Reason for Absence tonight?

Reason for Absence tonight?

  • I am attending

    Votes: 75 52.1%

  • It's on TV

    Votes: 22 15.3%

  • It's too bloody cold

    Votes: 14 9.7%

  • I'm skint

    Votes: 9 6.3%

  • Not arsed

    Votes: 24 16.7%
  • Total voters
    144
Still going if weather allows, but travelling any distance after the game will be difficult. Blackpool looks ok, but further East is not looking great.
 
I live in a different hemisphere

But come on the people of Blackpool, get yer selves out tonight, this has got to be an attractive fixture in a season of many that are quite the opposite.
 
Not that arsed to drag my 9 year old to a night game on a school night. The biggest question in my head is whether to let him stay up and watch it.
 
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A_Tense_Grin said:
Not that arsed to drag my 8 year old to a night game on a school night. The biggest question in my head is whether to let him stay up and watch it.
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It would be akin to child neglect, not to let junior Seasider watch it on TV with snacks & drinks 😆
Your big dilemma would be - what to do if the game goes to extra time & penalties
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585 = never give up said:
It would be akin to child neglect, not to let junior Seasider watch it on TV with snacks & drinks 😆
Your big dilemma would be - what to do if the game goes to extra time & penalties
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I do my bit most Saturdays. 5 year old and 9 year old. I have to force the 9 year as he is used to watching Haaland and co at the Etihad. Once he is at Bloomfield, he is fine. Tonight is a stretch too far though.
 
Age….a few days short of 73.

Night game….120 round trip( yes I know it’s shorter than a lot of exiles) which I stopped doing after we played Huddersfield sept 14 2021 as I realised it was getting too much getting home well after 11 pm then having to eat something,shower and then unable to sleep because my concentration levels were still high.Also I was constantly finding one of the M55,m6,m61 or M60 and even the m56 being shut or lanes closed on almost all the nights games I’d been going to.In fact I don’t enjoy driving in the dark these days which Never used to bother me but does now.Even Saturday games at this time of year are less appealing because of that.

I’d promised my long suffering wife a few years ago that i’d wind down my attending games once I got to 70 and night games were the obvious first option and now she doesn’t expect me to go to them but is still ( just about) ok for Saturday’s😂.

So even if it were not on TV I would not have been there tonight but the fact it is means I get to watch it and now for the night( midweek) league games I cough up my £10 to TTV so have seen all of them this season but on my iPad.😉including the EFL trophy ones…just about the price of the diesel had I driven over.

I would guess some those in my age group will have similar reasons.
 
basilexile said:
From the sound of things you could hold the Zoom meeting in the stands tonight and no one would notice at either end of the call.
Thinking of you in the warm, while freezing tonight. Out of interest which gym are using these days?
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True, thanks for the thoughts while I'm stuck in the warm. I was at Pure Gym for a while, now at Place for people near Bamber Bridge BnQ as it's handy. I do miss the Virgin sauna ans steam rooms though. What about you?
 
5 hour trip there without stops from Suffolk..and a then 5 hours back towards the East which we all know is near Siberia.
 
Ticked the c b a box.
Struggling with back & mobility issues at the mo & it’s cold & icy out. The lure of my nice warm front room & the tv wins tonight.
 
Junior_BentsPlatformShoes said:
True, thanks for the thoughts while I'm stuck in the warm. I was at Pure Gym for a while, now at Place for people near Bamber Bridge BnQ as it's handy. I do miss the Virgin sauna ans steam rooms though. What about you?
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Still going to Nuffield as it is now. Over the years I have got to know so many people there, that it just works for me. It is also good to be sat in the middle of the PNE/T'Rovers rivalry. Difficult to work out which are the most deluded bunch.
 
I am intending to get there; got a ticket but the North Pennines are a mare for road conditions. A65 to Carlisle I suspect
 
I live in West Cumbria … 5-6 hrs return in decent weather. Already attended all the Jan home games and I want to attend the Charlton game.
I’m on a pension, so it is also more expensive than a normal month.
The League is more important, to me, than the FA Cup.
I will watch on TV.
 
bleach51 said:
Age….a few days short of 73.

Night game….120 round trip( yes I know it’s shorter than a lot of exiles) which I stopped doing after we played Huddersfield sept 14 2021 as I realised it was getting too much getting home well after 11 pm then having to eat something,shower and then unable to sleep because my concentration levels were still high.Also I was constantly finding one of the M55,m6,m61 or M60 and even the m56 being shut or lanes closed on almost all the nights games I’d been going to.In fact I don’t enjoy driving in the dark these days which Never used to bother me but does now.Even Saturday games at this time of year are less appealing because of that.

I’d promised my long suffering wife a few years ago that i’d wind down my attending games once I got to 70 and night games were the obvious first option and now she doesn’t expect me to go to them but is still ( just about) ok for Saturday’s😂.

So even if it were not on TV I would not have been there tonight but the fact it is means I get to watch it and now for the night( midweek) league games I cough up my £10 to TTV so have seen all of them this season but on my iPad.😉including the EFL trophy ones…just about the price of the diesel had I driven over.

I would guess some those in my age group will have similar reasons.
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thats a really good post . didnt sort of realise about exile supporters. yes i was a huddersfield in 2021. its a big ask when you worried about traffic. i go to games when my son is available . he LOVES floodlit games and he has grandaughter duties sat so ANY midweek game suits him better.
 
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