oldhat Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 10 hours ago, Rjc-1988 said: Johnston and Clark came in Really warmed things up, so they did. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queenslad Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Spoiler Any news on injury front for tomorrow - will Pybus or Dobbie be back 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colkitto Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Game off? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scosha Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Shocker calling it off so late. There was no news about an inspection either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Absolute pish they've left it this late. Feel for the travelling fans but as ever they are the last ones considered. Good news for us in that we can't get beat today at least. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 15 minutes ago, Scosha said: Shocker calling it off so late. There was no news about an inspection either. Not as if Morton havent been tweeting either. Not much they could probably do to prevent it, but theres need to be something in place to prevent such late call offs affecting fans financially, like someone subsidising travel costs if it's called off this late. Doubt that would ever really work though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergie's no1 fan Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 The ref didn't even test the pitch in football boots. Absolute minter.The Morton players are training on it now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 The weather conditions were roughly a hundred times worse earlier in the week yet the Dundee United match went ahead fine: so this strikes me as a case of the ego-trip groundsman having dropped the ball again at great inconvenience to away fans and of course significant financial cost to both clubs. Three home Saturday games being called off for nonsense reasons in the past nine months is tinpot as f**k. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 8 minutes ago, sergie's no1 fan said: The ref didn't even test the pitch in football boots. Absolute minter. The Morton players are training on it now. Just seen that, Hopkin apparently seething at the ref. Doesnt even look close to being waterlogged there, ref presumably just cant be fucked. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Drifter Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 (edited) I wasn't there, couldn't go today, but I'm told it was a strip 5 - 10 yards wide the length of the park in front of the stand that was the problem and it was pretty sodden. Our guys have gone back to Hamilton to train. I presume this will now take place midweek in January, though I suppose we might wait to see if Morton lose to St Johnstone in the Scottish Cup and leave a free Saturday on Feb 8th for it. Edited January 20, 2020 by Skyline Drifter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 5 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said: Doesnt even look close to being waterlogged there, ref presumably just cant be fucked. Erm yes, because a football stopping stone dead on the second bounce is definitely the sign of a credible playing surface. That and the Somme river carving itself out along the touchline. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 2 minutes ago, virginton said: Erm yes, because a football stopping stone dead on the second bounce is definitely the sign of a credible playing surface. That and the Somme river carving itself out along the touchline. Scotland played a full 90 in far worse conditions against Kazakhstan just a month ago. If you've got away fans travelling 100 miles, and you've still not decided an hour before kick off, you surely give the match a chance if that's all it is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ghost of B A R P Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Supporters should have been told to wait for the outcome of an inspection, which should have been arranged for 11 a.m. We’re basically rubbish at all aspects of this ‘professional football’ lark. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Pussies. We used to play in this = 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 3 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said: If you've got away fans travelling 100 miles, and you've still not decided an hour before kick off, you surely give the match a chance if that's all it is. 'Still not decided' presumes that there was an earlier and inconclusive inspection of the pitch by qualified officials: there wasn't, to the best of any publicly available knowledge. Instead the tinpot home club thought 'nah, this looks alright to us, don't bother mentioning it', only for the referee to rock up and decide quite correctly that they hadn't done their job properly and it was in fact now unplayable. Quite what waiting around for another hour would have done is a mystery to anyone but yourself, seeing as it is unlikely to stay dry for the next five minutes never mind the rest of the afternoon, and Greenock in December isn't exactly known for its baking heat either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christinanade Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 19 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said: Just seen that, Hopkin apparently seething at the ref. Doesnt even look close to being waterlogged there, ref presumably just cant be fucked. The ball was still moving better than it does on any of the plastic pitches. Check him tiptoeing about as if there was actually puddles to avoid 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergie's no1 fan Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Just seen that, Hopkin apparently seething at the ref. Doesnt even look close to being waterlogged there, ref presumably just cant be fucked. The ref will still get his fee regardless, won't he? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 4 minutes ago, virginton said: 'Still not decided' presumes that there was an earlier and inconclusive inspection of the pitch by qualified officials: there wasn't, to the best of any publicly available knowledge. Instead the tinpot home club thought 'nah, this looks alright to us, don't bother mentioning it', only for the referee to rock up and decide quite correctly that they hadn't done their job properly and it was in fact now unplayable. Quite what waiting around for another hour would have done is a mystery to anyone but yourself, seeing as it is unlikely to stay dry for the next five minutes never mind the rest of the afternoon, and Greenock in December isn't exactly known for its baking heat either. My point is the pitch doesn't look anywhere near bad enough to be called off an hour before the game, especially if, as folk are saying, its just one strip of the pitch thats the issue. You can't have fans travelling so far, then cancelling the game so close to kick off, when the pitch is still playable. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 3 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said: My point is the pitch doesn't look anywhere near bad enough to be called off an hour before the game, especially if, as folk are saying, its just one strip of the pitch thats the issue. You can't have fans travelling so far, then cancelling the game so close to kick off, when the pitch is still playable. If you travel & can't be fucking arsed merely checking a weather report for your destination then I'm sorry, no sympathy from me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 2 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said: My point is the pitch doesn't look anywhere near bad enough to be called off an hour before the game, especially if, as folk are saying, its just one strip of the pitch thats the issue. Your 'point' is truly moronic one then, given that: i) the time of the game being called off is irrelevant - the bar for having a terrible pitch doesn't suddenly rise closer to kick-off under the rules ii) if one strip of the pitch is unplayable then the entire pitch is unfit to host a professional football match This is entirely straightfoward stuff. Quote You can't have fans travelling so far, then cancelling the game so close to kick off, when the pitch is still playable. Except that it isn't playable, which the video shows and does nothing but support the referee's decision. That Hopkin wants to vaunt his latest tantrum in public by training the players on an entirely different area of the park is irrelevant to the referee's call, but underlines the utterly cringeworthy nature of the current managment and boardroom team at Cappielow, who once again want to blame everyone else for their own failings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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