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General Category => Altrincham FC First Team => Topic started by: Brian Flynn on December 09, 2017, 10:08:35 AM
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Today's game against Shaw Lane has been postponed due to the pitch being deemed unplayable by the match referee, who carried out an inspection at 10am.
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Explanation by the club why covers were not used please ? It is a sprinkle of bloody snow. I was so looking forward to it.
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Will it still be segregated?
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Explanation by the club why covers were not used please ? It is a sprinkle of bloody snow. I was so looking forward to it.
I thought they had been borrowed from LCC in the past , but then bought some ?
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Explanation by the club why covers were not used please ? It is a sprinkle of bloody snow. I was so looking forward to it.
I thought they had been borrowed from LCC in the past
It was but the snow has been forecasted for over a week so should have been borrowed or we need to buy some.
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Explanation by the club why covers were not used please ? It is a sprinkle of bloody snow. I was so looking forward to it.
The club has frost covers that will cover part of the pitch but not all of it.
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Would love to see a picture of the pitch
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Would love to see a picture of the pitch
on facebook
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With no Manchester city or united playing, today could have been an excellent money maker for the club.
I sincerely hope we looked into borrowing covers to get a top of the table clash on. paid or otherwise.
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A real shame as I think ££ wise the club has lost a lot of cash on this one being off today. As others have said clarification on pitch covers given the forecast would be good.
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Workington is ON... as is Atherton.
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It wasn't just down to the snow, which obviously was a contributing factor, but the pitch was waterlogged from the rain over the past few days.
The ball wasn't bouncing an inch at times during the inspection
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Disappointed, don't need to say anymore.
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How is Heywood Road hosting a game today if the weather's been so poor?
Interesting to see on twitter that shaw lane could have been missing up to 6 key players today.
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How is Heywood Road hosting a game today if the weather's been so poor?
Interesting to see on twitter that shaw lane could have been missing up to 6 key players today.
Maybe their ref had a different opinion of their pitch than the one who did Moss Lane.
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Anybody fancy an early flight to Dublin ? So predictable !
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i thought we had covers, but I might wrong.
Bit bizzare if we have sprinklers but no covers. Guess you don't get FA funding for covers.
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Rugby Union at the AJ Bell if you're interested. Sale Sharks v. Cardiff Blues in the European Challenge Cup. Kick off 3.00pm. Warburton Bridge is toll free (from 1.30pm) paid for by the Sharks.
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It wasn't just down to the snow, which obviously was a contributing factor, but the pitch was waterlogged from the rain over the past few days.
The ball wasn't bouncing an inch at times during the inspection
Farce the club did nothing to get the game on - what snow what rain theres been hardly any of either
Why weren't the covers used? What happened to the usual call for volunteers?
Another shambles, or maybe be we wanted it off
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Rugby Union ???? I'd rather go shopping with the boss >:( Any Rugby League avaliable :)
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There's a game on at Heywood Road too. Sale FC v Blaydon.
I'm disappointed but not suprised the game was off. There was standing water in the Golf Road goal mouth on Thursday lunchtime.
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It wasn't just down to the snow, which obviously was a contributing factor, but the pitch was waterlogged from the rain over the past few days.
The ball wasn't bouncing an inch at times during the inspection
Farce the club did nothing to get the game on - what snow what rain theres been hardly any of either
Why weren't the covers used? What happened to the usual call for volunteers?
Another shambles, or maybe be we wanted it off
The pitch inspection was called yesterday before snow had even hit, so there must have been a doubt then due to the pitch being waterlogged, so there must have been a good level of rain recently and my back garden agrees. Putting covers on every time it rains is just not feasible (if we do indeed have covers) in my opinion.
I can't think of a reason anyone at the club would want the game off today, can you?
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It wasn't just down to the snow, which obviously was a contributing factor, but the pitch was waterlogged from the rain over the past few days.
The ball wasn't bouncing an inch at times during the inspection
Farce the club did nothing to get the game on - what snow what rain theres been hardly any of either
Why weren't the covers used? What happened to the usual call for volunteers?
Another shambles, or maybe be we wanted it off
Years and years of this nonsense, when will it ever end?
This almost tops the one where you said Sinnott called the game off as he could not be arsed driving.
Virtually every game in the region is off, why is it only ours that such stuff is being talked about?
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It wasn't just down to the snow, which obviously was a contributing factor, but the pitch was waterlogged from the rain over the past few days.
The ball wasn't bouncing an inch at times during the inspection
Farce the club did nothing to get the game on - what snow what rain theres been hardly any of either
Why weren't the covers used? What happened to the usual call for volunteers?
Another shambles, or maybe be we wanted it off
Years and years of this nonsense, when will it ever end?
This almost tops the one where you said Sinnott called the game off as he could not be arsed driving.
Virtually every game in the region is off, why is it only ours that such stuff is being talked about?
Whilst Jamie is usually over the top with his posts. FC United is on, as is Sale FC game.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DQl8njuW0AAtjYy.jpg:large)
I do find it strange we didn't arrange covers for a game that would have been one of biggest gates of the season.
I find it bizarre we only have covers that only cover "parts of the pitch". Winter comes arround annually, you'd think by now we'd have arrange to either fundraise for our own, or enter a deal with LCCC in exchange for free entry for their members when they're needed or something.
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Its a pity it was called off .. A very good money spinner game will now be relegated to a Tues night in deepest winter with half the crowd we would have got today ...
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It wasn't just down to the snow, which obviously was a contributing factor, but the pitch was waterlogged from the rain over the past few days.
The ball wasn't bouncing an inch at times during the inspection
Farce the club did nothing to get the game on - what snow what rain theres been hardly any of either
Why weren't the covers used? What happened to the usual call for volunteers?
Another shambles, or maybe be we wanted it off
Years and years of this nonsense, when will it ever end?
This almost tops the one where you said Sinnott called the game off as he could not be arsed driving.
Virtually every game in the region is off, why is it only ours that such stuff is being talked about?
I know your not local Ecky put there is no snow in Alty, the little we had this morning didnt even stick and its not been particularly wet or cold
I understand its heavy snow in Heald Green and Wilmslow but its not here for sure
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I was at the ground earlier dropping off tins for the food bank.
The pitch is waterlogged at the golf road end, especially in the corner. The heavy rain earlier in the week put paid to the fixture I guess. Not the snow. Drainage is the issue and has been for numerous years. I guess if the ref had played it would have ruined the pitch for months to come.
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It wasn't just down to the snow, which obviously was a contributing factor, but the pitch was waterlogged from the rain over the past few days.
The ball wasn't bouncing an inch at times during the inspection
Farce the club did nothing to get the game on - what snow what rain theres been hardly any of either
Why weren't the covers used? What happened to the usual call for volunteers?
Another shambles, or maybe be we wanted it off
Years and years of this nonsense, when will it ever end?
This almost tops the one where you said Sinnott called the game off as he could not be arsed driving.
Virtually every game in the region is off, why is it only ours that such stuff is being talked about?
I know your not local Ecky put there is no snow in Alty, the little we had this morning didnt even stick and its not been particularly wet or cold
I understand its heavy snow in Heald Green and Wilmslow but its not here for sure
I'm six miles away.
I would imagine the torrential rain on Thursday night has done the damage, and the subsequent freezing and thawing of that rain has caused waterlogging. As dull as that theory is.
You are doing a similar thing now to the Sinnott thing on Facebook groups talking your own team down saying that maybe the manager is scared of Shaw Lane?
We are in superb form but if the manager was scared of Shaw Lane, how do you start that conversation and get the ball rolling in influencing the match referee to call the game off?
Fascinates me....
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It wasn't just down to the snow, which obviously was a contributing factor, but the pitch was waterlogged from the rain over the past few days.
The ball wasn't bouncing an inch at times during the inspection
Farce the club did nothing to get the game on - what snow what rain theres been hardly any of either
Why weren't the covers used? What happened to the usual call for volunteers?
Another shambles, or maybe be we wanted it off
Years and years of this nonsense, when will it ever end?
This almost tops the one where you said Sinnott called the game off as he could not be arsed driving.
Virtually every game in the region is off, why is it only ours that such stuff is being talked about?
I know your not local Ecky put there is no snow in Alty, the little we had this morning didnt even stick and its not been particularly wet or cold
I understand its heavy snow in Heald Green and Wilmslow but its not here for sure
It wasn't the snow, it was a waterlogged pitch from what I saw. Putting covers on a saturated pitch isn't going to help dry it! It needs to dry out naturally (unless you want the club to invest in undersoil heating too?).
Seems like any excuse to have a go at the club (I'm guessing Chairman more than club) when there's not a lot that could have been done to save the game in reality. It was the ref who called it off, not Alty!
This could have been the biggest money spinner of the season yet you believe the club (Chairman) wanted the game to be called off??
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Hyde, Atherton and Stockport games all still on as far as I am aware.
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It wasn't just down to the snow, which obviously was a contributing factor, but the pitch was waterlogged from the rain over the past few days.
The ball wasn't bouncing an inch at times during the inspection
Farce the club did nothing to get the game on - what snow what rain theres been hardly any of either
Why weren't the covers used? What happened to the usual call for volunteers?
Another shambles, or maybe be we wanted it off
Years and years of this nonsense, when will it ever end?
This almost tops the one where you said Sinnott called the game off as he could not be arsed driving.
Virtually every game in the region is off, why is it only ours that such stuff is being talked about?
I know your not local Ecky put there is no snow in Alty, the little we had this morning didnt even stick and its not been particularly wet or cold
I understand its heavy snow in Heald Green and Wilmslow but its not here for sure
I'm six miles away.
I would imagine the torrential rain on Thursday night has done the damage, and the subsequent freezing and thawing of that rain has caused waterlogging. As dull as that theory is.
You are doing a similar thing now to the Sinnott thing on Facebook groups talking your own team down saying that maybe the manager is scared of Shaw Lane?
We are in superb form but if the manager was scared of Shaw Lane, how do you start that conversation and get the ball rolling in influencing the match referee to call the game off?
Fascinates me....
I don't think we should be calling games off based on what the weather is 6 miles away and feeling justified to do so because other games are off. I also don't think such local games should have pitch inspections at 10am we need to give it a chance of being on. The covers werent even used, the groundsman has confirmed that
What torrential rain on Thursday night? Been none in Alty all week and it hasn't been particularly cold. We don't need to influence referees to call games off we just do nothing to get them on!
And its fact we have a history of soft postponements, sorry if that doesnt sit well with the happy agenda. Incidentaly where have I said PP wanted the match off? I think your reading things in a way to suit your own agenda
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It wasn't just down to the snow, which obviously was a contributing factor, but the pitch was waterlogged from the rain over the past few days.
The ball wasn't bouncing an inch at times during the inspection
Farce the club did nothing to get the game on - what snow what rain theres been hardly any of either
Why weren't the covers used? What happened to the usual call for volunteers?
Another shambles, or maybe be we wanted it off
Years and years of this nonsense, when will it ever end?
This almost tops the one where you said Sinnott called the game off as he could not be arsed driving.
Virtually every game in the region is off, why is it only ours that such stuff is being talked about?
I know your not local Ecky put there is no snow in Alty, the little we had this morning didnt even stick and its not been particularly wet or cold
I understand its heavy snow in Heald Green and Wilmslow but its not here for sure
I'm six miles away.
I would imagine the torrential rain on Thursday night has done the damage, and the subsequent freezing and thawing of that rain has caused waterlogging. As dull as that theory is.
You are doing a similar thing now to the Sinnott thing on Facebook groups talking your own team down saying that maybe the manager is scared of Shaw Lane?
We are in superb form but if the manager was scared of Shaw Lane, how do you start that conversation and get the ball rolling in influencing the match referee to call the game off?
Fascinates me....
I don't think we should be calling games off based on what the weather is 6 miles away and feeling justified to do so because other games are off. I also don't think such local games should have pitch inspections at 10am we need to give it a chance of being on. The covers werent even used, the groundsman has confirmed that
What torrential rain on Thursday night? Been none in Alty all week and it hasn't been particularly cold. We don't need to influence referees to call games off we just do nothing to get them on!
And its fact we have a history of soft postponements, sorry if that doesnt sit well with the happy agenda. Incidentaly where have I said PP wanted the match off? I think your reading things in a way to suit your own agenda
I don't think we should be calling games off based on the weather 6 miles away either. That would be odd. We don't call games off though do we, didn't the match referee come and look at it, roll a football about on it and decided it was waterlogged.
Do we have Lancashires CC's covers the moment? i haven't seen them this season..
Nothing happy about today, was looking forward to a decent game.
Your comment was made on facebook on the NPL group, again that would be another thing that would be odd to invent:
It said:
"Another shambles, or maybe be we wanted it off. PP scared of Shaw Lane"
Not sure how many ways you can read that really or what my agenda is.
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I have to agree that to call it off at 10am seems too early and we do also have a reputation for soft postponements. Macc playing and the conditions are always worse there.
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It wasn't just down to the snow, which obviously was a contributing factor, but the pitch was waterlogged from the rain over the past few days.
The ball wasn't bouncing an inch at times during the inspection
Farce the club did nothing to get the game on - what snow what rain theres been hardly any of either
Why weren't the covers used? What happened to the usual call for volunteers?
Another shambles, or maybe be we wanted it off
Years and years of this nonsense, when will it ever end?
This almost tops the one where you said Sinnott called the game off as he could not be arsed driving.
Virtually every game in the region is off, why is it only ours that such stuff is being talked about?
It's about 50/50
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Macc game was live on BT Sport wasn't it? They probably helped them out where needed to ensure the game was on (or Macc had more money to throw at it due to this additional revenue coming in from BT?)
Not comparing apples with apples there.
10am is early though but the ball wasn't bouncing then so I imagine the ref made the call it would be no better in a couple of hours.
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It wasn't just down to the snow, which obviously was a contributing factor, but the pitch was waterlogged from the rain over the past few days.
The ball wasn't bouncing an inch at times during the inspection
Farce the club did nothing to get the game on - what snow what rain theres been hardly any of either
Why weren't the covers used? What happened to the usual call for volunteers?
Another shambles, or maybe be we wanted it off
Years and years of this nonsense, when will it ever end?
This almost tops the one where you said Sinnott called the game off as he could not be arsed driving.
Virtually every game in the region is off, why is it only ours that such stuff is being talked about?
It's about 50/50
I didn't look at it too in depth to be honest, woke up post Xmas do with the hangover from hell, looked at my twitter and saw loads if 10am pitch inspections and then off's.
My point really was that we aren't the only ones affected today.
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It wasn't just down to the snow, which obviously was a contributing factor, but the pitch was waterlogged from the rain over the past few days.
The ball wasn't bouncing an inch at times during the inspection
Farce the club did nothing to get the game on - what snow what rain theres been hardly any of either
Why weren't the covers used? What happened to the usual call for volunteers?
Another shambles, or maybe be we wanted it off
Years and years of this nonsense, when will it ever end?
This almost tops the one where you said Sinnott called the game off as he could not be arsed driving.
Virtually every game in the region is off, why is it only ours that such stuff is being talked about?
It's about 50/50
I didn't look at it too in depth to be honest, woke up post Xmas do with the hangover from hell, looked at my twitter and saw loads if 10am pitch inspections and then off's.
My point really was that we aren't the only ones affected today.
Just watching Macc vs Wrexham on TV on a totally snow covered pitch with blizzad and then looking out my window to see no snow and comparitively barmy conditions, just wondering why we're not playing? Ah 10am pitch inspection was it. Complete farce
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It wasn't just down to the snow, which obviously was a contributing factor, but the pitch was waterlogged from the rain over the past few days.
The ball wasn't bouncing an inch at times during the inspection
Farce the club did nothing to get the game on - what snow what rain theres been hardly any of either
Why weren't the covers used? What happened to the usual call for volunteers?
Another shambles, or maybe be we wanted it off
Years and years of this nonsense, when will it ever end?
This almost tops the one where you said Sinnott called the game off as he could not be arsed driving.
Virtually every game in the region is off, why is it only ours that such stuff is being talked about?
It's about 50/50
I didn't look at it too in depth to be honest, woke up post Xmas do with the hangover from hell, looked at my twitter and saw loads if 10am pitch inspections and then off's.
My point really was that we aren't the only ones affected today.
Just watching Macc vs Wrexham on TV on a totally snow covered pitch with blizzad and then looking out my window to see no snow and comparitively barmy conditions, just wondering why we're not playing? Ah 10am pitch inspection was it. Complete farce
Not sure if anyone has mentioned yet but it was a waterlogged pitch, not just because it had been snowing. It was clearly not, in the ref's opinion, going to dry out significantly enough in time for kick off.
He threw the ball fifteen foot in the air and it bounced 0cm, which in the ref's opinion wasn't playable.
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Inside job. The powers at be needed to go Christmas shopping. A dark day for the club. When will it end?
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It wasn't just down to the snow, which obviously was a contributing factor, but the pitch was waterlogged from the rain over the past few days.
The ball wasn't bouncing an inch at times during the inspection
Farce the club did nothing to get the game on - what snow what rain theres been hardly any of either
Why weren't the covers used? What happened to the usual call for volunteers?
Another shambles, or maybe be we wanted it off
Years and years of this nonsense, when will it ever end?
This almost tops the one where you said Sinnott called the game off as he could not be arsed driving.
Virtually every game in the region is off, why is it only ours that such stuff is being talked about?
It's about 50/50
I didn't look at it too in depth to be honest, woke up post Xmas do with the hangover from hell, looked at my twitter and saw loads if 10am pitch inspections and then off's.
My point really was that we aren't the only ones affected today.
So you agree that your statement that virtually all games in the region were off was incorrect and purposely misleading? Why did you say that without checking? Poor form to try to call me out when by your own admission you have got it wrong in your rush to defend the club at all costs
Your right we werent the only ones affected today, but other clubs did something to get their games on.
Tell me what we did to get our game on today? Base it on fact of what you know about this club not what other clubs did or didn't do
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What could we have done to get the game on, based on the postponement being brought about by the pitch being waterlogged over the last couple of days, from rain?
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No mention of water-based postponements anywhere officially.
No good getting the FA cup to moss lane if you can’t get the basic messages out ::)
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It wasn't just down to the snow, which obviously was a contributing factor, but the pitch was waterlogged from the rain over the past few days.
The ball wasn't bouncing an inch at times during the inspection
Farce the club did nothing to get the game on - what snow what rain theres been hardly any of either
Why weren't the covers used? What happened to the usual call for volunteers?
Another shambles, or maybe be we wanted it off
Years and years of this nonsense, when will it ever end?
This almost tops the one where you said Sinnott called the game off as he could not be arsed driving.
Virtually every game in the region is off, why is it only ours that such stuff is being talked about?
It's about 50/50
I didn't look at it too in depth to be honest, woke up post Xmas do with the hangover from hell, looked at my twitter and saw loads if 10am pitch inspections and then off's.
My point really was that we aren't the only ones affected today.
So you agree that your statement that virtually all games in the region were off was incorrect and purposely misleading? Why did you say that without checking? Poor form to try to call me out when by your own admission you have got it wrong in your rush to defend the club at all costs
Your right we werent the only ones affected today, but other clubs did something to get their games on.
Tell me what we did to get our game on today? Base it on fact of what you know about this club not what other clubs did or didn't do
Bet you're gutted considering you were 100% going to the game today.
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Inside job. The powers at be needed to go Christmas shopping. A dark day for the club. When will it end?
Think of your dignity man, I know he's given you a job but last year you were staunchly Rowley out. Now your so far up his arse and his rotten regime, it's cringeworthy to see
Talk about principles ???
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Inside job. The powers at be needed to go Christmas shopping. A dark day for the club. When will it end?
Think of your dignity man, I know he's given you a job but last year you were staunchly Rowley out. Now your so far up his arse and his rotten regime, it's cringeworthy to see
Talk about principles ???
You're well boring and you could have said this to me at any of the three, maybe four away games we've been to together. You use online platforms for a reason.
I've not been given a job in any way, I volunteer my time in the interest of progressing the club.
Despite the situation and context people can actually act constructively, you are completely destructive and need to wobble your head.
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FOR the record, Nuneaton are equally annoyed and questioning the use of covers in their build up.
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FOR the record, Nuneaton are equally annoyed and questioning the use of covers in their build up.
Frozen pitch, I can see their point on the cover usage, or lack of.
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Inside job. The powers at be needed to go Christmas shopping. A dark day for the club. When will it end?
Think of your dignity man, I know he's given you a job but last year you were staunchly Rowley out. Now your so far up his arse and his rotten regime, it's cringeworthy to see
Talk about principles ???
You're well boring and you could have said this to me at any of the three, maybe four away games we've been to together. You use online platforms for a reason.
I've not been given a job in any way, I volunteer my time in the interest of progressing the club.
Despite the situation and context people can actually act constructively, you are completely destructive and need to wobble your head.
In fairness Jamie, to Andrew, he’s Pro-club Anti Rowley like a few of us.
A job would implied it’s paid, and quite frankly neither of us get paid, and one of us doesn’t even get the decency of respect. Andrew and I do spend money to promote the game. So we’re raking a loss of doing it.
However, the club really need to grow some f’ing backbone. If Jamie wants to be critical, he’s entitled to be.
The club needs to realise after two piss poor years, that people are still expecting faults and mistakes. Therefore do the decent thing:
• Put a notice “game off”
- follow it up with the decision of the ref including why he’s called off the match and what the club did to activately put the game on.
- finish with mistakes learnt and improvement (we will be launching a fundraising driver for covers or take suggestions on how to get games on)
If you’ve done all you can to do so, then the opinions of others making inaccurate comments don’t matter
Unfortunately due to criticism, the club have a chip on their shoulder which means they can’t accept criticism.
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Inside job. The powers at be needed to go Christmas shopping. A dark day for the club. When will it end?
Think of your dignity man, I know he's given you a job but last year you were staunchly Rowley out. Now your so far up his arse and his rotten regime, it's cringeworthy to see
Talk about principles ???
You're well boring and you could have said this to me at any of the three, maybe four away games we've been to together. You use online platforms for a reason.
I've not been given a job in any way, I volunteer my time in the interest of progressing the club.
Despite the situation and context people can actually act constructively, you are completely destructive and need to wobble your head.
Fair enough, but I'm only saying what everyone else thinks (that I associate with anyway)
You need to take a look at yourself and what you stand for
I have let it go to date, but you picked one to many fights with me on social media lately - so I'm letting you know how it is now
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Inside job. The powers at be needed to go Christmas shopping. A dark day for the club. When will it end?
Think of your dignity man, I know he's given you a job but last year you were staunchly Rowley out. Now your so far up his arse and his rotten regime, it's cringeworthy to see
Talk about principles ???
You're well boring and you could have said this to me at any of the three, maybe four away games we've been to together. You use online platforms for a reason.
I've not been given a job in any way, I volunteer my time in the interest of progressing the club.
Despite the situation and context people can actually act constructively, you are completely destructive and need to wobble your head.
Fair enough, but I'm only saying what everyone else thinks (that I associate with anyway)
You need to take a look at yourself and what you stand for
I have let it go to date, but you picked one to many fights with me on social media lately - so I'm letting you know how it is now
I'm happy to talk this out with you when we're next together because we're all Alty fans when it's all said and done.
I know exactly what I stand for and I think that, with one to one communication, I can at least try to show you why I feel how I feel, and do what I do.
I don't aim to pick fights with you, we share the same friends albeit you've known them a lot longer. If I'm honest, I'm surprised they've not had a word. I just disagree with a lot of your posts because I believe them to be deconstructive. There's a way to go about things towards the end goal we all want and I don't think you're helping.
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It's worrying that the pitch doesn't seem to be durable during some bad weather. The last thing we want is a fixture pile up due to games being called off.
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i remember my first game watching Alty,FA cup game mid week at home to Wrexham in about 1964. The pitch had about 2 inches of snow on it ,the snow was cleared from the lines and the game went ahead using an orange ball.The game was only called off when the fog game in and you could see no one.None of this 'oh we have a dusting of snow we must call the game off'.Mind you the schools did not shut either,they had us kids clearing snow from the steps and then putting salt down.we have all got to soft.
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Inside job. The powers at be needed to go Christmas shopping. A dark day for the club. When will it end?
Think of your dignity man, I know he's given you a job but last year you were staunchly Rowley out. Now your so far up his arse and his rotten regime, it's cringeworthy to see
Talk about principles ???
You're well boring and you could have said this to me at any of the three, maybe four away games we've been to together. You use online platforms for a reason.
I've not been given a job in any way, I volunteer my time in the interest of progressing the club.
Despite the situation and context people can actually act constructively, you are completely destructive and need to wobble your head.
Fair enough, but I'm only saying what everyone else thinks (that I associate with anyway)
You need to take a look at yourself and what you stand for
I have let it go to date, but you picked one to many fights with me on social media lately - so I'm letting you know how it is now
I'm happy to talk this out with you when we're next together because we're all Alty fans when it's all said and done.
I know exactly what I stand for and I think that, with one to one communication, I can at least try to show you why I feel how I feel, and do what I do.
I don't aim to pick fights with you, we share the same friends albeit you've known them a lot longer. If I'm honest, I'm surprised they've not had a word. I just disagree with a lot of your posts because I believe them to be deconstructive. There's a way to go about things towards the end goal we all want and I don't think you're helping.
If I'm honest I have no interest in discussing anything with you. I would rather not be associated with you in any way at all. I don't like turncoats
As I have said I have taken your happy clappy goading against whatever I post for long enough. So now I'm telling you how it is, something I have been wanting to do for sometime but others have persuaded me not to before
I don't think you're helping either I think your part of the problem. You were happy to campaign Rowley out when we we're losing? A few wins against tinpot opposition and apparently all is forgiven? Never for me
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Poor form all round this playing it out on the forum.
The board will have a good laugh at this and see any movement against them splintering and falling apart.
Other clubs will just have a good old laugh at it too.
For the record I’m amazed that given we’ve known about the fixture for a while, had no game for a week and known they weren’t full strength and we are or are abouts, that we somehow failed to get the standing water off the pitch. It’s pretty tinpot and whilst I think it’s ludicrous to believe it was done on purpose I do think it’s typical of the clubs failings off the pitch.
Also, having a go at the people who give up time and money to do a fantastic job making the club look professional through social media or whatever is not on.
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Inside job. The powers at be needed to go Christmas shopping. A dark day for the club. When will it end?
Think of your dignity man, I know he's given you a job but last year you were staunchly Rowley out. Now your so far up his arse and his rotten regime, it's cringeworthy to see
Talk about principles ???
You're well boring and you could have said this to me at any of the three, maybe four away games we've been to together. You use online platforms for a reason.
I've not been given a job in any way, I volunteer my time in the interest of progressing the club.
Despite the situation and context people can actually act constructively, you are completely destructive and need to wobble your head.
Fair enough, but I'm only saying what everyone else thinks (that I associate with anyway)
You need to take a look at yourself and what you stand for
I have let it go to date, but you picked one to many fights with me on social media lately - so I'm letting you know how it is now
I'm happy to talk this out with you when we're next together because we're all Alty fans when it's all said and done.
I know exactly what I stand for and I think that, with one to one communication, I can at least try to show you why I feel how I feel, and do what I do.
I don't aim to pick fights with you, we share the same friends albeit you've known them a lot longer. If I'm honest, I'm surprised they've not had a word. I just disagree with a lot of your posts because I believe them to be deconstructive. There's a way to go about things towards the end goal we all want and I don't think you're helping.
If I'm honest I have no interest in discussing anything with you. I would rather not be associated with you in any way at all. I don't like turncoats
As I have said I have taken your happy clappy goading against whatever I post for long enough. So now I'm telling you how it is, something I have been wanting to do for sometime but others have persuaded me not to before
I don't think you're helping either I think your part of the problem. You were happy to campaign Rowley out when we we're losing? A few wins against tinpot opposition and apparently all is forgiven? Never for me
I'll take that as a rejection of one-to-one dialect, and with that, I think we'll leave it there.
EDIT: it's DIALOGUE init?
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Poor form all round this playing it out on the forum.
The board will have a good laugh at this and see any movement against them splintering and falling apart.
Other clubs will just have a good old laugh at it too.
For the record I’m amazed that given we’ve known about the fixture for a while, had no game for a week and known they weren’t full strength and we are or are abouts, that we somehow failed to get the standing water off the pitch. It’s pretty tinpot and whilst I think it’s ludicrous to believe it was done on purpose I do think it’s typical of the clubs failings off the pitch.
Also, having a go at the people who give up time and money to do a fantastic job making the club look professional through social media or whatever is not on.
There's 2 sides to every story so maybe jumping to the media team's defence maybe a bit hasty?
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Hug it out in the red lion next Saturday 😍
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So....how many neutrals were costed into whatever calculation of today's attendance was undertaken ? Because if we were simply talking about our core support, and two blokes in flat caps with a whippet, the cost of hiring covers may have been unjustified.
And also a waste of time after Thursday's downpour (Turd must be a very heavy sleeper if he missed the thunder !)
Stockport and FCUM almost certainly covered their pitches with their own equipment. The only games on in our league were in coastal towns where the worst of the weather could have blown further inland (though Costa Del Workington did surprise me somewhat).
It all comes down to money in the end, and we all know that the club is already operating over budget. And I'd suggest that Shaw Lane will be more worried about a fixture backlog than we will.
It's off, it's gone, let's all man up and move on.
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Hug it out in the red lion next Saturday 😍
Gladly! I don't want to make enemies with anyone here, you all know that.
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So....how many neutrals were costed into whatever calculation of today's attendance was undertaken ? Because if we were simply talking about our core support, and two blokes in flat caps with a whippet, the cost of hiring covers may have been unjustified.
And also a waste of time after Thursday's downpour (Turd must be a very heavy sleeper if he missed the thunder !)
Stockport and FCUM almost certainly covered their pitches with their own equipment. The only games on in our league were in coastal towns where the worst of the weather could have blown further inland (though Costa Del Workington did surprise me somewhat).
It all comes down to money in the end, and we all know that the club is already operating over budget. And I'd suggest that Shaw Lane will be more worried about a fixture backlog than we will.
It's off, it's gone, let's all man up and move on.
I must also be a heavy sleeper because I heard no thunder although I do live near Oldham so it may not have thundered here.
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But then you're on the other side of Manchester. Lightning struck a house in "West Timperley" as the wannabes on the Stamford Brook like to term themselves (it's Broadheath, learn to accept it !)
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But then you're on the other side of Manchester. Lightning struck a house in "West Timperley" as the wannabes on the Stamford Brook like to term themselves (it's Broadheath, learn to accept it !)
;D
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Yep thunder last night in timperley I thought it was a bomb
I'm desperate for a home game dull and boring other wise to
Be honest
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Certain areas of the pitch have been sodden for a good month. No doubt there's a drainage problem which needs sorting. What I don't get is the reserve team playing on in last Friday
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Must be a pretty bad drainage problem. Just seen Burscough play on a pitch notorious for being a bit of a cabbage patch - looked okay today and it has rained quite a bit this week too.
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Not sure if this is relevant, but the whole area is pretty waterlogged, clue is in the name moss lane. When at school, we used to dig for old bottles on the adjacent allotments. Hit water about
a foot down and ended up fishing in water for the odd bottle which we could retrieve.
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But then you're on the other side of Manchester. Lightning struck a house in "West Timperley" as the wannabes on the Stamford Brook like to term themselves (it's Broadheath, learn to accept it !)
I jumped out of bed and ran to the window (here in Broadheath ;D)..........I honestly thought either a car-bomb had gone off or a plane had come down. It was probably the loudest noise when inside a house I have ever heard. I soon realised it was lightning
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I went to Sale FC. Their pitch got badly churned up but then that's rugby for you. There wasn't much grip in places and that was on much longer grass than we have at Moss Lane.
I think given the style we play it benefited us more than Shaw Lane for it to be called off.
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My daughters team match was played this morning in Levenshulme.
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My daughters team match was played this morning in Levenshulme.
On grass!
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My daughters team match was played this morning in Levenshulme.
On grass!
Astro turf but this normally gets very slippery when frozen
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Firstly the problem appears to be, as it has been since the days when Jack Thorpe was groundsman, the height of the water table.
Anyone with a sensible solution to that please step forward.
Secondly,Jamie and Martin, if you REALLY think that nothing has been done to try to get the game on today then your level of delusion exceeds all my estimates.
Thirdly can someone explain what value putting covers on after the event would have other than sealing the water in and killing the grass.
We play a winter sport in winter weather and stuff like this happens. sorry but that's just an unfortunate truth
There werer Football Lwage games which fell victim to the weather - today too
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It wasn't just down to the snow, which obviously was a contributing factor, but the pitch was waterlogged from the rain over the past few days.
The ball wasn't bouncing an inch at times during the inspection
Farce the club did nothing to get the game on - what snow what rain theres been hardly any of either
Why weren't the covers used? What happened to the usual call for volunteers?
Another shambles, or maybe be we wanted it off
Years and years of this nonsense, when will it ever end?
This almost tops the one where you said Sinnott called the game off as he could not be arsed driving.
Virtually every game in the region is off, why is it only ours that such stuff is being talked about?
It's about 50/50
I didn't look at it too in depth to be honest, woke up post Xmas do with the hangover from hell, looked at my twitter and saw loads if 10am pitch inspections and then off's.
My point really was that we aren't the only ones affected today.
So you agree that your statement that virtually all games in the region were off was incorrect and purposely misleading? Why did you say that without checking? Poor form to try to call me out when by your own admission you have got it wrong in your rush to defend the club at all costs
Your right we werent the only ones affected today, but other clubs did something to get their games on.
Tell me what we did to get our game on today? Base it on fact of what you know about this club not what other clubs did or didn't do
Not mad keen on carrying this on but you have called me out of some points so I have too.
Do you think my life is so sad that i would purposely make misleading statements, it's just a football match that has been called off on a day loads of other football matches have had games called off.
Like you, I have no idea what the groundsman did to get the game on or off but what I know of him he works hard and seems to do a decent job.
Anyway I think we should both be quite satisfied with the outcome.
I said there was torrential rain on Thursday night. You told me that was nonsense, 4-5 people have now confirmed it happened along with the thunder that accompanied it.
You put on a group of thousands of people that our manager was scared of Shaw Lane implying that he had called it off, I reminded people you had form for doing this to prove a point to point out how bonkers that was. Then you denied it so it was quoted to you but then ignored.
You got the chance to say I defend the club at all costs and have a happy agenda (and probably far worse on the whatsapp groups!)
Sad to see Andrew being taken down the "all my friends think your x" route though, sounds very familiar to me this...
Luckily he knows that hundreds of people think his daily voluntary work on the clubs social media is of the highest standard and is one of the real plus points of the club in recent times.
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I think a few people on here need to think about what they are saying before just bashing away at a key board. 2 games were played in the league above yesterday, 3 in our own i believe. There are no conspiracies, nobody is scared of anybody. The weather has just been sh*t. Thats it.
This is the only club in the world where fans get like this over a postponed game. It just wouldn't happen anywhere else. Get over it! On to next week
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It wasn't just down to the snow, which obviously was a contributing factor, but the pitch was waterlogged from the rain over the past few days.
The ball wasn't bouncing an inch at times during the inspection
Farce the club did nothing to get the game on - what snow what rain theres been hardly any of either
Why weren't the covers used? What happened to the usual call for volunteers?
Another shambles, or maybe be we wanted it off
Years and years of this nonsense, when will it ever end?
This almost tops the one where you said Sinnott called the game off as he could not be arsed driving.
Virtually every game in the region is off, why is it only ours that such stuff is being talked about?
It's about 50/50
I didn't look at it too in depth to be honest, woke up post Xmas do with the hangover from hell, looked at my twitter and saw loads if 10am pitch inspections and then off's.
My point really was that we aren't the only ones affected today.
So you agree that your statement that virtually all games in the region were off was incorrect and purposely misleading? Why did you say that without checking? Poor form to try to call me out when by your own admission you have got it wrong in your rush to defend the club at all costs
Your right we werent the only ones affected today, but other clubs did something to get their games on.
Tell me what we did to get our game on today? Base it on fact of what you know about this club not what other clubs did or didn't do
Not mad keen on carrying this on but you have called me out of some points so I have too.
Do you think my life is so sad that i would purposely make misleading statements, it's just a football match that has been called off on a day loads of other football matches have had games called off.
Like you, I have no idea what the groundsman did to get the game on or off but what I know of him he works hard and seems to do a decent job.
Anyway I think we should both be quite satisfied with the outcome.
I said there was torrential rain on Thursday night. You told me that was nonsense, 4-5 people have now confirmed it happened along with the thunder that accompanied it.
You put on a group of thousands of people that our manager was scared of Shaw Lane implying that he had called it off, I reminded people you had form for doing this to prove a point to point out how bonkers that was. Then you denied it so it was quoted to you but then ignored.
You got the chance to say I defend the club at all costs and have a happy agenda (and probably far worse on the whatsapp groups!)
Sad to see Andrew being taken down the "all my friends think your x" route though, sounds very familiar to me this...
Luckily he knows that hundreds of people think his daily voluntary work on the clubs social media is of the highest standard and is one of the real plus points of the club in recent times.
Welcome back Ecky
I'm not arguing with you over the weather its stupid, my comment about Parkinson being scared by the way was supposed to be ironic but no real surprise that was lost on you (find it a bit odd your talking facebook on here you don't have facebook stop stalking)
All that aside I'm sure the postponement helped all the team management and chairman get to the airport in timefor their xmas do flight to Dublin. Stroke of luck that
You then go onto to talk more sh*t about being the victim again, change the record lad and man up. Andrew is a big boy I'm sure he doesn't need your intervention, he has been trying to pick a fight with me on here for months. Although I'm sure none of your happy clappers will see it that way though to blinkered and unable to see anything objectively
Don't think anyone has said anything negative about the media team? I haven't been critical of the media team in anyway? I agree they do a very good job.
Bore off now
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It wasn't just down to the snow, which obviously was a contributing factor, but the pitch was waterlogged from the rain over the past few days.
The ball wasn't bouncing an inch at times during the inspection
Farce the club did nothing to get the game on - what snow what rain theres been hardly any of either
Why weren't the covers used? What happened to the usual call for volunteers?
Another shambles, or maybe be we wanted it off
Years and years of this nonsense, when will it ever end?
This almost tops the one where you said Sinnott called the game off as he could not be arsed driving.
Virtually every game in the region is off, why is it only ours that such stuff is being talked about?
It's about 50/50
I didn't look at it too in depth to be honest, woke up post Xmas do with the hangover from hell, looked at my twitter and saw loads if 10am pitch inspections and then off's.
My point really was that we aren't the only ones affected today.
So you agree that your statement that virtually all games in the region were off was incorrect and purposely misleading? Why did you say that without checking? Poor form to try to call me out when by your own admission you have got it wrong in your rush to defend the club at all costs
Your right we werent the only ones affected today, but other clubs did something to get their games on.
Tell me what we did to get our game on today? Base it on fact of what you know about this club not what other clubs did or didn't do
Not mad keen on carrying this on but you have called me out of some points so I have too.
Do you think my life is so sad that i would purposely make misleading statements, it's just a football match that has been called off on a day loads of other football matches have had games called off.
Like you, I have no idea what the groundsman did to get the game on or off but what I know of him he works hard and seems to do a decent job.
Anyway I think we should both be quite satisfied with the outcome.
I said there was torrential rain on Thursday night. You told me that was nonsense, 4-5 people have now confirmed it happened along with the thunder that accompanied it.
You put on a group of thousands of people that our manager was scared of Shaw Lane implying that he had called it off, I reminded people you had form for doing this to prove a point to point out how bonkers that was. Then you denied it so it was quoted to you but then ignored.
You got the chance to say I defend the club at all costs and have a happy agenda (and probably far worse on the whatsapp groups!)
Sad to see Andrew being taken down the "all my friends think your x" route though, sounds very familiar to me this...
Luckily he knows that hundreds of people think his daily voluntary work on the clubs social media is of the highest standard and is one of the real plus points of the club in recent times.
Welcome back Ecky
I'm not arguing with you over the weather its stupid, my comment about Parkinson being scared by the way was supposed to be ironic but no real surprise that was lost on you (find it a bit odd your talking facebook on here you don't have facebook stop stalking)
All that aside I'm sure the postponement helped all the team management and chairman get to the airport in timefor their xmas do flight to Dublin. Stroke of luck that
You then go onto to talk more sh*t about being the victim again, change the record lad and man up. Andrew is a big boy I'm sure he doesn't need your intervention, he has been trying to pick a fight with me on here for months. Although I'm sure none of your happy clappers will see it that way though to blinkered and unable to see anything objectively
Don't think anyone has said anything negative about the media team? I haven't been critical of the media team in anyway? I agree they do a very good job.
Bore off now
You've got so far away from the actual point of football matches i.e a social occasion to see if your team can score more goals than the other team it's frightening.
Another unloading and outpouring of bile and accusations that could be dissected with ease but whats the point?
Missed irony (yeah course it was) stalking, playing the victim, manning up, boring off..... it's a lot for me to take on board in one post on a football forum or the dying embers of one.
At least we agree on one thing that the social media team do a cracking job so on that looks like a good place to not bore people any further with it and "bore off"
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I think a few people on here need to think about what they are saying before just bashing away at a key board. 2 games were played in the league above yesterday, 3 in our own i believe. There are no conspiracies, nobody is scared of anybody. The weather has just been sh*t. Thats it.
This is the only club in the world where fans get like this over a postponed game. It just wouldn't happen anywhere else. Get over it! On to next week
Just about sums it up
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You've got so far away from the actual point of football matches i.e a social occasion to see if your team can score more goals than the other team it's frightening.
Mark,
Totally bang on the money. Well said. Someone needed to.
Col
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Firstly the problem appears to be, as it has been since the days when Jack Thorpe was groundsman, the height of the water table.
Anyone with a sensible solution to that please step forward.
Secondly,Jamie and Martin, if you REALLY think that nothing has been done to try to get the game on today then your level of delusion exceeds all my estimates.
Thirdly can someone explain what value putting covers on after the event would have other than sealing the water in and killing the grass.
We play a winter sport in winter weather and stuff like this happens. sorry but that's just an unfortunate truth
There werer Football Lwage games which fell victim to the weather - today too
Why've you singled my name out Phil? I haven't said anything about not trying to get the game on,I just mentioned on a separate thread that the pitch can't have been too well looked after.
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You've got so far away from the actual point of football matches i.e a social occasion to see if your team can score more goals than the other team it's frightening.
Mark,
Totally bang on the money. Well said. Someone needed to.
Col
I have to agree here and you've got a bit too personal on a public forum tbh Jamie. If you've got your differences with Ecky then fair enough but it shouldn't be played out on here. IMO a fair few posts need removing here.
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You've got so far away from the actual point of football matches i.e a social occasion to see if your team can score more goals than the other team it's frightening.
Mark,
Totally bang on the money. Well said. Someone needed to.
Col
I have to agree here and you've got a bit too personal on a public forum tbh Jamie. If you've got your differences with Ecky then fair enough but it shouldn't be played out on here. IMO a fair few posts need removing here.
Disagree
Ecky started all this with his "Years and years of this nonsense, when will it ever end?" post yesterday which was a totally unprovoked attack on me, just because I dared to say something he disagreed with.
Who the f**k does Ecky think he is to speak to me like that? I've had enough of it
Go back and read the history, I'm sick and tired of being lambasted just because I have a different view to this isn't everything rosy bullsh*t
Enough is enough
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Jamie you are an absolute embarrassment not only to the club but surely to yourself and it seems to me that you are the only one who can't see that. I post infrequently these days as this forum has become toxic, you being in my opinion the main reason.
As regards the pitch, doesn't the name Moss Lane give a clue? Generally the pitch as I can see is in great shape but as we are on a "moss" i.e. boggy ground it will never take much water as there is simply nowhere for it to go. Water finds its own level, you cannot drain below where the water is, basic physics.
Shape up lad, no need for all the pent up crap, if there is, find someone to talk to.
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You've got so far away from the actual point of football matches i.e a social occasion to see if your team can score more goals than the other team it's frightening.
Mark,
Totally bang on the money. Well said. Someone needed to.
Col
I have to agree here and you've got a bit too personal on a public forum tbh Jamie. If you've got your differences with Ecky then fair enough but it shouldn't be played out on here. IMO a fair few posts need removing here.
Disagree
Ecky started all this with his "Years and years of this nonsense, when will it ever end?" post yesterday which was a totally unprovoked attack on me, just because I dared to say something he disagreed with.
Who the f**k does Ecky think he is to speak to me like that? I've had enough of it
Go back and read the history, I'm sick and tired of being lambasted just because I have a different view to this isn't everything rosy bullsh*t
Enough is enough
It's not about who started it mate,I just think you've taken it a bit too far. It's obvious that you and Ecky have your differences but don't take it too far in public.