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Post by The Lions' Den on Mar 26, 2013 18:09:12 GMT 1
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Post by LIVItv archive 2008-15 on Mar 26, 2013 18:10:07 GMT 1
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Post by Pedro on Mar 26, 2013 22:41:09 GMT 1
See Hamilton? I'd love it for us to pump them! See you behind the goals. COLTS!  |
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Post by Inch Lion on Mar 26, 2013 23:36:56 GMT 1
What's the park looking like.?
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Post by Gregory's Girl on Mar 27, 2013 8:11:38 GMT 1
What's the park looking like.? Oh dear! If it's anything like the rest of Livingston then it'll be under an inch of snow.  |
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Post by Pedro on Mar 27, 2013 10:44:45 GMT 1
Club's facebook page says that it's likely there will be a pitch inspection later on today and to stay tuned for more information.
If it's going to be off then I hope we're told early!
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Post by sims on Mar 27, 2013 11:04:17 GMT 1
Inspection at 10:15 according to SFL twitter acccount
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Post by sims on Mar 27, 2013 11:11:57 GMT 1
Boom, Game off
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Post by Capital Lion on Mar 27, 2013 12:29:32 GMT 1
Can't criticise the decision (mainly because I can't see the pitch) but my only question would be why did the inspection have to be so early? With the kick off not til 7.45pm and Hamilton only being 45mins away, could the inspection not have been held off until 4 or 5 o'clock? Particularly as the sun is currently out and most of the snow (in the west of Edinburgh at least) is gone, surely a later inspection would have given the game more of a chance? Oh aye, and is it no' about time we bought ourselves some covers?  |
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Post by Pedro on Mar 27, 2013 12:52:59 GMT 1
It's a disgrace! Heads should roll!  |
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Post by LiviLion21 on Mar 27, 2013 13:36:14 GMT 1
Particularly as the sun is currently out and most of the snow (in the west of Edinburgh at least) is gone, surely a later inspection would have given the game more of a chance? I'm at work, 5 minutes from the ground (if that) and you can't see any grass around here for the snow. It already still had a covering from last week/the weekend and with the freezing temperature, can only assume this fresh snow has fallen on to hard, frozen snow. |
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Post by LLD on Mar 27, 2013 17:42:15 GMT 1
I've seen a fair bit of feedback on the forums and on the club Facebook, so to try and answer the points:
I can understand everyone's point here - no one likes a game to be postponed. The fact of the matter is that the pitch was unplayable after the snow overnight and is still unplayable now.
In addition to the snow on the top of the pitch, which is slowly receding, there are patches of the pitch which are very hard underneath, mainly due to the prolonged period of cold weather we're having. Some areas of the pitch get little or no sunlight at this time of year which makes them more susceptible to frost and slower to thaw.
Clearing the snow off the top of the pitch wouldn't resolve this and quite frankly previous appeals of help for volunteers haven't resulted in masses of people rushing to assist (though thanks to the people who have).
The undersoil heating would probably get the pitch playable, but only if switched on several days in advance and at a financial cost that the club cannot afford at present. It would almost certainly cost more than the amount of money we are likely to take at the gate for a game like tonight's.
The suggestion made in some quarters that the club didn't want tonight's game to go ahead is ridiculous - we've got wages to pay and that's not made easy when we've only had one home game in the last five weeks.
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Post by livifan1 on Mar 27, 2013 21:05:27 GMT 1
My eyes are swivelling with all this....
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Post by Inch Lion on Mar 27, 2013 21:17:29 GMT 1
FFS if the games off the games off nothing can be done its the referee that's called it off Reschedule it for June and we'll get some summer football  |
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Post by JonnyBeGood on Mar 27, 2013 22:45:29 GMT 1
FFS if the games off the games off nothing can be done its the referee that's called it off Correct! There was even one comment on facebook with the person saying that they knew the board wanted the game to be off. What a load of old bollox, pardon my french! |
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