Pitch inspection

[The Beast]

I reckon this is tactical by Rovers, it's not even cold!
Postponing the game so the 3 World class players we're signing next week can play when it's rearranged.

[glosterred]

I reckon this is tactical by Rovers, it's not even cold!
Postponing the game so the 3 World class players we're signing next week can play when it's rearranged.

Ssssshhhhhhhhhhhh!



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[Upton Rover]

Looking at the cover’s on the pitch, you would think we are back in the 70s a joke

Care to explain, Upton?

the covers that I can see on the pitch will only keep off frost if it’s -1 at tops -2 so primitive that we use in 2023

Do you sell frost covers or some kind off rost covers expert?

Used to design cover’s

[knockers]

Is that your blanket response!

[donnievic]

Well they should have had the Inspection by now , the temperature is dipping from now on , so the pitch ain't going to get any softer than it is at this moment in time.
The Tranmere team Coach must be about to set off as well you would have thought.

not if just coming tomorrow it’s only 2 hours

[Filo]

Well they should have had the Inspection by now , the temperature is dipping from now on , so the pitch ain't going to get any softer than it is at this moment in time.
The Tranmere team Coach must be about to set off as well you would have thought.

not if just coming tomorrow it’s only 2 hours

They have to leave Birkenhead under cover of dark to avoid the coach getting trashed lol!

[glosterred]

Match off

https://www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk/news/2023/january/tranmere-off/


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[colincramb]

Ffs. Surely there must be a way of preventing this in the day and age we live in. It’s hardly Eastern Europe and blowing a blizzard. Ridiculous

[Spilsby Red]

Ffs. It happens. I had tickets. Oh well.  Not the end of the world. There will be plenty more postponements but people will still slag the club and board etc off

[roversdude]

My lawn has been shaded and is softish in Sprotbrough

[roversdude]

Ffs. It happens. I had tickets. Oh well.  Not the end of the world. There will be plenty more postponements but people will still slag the club and board etc off

My only gripe is how easy games get called off in this era

[ForsolongaRover]

We have a cautious manager with new players to bed in and it is not as though we have any real fixture pile-up, so if the decision was in the balance and he was asked for a view, it is unlikely that he would want to go ahead. Whether the Tranmere manager would have any say in the matter, who knows?

[glosterred]

Plenty of Tuesdays free, we’ve only 3 midweek games I think, between now and the end of the season


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[South East Rover]

Looking at the cover’s on the pitch, you would think we are back in the 70s a joke

Care to explain, Upton?

the covers that I can see on the pitch will only keep off frost if it’s -1 at tops -2 so primitive that we use in 2023

Do you sell frost covers or some kind off rost covers expert?

Used to design cover’s

You didn't do a very good job then did you 

[ravenrover]

Thought it was down to the official?  Reading the article there was never a chance of it being on even with the covers being on since Sunday

[ScillyRover]

According to my weather app, it’s only down to -1 in Donny tonight. What’s it been like for the last few days? Very surprised it’s off if only going down to -1

[roversdude]

Just noticed who ref would have been - Haynes

[Filo]

According to my weather app, it’s only down to -1 in Donny tonight. What’s it been like for the last few days? Very surprised it’s off if only going down to -1

Theres been a hard frost every night for the last four nights, and its clear skys now temps dropping quick

[donnievic]

Thought it was down to the official?  Reading the article there was never a chance of it being on even with the covers being on since Sunday

always down to the official but may not of been our ref doing the inspection,they could of just asked one that’s more local

[ForsolongaRover]

The pitch inspection last week was WITH both managers which implies that their opinion would have been taken into account.

[Campsall rover]

Unlikely Tranmere had set off before pitch inspection decision.

It is only a 2 hr or maybe 2.5 hr journey so expect they would have travelled this eve if it had been on.

So don’t think Mellon will have had any say on the decision.


Really frustrating as I missed the last 2 away games ( well 1 was off ) so i am starting to get withdrawal symptoms. Yes i know that sounds unbelievable but I need my football fix.
Who is at home tomorrow. Harrogate away at Grimsby. It’s a bit far I think to watch them. Think I am snookered. All non league games will be off I suspect.

Looks like Sky sports again in the warm. 

[glosterred]

Just reading some of the replies to the Twitter post stating the game is off. Absolutely unbelievable some of the replies, there's some right idiots spouting a lot of hot air, they should have got down to the ground, if would have been frost free in no time.


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[Lesonthewest]

Disappointing but it is what it is. Just a thought though if the covers were laid 30 hours before any frost, then surely they're not fit for purpose, or do they only work to a certain temperature.

[Padge_DRFC]

They'd surely have been better off today in the blazing sun?

[colincramb]

Ffs. It happens. I had tickets. Oh well.  Not the end of the world. There will be plenty more postponements but people will still slag the club and board etc off

Nope, it’s not a slagging off. The loss in revenue from what a Saturday afternoon game generates compared to a random Tuesday night is a concern though. We are hardly in a position to turn it down.

That’s where the frustration comes from. But I suppose you didn’t think about that before having a dig

[monkeytennis]

I know we’re in the bottom tier but it’s still part of a professional sports league. I can’t help but wonder why clubs seem to get caught out by UK weather. Everyone knows a cold snap has been on the way, surely more effective mitigation is available to clubs that doesn’t involve millions of pounds spent on under pitch heating.

[colincramb]

I know we’re in the bottom tier but it’s still part of a professional sports league. I can’t help but wonder why clubs seem to get caught out by UK weather. Everyone knows a cold snap has been on the way, surely more effective mitigation is available to clubs that doesn’t involve millions of pounds spent on under pitch heating.

Yes, if we ever get back to the championship a few nights of cold weather won’t really wash will it? If the covers we have can’t withstand a relatively short cold period then they ain’t fit for purpose are they?

[Upton Rover]

Looking at the cover’s on the pitch, you would think we are back in the 70s a joke

Care to explain, Upton?

the covers that I can see on the pitch will only keep off frost if it’s -1 at tops -2 so primitive that we use in 2023

Do you sell frost covers or some kind off rost covers expert?

Used to design cover’s

You didn't do a very good job then did you 

Not the crap the club use, look at “matchsaver.com

[Upton Rover]

Disappointing but it is what it is. Just a thought though if the covers were laid 30 hours before any frost, then surely they're not fit for purpose, or do they only work to a certain temperature.

That’s what I have said, look at the images, no more than what a gardener would put around his plug plants, total joke

[eastender]

If a bit of thought had gone into this Problem/situation when the Stadium was in the planning stage , then perhaps a transparent roof section could have been put on the South Stand roof to let the sun shine through, Lots of Stadiums have them.