Game OFF

[Jon Palmer]

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/s ... wo-9835097

[Shade]

Cue Walsall fans calling us tinpot

[asl]

Like The Bescott has undersoil heating, eh...?

Besides, I've heard it's all your fault, standing in front of the away end so that it doesn't get any sun.

[andgarod]

Are our 2 new players now eligible for the rescheduled match
Similarly any other new signings

[Si Robin]

They were eligible for tomorrow's game

[Jerry St Clair]

Could be a blessing. There's clearly a sickness bug going through the squad, so another week to get clear of that might be no bad thing.

[Shade]

Like The Bescott has undersoil heating, eh...?

Besides, I've heard it's all your fault, standing in front of the away end so that it doesn't get any sun.

Is that a fat joke? In 2025? You're brave.

[Shade]

Only the three tinpot comments on twitter that I've seen so far, but one of them was from an obsessed FGR perma-troll.

[Fuller]

I note the announcement on the official says the covers were put on yesterday morning. As we had a hard frost overnight Wednesday/Thursday wasn’t that a little too late?
My garden which faces north was frozen when I woke up yesterday morning. Only the few parts that got a touch of sunshine thawed during daylight. Therefore the Hazlewoods end would already have been frozen.
Just sayin’ like.

[asl]

Is that a fat joke? In 2025? You're brave.

Actually it was a reference to your handle, and it being the cause of the lack of thawing....never mind...

[paperboy]

Out of curiosity has the deployment of the frost covers ever succeeded in allowing a match to go ahead ?

Asking for a friend.

[art vandalay]

I’m struggling to think of any. It seems that you can’t put them on for more than 2 days or it wrecks the grass. Basically, they seem to protect against very specific circumstances of 1 night’s frost going down to minus 1 or 2, which then rises to above zero by mid-morning.

[Horteng]

Out of curiosity has the deployment of the frost covers ever succeeded in allowing a match to go ahead ?

Asking for a friend.

I cannot recall such an occasion however it sounds like a blessing in disguise tomorrow with illness and the c!#p 12.30 KO time anyway

[Malabus]

Are our 2 new players now eligible for the rescheduled match
Similarly any other new signings

They could have played against Walsall.

[Malabus]

Kind of glad it’s off. Get the new players settled, players suffering with illness to recover and the rearranged fixture will be under the lights.

[Jerry St Clair]

Another thought occurred to me - do we lose any TV money with the postponement?

[Jerry St Clair]

I note the announcement on the official says the covers were put on yesterday morning. As we had a hard frost overnight Wednesday/Thursday wasn’t that a little too late?
My garden which faces north was frozen when I woke up yesterday morning. Only the few parts that got a touch of sunshine thawed during daylight. Therefore the Hazlewoods end would already have been frozen.
Just sayin’ like.

I think I remember reading before that frost covers can only stay down for a short period (maximum three days?) otherwise it damages the grass. Which means Weds afternoon or thereabouts would have been the earliest they could put them down.

[Fuller]

I note the announcement on the official says the covers were put on yesterday morning. As we had a hard frost overnight Wednesday/Thursday wasn’t that a little too late?
My garden which faces north was frozen when I woke up yesterday morning. Only the few parts that got a touch of sunshine thawed during daylight. Therefore the Hazlewoods end would already have been frozen.
Just sayin’ like.

I think I remember reading before that frost covers can only stay down for a short period (maximum three days?) otherwise it damages the grass. Which means Weds afternoon or thereabouts would have been the earliest they could put them down.

Which means that if they’d been put down Wednesday afternoon, when it wasn’t freezing, rather Thursday morning after we’d had the hard overnight frost, then the game would probably have gone ahead tomorrow.

[paperboy]

I note the announcement on the official says the covers were put on yesterday morning. As we had a hard frost overnight Wednesday/Thursday wasn’t that a little too late?
My garden which faces north was frozen when I woke up yesterday morning. Only the few parts that got a touch of sunshine thawed during daylight. Therefore the Hazlewoods end would already have been frozen.
Just sayin’ like.

I think I remember reading before that frost covers can only stay down for a short period (maximum three days?) otherwise it damages the grass. Which means Weds afternoon or thereabouts would have been the earliest they could put them down.

Which means that if they’d been put down Wednesday afternoon, when it wasn’t freezing, rather Thursday morning after we’d had the hard overnight frost, then the game would probably have gone ahead tomorrow.

I'm no expert but they do look like a roll of black bin bags from Poundland that have been spread over the pitch.

Best I admit I've said that partly in jest as I think the 500 club may have purchased them....sorry Steve.

[andgarod]

It would be interesting to know if it was just the away end that was frozen or all the pitch

How much would a poly tent or hearing pads cost.
I suspect we only need them once or twice a season so no viable
Large bubble rolls but the someone would pop them
Also pitch is fine but approaches and carpark noy so endes up as H and S

We may have dodged a bullet anyway as we can do without Walsall turning up on top form

I must hide the credit cards and not be forced to go bargain hunting
Enjoy the day off Now where is that whisky

[shevates]

I think I remember reading before that frost covers can only stay down for a short period (maximum three days?) otherwise it damages the grass. Which means Weds afternoon or thereabouts would have been the earliest they could put them down.

Which means that if they’d been put down Wednesday afternoon, when it wasn’t freezing, rather Thursday morning after we’d had the hard overnight frost, then the game would probably have gone ahead tomorrow.

I'm no expert but they do look like a roll of black bin bags from Poundland that have been spread over the pitch.

Best I admit I've said that partly in jest as I think the 500 club may have purchased them....sorry Steve.

We bought them on the recommendation of Match of the Day, after the Newcastle FA Cup game. They have saved games but once the temperature reaches minus 3 the frost will penetrate through the sheets They cost 8k all those years ago

[paperboy]

Ah, thanks Steve.
I guess they only need to have saved a couple of matches to have been a good investment.

[Shade]

Is that a fat joke? In 2025? You're brave.

Actually it was a reference to your handle, and it being the cause of the lack of thawing....never mind...

Ah, so not a joke, just a factual statement

[Jerry St Clair]

The New Lawn has passed a pitch inspection so, if you want a football fix, FGR v Chorley is on.

[Artemis]

The New Lawn has passed a pitch inspection so, if you want a football fix, FGR v Chorley is on.

And if you can't stomach that, Gloucester play Taunton at home.

[paperboy]

The New Lawn has passed a pitch inspection so, if you want a football fix, FGR v Chorley is on.

And if you can't stomach that, Gloucester play Taunton at home.

...and a chance to see Joe Hanks, Kevin Dawson ( if fit obviously) and best of all Tom Smith's red mullet up close!

[ctfc-fan]

The New Lawn has passed a pitch inspection so, if you want a football fix, FGR v Chorley is on.

I’d rather stick Christmas tree needles in my eyes than give any money whatsoever to that club and its chairman.

[Jerry St Clair]

The New Lawn has passed a pitch inspection so, if you want a football fix, FGR v Chorley is on.

I’d rather stick Christmas tree needles in my eyes than give any money whatsoever to that club and its chairman.

Shall I put you down as a maybe then?

[Ihearye]

The New Lawn has passed a pitch inspection so, if you want a football fix, FGR v Chorley is on.

fine example of an oxymoron

[Ihearye]

Which means that if they’d been put down Wednesday afternoon, when it wasn’t freezing, rather Thursday morning after we’d had the hard overnight frost, then the game would probably have gone ahead tomorrow.

I'm no expert but they do look like a roll of black bin bags from Poundland that have been spread over the pitch.

Best I admit I've said that partly in jest as I think the 500 club may have purchased them....sorry Steve.

We bought them on the recommendation of Match of the Day, after the Newcastle FA Cup game. They have saved games but once the temperature reaches minus 3 the frost will penetrate through the sheets They cost 8k all those years ago

not knocking the purchase, but you would have to wonder about covers that only protected to -3

[ctfc-fan]

I'm no expert but they do look like a roll of black bin bags from Poundland that have been spread over the pitch.

Best I admit I've said that partly in jest as I think the 500 club may have purchased them....sorry Steve.

We bought them on the recommendation of Match of the Day, after the Newcastle FA Cup game. They have saved games but once the temperature reaches minus 3 the frost will penetrate through the sheets They cost 8k all those years ago

not knocking the purchase, but you would have to wonder about covers that only protected to -3

Not knocking your question, but this was back in 2006, so I’m sure things have moved on since then.

[Ihearye]

We bought them on the recommendation of Match of the Day, after the Newcastle FA Cup game. They have saved games but once the temperature reaches minus 3 the frost will penetrate through the sheets They cost 8k all those years ago

not knocking the purchase, but you would have to wonder about covers that only protected to -3

Not knocking your question, but this was back in 2006, so I’m sure things have moved on since then.

am sure they have hence my comment

[andgarod]

Hard to believe we are the only FL game off at midday

Did the early kick off or the TV coverage have anything to do with it getting called off 23 hours before KO

[asl]

It's not just efficiency... I'd imagine there's a trade-off to be had wrt weight, manoeuvrability, cost and other factors that i cannot think of. I don't imagine there's a cheap, effective, lightweight frost-cover on the market.

[Malabus]

Game called off too early. You have to ask questions when we are the only EFL club that can’t get a game on.
FGR got their game in today.