He’s here for Saturday’s game anyway so not wasted.
Fare enough!
Cambridge v Bolton abandoned. After ten minute break, the ref inspected the pitch. The first time he tried the ball, it bounced - no mention of an audible plop - but no bother nice from subsequent efforts so game abandoned
Am really p1$$ed off - set off at 6.10 (43 miles to the Bescot), listened to 5live sport and all the FA cup prematch woffle … but NO mention when our game was called off. Not even later on when they were mentioning the Cambridge abandonment and the Burton postponement.
… but least parking at the Bescot was easy and cheap !
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You said they didn’t exist - so you tell me 
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Same here. Not as far as you (Shrewsbury) but still a pain in the arse!
I’ve just got home. Left at just before 5:00pm just starting to drizzle. Up the A1 to the A14 and it’s chucking it down. On to the M6 and there’s water sitting all over the place on the motorway,. Heard on BBC radio WM that there was going to be a pitch inspection, but I carried on until I heard they’d called it off. Next junction to turn around was J5 on the M6. Stopped at Corley services southbound to get a burger. Well pigged off all the way back. 
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Irrespective of the weather, I reckon that probably about 80% of the away games I’ve attended over the years, when travelling back home, I’d wished that the games had been called off, such were the results and performances!
Joking aside, feel really sorry for all those fans who’ve been seriously inconvenienced tonight.
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With my expert knowledge of pitch coverings and their merits (not!) I would be surprised they would work for heavy rain unless you had some sort of ecpensive water suction gadgetry.
Problem lies with over cautious referees and officials and with that being the case call offs will be more frequent. Problem lies with that away end. Too many games (Villa ladies) make it grassless and very prone to the conditions. Can we loan some of the Villas pitch growing lamps? Surely we need a conversation with them for our mutual benefit.
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These postponements and the Southampton thrashing really destroyed any momentum coming out of the county / Wrexham / Grimsby quality spree we had
Ruined us
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When rain is forecast why not cover the pitch with a huge sponge, then just before kick off, remove the sponge and reveal the bone dry surface. Easy peasy. Can’t think why they don’t do it.
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Sounds familiar.
Leicester game was not good for us other than monetary benefit.
I’ve got some of those lamps if the club wants to rent them
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I was thinking of something similar, but my idea was to wheel out a load of beds to cover the pitch, making it Mattress Bescot.
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Did Sadler do an interview tonight?
If so, can anyone post a link please as I can’t find it anywhere
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