Most liked posts in thread: Away vs Colchester United, Rescheduled Tuesday 21st January 2020 @ 7.45p.m.

Win our games in hand and we’d go 3 points clear at the top, not bad all in all.

 

A cold Tuesday night in Colchester what's not to love about that.
Fordy will see this as another failure by the club by getting a fixture congestion later in the season.

 

Just no pleasing you, is there, mate ? Training ALONE is not enough ....... History will illustrate that .......

 

Least we will be able to watch re-arranged match on i-follow if midweek...

 

Like most posters on here, really pissed off with this, I was planning a week away with the missus taking in the Colchester game, a few days in the Isle of Wight then down to Devon for the Plymouth game.
All out of the window now because of a few 2 bit waste of time friendlies.
Just glad I had delayed my bookings for various hotels and ferries.

 

I was under the impression the likes of Reeves needed game time, the very thing he could get under our conditioning/fitness coaches supervision not out on loan, as you say no pleasing some.

 

Yes and I have been in touch with both the EFL and Colchester regarding the timings of asking for a cancellations of fixtures EFL could not give a shit they said we can cancel games on the day if required in other words supporters are none existent, Colchester not much better there answer is well you can come when it’s rearranged. I just hope that it’s single figures that turn out at Colchester from the City supporters no way will I visit this club again not for the rules that allow them to do this but they will have known for weeks about these players having international commitments and should have given some indication as the possibility of the game being cancelled long before now.

 

Brilliant news. Hotel and train tickets down the pan.

Best way to repay Colchester is get your game tickets money back and boycott the night fixture. only 100 or so hard core city fans will turn up. Major loss of revenue for Colchester.

 

I am right behind you. Can you organise a fly bye for the rearranged game?
Lets show them we mean business.

 

In fairness, Harriott has been injured most of the season and returned a few week back. But still, it's a naff rule by the EFL but it's something teams take full advantage of, including us not so long ago. I'm sure it was Blackpool at home, we postponed when we had the likes of Cullen, Evans, Burke & McArdle missing and we did on the Monday or Tuesday the week of the game.

Think it's something that has been addressed before when Wolves or Blackburn were in L1 and they had postponements a every time their season. Bigger EFL clubs wanted the schedule to match PL & CH with the weekend off, smaller clubs wanted them to still go ahead as it potentially would be damaging financially as this thread has shown, many fans would be up for a Saturday away trip compared to a Tuesday night game, meaning less money at the doors.

 

Yes but...

 

I can understand were you are coming from winter months etc but if you look at the clubs that have had very little postponements through the weather over the last 5 years Colchester are top of table so it was not a risk as such not like going to Carlisle in Dec that’s what a risk is, like I never book away hotels on Cup game dates that’s if we are still in the draw.
Colchester knew exactly how to milk the system selling game tickets at reduced cost well in advance with increasing up to the same day purchase they would then hope that all those that have purchased tickets will still attend the midweek game rather than get rebates which everyone is entitled to, I would sincerely hope that those that purchased a ticket Pop down to VP and get a refund forget about Colchester, as one previous post said boycott them they will soon get the message, clubs like BCFC have a fantastic away support and should treated with respect like most clubs did in div one, but if this is the way that div two is shaping up I can see many problems ahead.

 

They do that for every game so hardly like they picked on us. People seem to be taking this very personally, they don't care if they are playing 2nd place in the league or 24th they'd postpone the game like every other club would.

 

Would they? In the unlikely event that three bit part players like Anderson, Gibson and Patrick were called up for international duty would we call off the game? I doubt it.
I just don't understand their motivation. Surely it's better to get the game played and avoid a spring fixture pile up than postpone because three players who are on the fringes of their squad aren't available.

 

To me the most shocking thing is learning Montserrat have a FIFA football team. Had to google it. Population 5,900 Thats half the size of Otley.

 

Their players aren't bit part, 1 has been injured until recently and suspect he'll be a regular, 1 has started every match he's been available and the other has made 12 appearances in the league. Even still if you have 3 players missing on top of a few injuries then why wouldn't you take the chance to get the match off when it's only the first time this season and at most will happen 1 more time in March.
If you look around league 1 has 4 matches off and league 2 now has 2 matches off due to internationals so it shows most, if not all, club who are eligible to postpone a match take the offer. Got to remember as well a lot of clubs at this level don't have big squads and certainly don't have the strength in depth we do so for some clubs 4 or 5 players missing hits them just as bad as 10 players out does to us.

 

If City are knocked out by Shrewsbury we
could play Macclesfield or Colchester on Saturday 30th November if either of them are knocked out of the cup.

 

Rescheduled for Tuesday 21st Jan

Absolute p!ss take. Macc game should've stayed tonight, and the Colchester game rescheduled for this Saturday (as Colchester don't have a cup game either)

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