The Voice - Match preview Most liked posts in thread: Bradford City vs Doncaster Rovers Saturday 20th January 3:00pm - POSTPONED

Get a read of the comments on social media regarding the postponement lol. I know footy fans generally are thick as mince but jeez, I'm surprised some can tie their own shoelaces.

 

TBF to @Petrov it's a video they posted and if you wait just 5 seconds in you will see why it's very relevant to the subject matter.

 

A link to the video (should work even if you don't have Facebook) https://fb.watch/pHqxkjGVKH/

It's a good, quick video which shows the pitch was still frozen this morning especially around the TL Dallas stand and Mick confirms that the TL Dallas is the issue area as the stand blocks out the sun. He also mentions that the lack of grass on the pitch is due to the Liverpool U21 game as the grass was getting frosty which kills the grass when people walk on it.
There is also a video on Mansfield's Facebook which explains about the temperatures and how the air temperature can be misleading as the temperature on the ground is often lower and even lower under the soil so a 4 degrees air temperature won't make a big difference to thawing the pitch.

 

Amen. Some folk like to moan for the sake

 

It depends how deep the frost is, if it's in deep then it will probably need more than 24 hours of 4 or 5 degrees.

What this shows is what we all know, no matter what the club and officials do there will always be some people to moan and they can't win. If it is unplayable now and they don't think it will thaw in time then people can plan what to do tomorrow rather than sitting around waiting, staff who are due to work know what is happening and the caterers don't waste a load of food. It also means both sides can have a training session tomorrow rather than Doncaster wasting a day.

 

And if they left it till 2pm tomorrow then called it off you would complain that it should have been called off earlier so you could have done something else

 

A deep freeze like we have had this week I am not surprised. It is only going to be 5c degrees tomorrow no where near to defrost the pitch. For a quick defrosts needs to be double that. Then the pitch has to be prepared. It is very frustrating but there is nothing we can do about it. Well there is but it would costs a lot!

 

I’m no expert on grass, but you have to wonder whether the covers do more harm than good.
They’ve apparently been on all week but failed to prevent the pitch being frozen, during that time what grass remains will have been starved of light and air. If you ever went camping you would know when you take up the ground sheet all the grass is limp and yellow and takes weeks to recover, so if the covers fail to stop the frost then we’re probably best leaving them off and letting the pitch breathe.

 

For anybody that does Facebook (i don’t but my wife does) there is a video by Mick Doyle on the city FB page this morning that shows the pitch after the covers were left off to let a bit of the warmer air on to it.

It’s quite enlightening.

 

For anyone who doesn't use Facebook, here is the video that Mick Doyle did. But I know how society work these days, he probably filmed it some time ago and it's all a conspiracy or summat. But hey I guess all the amateur groundsmen on here and social media know better than the guy who has done the pitch for years.....

 

Snowing a bit in Queensbury but then it does that in June.

 

Hope there is no problem I have had two 170 miles round trips wasted this season already and we have Salford on Tuesday and I have to come to Bradford again on Thursday

 

Can't even stop the temperature going below -4??? Absolute shambles #SPARKSOUT #RUPPOUT

 

Fair play call it early for those who don't live on the doorstep.

 

You are right - the key is how deep the frost is. The problem comes when the temp goes up to 4 or 5 degrees and the top inch or so unfreezes but it is still solid underneath. add some rain (which is forecast and you get muddy slime with an hard surface underneath.

 

Sadly,VP gets little direct sunlight in the winter,so it all depends on the air temperature.My local park pitch is playable,but it gets sunlight on it all day.I think we will find that the pitches that are playable tomorrow will be the ones with most grass on them.

 

Folk moaning about it not being on should really view how bad the ground still is today

 

They won’t though.
I’m no club apologist but that was a definite eye opener and hopefully will stop all the idiotic T & A and FB comments about how amateurish the club is.

 

It's been a right waste of money has that retractable roof. I haven't seen it being used once.