crispy Posted January 13, 2021 Author Share Posted January 13, 2021 Maybe the ref and clubs will explain to us what happened? Will watch Spurs Fulham instead. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, kingjoey said: No pitches are “all weather”. Some are grass and some are artificial. Indoor ones are. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLIS Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Last time we had this many call offs we skelped a Clyde side 7-1 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Mahelp Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 5 minutes ago, ATLIS said: To be fair, the issue isn't the pitch - the issue is the stadium and where it's located. Parts of the pitch get zero sunlight, the bottom of a valley where the drainage is minimal and all water pools to the bottom and next to a river. It's been an issue far longer than this year alone, if the pitch was still grass then it would be an absolute state especially after the snow we had and we'd be seeing another month of call offs depending on incoming weather So fucking what ? That's Livi's fault then, no one elses. Either get a better pitch laid that can actually cope with the Scottish weather, or be professional enough to take timely measures that stop opponents travelling 130 miles for nothing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Could they not just have picked it up at one of the corners and let the water run off? 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Day Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 10 minutes ago, LiviLion said: They were. The ref (along with the players/managers) obviously decided it was raining too much/too heavily that the game wouldn't make it far enough to justify starting it. Managers and players are now allowed to decide if matches are off............ Surprising then that Celtic didn't decide it was "a bit windy and rainy" v us on Monday? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLIS Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Just now, Bob Mahelp said: So fucking what ? That's Livi's fault then, no one elses. Either get a better pitch laid that can actually cope with the Scottish weather, or be professional enough to take timely measures that stop opponents travelling 130 miles for nothing. There's very little a new pitch will do, it's the location of the stadium that's causing the main issue. We don't own our stadium either so we don't exactly have a say in what we do with the pitch. We rent it from the West Lothian Council who let West Lothian Youth Foundation use it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Szamo's_Ammo Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Saintees calling for an investigation into this catastrophe. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLIS Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Would be a cracking laugh if we got a big roof to go over the stadium actually. Box office stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 9 minutes ago, coprolite said: Indoor ones are. Not if there’s a hole in the roof. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Day Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 1 minute ago, ATLIS said: Would be a cracking laugh if we got a big roof to go over the stadium actually. Box office stuff. You should just play in MacArthur glen designer outlet (or whatever it's called), there's no c**t there at the moment and the surface is comparable. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Mahelp Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 1 minute ago, ATLIS said: There's very little a new pitch will do, it's the location of the stadium that's causing the main issue. We don't own our stadium either so we don't exactly have a say in what we do with the pitch. We rent it from the West Lothian Council who let West Lothian Youth Foundation use it. I recognise that, but it's still Livingston's responsibility I'm afraid. I've no idea, do you have a history of games being postponed ? I honestly can't think of many games in Scotland on artificial pitches being postponed. Maybe I'm wrong on that... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don exotic Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 “On promotion to the Football League, in August 2020, the club confirmed that, in order to comply with the League's regulations, they would replace Wetherby Road's synthetic pitch with a grass one”. Harrogate Town had to install a grass pitch to play in England’s fourth division. Yet our “premier” league allows them. Like the requirement for seating that led to stadium sharing in the past, this should be brought in for the 2022 season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 3 minutes ago, Green Day said: Managers and players are now allowed to decide if matches are off............ Surprising then that Celtic didn't decide it was "a bit windy and rainy" v us on Monday? It was definitely Steven McLean’s decision to put the game off. You could tell by the body language of the two managers that they both wanted it on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Do the three points get awarded to Motherwell or Hamilton Accies ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLIS Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 1 minute ago, Bob Mahelp said: I recognise that, but it's still Livingston's responsibility I'm afraid. I've no idea, do you have a history of games being postponed ? I honestly can't think of many games in Scotland on artificial pitches being postponed. Maybe I'm wrong on that... I think since we've laid the plastic these two are the first we've had off. Previously on grass we had about 4 or 5 every season off 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Could they not just have picked it up at one of the corners and let the water run off?Plug hole in the middle and a slightly concave pitch? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLIS Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Just now, Wilbur said: Do the three points get awarded to Motherwell or Hamilton Accies ? Penalty Rangers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Day Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Just now, kingjoey said: It was definitely Steven McLean’s decision to put the game off. You could tell by the body language of the two managers that they both wanted it on. Aye, I was just commenting to the @LiviLion guy who suggested the managers and players were "part of the decision" which is obviously bollocks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Bbc: "Referee Steven McLean said players felt the pitch was "unsafe" and Aberdeen boss Derek McInnes said postponing the match was "the right call". Looks like we've complained and got out of playing the match while livi are on form. Average points intact. Clever. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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