Are you actually a girl???Thanks
Why are we not allowed to critise the wrongs of the club?I hope Sadler never reads this thread. He'd wonder why he bothers if he did.
We will need them back Timps playing 3 games a weekNothing for anyone to get upset about, yet more time to get players back.
SS I’m sure will be wanting to improve drainage and pitch protection.
Why are we not allowed to critise the wrongs of the club?
Its quite simple its rained and been a bit cold a few times and everytime our pitch isn't up to it when other local clubs pitches have been. The pitch has been dug up two off seasons in a row. And now its only fit for swimming or ice skating in the winter...We don't know they have done anything "wrong". People are just assuming it.
Use 15mms Plumbs.When Plumbs puts his few radiators & speed fit pipe in for our under soil heating perhaps he can also fit a drain.
Exactly.I hope Sadler never reads this thread. He'd wonder why he bothers if he did.
Shock horror fans want to see football club that they pay money into... Play football. I'm sure simon being an owner and having to fork out extra cash on wages will also be annoyed that the game is off... And will be asking questions of those employees from the boardroom down as to why this issue has occurredExactly.
Calling ourselves tinpot, asking for a groundsman to be sacked, it's beyond belief.
Surprised we haven't asked for sadler to put the club up for sale.
He wouldn’t sell it as the pitch is shiteExactly.
Calling ourselves tinpot, asking for a groundsman to be sacked, it's beyond belief.
Surprised we haven't asked for sadler to put the club up for sale.
This is the fourth postponement in just over a month.There comes a point where you have to think these home postponements are being manufactured.
Before this season aside from when we were in the Prem I don’t recall us having three games off in the last 30 years never mind in the same season
Hang on while I just checkAre you actually a girl???
Those nematodes must have been thirstier than I thought.Even Stan with a pitch fork and half of Blackpool beach on top of the nematodes, had more games on than this chap
Completely agree.There is no way the amount of rain that fell should be enough for the match to be postponed. The field at the back of where I live in Blackpool has no standing water. Wtf is going on BFC?
Maybe you should apply for the job if you are such an apparent expert....notThe groundsman needs sacking right now. Where did we get him from? Oldham, nuff said. It would’ve been acceptable under the previous regime but not under Sadler. This is not good enough and not only we need a new pitch but we need a new groundsman that will always try hard to get the game ready, cause the way I see it, the current groundsman just doesn’t try hard enough. This is becoming a joke.
Some of the comments on here are unbelievable.It’s the only game off in England due to Weather.
Jesus common sense at last The rain band was supposed to only affect the Irish sea south Cumbria and IOM but has moved a few miles east, what other teams or the groundsman have to do with it god only knowsSome of the comments on here are unbelievable.
Unfortunately a weather front has stalled and remained over the area for longer than normal. It is only a relatively narrow
band of rain and thus only the far west coast of Lancs and Cumbria and southern Scotland have had copious amounts of rain.
With the already high water table due to the excessively wet winter , it does not take a great deal of rain to quickly cause surface water to become a problem if the intensitivity of the rain is severe. The rain in this area has been very intense from around 2pm to 5pm.
Now the surface water will drain away with time but unfortunately not before ko time.
Given the pre existing state of the pitch drainage and the intensity of the rain then there is nothing that the groundstaff could have done to prevent the waterlogging in the short term.
As to the comment above about no water in the fields!!!. Everywhere round here is under water.
Thank you Michael FishSome of the comments on here are unbelievable.
Unfortunately a weather front has stalled and remained over the area for longer than normal. It is only a relatively narrow
band of rain and thus only the far west coast of Lancs and Cumbria and southern Scotland have had copious amounts of rain.
With the already high water table due to the excessively wet winter , it does not take a great deal of rain to quickly cause surface water to become a problem if the intensitivity of the rain is severe. The rain in this area has been very intense from around 2pm to 5pm.
Now the surface water will drain away with time but unfortunately not before ko time.
Given the pre existing state of the pitch drainage and the intensity of the rain then there is nothing that the groundstaff could have done to prevent the waterlogging in the short term.
As to the comment above about no water in the fields!!!. Everywhere round here is under water.
Hang on while I just check
You still haven’t explained why Morecambe can get a game on thoughJesus common sense at last The rain band was supposed to only affect the Irish sea south Cumbria and IOM but has moved a few miles east, what other teams or the groundsman have to do with it god only knows
I wish mate but I’m not a gardenerMaybe you should apply for the job if you are such an apparent expert....not
Because it’s not been as bad thereYou still haven’t explained why Morecambe can get a game on though
More rainfall in morecambe than fylde coast , fact .Because it’s not been as bad there
Of course he's a girlHang on while I just check
I reckon it's because Morecambe is in a different geographical location to Blackpool.You still haven’t explained why Morecambe can get a game on though
You still haven’t explained why Morecambe can get a game on though
What matters is rain intensity, not total amount. As a golfer i am used to situations like this. A thunderstorm(lasting only 10 minutes) in the middle of summer can cause greens to flood and be unplayable in a matter of minutes. However in 2 hours conditions may be perfect again. Now if the same amount of rain fell over those few hours then conditions underfoot would not have deteriorated and play would have been continuous.More rainfall in morecambe than fylde coast , fact .
It could be pissing down here...and it looks like it is about to....and yet five miles up the road not even raining.You still haven’t explained why Morecambe can get a game on though
Covers do keep an area dry if you want them too , not laying them flat , but more like a tent effect ,so the water runs away into drainage channels . Like ive said it seems like they didnt want this game to go ahead , wonder why ??Was it the interim board who oversaw relaying the pitch? What did they use...clay?
We have a pitch built on a sand base ,fact , we have drainage , fact , we knew the weather forecast , cover the pitch till 6 .00 when rain stops , and it did , so why off ??. Not impressive at all ..How many of you on the Fylde coast have got a front or back garden that is waterlogged?
Have looked at the Promenade webcam and the weather looks no different than any other rainy day.
Shade got naff all to do with rainIs it cos our stands cause some of the pitch to be in the shade