Honest Saints Fan Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 Unfortunatly nothing about the time of inspection Eh maybe saints thought the pitch was playable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real Madrid Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 That's a good thing? It means our games won't be moved from a Saturday 3 o'clock kick off! It doesn't matter how many times you're on the T.V, you still get a share of the pot. This is the number of times teams have been shown on Sky and ESPN in league games this season Celtic 12 Rangers 12 Hearts 9 Hibs 9 Motherwell 4 Aberdeen 3 Kilmarnock 3 Hamilton 3 Inverness 3 St Mirren 3 Dundee U 2 St Johnstone 1 And apart from the Rangers re arranged tie which may be shown we are not on the list for any TV games up to the split. I cannot see the sponsors being happy with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Neutral Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 Eh maybe saints thought the pitch was playable. Such anger HSF... Almost like you're turning into a Mann... :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammsteinally Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 Eh maybe saints thought the pitch was playable. said the ref took very little time to say it wasn't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
208saint Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 Eh maybe saints thought the pitch was playable. Sometimes you just have to give up and admit that black is black and white is white Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest Saints Fan Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 Such anger HSF... Almost like you're turning into a Mann... :laugh: Well not one single poster works at McDiarmid or knows what is going on within the club. They may like to think they do but they don't. Slagging off the club for this without knowing the true circumstances around the call off, inspection, state of the pitch etc is ****ing stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammsteinally Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 anyway in the PA on friday they mentioned the pitch, on the website they have mentioned the pitch. now we should have, at latest a 9am inspection on games where the weather is bad if there's anything saints would like to tell us we're listening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest Saints Fan Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 said the ref took very little time to say it wasn't "Although the covers were removed promptly this morning, and work immediately carried out to drain the pitch, the referee deemed the match unplayable." That gives the impression Saints thought they would be able to get the pitch to playing order by the time the ref arrived so that is maybe the reason for the late pitch inspection... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete1967 Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 Eh, so where has it been posted that the covers weren't left on last night?! you dont get waterlogged pitches if you have covers down, common sense the issue isnt just about the game being postponed its about saints fans who cant make midweek games after thyve forked out hard earned cash buying season tickets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainstand Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 The covers would obviously take a few hours to take off. they left them down for as long as possible and would clear the water off them they were obviously not expecting the ater that was in the pitch to come back to the top. This is obviously a problem they were not expecting. The ref as there and inspected the pitch at 11am. How much earlier do folk need to be told. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest Saints Fan Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 you dont get waterlogged pitches if you have covers down, common sense the issue isnt just about the game being postponed its about saints fans who cant make midweek games after thyve forked out hard earned cash buying season tickets The covers were down When you buy a season ticket, you know the risks with re-arranged games and postponements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
208saint Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 OS now has an explanation detailing how they put down the covers in plenty of time, but the weight of the water sitting on top of the covers brought the water underneath the soil back to the surface, which I can just about understand. However, was there really that much rain and why say that the rain ran off as expected? Did we experience some freakish rain that runs off, then runs back on to provide the necessary weight to bring the deep lying moisture back to the surface? Surely the answer now must be to bring back the dome that others have spoken about? Use the cover of the dome to keep the fresh rain off while using the heaters under the dome to try and dry out the pitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainstand Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 you dont get waterlogged pitches if you have covers down, common sense the issue isnt just about the game being postponed its about saints fans who cant make midweek games after thyve forked out hard earned cash buying season tickets Read the article and you will see what happened. So obviously you can get a waterlogged pitch with covers down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The ghost of Jim Morton Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 The covers were down When you buy a season ticket, you know the risks with re-arranged games and postponements. That's correct , and next season we will find that many people will not "take that "risk". As for Mainstand...Are you for real with that comment?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainstand Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 That's correct , and next season we will find that many people will not "take that "risk". As for Mainstand...Are you for real with that comment?? Enlighten me oh masterful one, As to waht you are on about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammsteinally Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 "Although the covers were removed promptly this morning, and work immediately carried out to drain the pitch, the referee deemed the match unplayable." That gives the impression Saints thought they would be able to get the pitch to playing order by the time the ref arrived so that is maybe the reason for the late pitch inspection... I'm sure everybody there did their best but we all know the drainage is bad so they should ask for an early inspection. next weekend the aucterarder bus is leaving at 9.30. Aberdeen would not be much difference so they should look at it at 9am if its not good then say that and let folk take a chance if they want to head off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest Saints Fan Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 I'm sure everybody there did their best but we all know the drainage is bad so they should ask for an early inspection. next weekend the aucterarder bus is leaving at 9.30. Aberdeen would not be much difference so they should look at it at 9am if its not good then say that and let folk take a chance if they want to head off Well actually I don't sympathise with anyone who leaves so early to travel 2 hours or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike180279 Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 (edited) That's a good thing? It means our games won't be moved from a Saturday 3 o'clock kick off! It doesn't matter how many times you're on the T.V, you still get a share of the pot.:laugh: Brilliant. Our games wont get moved 3pm. 5 and counting....... Its not just the supporters that are pissed off. The players are not getting to see their families. I really do hate this, its not the clubs fault but we have to consider playing somewhere else. April showers anyone? It might get worse! Edited February 12, 2011 by Mike180279 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest Saints Fan Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 :laugh: Brilliant. Our games wont get moved 3pm. 5 and counting....... Haha you know what I meant... if they are not postponed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete1967 Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 The covers were down When you buy a season ticket, you know the risks with re-arranged games and postponements. fair enough there are risks with buying season tickets, but the number of postponed games has become a joke especially when you hear local junior clubs get their games on without covers, ush etc defo not renewing my season ticket anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammsteinally Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 Well actually I don't sympathise with anyone who leaves so early to travel 2 hours or so. oh well you're right then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest Saints Fan Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 fair enough there are risks with buying season tickets, but the number of postponed games has become a joke especially when you hear local junior clubs get their games on without covers, ush etc defo not renewing my season ticket anyway Exactly, they don't have ush meaning their pitch hasn't been fecked up by it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike180279 Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 http://www.stagweb.co.uk/stag-nights/nakedmudwrestling.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Neutral Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 :laugh: Brilliant. Our games wont get moved 3pm. 5 and counting....... Its not just the supporters that are pissed off. The players are not getting to see their families. I really do hate this, its not the clubs fault but we have to consider playing somewhere else. April showers anyone? It might get worse! Yea Doobs had a bit of a tweet rant when he heard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The ghost of Jim Morton Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 Enlighten me oh masterful one, As to waht you are on about. I will tell you waht I am on about.. Your comment The ref as there and inspected the pitch at 11am. How much earlier do folk need to be told. the pitch inspection was far to late. Simple as.. A bit like yourself, if you don't understand taht many people will have already left to travel to the match. Not everyone leaves at a time taht will get tehm there 20 minutes before K-O. Some people like to make a day of it. Plus no mention of an inspection till to late this morning. If they had said there was gonna be a precautionary inspection tehn fans would have held off from travelling early and at taht point , 11.15 am would have been okay. As we know though MS they never did tihs.. I hope taht clears things up for you:wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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