el Gringo Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 I'd think that such an early inspection acknowledges that it will be off. If the game had a chance they'd schedule for 12:00 or 1:00. At least being so early avoids any contingent expense.It’s supposed to be a 1:00 kick off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howlin' Wilf Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 8 minutes ago, el Gringo said: It’s supposed to be a 1:00 kick off. Aye of course. oops! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Burton Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Is there? A contradiction in what way? The Clyde fans made a bit of a fool of themselves suggesting Dumbarton were up to mischief and didn't want to play Clyde, a wee while back. Of course Dumbarton want these games on. Fixture pile ups suit nobody and you might find a lower PPV income for midweek than a Saturday, albeit marginally. It's annoying, but it isnae a conspiracy. A bit incompetent, but not malicious. And I got my shroud for Christmas, so no, I'm keeping it on. No denying some of the Clyde fans were a seething mess over the postponement.The rest were frustrated at the postponement for the same reason as you. We had beat Dumbarton in the league cup and followed it up by beating Thistle in the league. Having a week off was far from ideal.We also lost the rearranged game to a Frizzle goal, who wasn't a Dumbarton player when the original game was scheduled. That really didn't help the seethe levels [emoji23] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumbarton Rock Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 I remember a game that was due to be played on the Saturday, the park had about 2 inch of snow on it since midweek plus it was solid under the snow. The bold SPFL wouldn't let us have an inspection until the Saturday. The game had zero chance Just didn't make sense. [emoji1745] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifeSons Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Why was it moved to a 1pm KO anyway? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarti pooh Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 8 hours ago, FifeSons said: Why was it moved to a 1pm KO anyway? So we didn't need to use the floodlights and save a few bob. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleslie99 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 13 hours ago, The Moonster said: That's the earliest we can call an inspection and unfortunately we can't take the call ourselves. There is absolutely no chance it's going ahead. How did Arbroath get an earlier inspection this morning? Its pre 9am and theirs is already off following an inspection? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallochSonsFan Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 How long will it take for the game to be cancelled? I reckon it'll be announced by no later than 9:10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallochSonsFan Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Game off, as expected. This really has been a white season. Really disconnected from football right now. If our pitch isn't playable soon then we're going to have a hell of a pile up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Anyone want to start a Will Dumbarton Ever Play At Home Again Twitter page? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the snudge Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Should just play it at Airdrie tomorrow. Probably against some SPFL guidelines 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Fair play to the boy tagging the Scotland National Team in his complaint. Hopefully big David Marshall pops along and sorts the park out. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond8 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Just now, the snudge said: Should just play it at Airdrie tomorrow. Probably against some SPFL guidelines I'm sure we are only due to play you at home once and have already moved a fixture. You'd probably prefer to play us at our place right enough. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumbarton Rock Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 How did Arbroath get an earlier inspection this morning? Its pre 9am and theirs is already off following an inspection?To be fair these pitch inspections could have been done last Tuesday with the same result. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 2 minutes ago, Diamond8 said: I'm sure we are only due to play you at home once and have already moved a fixture. You'd probably prefer to play us at our place right enough. Granted it's on Astro, but with no fans the ground really doesn't make a difference at the moment. I'd be more than happy for us to switch it to Airdrie again tbh. It's handier for most of our players too. Just now, Dumbarton Rock said: 33 minutes ago, pleslie99 said: How did Arbroath get an earlier inspection this morning? Its pre 9am and theirs is already off following an inspection? To be fair these pitch inspections could have been done last Tuesday with the same result. Looking at the forecast for the next week the weather doesn't look to go above three degrees at any point. Assuming that's correct, is there any chance of next week being on either? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passionate Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 21 minutes ago, BallochSonsFan said: Game off, as expected. This really has been a white season. Really disconnected from football right now. If our pitch isn't playable soon then we're going to have a hell of a pile up. -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumbarton Rock Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Looking at the forecast for the next week the weather doesn't look to go above three degrees at any point. Assuming that's correct, is there any chance of next week being on either? Not looking promising, looks like it's not really to rise much above 4, the biggest problem will be right up the stand side as it doesn't get any sun at all at this time of year. A wee bit of rain forecast later on in the week that should help as long as we don't get a heavy frost after it. Not a quick fix in these temperatures I'm afraid. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedrick1 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 I can understand the earlier criticism for the waterlogged pitch but really what do you expect today. everywhere is frozen solid if any one suggests we should get a plastic pitch can they also add who is going to pay for it lets be real 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 41 minutes ago, pleslie99 said: How did Arbroath get an earlier inspection this morning? Its pre 9am and theirs is already off following an inspection? I assume the ref got up early. Looking forward to more angry reactions from top blokes like Andrew Bennett and this Passionate numpty. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 2 minutes ago, Dumbarton Rock said: 6 minutes ago, Jan Vojáček said: Looking at the forecast for the next week the weather doesn't look to go above three degrees at any point. Assuming that's correct, is there any chance of next week being on either? Not looking promising, looks like it's not really to rise much above 4, the biggest problem will be right up the stand side as it doesn't get any sun at all at this time of year. A wee bit of rain forecast later on in the week that should help as long as we don't get a heavy frost after it. Not a quick fix in these temperatures I'm afraid. Ach that's kind of what I feared you'd say. Typical that we get a run of home fixtures just as the cold weather hits. Think we'll be playing Saturday/Tuesday rather a lot in March and April. Hopefully we can get a wee five week spell of warm weather and only a wee bit of rain. My other worry is if we get a Covid outbreak or one of our opponents does. That's already two games we have to catch up on, a Covid outbreak could add another two to that and it's only the first week in February. The season has to be finished by May 1 - and at the moment we have 18 games to play in 17 weeks (that will become 19 if we win our Scottish Cup tie too). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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