by Trojan 67 » 04 Dec 2010, 17:31
yellowsmiffy wrote:It's fair enough it was called off. Nearly every match in the lower leagues has been called off, and it's better to do it early, than on the day. Nothing worse than it being called off on the day half way through the journey etc. It takes a while for a pitch to thaw out, and considering it was freezing last night, it might not be fully thawed out yet. Saying that, I think it's all too cautious these days - It's not that dangerous playing on a semi-frozen pitch, but there are regultions and we have to respect that.
Some very good points made there 'smiffy.
If a player suffered a career ending injury as a direct result of frozen conditions, this could be open to all sorts of claims in this blame obsessed culture.Then there's the loss of said player(s) to the long term strategy of the team/club ambitions.
It's a swings and roundabouts issue this one. As disappointed as we are with the decision, I don't see things changing. Look on the bright side, some of us today have done our Christmas shopping and kept out of the pub as well. Mrs 'erindoors is a very happy bunny indeed.
With the above said, games weren't called off like this in the 60's and 70's and back in the day saw a few games at Plainmoor with snow on the pitch and using an orange ball. And yes, it was F in FREEZING.
[quote="yellowsmiffy"]It's fair enough it was called off. Nearly every match in the lower leagues has been called off, and it's better to do it early, than on the day. Nothing worse than it being called off on the day half way through the journey etc. It takes a while for a pitch to thaw out, and considering it was freezing last night, it might not be fully thawed out yet. Saying that, I think it's all too cautious these days - It's not that dangerous playing on a semi-frozen pitch, but there are regultions and we have to respect that.[/quote]
Some very good points made there 'smiffy.
If a player suffered a career ending injury as a direct result of frozen conditions, this could be open to all sorts of claims in this blame obsessed culture.Then there's the loss of said player(s) to the long term strategy of the team/club ambitions.
It's a swings and roundabouts issue this one. As disappointed as we are with the decision, I don't see things changing. Look on the bright side, some of us today have done our Christmas shopping and kept out of the pub as well. Mrs 'erindoors is a very happy bunny indeed. (D)
With the above said, games weren't called off like this in the 60's and 70's and back in the day saw a few games at Plainmoor with snow on the pitch and using an orange ball. And yes, it was F in FREEZING.
