Tin pot

Jesus wept, something else to beat the club, Simon Sadler and the ground staff up about.
OK, it's far from ideal, but does anybody seriously believe we didn't want to play this today? That we actively went about trying to get a postponement?

The referee deemed the pitch unfit to play on, perhaps the early(ish) inspection was to try and save away fans and exiles travelling.

But no, we're just shite, poorly run, badly financed and completely tin pot, why not just go and support ** Preston or the Cods!
 
Fields-Of-Gold said:
All planned to give Big M more time to work with the squad imo.

Of course it's tinpot in these times, but we need to maximise any opportunities that present themselves 😉
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I agree.
It's only the same as when Jimmy Floyd managed to convince the ref to call our home game off, all because he had gaps in his team and new signings arriving.
It's really tough & costly on those exiles who had tickets for the game today and have travelled (fortunately we hadn't set off before it was PP'ed). But we will benefit as a club and be in a better place for the next league game.
It has been hilarious though, reading Herts fall out with more fellow posters in one day, than Phil does in a week 😁 👍
UTMP
 
Not bother reading most of this…..the reality the game gets called off by the referee not the club and we all know the South stand end never gets any direct sun light.
The ground has no doubt been saturated with all the recent rain and in our case here snow then even with covers there is no guarantee it won’t freeze as the Temperatures have barely gone above freezing the last few days.
As for installing under soil heating the reality is this is the least of our priorities.
 
hertfordseasider said:
This is why, stop ** moaning, it makes total sense if you understand why.

You have to understand that the majority of the ground is covered from the sun at this time of year by the stands, it's not just last night's frost, it is a cumulative effect over several nights, once the frost is in the soil and temperatures stay belo freezing or just above for some of the time then the ground will get harder and harder, deeper and deeper. It is no surprise to me the game is off, temperatures on the pitch will probably not been above zero for however long the frost has been there, if it was down here it is 6 days now and the ground, even in the sun is absolutely rock hard.

I know a lot are upset because of the new manager syndrome but ou would all be moaning like fuck if we lost 3 players to injury because of it. It is the right decision and MM can now really get stuck in with the training and go and have a free hit next week before our next league game. The euphoria of his first home match ill just have to wait.
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I think we'd have been better playing today, and I doubt it was tactical .

Obviously we don't have under soil heating, and the reason is equally obvious, and has already been done to death in this and other threads.

I live locally, and my lawn is still frozen solid, and it's exposed to the sun. So I was disappointed but not at all surprised.
 
Dave62 said:
I think we'd have been better playing today, and I doubt it was tactical .

Obviously we don't have under soil heating, and the reason is equally obvious, and has already been done to death in this and other threads.

I live locally, and my lawn is still frozen solid, and it's exposed to the sun. So I was disappointed but not at all surprised.
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100% this ⬆️ I'm amazed at the number of fans that didn't realise we don't have under soil heating.
 
Murphy9 said:
I posted in another thread, but this one seems most apt!! The whole infrastructure needs change. I phoned up at 10:15 this morning and bought a ticket and asked if there was any doubt as I was travelling 2 hours to get there, to which the guy in the ticket office said “nah it’s fine here…” with a laugh. Half hour later I hear it’s called off. ** joke. The ground staff also posting pics of the covers on last night to give hope.
Something in me thinks it’s a bit tactical to give McCarthy more time with the players, but I think the atmosphere and buzz generated for today would have meant more than that
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Not tactical, referee’s decision following inspection
 
Ollygon said:
The Club is going to be renamed Blackpool Amateur Football Club.

Btw. The grass verges in Bispham are perfectly playable.

What a bunch of clowns. How about the club reimbursing people for all of the expense they've already incurred trying to get to the game.
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There is absolutely no comparison between ground in direct sunlight and that in permanent shade at this time of year. Half my lawn is playable, but the other half is rock solid. It doesn't need a rocket scientist to figure it out.
 
hertfordseasider said:
The heaters we have at the club are you numpty. The majority of teams in the EFL who don't have undersoil heating their games are off today. Is that too difficult for your minuscule brain to understand?
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That’s a bit harsh

I know we don’t have undersoil heating.

So making a plan to overcome this problem is not in your mindset, why not?

There are heaters available for just this type of problem that have been around for years. They are available to hire as you can see the hire company is very organized 👍

I don’t care about two other clubs in the Championship that is not an excuse as far as I’m concerned.

Let’s hear your solution …..
 
Wizaard said:
There is absolutely no comparison between ground in direct sunlight and that in permanent shade at this time of year. Half my lawn is playable, but the other half is rock solid. It doesn't need a rocket scientist to figure it out.
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You don’t have to play a Championship football match on your lawn though Wiz.
 
Seasideforever said:
There has not been several nights of frost in Blackpool this week only one other night I can remember as I’m out in the car at 8 am and last night was minus 1 not minus 8 as someone has said .This is a shambles and I really hope it doesn’t cost us later on !
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Exactly, a lot of folk commenting that don’t even live on the fylde coast. if the game had been due to be played Wednesday Thursday or Friday it would have been on , simply because it was reasonably mild and no frost, there was a light ground frost last night, nothing more , which has now thawed, it is now +5 , game should have been played simple as that, we have played in a lot colder conditions. anything else is just politics.
 
If you need a target to whinge at, go for those former owners who between them took north of £60M out of the club.

Don't slag off the guy who has :
Replaced the pitch
Funded the squad and signings through the dreadful income of COVID
Spent a fortune making the stadium look better ( with help from a great bunch of volunteers)
Stumped up for a new training ground
Refurbed and massively upgraded the existing training ground
Planned and part funded a new East stand

All out of his own pocket

And if you can do better, please put your hands in your pockets and fund undersoil heating. And anyone not knowing we don't have undersoil heating must be a newby band waggon jumper.
 
pinkseats said:
embarrassing from the club, we’re the only ground in the championship off and it’s much colder elsewhere. It was -3 in Wigan last night and they’re still on.

If it was intentional to give mick more time that’s also a mistake. Ground would have been bouncing today.
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UNDERSOIL BLOODY HEATING. Just in case you misread the smaller print in about 40 previous mentions.😁
 
Insider said:
No doubt in my mind we wanted it off.
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I would dearly love to think this is the beginning of our new dawn of using shithousery to get every last advantage we can. The reality is that we are also seeing the dead hand of the Oystons at work.
Pretty disappointed on a personal level as it's my last game before I head off for a month, but mainly for our 1953 Sweepstake sponsored mascot from Blackpool Homestart, who was excited for his big matchday treat thanks to the good people of and all around Blackpool today. The little fella will love it under the lights though 👍
 
Wizaard said:
That's my point. Those comparing park pitches are laughable.
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Your wrong wiz, I can assure you that no grass , mud, soil , whatever anywhere in Blackpool is frozen solid, it just simply hasn’t been cold enough.
 
If we’re not getting anywhere near full houses at games surely it would be better to invest money on under soil heating then the other stand
 
Its tough for the moaning exiles, good its off as I'm in bed with the sniffles. Undersoil heating waste of time unless we have wind turbines, solar panals or tidal wave system to power it.
 
Macs tangerine army said:
Your wrong wiz, I can assure you that no grass , mud, soil , whatever anywhere in Blackpool is frozen solid, it just simply hasn’t been cold enough.
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I'm in Blackpool, the top inch of my lawn is frozen solid and hasn't thawed, there was also a 2 inch thick layer of ice on the pond, and that's not thawed either.
 
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Just been out on the lawn for the daily dog scooping & even where the sun has been is still quite crunchy & the shaded area’s still covered in frost & solid. Granted I didn’t have frost covers on it.
 
Matesrates said:
It’s the only championship game called off, so a bit embarrassing and something the board should be looking at.
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just looking at last night's temp recordings and minus 2 was the lowest, still minus 1 at 9:30 this morning with a high of 3 degrees this afternoon. Begs the question if the covers are fit for purpose?
 
Jaffa_The_Hut said:
I think the Ref has taken a bung off Simon from the say so of big Mick.

Just come in from taking my Dog a walk and the field I go on which was white and rock hard at 9am this morning has all thawed out now.

No sign of frost anywhere.
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yes because it's had direct sun light all day. My lawn is still frozen because house and hedge block the light.
 
Tangerinemoss said:
If you need a target to whinge at, go for those former owners who between them took north of £60M out of the club.

Don't slag off the guy who has :
Replaced the pitch
Funded the squad and signings through the dreadful income of COVID
Spent a fortune making the stadium look better ( with help from a great bunch of volunteers)
Stumped up for a new training ground
Refurbed and massively upgraded the existing training ground
Planned and part funded a new East stand

All out of his own pocket

And if you can do better, please put your hands in your pockets and fund undersoil heating. And anyone not knowing we don't have undersoil heating must be a newby band waggon jumper.
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Well said 'Sir' Simon 🤣 🍊😉
 
koudo said:
I'm in Blackpool, the top inch of my lawn is frozen solid and hasn't thawed, there was also a 2 inch thick layer of ice on the pond, and that's not thawed either.
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Nah no chance not having it, too much fighting in the bell vue on a pool night, it’s blurred your vision 😉
 
Ollygon said:
The Walt Disney Corporation has tabled a bid to buy the club.

Stop trying to defend the indefensible.

This is a balls up. Have the integrity to acknowledge it.
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In defence of Pete, he's not usually shy of pointing out the errors the club make! Last night he was getting told to give the questioning of the set up a rest... He can't win!
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
To be fair, the Manager said it was Richie O’Donnell’s Team and that Richie was in charge for today’s match..

Today’s game was probably as important a game as we’re going to play all season….

So do we want to go into it with a weakened squad and a ream cobbled together by one of the coaching staff or do we want to go into it when Mick has had chance to sort the squad and stamp his mark on the Team?

I think this is one where the Fans have to put their personal disappointment to one side and focus on the bigger picture…

We need to make sure every home game (for the rest of the season) is bouncing, regardless 👍
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BFC_BFC_BFC said:
To be fair, the Manager said it was Richie O’Donnell’s Team and that Richie was in charge for today’s match..

Today’s game was probably as important a game as we’re going to play all season….

So do we want to go into it with a weakened squad and a ream cobbled together by one of the coaching staff or do we want to go into it when Mick has had chance to sort the squad and stamp his mark on the Team?

I think this is one where the Fans have to put their personal disappointment to one side and focus on the bigger picture…

We need to make sure every home game (for the rest of the season) is bouncing, regardless 👍
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Good point BFC BFC BFC, More time to work with the players and decide where to go. I get that.

Just think it’s a missed opportunity to get the momentum going.

Again the word for this season is “frustrating”.
 
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