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Blackpool v Charlton | Sat 27 Jan | 3pm KO | ***GAME OFF***

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  • Addickted said:

    Karl Oyston: “I was disappointed to read quotes attributed to the Charlton Athletic manager Karl Robinson in relation to the postponement of this afternoon’s match."

    "At no point did I comment on or discuss Charlton’s willingness to play the fixture, and I fully respect the referee’s decision to call the game off on the grounds of player safety. I have since spoken to Karl and I look forward to his apology at the rearranged fixture."

    Cockwomble
    I wouldn't hold your breath sunshine! What a dipstick.... since when has this waste of space been on the moral high ground?
  • Hopefully, by the time we’ve gone the Oystons will be out of Blackpool FC
  • edited January 2018

    SDAddick said:

    bellz2002 said:

    What's the difference between pitches now and in the 60s when they were often a mudbath and played in all conditions? Is it due to new safety issues or what? Just appears to be so many more games called off in past 10 years or so than used to be.

    I guess we don’t want to see players slipping over and chipping a finger nail or getting a bit of dirt on their Hair bands.
    And players these days are well paid professional athletes who train their entire lives in the hopes of having what, a 10-15 year career. And clubs are huge entities with high turnover in revenue, and with all the money at stake they don't want to risk their biggest assets.

    You can see these as good or bad (or both) developments in the game, but remember Norman Hunter and his ilk didn't make tackles at anywhere near the speed that happens today. And the speed the modern game is played at makes the risk of muscle injuries more common, part of the reason they don't want to play on bog-pitches.
    Every company has its biggest assets ie their workers. Can't ever recalling my or any other company i have worked for say dont come in as the roads are a bit wet. They all think their prima donnas, even officials, about time this stopped.
    Is your job something that requires you to be one of the best athletes in the country? Do you make up a sizable percentage of your company's value? Of course not. It's apples and oranges.

    One week it's a kick and run pub league, the next the players are all soft prima donnas. It's just something else to whinge about.

    Hope you're able to make the best of a bad situation.
  • Thanks for all the "likes" SDAddick, between you and Cantersaddick, I am doing well :smiley:
  • ross1 said:

    Thanks for all the "likes" SDAddick, between you and Cantersaddick, I am doing well :smiley:

    Have another one mate
  • Addickted said:
    Thanks for posting that. That's great to read. We did pay our respects to Jimmy Armfield and the Blackpool fans I spoke to were absolutely top drawer too.
  • ....and another thing. The tea in my Blackpool hotel room tastes incredibly like Parma Violets.
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  • I don't know when the photograph on the CAFC website was taken, showing a heavily waterlogged corner (it's not clear whether it's the pitch or the verge) but here are some photographs of the pitch at about 3:00pm. Apart from the near corner (not the same one), which a couple of buckets of sand might have sorted out, there doesn't seem to be a major problem. I don't mean to suggest that the ref called the match off unnecessarily but the reason for his decision was certainly not obvious to many of us there. However, it was nice to see both sets of supporters mingling happily and to see our scarves on the Jimmy Armfield statue.
  • edited January 2018

    I don't know when the photograph on the CAFC website was taken, showing a heavily waterlogged corner (it's not clear whether it's the pitch or the verge) but here are some photographs of the pitch at about 3:00pm. Apart from the near corner (not the same one), which a couple of buckets of sand might have sorted out, there doesn't seem to be a major problem. I don't mean to suggest that the ref called the match off unnecessarily but the reason for his decision was certainly not obvious to many of us there. However, it was nice to see both sets of supporters mingling happily and to see our scarves on the Jimmy Armfield statue.

    I do have a bit of sympathy for the ref. If you take a look at the 2nd twitter video posted on here around 2pm when the ref tried to bounce the ball you'll notice that it doesn't (bounce). I think the ref thought it dangerous in that circumstance as the players would be going for the ball, anticipating a bounce, and then being deceived when there wasn't one & maybe causing an injury to another player.

    Having said all that, I have no idea why the game couldn't go ahead at 4pm or 5pm or even tomorrow. Probably league protocol & maybe the ref doesn't have the authority to sanction something like that. Would be interesting to know.
  • edited January 2018


    ...... I have no idea why the game couldn't go ahead at 4pm or 5pm or even tomorrow.
    Probably league protocol & maybe the ref doesn't have the authority to sanction something like that. Would be interesting to know.

    But the ref would have the authority to start the match, stop it, and take the teams back to the dressing room - and then restart the match 30 minutes or more later.

  • edited January 2018
    SDAddick said:

    SDAddick said:

    bellz2002 said:

    What's the difference between pitches now and in the 60s when they were often a mudbath and played in all conditions? Is it due to new safety issues or what? Just appears to be so many more games called off in past 10 years or so than used to be.

    I guess we don’t want to see players slipping over and chipping a finger nail or getting a bit of dirt on their Hair bands.
    And players these days are well paid professional athletes who train their entire lives in the hopes of having what, a 10-15 year career. And clubs are huge entities with high turnover in revenue, and with all the money at stake they don't want to risk their biggest assets.

    You can see these as good or bad (or both) developments in the game, but remember Norman Hunter and his ilk didn't make tackles at anywhere near the speed that happens today. And the speed the modern game is played at makes the risk of muscle injuries more common, part of the reason they don't want to play on bog-pitches.
    Every company has its biggest assets ie their workers. Can't ever recalling my or any other company i have worked for say dont come in as the roads are a bit wet. They all think their prima donnas, even officials, about time this stopped.
    Is your job something that requires you to be one of the best athletes in the country? Do you make up a sizable percentage of your company's value? Of course not. It's apples and oranges.

    One week it's a kick and run pub league, the next the players are all soft prima donnas. It's just something else to whinge about.

    Hope you're able to make the best of a bad situation.
    you do know this is Charlton right?
  • SDAddick said:

    SDAddick said:

    bellz2002 said:

    What's the difference between pitches now and in the 60s when they were often a mudbath and played in all conditions? Is it due to new safety issues or what? Just appears to be so many more games called off in past 10 years or so than used to be.

    I guess we don’t want to see players slipping over and chipping a finger nail or getting a bit of dirt on their Hair bands.
    And players these days are well paid professional athletes who train their entire lives in the hopes of having what, a 10-15 year career. And clubs are huge entities with high turnover in revenue, and with all the money at stake they don't want to risk their biggest assets.

    You can see these as good or bad (or both) developments in the game, but remember Norman Hunter and his ilk didn't make tackles at anywhere near the speed that happens today. And the speed the modern game is played at makes the risk of muscle injuries more common, part of the reason they don't want to play on bog-pitches.
    Every company has its biggest assets ie their workers. Can't ever recalling my or any other company i have worked for say dont come in as the roads are a bit wet. They all think their prima donnas, even officials, about time this stopped.
    Is your job something that requires you to be one of the best athletes in the country? Do you make up a sizable percentage of your company's value? Of course not. It's apples and oranges.

    One week it's a kick and run pub league, the next the players are all soft prima donnas. It's just something else to whinge about.

    Hope you're able to make the best of a bad situation.
    you do this is Charlton right?
    You do you've missed out a word right?
  • I wasn't there, so only have the videos and comments of those there.

    I feel for all that travelled.

    This does remind me of Brighton away at the Goldstone when the puddles were so deep that players sometimes found themselves tackled by the puddles. It made the football difficult but added to the occasion.

    Wasn't it at the Hawthorns in the facup when Gordon Watson's shot was stopped on the goal line by a puddle?

    Conditions like this are memorable and should go ahead imo.

    I have cancelled lots of matches as groundsman in my time but sometimes left it up to the ref and players to decide if they thought it was safe if on the hard side.

    On the face of it, perhaps the ref could have taken the players and managers comments into account more than he appears to.
  • edited January 2018
    JamesSeed said:

    SDAddick said:

    SDAddick said:

    bellz2002 said:

    What's the difference between pitches now and in the 60s when they were often a mudbath and played in all conditions? Is it due to new safety issues or what? Just appears to be so many more games called off in past 10 years or so than used to be.

    I guess we don’t want to see players slipping over and chipping a finger nail or getting a bit of dirt on their Hair bands.
    And players these days are well paid professional athletes who train their entire lives in the hopes of having what, a 10-15 year career. And clubs are huge entities with high turnover in revenue, and with all the money at stake they don't want to risk their biggest assets.

    You can see these as good or bad (or both) developments in the game, but remember Norman Hunter and his ilk didn't make tackles at anywhere near the speed that happens today. And the speed the modern game is played at makes the risk of muscle injuries more common, part of the reason they don't want to play on bog-pitches.
    Every company has its biggest assets ie their workers. Can't ever recalling my or any other company i have worked for say dont come in as the roads are a bit wet. They all think their prima donnas, even officials, about time this stopped.
    Is your job something that requires you to be one of the best athletes in the country? Do you make up a sizable percentage of your company's value? Of course not. It's apples and oranges.

    One week it's a kick and run pub league, the next the players are all soft prima donnas. It's just something else to whinge about.

    Hope you're able to make the best of a bad situation.
    you do this is Charlton right?
    You do you've missed out a word right?
    I do now, amended.
  • edited January 2018
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  • edited January 2018

    I don't know when the photograph on the CAFC website was taken, showing a heavily waterlogged corner (it's not clear whether it's the pitch or the verge) but here are some photographs of the pitch at about 3:00pm. Apart from the near corner (not the same one), which a couple of buckets of sand might have sorted out, there doesn't seem to be a major problem. I don't mean to suggest that the ref called the match off unnecessarily but the reason for his decision was certainly not obvious to many of us there. However, it was nice to see both sets of supporters mingling happily and to see our scarves on the Jimmy Armfield statue.

    I do have a bit of sympathy for the ref. If you take a look at the 2nd twitter video posted on here around 2pm when the ref tried to bounce the ball you'll notice that it doesn't (bounce). I think the ref thought it dangerous in that circumstance as the players would be going for the ball, anticipating a bounce, and then being deceived when there wasn't one & maybe causing an injury to another player.

    Having said all that, I have no idea why the game couldn't go ahead at 4pm or 5pm or even tomorrow. Probably league protocol & maybe the ref doesn't have the authority to sanction something like that. Would be interesting to know.
    Oggy Red said:


    ...... I have no idea why the game couldn't go ahead at 4pm or 5pm or even tomorrow.
    Probably league protocol & maybe the ref doesn't have the authority to sanction something like that. Would be interesting to know.

    But the ref would have the authority to start the match, stop it, and take the teams back to the dressing room - and then restart the match 30 minutes or more later.

    Wasn’t there so not commenting from a position of strength but it’s fairly clear from many many comments that the logical decision would have been to delay the kickoff by an hour.

    There are related issues with anything more than that though. Stadium staff working longer. Policing would be difficult if KR’s suggestion of playing Sunday was serious. Not that straightforward but certainly a 16:00 kick off should have been an option.

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  • When you look at the table, we have to play every team in the top six at home bar WIgan who we have played twice. Even though we didn't play - Saturday was a good day for us.
  • When you look at the table, we have to play every team in the top six at home bar WIgan who we have played twice. Even though we didn't play - Saturday was a good day for us.

    And bar Shrewsbury (who we've not played at all) - The other four all have to come to the Valley

  • PS - after our walk on the Fylde side we saw some Sutton fans on the train this morning. They had gone all the way to Barrow for nothing!


  • It appears that whilst we were enjoying our 8 hours of much needed beauty sleep, 3 of our number were pulling out their hair at the ongoing kids' "party" taking place in the corridors outside their rooms and in Oli's case, rampaging in their accommodation above him, causing the ceiling to vibrate ! Our pals had complained at the time and although staff had been very helpful, the noise & disruption continued....It appears that this "sort of thing" does happen at times when Blackpool's apparently famous dance competitions take place with little darlings and their mums arriving in numbers.Len Goodman, Bruno & co have a lot to answer for... In fact, the manager told us that the bar area had still been occupied by some of the mums at 4am this morning !

    I'll be in Blackpool in a couple of weeks time with my 11 year old daughter for a competition-aside from her performance (which will inevitably be exceptional) I wasn't overly looking forward to the weekend, now I'm dreading it!
  • HandG said:



    It appears that whilst we were enjoying our 8 hours of much needed beauty sleep, 3 of our number were pulling out their hair at the ongoing kids' "party" taking place in the corridors outside their rooms and in Oli's case, rampaging in their accommodation above him, causing the ceiling to vibrate ! Our pals had complained at the time and although staff had been very helpful, the noise & disruption continued....It appears that this "sort of thing" does happen at times when Blackpool's apparently famous dance competitions take place with little darlings and their mums arriving in numbers.Len Goodman, Bruno & co have a lot to answer for... In fact, the manager told us that the bar area had still been occupied by some of the mums at 4am this morning !

    I'll be in Blackpool in a couple of weeks time with my 11 year old daughter for a competition-aside from her performance (which will inevitably be exceptional) I wasn't overly looking forward to the weekend, now I'm dreading it!
    Oh dear ! Me & my big gob !!!

    I hope our experience wasn't the norm for such weekends and I'm sure you'll have fun.

    And good luck to your daughter of course.
  • HandG said:



    It appears that whilst we were enjoying our 8 hours of much needed beauty sleep, 3 of our number were pulling out their hair at the ongoing kids' "party" taking place in the corridors outside their rooms and in Oli's case, rampaging in their accommodation above him, causing the ceiling to vibrate ! Our pals had complained at the time and although staff had been very helpful, the noise & disruption continued....It appears that this "sort of thing" does happen at times when Blackpool's apparently famous dance competitions take place with little darlings and their mums arriving in numbers.Len Goodman, Bruno & co have a lot to answer for... In fact, the manager told us that the bar area had still been occupied by some of the mums at 4am this morning !

    I'll be in Blackpool in a couple of weeks time with my 11 year old daughter for a competition-aside from her performance (which will inevitably be exceptional) I wasn't overly looking forward to the weekend, now I'm dreading it!
    Oh dear ! Me & my big gob !!!

    I hope our experience wasn't the norm for such weekends and I'm sure you'll have fun.

    And good luck to your daughter of course.
    Only jesting Fanny, at least we know to bring our ear plugs now!
  • New date Tues 13th March
  • New date Tues 13th March

    I'll be there
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