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Looking a pictures it looks very likely the game will be postponed

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Game off

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Shame as Cambridge will be here but looking at pics it's the right decision

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OK - off to the Etihad for City v Monaco then.
Anyone fancy it? I've got a couple going spare (free) if anyone wants to go and can reply in the next 15 mins.

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Still think If the ref had waited it may have drained in time, the rain has stopped and had a decent chance to recover

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Maybe the ref took up Lord Didsbury's offer! :rolleyes:

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I am a little surprised that all the drainage work does not seem to have cured the problem completely. The pitch has been very sticky in the corner on the main stand side for a couple of weeks. It does seem that the problem is on this side of the pitch. I hope it can be resolved sooner than later. Andy has spent a lot on the pitch already.

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It's an absolutely, shocking, disgraceful, embarrassing state of affairs and I will be writing a strongly worded letter to the club :D

That should save you know who coming on!!! :D

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Where is Somerset he's been quiet lately ever since they had a game called off for waterlogged pitch

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Andy holt himself has said he's sick of the drainage situation

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You just had to do it didn't you???

Now look what you have started :)

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Not quiet now ;)

:) :) :)

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Like a fly to a midden :D

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Midden being the operative word!

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Perhaps we should remember Accrington's claim to fame.
1. Its famous football club
2. Its famous 'iron' brick
3. It rains...........a lot!
You can't make the world's finest engineering brick using sand.
The clay beneath our feet supports the Empire State Building & Blackpool Tower.
Unfortunately, it's impervious to water & no amount of sand on top will help improve drainage.
The best thing that can be said about tonight's postponement is that it gives our boys a well deserved rest before the Doncaster game.

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i imagine plenty before him have been sick of our pitch. seems a problem thats been going on for years before i entered the crown. others have tried and failed and i wonder if its a situation that we,ll have to just live with.

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And also the weather. Many is the time we've driven from a Sun drenched Manchester to a cold, rainy Accy.

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That wasn't the sun, it was Flixton on fire.:rolleyes:

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The sooner the football league allow modern 3G pitches in the league, the better

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Father wants 3G pitch review after 'links' to son's cancer - BBC Sport another good idea.:rolleyes:

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That's only because the rubber on 3G pitches contains arsenic, the development of 4G pitches means they are a lot safer than the older 3G pitches

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i agree its the way forward. they,re a bit of a marmite surface though as some hate em and others love em. from a personal point of view i am in the latter catogary as i can run around all day on them unlike thick mud when my legs move but i don,t get anywhere. its like everything new it,ll take time as so many remember pitches like preston in the 80,s which were really unfit for the job.

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Maybe so but 4G wasnt the issue.:rolleyes:

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Surely, this is what we should be putting in the opponents tea!
:D

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Only? :eek:

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It's a tragic case, of course, and no doubt my natural inclinations would be the same as the lad's dad, but presumably there would be other cases that have occurred if there's significant danger from these pitches? I looked on't tinternet and found reference to many studies in the US about these surfaces. Many say they are safe, some doubting the reliability of the research.

Hard to know exactly how to proceed when there are concerns like this. Probably with some caution, but you can't completely stop progress for the sake of what only appear to be one or two incidents that may not be linked in any way.

My parents still won't use microwave ovens as they think they are cancerous for some reason. Sounds a bit bonkers to me, although there's plenty of cases in the past (e.g. Asbestos) which point towards a more safety first approach.

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All i know having worked for years with Arsenic, is treat it with the upmost caution @ respect, we had to see the doc once a week for a check up.:eek:

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4G cashman

How are you my old friend, haven't seen you in a while.

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Yeh bit of arsenic toughen em up, kids nowadays are too soft

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surviving dav, thats all yeh do at my age.:D

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We don't get any better for keepin'....that's for sure old friend !.

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too much old lace.