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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 16 2010, 10:15 PM (1,284 Views) | |
| BluesBot | Jan 17 2010, 03:34 PM Post #26 |
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also I thought it strange at the time when the stories about clearing the snow came about really early - what was it 5 days before the planned match ?, I had to check if they were playing a HOME game midweek rather than away at Cov. |
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| Biggles | Jan 17 2010, 04:09 PM Post #27 |
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:applause: :applause: :applause: |
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| blueblood | Jan 17 2010, 04:54 PM Post #28 |
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Whats with all the conspiracy theories? The fact is the referee decided that the pitch was unfit for play. It isn't the first Premierleague game of ours to be called off and it wont be the last. Question is, will those prawn sandwiches still be fresh for our next game?... |
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| The_future_is_blue | Jan 17 2010, 05:05 PM Post #29 |
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I thought so too untill i looked out the window and saw driving rain, on top of what had been seriously heavy snow in Portsmouth. |
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| Migster | Jan 17 2010, 05:11 PM Post #30 |
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Not a cloud in the sky today. Bright sunshine. Typical... |
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| ballyblue | Jan 17 2010, 05:23 PM Post #31 |
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I live about a hundred miles from portsmouth and the rain we had Friday/Saturday morning was terrible so I wasn't surprised it being called off. No conspiracy just global warming :rolleyes: |
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| baron von bluenose | Jan 17 2010, 06:17 PM Post #32 |
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Bob Latchford
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id say there was a delay tactic there perhaps the old bill said you owe us 20k they turned on the sprinklers game off, a pitch can be drained very quickly just by forking the area and the water falls into the holes left, ive forked many a pitch on a sunday morning :ph43r: |
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| Elvis | Jan 17 2010, 06:24 PM Post #33 |
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Paul Tait
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fork off |
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| tony123 | Jan 17 2010, 06:59 PM Post #34 |
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Yes but thats what they have covers for isnt it? 1. They deliberately wanted it called off. 2. The groundmans was grossly incompetent for not looking after the pitch. Now being as a groundsman knows how to prepare a pitch and would have studied the weather forecasts. Why wasnt the pitch covered? |
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| ballyblue | Jan 17 2010, 07:11 PM Post #35 |
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Steve Claridge
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That's simple we down south are too layed back to care about such things ..zz.. :P |
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| Blacksmith | Jan 17 2010, 07:23 PM Post #36 |
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McLeish had no concerns over the match being postponed, so why do people still insist there was some sort of conspiracy.? From the Sunday Mercury: Alex McLeish: no complaints about Portsmouth v Birmingham City KO Jan 17 2010 by Colin Tattum, Sunday Mercury ALEX McLeish last night accepted the decision to call off Blues match at crisis club Portsmouth. Referee Anthony Taylor postponed the Premier League clash due to a waterlogged Fratton Park pitch. McLeish’s coaches went to the ground on Friday night when it became clear there could be a problem and reported back that the surface was in a bad state. “They told me there was no chance, there was an injury risk if we had gone ahead,” said the Blues boss. “We have no complaints about the referee’s decision.” Ideally Blues would have wanted the game on against the league’s basement side considering their impressive 14-game unbeaten run in all competitions. But instead Blues headed back to Birmingham to pack their bags for next week’s four-day training camp in Malta. The thawing of recent snow and frost combined with heavy rain on the south coast turned the pitch into a quagmire. Taylor said four factors were taken into account when he inspected the pitch with his assistants at 10am: “The the safety of the players, the safety of the match officials, if we started the game could we finish it, if we started would periods of the game descend into farce? While every effort was made by the club to ensure the game went ahead, I concluded that the conditions were not conducive for the game to go ahead.” There were areas of surface water on either side of the pitch that Taylor felt would remain and be problematic, even if there had been no further rain. |
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| railwayboy | Jan 17 2010, 07:32 PM Post #37 |
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Why was nothing said then on the friday night that there was a threat and to let us know there was going to be some kind of inspection??? :angry: |
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| tony123 | Jan 17 2010, 07:55 PM Post #38 |
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If there was a problem on Friday night then it was up to Blues to inform their supporters that there was a potential problem. Everything that had been communicated was that everything was fine and it was going ahead. At the end of the day McLeish as manager has to put his players first and if they are at risk they cant play pure and simple. But what if your sayind there was a problem this shoudl have been communicated as soon as possible so people could check to see that it was on. Many people drove a long way only to find it wasnt on. Please dont tell me Blues let down some of their fans simply by not telling them what was going on. A warning message on the website is all it would take. |
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| Oby | Jan 17 2010, 09:41 PM Post #39 |
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Sorry Tony, but correct me if i'm wrong here, where is the proof that they did leave the covers off over night on Friday ?? |
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| Amuser | Jan 17 2010, 10:04 PM Post #40 |
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I agree that the only conceivable possibility is foul play. |
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| elvis ok | Jan 17 2010, 11:07 PM Post #41 |
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See the guy that started this "conspiracy theory" on his blog---has now withdrawn it. :LMAO: Shame all the groupie types don't keep up with it.
Well, that bandwagon must've made about six feet before it hit the snow. |
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| Brummiebm | Jan 18 2010, 09:11 AM Post #42 |
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It is a Joke!! I stayed in portsmouth over night on friday night and was due to go the game on saturday. devestated when i woke up in the hotel to find txt messages from villa mates. In the whole time I was awake (until 4am friday night/sat morning) it had not rained once. And I got up at 10 it was not raining then and the game had already been called off. FIX!! |
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