Home Match Day Thread 20/01/2024 L1: OUFC vs Northampton Town - POSTPONED

[Carpy]

Probably the easiest game of a busy few weeks so would hope we end up walking away with the 3 points.

Fancy Harris to continue his goalscoring form, 2-0 to Oxford

EDIT: And it’s postponed

 

[RyanioBirdio]

Lots of games off so not surprising that the ref couldn't be bothered and followed suit, and probably gets a payment for an attendance on site to check the pitch. But to put it into perspective I have had daily updates on the weather in Rotterdam the last week, the temperatures there have been down to -12 at night for several nights, have not got above freezing during the day any day for over a week with regular snow showers and all I have got is moaning how cold it is, it has been far worse than here. Yet Excelsior managed to play last night, an evening game not a day game, in freezing temperatures no problem at all. I could be wrong but I can't imagine a tiny little club like Excelsior would have undersoil heating, and if they do happen to have it it would be embarrassing that they do and hardly anyone in the UK does. So how can they manage to play when there are so many clubs in the UK that can't despite it being not as cold here compared to there.

Synthetic pitch. Doesn’t freeze.

 

[Scrongo]

Anyway ,a chance for the injured player to come back.
That got injured,not on a frozen pitch ..

 

[NorthWestOx]

Looking on the bright side, it means we are rested for Barnsley on Tuesday. I’m hoping the Stevenage vs Barnsley game goes ahead.

And half the Barnsley players get slightly injured.

 

[OX14]

Covers on the pitch can also keep the frost & ice contained ,bit like a fridge

Yes if you ask me covers are about as useful as a wet fart.

The only thing that would work other than under soil heating is the dome cover with blow heaters circulating hot air above the pitch we have hired in the past for big games .

 

[Scotchegg]

Lots of games off so not surprising that the ref couldn't be bothered and followed suit, and probably gets a payment for an attendance on site to check the pitch. But to put it into perspective I have had daily updates on the weather in Rotterdam the last week, the temperatures there have been down to -12 at night for several nights, have not got above freezing during the day any day for over a week with regular snow showers and all I have got is moaning how cold it is, it has been far worse than here. Yet Excelsior managed to play last night, an evening game not a day game, in freezing temperatures no problem at all. I could be wrong but I can't imagine a tiny little club like Excelsior would have undersoil heating, and if they do happen to have it it would be embarrassing that they do and hardly anyone in the UK does. So how can they manage to play when there are so many clubs in the UK that can't despite it being not as cold here compared to there.

Take a breath and start again without all that nonsense.

 

[Scrongo]

also everyone had to retire by the age of 29!

Did they ????

 

[Oxford84]

I used to slide tackle , when we used to play football on the concrete streets.
PUSSIES.....

So thats why you use 5 walking sticks and 3 wheelchairs to get around and a carer to wipe your a**e!

 

[Sarge]

that means as its now not on a Saturday afternoon (neither) my partners son or my middle granddaughter will be able to go to the rearranged game- whenever it is

Partner's son works evenings ( and Saturday mornings) - middle granddaughter has martial arts on Tuesday evenings

 

[Scrongo]

also everyone had to retire by the age of 29!

Stanley Mathews age 50

 

[Scrongo]

also everyone had to retire by the age of 29!

Stanley Mathews age 50

So thats why you use 5 walking sticks and 3 wheelchairs to get around and a carer to wipe your a**e!

5 walking sticks ?? I'm not a bloody octopus...

 

[bazzer9461]

that means as its now not on a Saturday afternoon (neither) my partners son or my middle granddaughter will be able to go to the rearranged game- whenever it is

Partner's son works evenings ( and Saturday mornings) - middle granddaughter has martial arts on Tuesday evenings

Surely your partners son could either throw a sickie or swap a shift or book a days hop as regard your daughter surely she can come Tuesday evening and kick some a**e

 

[Yellow River]

I seem to vaguely recall that games used to be postponed more for flooded pitches than frozen. Certainly you’d get ‘orange ball’ games in the snow.

From memory that was one of the few games that day which survived the weather and so the BBC cameras were rushed to Filbert Street and ended up being the featured game on MOTD.

Again if I remember correctly Filbert Street had what was at the time a very inventive ’balloon’ which was pumped with hot air and covered the playing surface. Something like that anyway!

 

[Scrongo]

Yes if you ask me covers are about as useful as a wet fart.

The only thing that would work other than under soil heating is the dome cover with blow heaters circulating hot air above the pitch we have hired in the past for big games .

We won't go down the route of undersoil heating .we know what happened there

 

[OX14]

We won't go down the route of undersoil heating .we know what happened there

Well yes until we move we are at the mercy of cold weather.

 

[bazzer9461]

Well it looks like the Stevenage game is on fatty Evans most have had a word not wanting a fixture pile up and a chance with our game off and Stevenage trying to score more they could take our place

 

[Thomas/Brock/Jones]

Come on, we're not talking about old school pitches, that would be cut up all over the pitch, with frozen muddy patches, ready to cut you up when you slid on them (and they never got cancelled anyway, and everyone survived!) we're talking about a modern pitch, a smooth carpet of thick lush grass, unless they're worried the grass blades might be frozen and a little bit too sharp?

We've had games called off in recent times because it was too windy, and another game when the ref took the players off because it was raining too hard!
Honestly, it's modern day health and safety gone mad, they'll be calling games off because the crowd is being too noisy next, "it's damaging to the players ears"

Fannies.

Were you at the Ipswich game where you say ' it was raining too hard '?
It was unbelievable torrential rain that made the pitch unplayable as the ball wouldn't roll on it .
Brilliant work to actually get the game on afterwards.
Frozen pitches are like playing on concrete ,you really want a player to land on their head let alone arms/ legs on such a surface .

 

[bazzer9461]

Well yes until we move we are at the mercy of cold weather.

And Kassam is a tight cnut

 

[sideshowrob]

Pitch inspection was far too early given the relative short journey for away fans.

 

[Oxford84]

FFS. Man up and grow a pair .

Well said, i used to get dragged round shopping every week when i was young and in freezing conditions!

 

[Scrongo]

that means as its now not on a Saturday afternoon (neither) my partners son or my middle granddaughter will be able to go to the rearranged game- whenever it is

Partner's son works evenings ( and Saturday mornings) - middle granddaughter has martial arts on Tuesday evenings

Yes we've gone from a potential 10,000 crowd , to a midweek game & a much lower attendance.I might not be able to make it depending when it's scheduled for..