Match Thread Most liked posts in thread: Home Versus Crawley Saturday 16th January- MATCH POSTPONED

Luke James head injury, with 15 minutes stoppage for medical assistance. Not a lucky bloke over the years - hope he is ok.

 

The BBC weather forecast just shown on TV has temperatures of around 9 degrees at kick off, rain will have passed through during the morning leaving a bright day. Completely bizarre decision to cancel the game. All that hard work and potential damage to the pitch for nothing.

Oh well, let’s hope a game can be rearranged for Tuesday or we’ll start to lose match fitness and increase the risk of muscular injuries again.

 

Which would have had easy access today wether for the football club or the residents living nearby. In a time where fixture congestion is becoming even tighter the EFL have made a bad call on the back of time , money and effort from the club being wasted. I guess it depends what weather app they checked, i didn't envisage any more snow before todays game from the apps i follow.

 

Since the BBC ditched the Met. Office and went with Meteo who are based in Holland their forecasts have been rubbish.

 

Take the Grimsby Southend match. A 0-0 draw (that must have been bad). Instead of 1 of these teams below us picking up 3 points and getting closer to us, they both only get 1, which means neither has made very much progress in trying to catch us. In effect 2 points have "disappeared". So stats wise it is much better for us than either Grimsby or Southend winning.

 

Don't suppose we'll ever find out the truth about today's postponement but I hope the disgust expressed in various forums has some effect on decisions in the future. For what it's worth my view is that the ref told the EFL that he thought the area around the ground was dangerous and they acted on that. Pretty unsatisfactory all round.

 

Gary

 

Or play AOC at right back.

 

Absolutely.

And why haven't we been using the Tuesdays we've had free these past three or whatever weeks?

Football is allowing itself to fall foul of bureaucratic BS - as it usually does - but we're in a unique situation, and the EFL are showing real ineptitude to not cut away the red tape and get games rescheduled quicker.

I'm not saying Saturday to Sunday, but Saturday to Tuesday or Saturday to the following Tuesday - come on, I know sports where athletes are given a few days notice. If you're a professional competitor, be prepared to compete.

 

Upon inspecting the surface, Madley said: "The efforts of the ground staff have been superb and, from a playing perspective, there is no issue whatsoever

So where's the bloody sense in postponing then especially where clubs are getting so far behind in their fixture schedule..........

 

On the face of it, this seems an astonishing decision. There are no spectators and surely a safe path for vehicles from Manningham Lane could have been created by lunchtime tomorrow when it will be much warmer anyhow.
It will be interesting to see how many other games in the snow zone are postponed for the same reason.

 

The groundsman is the one I feel sorry for. All that effort for nothing !!!

 

I expect someone had the brains to put some rock salt or grit down. Not hard with a few club staff.

Pathetic decision. No 'can do' attitude in sight.

 

So should everyone should stay in until it clears ? What if someone who lives around valley parade falls ill, are they left until it’s safe?

Surely the council need to clear the road for the residents as much as the businesses in the area.

 

Just listened carefully to the interview with the ref. First, he says the pitch is fine, no problem there. Then, commenting on the surrounding area he says,' That's not my area of expertise, that's somebody else's.' So who called the game off? The ref, based on observations that he acknowledges he hasn't the requisite capability to judge. Or someone else, if so who? If it's the ref then he has gone far beyond his remit. I would say that decisions about the condition of areas surrounding the ground lie with either the club or the local authority, not the ref. I really think this needs looking at.