we shouldn't have too much trouble finding a new slot - not too soon though eh?
  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,267
    ricky_otto said:

    Now the games off, I'm wondering what Perks is going to have for dinner today.

    3000 sausage rolls
  • JohnnyH2
    JohnnyH2 Posts: 5,344
    According to Olly Groome there are misconceptions about the undersoil heating
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,733
    Look, football is full of cheating - look at Millwall last week - look at the way big clubs nick players - I don't think not busting a gut to get a game on when you have an injury crisis is a big deal in that context.
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,157
    JohnnyH2 said:

    According to Olly Groome there are misconceptions about the undersoil heating

    Such as? I can hear the sound of another hole being dug


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  • Markg2004
    Markg2004 Posts: 405
    PragueAddick said:

    JohnnyH2 said:

    According to Olly Groome there are misconceptions about the undersoil heating

    Such as? I can hear the sound of another hole being dug

    Maybe to connect the pipework to the boiler?
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,235
    PragueAddick said:

    JohnnyH2 said:

    According to Olly Groome there are misconceptions about the undersoil heating

    Such as? I can hear the sound of another hole being dug

    Pity it's not one that fits the boiler
  • Nug
    Nug Posts: 4,623
    MuttleyCAFC said:

    Look, football is full of cheating - look at Millwall last week - look at the way big clubs nick players - I don't think not busting a gut to get a game on when you have an injury crisis is a big deal in that context.

    What about the inconvenience to thousands of people? The lack of squad depth falls directly at the feet of our owners.
  • AddickFC81
    AddickFC81 Posts: 4,053
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pKDGh08un4
  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
    seth plum said:

    If Tex, Bauer and Magennis had been available my guess is the game would've been played.

    No, I think I believe the groundman.
    It's because there either isn't a boiler, or if there is it's deemed to expensive to use it. So, as usual with Roland, t's all about the money.
  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,886
    There's a simple explanation here Yann's money only went so far so no boiler but nice new seats though :smirk:
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,661
    edited January 2017
    Blackheath RFC's game at Well Hall with Hull Ionians still appears to be on...

    ......"The Well Hall pitch was passed fit at 10.00 am this morning, and with no further inspection deemed necessary, Blackheath v Hull Ionians will kick-off 3.00 pm tomorrow.".......
  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,886
    LenGlover said:

    Blackheath RFC's game at Well Hall with Hull Ionians still appears to be on...

    Yeh but that's a proper man's game Len..............Goes to don tin hat :wink:

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  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,878
    LenGlover said:

    Blackheath RFC's game at Well Hall with Hull Ionians still appears to be on...

    To be fair, it's the stands at The Valley which block the sun getting to the pitch. The JS end of the pitch hardly sees any sun at all, whereas the "stands" at Blackheath are slightly smaller!
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,047
    RedChaser said:

    There's a simple explanation here Yann's money only went so far so no boiler but nice new seats though :smirk:

    Yann is definitely to blame for this situation
  • CafcWest
    CafcWest Posts: 6,172
    If you've ever had a single storey extension done on a house you have the footings/groundwork/preparation all done as if you are going to have a second storey built on top at some point in the future. Last thing you want to do is to have to dig it all out and start again. You may never have it done as its expensive. Think the under soil pipework was done with the same thought - if we ever reach the premier league we don't want to dig it all up and start again. If rules do not stipulate you have to use it below the PL then you don't have to use it. Would rather the boiler money go on players/team development until it has to be done. I want a change of ownership as much as most people - but none of this seems unreasonable IMO. And, don't think its a conspiracy or contrived so we don't play today - just extremely cold weather in the valley - but I'm glad its going to be postponed so we can, hopefully, get some players back.
  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 12,735
    ValleyGary said:

    charliewright1 said:

    Done us a favour tbh. Get a few more players back fit/out of suspension? Fuck it, let us 'play the system' for once.
    At least I won't have the hump at 5 o/c this afternoon as well!!

    This.

    Shame that scunny fans will lose a few quid but I didn't get any money back when I was half way up to Chesterfield a few years ago. Bollocks to it.
    a few quid probably means more when you're from Scunthorpe though
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,925
    JohnnyH2 said:

    According to Olly Groome there are misconceptions about the undersoil heating


    As in people presumed it was installed to heat the ground and it isn't ?
  • smurfd
    smurfd Posts: 162
    Bring back the Dome and stop whacking the forks in the pitch there are pipes under there.
  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
    Nug said:

    CroydonAddick1 said:

    We've literally got a game called off because our squad is not good enough to beat Scunthorpe, at home, in the third division. Let that sink in.

    On the money that post.
    Not sure. I think it's just extremely convenient.

    What it does show is a lack of investment. But going back four or five years, there was no undersoil heating then either, just the tent thing in the premier league days like those used at Wimbledon tennis.
    But apparently that fell apart and was never replaced?

    How much would it cost to fit boilers, and run them, anyone know? Would it be as much as the costs incurred by rescheduling matches?
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Are either Ebbslfleet, Dartford or Welling at home today and has their games been called off?
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,661
    i_b_b_o_r_g said:

    Are either Ebbslfleet, Dartford or Welling at home today and has their games been called off?

    Ebbsfleet, Blackheath RFC, Dagenham and Redbridge and East Thurrock are all playing.
  • Simonsen
    Simonsen Posts: 5,504
    LenGlover said:

    Blackheath RFC's game at Well Hall with Hull Ionians still appears to be on...

    ......"The Well Hall pitch was passed fit at 10.00 am this morning, and with no further inspection deemed necessary, Blackheath v Hull Ionians will kick-off 3.00 pm tomorrow.".......

    And Welling Utd is off. Different referees see things in different ways I guess.

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