Blackpool game in Doubt

[SK]

one question...don't you lot use salt to defrost the ice on pavements&streets?

[Craig_H]

Nah, we just chuck it onto our chips.

[Tee]

Great, now Roy will have another pathetic excuse (fixture congestion) if we don't win.

[red g]

Yep, but I dont think a postponement here would be good for him. As hapless he is away from home this is the one away game left he might actually scrape a win from (and maybe West Ham).

He had 4 games of Fulham home, Blackpool away, Wolves home, Bolton home which could have brought him some time.

Wolves home, Bolton home, Blackburn away, Man Utd away he wont be so lucky.

I disagree, no way we would have won this game. Blackpool press teams and keep a high tempo it doesn't take 35 years of football management to work out thats how we get beaten.

[Chris]

I disagree, no way we would have won this game. Blackpool press teams and keep a high tempo it doesn't take 35 years of football management to work out thats how we get beaten.

They're far better away from home we'd have had a chance.

[Rich]

one question...don't you lot use salt to defrost the ice on pavements&streets?

Nope!

The main roads get grit but everywhere else you're on your own!

[red g]

They're far better away from home we'd have had a chance.

I think we would defo lose, you think we would 'have a chance'

what a sad time to be a liverpool fan.

[Chris]

I think we would defo lose, you think we would 'have a chance'

what a sad time to be a liverpool fan.

Haha I know. I was just thinking that, its horrible. I used to take these games for granted and just assume 3 guaranteed points and 99.9% of the time it was. Not now though.

[Pablo]

This was so, so obvious. ZERO chance of this game being played

[Drago]

Does the forecast not give the snow to **** off around Wednesday?

[DannyMan2006]

Great week for us really. No points dropped. Plus City losing to Everton atm. Nice

[Craig_H]

Great week for us really. No points dropped. Plus City losing to Everton atm. Nice

Come on now, bed time for you Roy.

[SB]

It sounds a bit more optimistic here

Blackpool admit their Boxing Day fixture against Liverpool is in jeopardy from the weather, sparking rumblings of discontent at the Premier League.

The Seasiders have already had two games postponed at Bloomfield Road, the only ground in the top flight without undersoil heating, and their pitch is still frozen.

Chairman Karl Oyston says they will protect the surface with covers ahead of Sunday's game but the idea that a fixture may have been in any doubt six days before it was due to be played was greeted with incredulity at the Premier League. Under threat: Blackpool's Saturday evening kick-off with United could be postponed

Will it be all white on the night? Blackpool's ground has suffered in the arctic weather

It could even force a rule change, bringing on to the agenda the idea that newly-promoted teams must have undersoil heating before they can enter the competition.

Blackpool struggled to get their stadium equipped for top-flight football last summer after their surprise promotion and were forced to flip a home game against Wigan and play away on the opening day of the season as building work was completed.

That switch, together with postponed games against Manchester United and Tottenham, mean Ian Holloway's team are facing a backlog of home games.

The game against United has been re-arranged for January 25 and will be live on ESPN, but the Spurs game has yet to be rescheduled, although two midweek dates stand out next month. One, January 18 or 19, would mean four Premier League home games in a row for the Seasiders.

They already have a four-match home sequence during April and five of their last seven League games are due to be played at Bloomfield Road, something which could be construed as an advantage by rivals.

It is not the first time Blackpool have caused a headache for the organisers in their debut Premier League season. They had to intervene to settle a row over bonuses owed to captain Charlie Adam and are still considering whether manager Holloway deliberately played a weakened team against Aston Villa last month to keep players fresh for a game at West Ham three days later.

A thaw is forecast for the weekend, which may relieve the pressure, and Oyston said: 'We can almost certainly guarantee the pitch will be playable but the prevailing conditions once the covers have been removed may mean the pitch will freeze before the end of the game.'

He also said undersoil heating at Bloomfield Road is 'not a financial consideration' until the end of the season at the earliest and he is not concerned about a fixture pile-up.
Pile up: Blackpool could play four home games in a row as they make up their lost fixtures

'It's not something that fazes us,' said the Blackpool chairman. 'We have just come out of the Championship and we're used to 46 games in a league season, playing Saturday and Tuesday. It's maybe more of an issue for our opponents. Those involved in Europe will have issues.'

The Premier League will resist pressure from television companies to reschedule the Chelsea v Manchester United game close to the end of the season and do not expect the campaign to be extended unless many more games succumb to the weather.

Stoke players endured a 10-hour journey back to the Potteries after learning their game at Arsenal on Saturday had been called off at mid-day. The bus got stuck in the snow and players had to bounce up and down at the back of the coach to help free it.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...#ixzz18jDyeLui

[Craig_H]

I'd rather it was called off

[SB]

I'd rather it was called off

Why, and delay Roy's send off ?

Na, bring it on